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Table 4 Association of Physical body Indices and self-reported diagnosed NCDs among the elderly in India, LASI Wave-1 (2017–18)

From: An assessment of anthropometric indices and its association with NCDs among the older adults of India: evidence from LASI Wave-1

Risk Attributes

CVDs

CI (95%)

Chronic respiratory

CI (95%)

Diabetes

CI (95%)

Cancer

CI (95%)

Multi-Morbidities

CI (95%)

BMI Category

***

***

***

***

***

 Underweight

16.82

(16.1, 17.5)

8.72

(8.2, 9.2)

3.54

(3.1, 3.8)

0.49

(0.36, 0.62)

5.23

(4.8, 5.6)

 Normal

25.54

(25.1, 26.0)

5.74

(5.4, 6.0)

10.21

(9.8, 10.5)

0.59

(0.51, 0.68)

10.29

(9.9, 10.6)

 Overweight

39.66

(38.8, 40.5)

5.1

(4.7, 5.4)

19.65

(18.9, 20.3)

0.88

(0.72, 1.04)

17.86

(17.1, 18.5)

 Obese

52.22

(50.7, 53.7)

9.68

(8.8, 10.5)

27.48

(26.1, 28.8)

0.54

(0.32, 0.76)

27.38

(26.1, 28.6)

Waist Circumference

***

 

***

***

***

 Low Risk

22.79

(22.4, 23.1)

6.39

(6.2, 6.6)

8.38

(5.5, 6.4)

0.56

(0.49, 0.63)

8.73

(8.4, 9.0)

 High Risk

44.42

(43.6, 45.1)

6.87

(6.4, 7.3)

21.97

(13.3, 13.9)

0.83

(0.69, 0.97)

21.06

(20.4, 21.6)

Waist to Hip Ratio

***

*

***

***

***

 Low Risk

19.85

(22.3, 23.1)

8.46

(7.9, 8.9)

5.97

(5.54, 6.39)

0.37

(0.26, 0.47)

6.92

(6.4, 7.3)

 High Risk

30.84

(32.26, 35)

5.94

(5.7, 6.1)

13.6

(13.2, 13.9)

0.7

(0.63, 0.78)

13.36

(13.1, 13.7)

  1. 1) Significant level based on P-value: “*” for 10%, “* *” for5% & “***” for 1%
  2. 2) Multi-morbidity include two or more morbidities which are among hypertension, heart diseases, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and bronchitis, cancer and diabetes