Descriptive statistics and patterns of obesity, diabetes and diabesity by background characteristics among older adults (aged 45 years or older), Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, wave 1, 2017–2018
| Correlates | Weighted percentages (N=59 073) % | Prevalence (per 100 individuals) | ||
| Obesity % (95% CI) | Diabetes % (95% CI) | Diabesity (diabetes+obesity) % (95% CI) | ||
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 45–49 | 18.90 | 28.13 (28.11 to 28.14) | 2.61 (2.60 to 2.62) | 4.05 (4.04 to 4.06) |
| 50–54 | 16.06 | 28.66 (28.64 to 28.68) | 4.92 (4.91 4.93) | 4.77 (4.76 to 4.77) |
| 55–59 | 15.10 | 23.11 (23.09 to 23.12) | 5.89 (5.88 to 5.89) | 7.18. (7.17 to 7.19) |
| 60–64 | 15.32 | 19.66 (19.65 to 19.67) | 6.60 (6.59 to 6.61) | 6.92 (6.91 to 6.93) |
| 65–69 | 14.69 | 16.76 (16.74 16.77) | 7.87 (7.86 to 7.88) | 7.62 (7.17 to 7.19) |
| 70–74 | 9.38 | 12.20 (12.19 to 12.22) | 8.53 (8.52 to 8.55) | 8.11 (8.10 to 8.13) |
| 75–79 | 5.45 | 10.41 (10.39 to 10.43) | 9.38 (9.36 to 9.40) | 3.99 (3.98 to 4.01) |
| 80 and above | 5.10 | 12.07 (12.05 to 12.09) | 7.83 (7.82 to 7.85) | 1.88 (1.87 to 1.89) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 45.80 | 16.70 (16.69 to 16.71) | 7.26 (7.25 to 7.27) | 4.67 (4.66 to 4.67) |
| Women | 54.20 | 25.02 (25.01 to 25.03) | 5.03 (5.02 to 5.03) | 6.88 (6.88 to 6.89) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Residence | ||||
| Rural | 69.92 | 16.05 (16.04 to 16.06) | 5.00 (4.99 to 5.01) | 3.16 (3.16 to 3.17) |
| Urban | 30.08 | 33.20 (33.19 to 33.21) | 8.50 (8.49 to 8.51) | 12.15 (12.15 to 12.16) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 82.52 | 20.61 (20.60 to 20.61) | 5.82 (5.82 to 5.83) | 5.77 (5.77 to 5.78) |
| Muslim | 11.04 | 23.68 (23.66 to 23.70) | 7.01 (7.00 to7.02) | 6.26 (6.25 to 6.27) |
| Christian | 2.94 | 17.89 (17.86 to 17.92) | 8.60 (8.58 to 8.62) | 6.28 (6.27 to 6.31) |
| Others | 3.50 | 30.55 (30.52 to 30.59) | 6.32 (6.31 to 6.34) | 6.56 (6.54 to 6.57) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Social group | ||||
| Scheduled castes | 19.45 | 16.77 (16.76 to 16.78) | 5.23 (5.22 to 5.24) | 3.20 (3.20 to 3.21) |
| Scheduled tribes | 8.62 | 10.32 (10.31 to 10.34) | 2.91 (2.90 to 2.92) | 1.78 (1.78 to 1.79) |
| Other backward class | 45.54 | 22.02 (22.02 to 22.04) | 6.46 (6.46 to 6.47) | 6.99 (6.96 to 6.98) |
| Other | 26.39 | 26.63 (22.62 to 22.64) | 6.97 (6.96 to 6.98) | 6.97 (6.96 to 6.98) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Years of schooling | ||||
| No education | 50.69 | 16.06 (16.05 to 16.06) | 4.66 (4.66 to 4.67) | 3.19 (3.19 to 3.20) |
| Less than 5 | 17.71 | 20.07 (20.06 to 20.88) | 6.95 (6.94 to 6.96) | 6.11 (6.10 to 6.11) |
| 5–9 | 14.14 | 26.11 (26.10 to 26.13) | 6.45 (6.44 to 6.46) | 8.44 (8.43 to 8.45) |
| 10 or more | 17.47 | 33.35 (33.34 to 33.37) | 8.85 (8.84 to 8.86) | 11.32 (11.31 to 11.33) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 21.08 | 15.58 (15.57 to 15.60) | 5.36 (5.35 to 5.37) | 3.13 (3.13 to 3.14) |
| Poorer | 21.27 | 18.68 (18.67 to 18.69) | 5.46 (5.45 to 5.47) | 3.73 (3.72 to 3.74) |
| Middle | 20.39 | 21.02 (21.01 to 21.04) | 5.68 (5.68 to 5.69) | 4.92 (4.91 to 4.93) |
| Richer | 19.66 | 22.80 (22.84 to 22.86) | 6.53 (6.52 to 6.54) | 7.93 (7.92 to 7.94) |
| Richest | 17.61 | 29.38 (29.36 to 29.39) | 7.48 (7.47 to 7.48) | 10.52 (10.51 to 10.53) |
| χ2 p<0.001 | ||||
| Total | 100.00 | 21.21 (21.20 to 21.22) | 6.05 (6.05 to 6.06) | 5.87 (5.86 to 5.88) |