Adjusted relative risk ratio (95% CI) estimates for obesity, diabetes and diabesity among older adults (aged 45 years or older), Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, wave 1, 2017–2018
| Correlates | Obesity | Diabetes | Diabesity |
| Age (in years) | |||
| 45–49 (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 50–54 | 1.08 (0.92 to 1.27) | 1.90*** (1.46 to 2.47) | 1.24 (0.92 to 1.66) |
| 55–59 | 0.85 (0.73 to 1.03) | 2.12*** (1.67 to 2.71) | 1.68*** (1.20 to 2.35) |
| 60–64 | 0.72*** (0.62 to 0.82) | 2.25*** (1.82 to 2.79) | 1.61*** (1.18 to2.19) |
| 65–69 | 0.57*** (0.48 to 0.65) | 2.37*** (1.91 to 2.93) | 1.43 (0.96 to 2.14) |
| 70–74 | 0.39*** (0.33 to 0.46) | 2.37*** (1.88 to 2.98) | 1.47 (0.82 to 2.62) |
| 75–79 | 0.30*** (00.23 to 0.39) | 2.32*** (1.67 to 3.24) | 0.67 (0.44 to 1.00) |
| 80 and above | 0.33*** (0.23 to 0.48) | 1.82*** (1.31 to 2.53) | 0.27*** (0.16 to 0.45) |
| Sex | |||
| Men (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Women | 2.14*** (1.91 to 2.40) | 1.94*** (1.68 to 2.23) | 2.16*** (1.72 to 2.71) |
| Residence | |||
| Rural (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Urban | 2.38*** (2.14 to 2.66) | 1.94*** (1.68 to 2.23) | 3.73*** (3.07 to 4.54) |
| Religion | |||
| Hindu (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Muslim | 0.99 (0.87 to 1.14) | 1.07 (0.90 to 1.27) | 0.91 (0.70 to 1.17) |
| Christian | 0.73 (0.32 to 1.62) | 1.62* (1.04 to 2.53) | 0.95 (0.47 to 1.89) |
| Others | 1.63*** (1.40 to 1.90) | 1.10 (0.84 to 1.44) | 1.25 (0.97 to 1.61) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Scheduled castes (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Scheduled tribes | 0.66*** (0.54 to 0.82) | 1.56*** (0.43 to 0.73) | 0.64* (0.43 to 0.94) |
| Other backward class | 1.34*** (1.18 to 1.51) | 1.19* (1.04 to 2.53) | 1.76*** (1.35 to 2.30) |
| Other | 1.30*** (1.15 to 1.47) | 1.10 (0.84 to 1.45) | 1.21 (0.91 to 1.61) |
| Years of schooling | |||
| No education (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Less than 5 | 1.40*** (1.25 to 1.57) | 1.45*** (1.23 to 1.71) | 1.97*** (1.56 to 2.48) |
| 5–9 | 1.77*** (1.55 to 2.02) | 1.42*** (1.17 to 1.72) | 2.58*** (1.83 to 3.65) |
| 10 or more | 2.31*** (1.94 to 2.76) | 1.98*** (1.62 to 2.41) | 3.26*** (2.30 to 4.61) |
| Wealth quintile | |||
| Poorest (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Poorer | 1.18* (1.03 to 1.36) | 0.99 (0.79 to 1.23) | 1.15 (0.90 to 1.45) |
| Middle | 1.31*** (1.13 to 1.52) | 1.01 (0.82 to 1.26) | 1.48*** (1.15 to 1.91) |
| Richer | 1.42*** (1.22 to 1.67) | 1.17 (0.93 to 1.46) | 2.19*** (1.58 to 3.03) |
| Richest | 2.07*** (1.75 to 2.45) | 1.48*** (1.16 to 1.90) | 3.60*** (2.46 to 4.58) |
The results are adjusted for waist hip ratio (WHR) and other NCDs.
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
NCDs, non-communicable diseases.