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. 2023 Sep 11;14(5):100789. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100789

Table 1a.

Summary tables of exposure variables vs category levels.

Variable Level code label Cases n (%) Controls n (%) χ2 value df P-value
Age group 1 18–30 30 (20%) 28 (18.7%) 1.722 2 0.423
2 31–40 59 (39.3%) 50 (33.3%)
3 41–50 61 (40.7%) 72 (48%)
Gender 1 Male 21 (14%) 21 (14%) 0.001 1 1.00
2 Female 129 (86%) 129 (86%)
Marital status 0 Unmarried 17 (11.3%) 34 (22.7%) 7.7 1 0.021
1 Married 133 (88.7%) 116 (77.3%)
Education 0 Uneducated 17 (11.3%) 8 (5.3%) 19.746 5 <0.001
1 Primary 33 (22%) 16 (10.7%)
2 Secondary 54 (36%) 50 (33.3%)
3 Higher-secondary 15 (9.68%) 14 (9.3%)
4 Graduate 20 (13.3%) 42 (28%)
5 Post-graduate 11 (7.3%) 20 (13.3%)
Habitat 1 Rural 31 (20.7%) 9 (6%) 16.333 1 <0.001
2 Urban 119 (79.3%) 141 (94%)
Socio-economic status 1 BPL 41 (27.3%) 27 (18%) 8.929 2 0.03
2 LMC 81 (54%) 77 (51.3%)
3 UMC 28 (18.7%) 46 (30.7%)
Occupation 1 Student 13 (8.7%) 26 (17.3%) 32.681a 3 <0.001
2 House-wife 109 (72.7%) 74 (49.3%)
3 Govt. employee 1 (0.7%) 21 (14%)
4 Private employee 30 (19.42%) 29 (19.3%)
Religion 1 Hindu 132 (88%) 135 (90%) 4.66 1 0.46
2 Muslim 18 (12%) 15 (10%)
Type of diet 1 Vegetarian 111 (74%) 108 (72%) 0.152 1 0.696
2 Mixed diet 39 (26%) 42 (28%)
Type of Family 1 Nuclear 34 (22.7%) 119 (79.3%) 96.372 1 <0.001
2 Joint 116 (77.3%) 31 (20.7%)
Deha-Prakriti (predominant Dosha) 1 Vata (V + VP + VK) 126 (84%) 27 (18%) 137.281a 2 <0.001
2 Pitta (PV + PK) 4 (2.7%) 68 (45.3%)
3 Kapha (K + KP + KV) 20 (13.3%) 55 (36.7%)
Deha-Prakriti (detailed) 1 V (Vataja) 35 (23.3%) 3 (2%) 150.795a 7 <0.001
2 VP (Vata-Pittaja) 43 (28.7%) 16 (10.7%)
3 VK (Vata-Kaphaja) 48 (32%) 8 (5.3%)
4 PV (Pitta-Vataja) 3 (2%) 20 (13.3%)
5 PK (Pitta-Kaphaja) 1 (0.7%) 48 (32%)
6 K (Kaphaja) 1 (0.7%) 4 (2.7%)
7 KP (Kapha-Pittaja) 5 (3.3%) 36 (24%)
8 KV (Kapha-Vataja) 14 (9.3%) 15 (10%)

Abbreviations: BPL-Below Poverty line, LMC- Lower middle class, UMC- Upper middle class.

a

With Yates correction (as the cell values less than 5).