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Table 3 Symptom or measured prevalence of chronic diseases by behavioral risk factors and socioeconomic-demographic characteristics among adult population (18–69 years) in India, 2007

From: Association of behavioral risk factors with self-reported and symptom or measured chronic diseases among adult population (18–69 years) in India: evidence from SAGE study

Socioeconomic-demographic characteristics

Prevalence of symptom or measured chronic diseases

Physical activity

Nutrition

Alcohol consumption^

Any tobacco use

Physical inactivity

Vigorous activity

Inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables#

Adequate intake of fruits and vegetables ##

Yes

No

Yes

No

Place of residence

 Urban

40.7

39.4

39.4

41.1

35.4

44.7

40.1

40.9

40.6

 Rural

42.4

36.3

42.2

42.4

43.2

46.9

41.4

45.4

39.7

Household’s religion

 Hindu

41.7

37.2

41.9

41.8

40.4

46.3

40.7

44.4

39.7

 Others+

42.7

38.1

38.8

43.0

37.8

46.6

42.4

43.6

42.0

Household’s caste group

 Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST)

42.1

34.3

41.7

42.3

36.1

48.7

39.7

47.4

36.6

 Other than SC/ST++

41.8

38.2

41.4

41.9

40.7

44.9

41.3

43.0

41.0

Religious services

 Never or once or twice/year/month

41.9

38.0

41.5

42.0

40.6

46.2

41.1

45.4

39.3

 `Once or twice/week/daily

40.8

28.6

40.9

41.4

32.8

48.5

39.7

29.6

52.9

Member’s sex

 Male

37.2

33.5

37.2

37.3

35.3

46.0

33.1

41.4

29.2

 Female

46.9

42.2

48.3

46.8

51.2

54.5

46.8

54.6

45.0

Age group

 18–29

23.0

13.5

28.2

23.2

19.6

23.5

23.0

28.1

21.4

 30–44

41.9

38.1

41.2

42.1

37.8

43.7

41.4

40.2

43.3

 45–59

53.8

48.4

51.8

53.8

53.1

57.3

53.0

50.8

57.2

 60–69

66.6

65.4

66.7

66.7

64.5

66.0

66.7

65.6

67.9

Educational attainment+++

 No education

49.3

45.8

46.6

49.1

58.8

43.1

50.4

48.3

50.2

 <primary & primary

45.2

47.9

42.7

45.1

48.4

50.6

43.9

44.5

45.8

 Secondary

35.9

24.1

39.5

35.0

47.3

48.1

33.1

42.7

31.0

 High school & above

33.0

28.0

34.3

33.5

28.4

43.6

30.9

38.6

29.8

Body mass Index (BMI)

 Underweight

39.8

36.0

38.6

40.9

45.7

45.7

40.1

44.5

37.5

 Normal weight

41.1

36.7

41.0

40.0

36.6

42.3

39.3

40.0

39.6

 Overweight

56.5

49.6

60.4

57.8

42.2

67.3

54.6

69.8

50.5

 Obese

42.4

30.5

47.1

41.7

61.2

83.1

38.8

59.8

34.8

Wealth Quintile

 Poorest

42.5

43.5

40.6

42.4

47.8

46.2

41.7

42.4

42.6

 Poor

42.9

39.9

43.4

42.4

54.9

46.7

42.0

43.5

42.3

 Middle

43.0

36.1

42.8

43.6

31.2

36.3

44.4

44.8

41.4

 Rich

42.7

42.4

41.8

42.4

46.3

50.2

41.5

45.6

40.8

 Richest

38.3

28.6

37.9

38.9

32.4

53.6

35.4

46.8

35.1

Total

41.9

37.4

41.5

42.0

40.0

46.3

41.0

44.3

40.0

  1. # ## + ++ +++ Same define as in Table 1 and Table 2
  2. ^ Alcohol consumption included ever or current drinkers that drink contain alcohol such as such as beer, wine, spirits, etc.
  3. Note: Diseases prevalence (in %) presented in the table are weighted analysis