Burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases-related inequalities among older adults in India: a study based on LASI survey

Table 3 Multivariatele logistic regression of communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among elderly by socio-economic and health parameters

	Communicable Diseases		Non-communicable Diseases
	OR	CI at 95%	OR	CI at 95%
Sex
Male
Female	0.97	0.88–1.10	1.13^**	1.00–1.27
Age
60–69
70 +	0.93	0.83–1.03	1.03	0.93–1.14
Marital Status
Currently married
Never Married	1.42	0.79–2.54	0.69	0.38–1.21
Divorced/Separated/Deserted	1.11	0.74–1.64	0.91	0.62–1.32
Education
No education
Below primary	0.85^**	0.72–0.99	1.52^***	1.30–1.77
Primary	0.80^**	0.67–0.94	1.64^***	1.41–1.92
Secondary	0.77^***	0.67–0.90	1.75^***	1.52–2.02
Higher	0.62^***	0.47–0.81	1.80^***	1.37–2.35
Living arrangements
Living alone
With spouse	1.23	0.79–1.91	0.88	0.58–1.32
With others	1.08	0.85–1.36	0.84	0.68–1.02
Place of residence
Rural
Urban	0.67^***	0.59–0.76	1.85^***	1.62–2.10
Currently working
Yes
No	1.01	0.90–1.13	1.60^***	1.44–1.79
Wealth Index
Poorest
Poorer	1.07	0.93–1.23	1.34^***	1.17–1.53
Middle	0.93	0.79–1.07	1.48^***	1.28–1.71
Richer	0.92	0.79–1.06	1.68^***	1.45–1.95
Richest	1.05	0.88–1.23	1.93^***	1.63–2.28
Self-rated health
Poor
Good	0.59^***	0.51–0.68	0.47^***	0.41–0.54
Physical activities
Yes
No	0.82^***	0.73–0.91	1.16^***	1.03–1.29
Tobacco Use
No
Yes	1.18^***	1.06–1.31	0.86^***	0.78–0.95
Alcohol use
Yes
No	1.07	0.94–1.21	1.03	0.91–1.15
ADL disability
Severe ADL
Moderate ADL	1.03	0.69–1.51	0.69	0.46–1.03
No ADL	1.00	0.67–1.46	0.52^***	0.35–0.78
IADL disability
Severe IADL
Moderate IADL	1.09	0.81–1.45	1.50^*	1.12–2.02
No IADL	0.92	0.68–1.24	1.06	0.78–1.43

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