Number of chronic conditions and associated functional limitations among older adults: cross-sectional findings from the longitudinal aging study in India

Sharma, Palak; Maurya, Priya; Muhammad, T.

doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02620-0

Table 1 Socio-economic and health profile of the study participants

From: Number of chronic conditions and associated functional limitations among older adults: cross-sectional findings from the longitudinal aging study in India

Background Factors	Total (N = 31,464)		Male (N = 14,931)		Female (N = 16,533)
Background Factors	N	%	N	%	N	%
Hypertension^a
No	21,095	67.22	10,836	72.05	10,279	62.9
Yes	10,287	32.78	4205	27.95	6062	37.1
Diabetes^a
No	26,908	85.74	12,841	85.39	14,065	86.06
Yes	4473	14.26	2197	14.61	2278	13.94
Psychiatric disease^a
No	30,500	97.19	14,632	97.3	15,869	97.1
Yes	880	2.81	407	2.70	473	2.90
Lung disease^a
No	28,723	91.52	13,686	90.99	15,035	92
Yes	2660	8.48	1355	9.01	1307	8.00
Heart disease^a
No	29,754	94.81	14,167	94.19	15,584	95.36
Yes	1629	5.19	874	5.81	758	4.64
Stroke^a
No	30,524	97.27	14,246	96.71	15,976	97.77
Yes	858	2.73	495	3.29	365	2.23
Bone-related disease^a
No	25,199	80.29	12,596	83.75	12,618	77.21
Yes	6185	19.71	2445	16.25	3725	22.79
ADL^a
High	23,887	76.23	11,881	79.13	12,019	73.64
Low	7449	23.77	3133	20.87	4303	26.36
IADL^a
High	16,162	51.64	9175	61.16	7029	43.14
Low	15,133	48.36	5827	38.84	9264	56.86
Age (in years)
60–69	18,410	58.51	8730	57.82	9678	59.13
70–79	9501	30.20	4702	31.14	4803	29.35
80+	3553	11.29	1666	11.04	1886	11.52
Educational status
No/primary	23,289	74.02	9202	60.95	14,046	85.82
Secondary	5741	18.24	3958	26.22	1808	11.04
Higher	2434	7.74	1937	12.83	513	3.13
Work status
Never worked	8315	26.43	578	3.83	7665	46.84
Currently not working	11,470	36.45	6173	40.88	5311	32.45
Working	9397	29.87	6348	42.05	3088	18.87
Retired	2282	7.25	1999	13.24	302	1.84
Marital status
Currently in union	19,391	61.63	12,242	81.09	7211	44.06
Not in union	12,072	38.37	2856	18.91	9155	55.94
MPCE quintile
Poorest	6829	21.70	3145	20.83	3681	22.49
Poorer	6831	21.71	3219	21.32	3611	22.06
Middle	6590	20.95	3262	21.60	3331	20.35
Richer	6038	19.19	2902	19.22	3136	19.16
Richest	5175	16.45	2570	17.02	2607	15.93
Religion
Hindu	25,871	82.20	12,386	82.04	13,484	82.39
Muslim	3548	11.30	1769	11.72	1781	10.88
Others	2045	6.50	943	6.25	1101	6.73
Caste
SC/ST	8505	27.10	4001	26.50	4501	27.50
OBC	14,231	45.20	6925	45.86	7308	44.66
Others	8729	27.70	4172	27.63	4556	27.84
Place of residence
Urban	22,196	29.45	4219	27.95	5044	30.82
Rural	9268	70.55	10,879	72.05	11,322	69.18

SRH Self-Rated Health, ADL Activities of daily living, IADL Instrumental activities of daily living, MPCE Monthly per capita consumption expenditure
^aSample size may differ due to missing cases

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