Table 3.
Variation in prevalence of gallbladder disease: logistic analysis
| Demographic characteristics | Total (Model I) | Male (Model II) | Female (Model III) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | EXP(B) and 95.0% CI | Number | EXP(B) and 95.0% CI | Number | EXP(B) and 95.0% CI | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male (ref.) | 2526 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Female | 3801 | 1.853a | – | – | – | – |
| 1.304–2.635 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| 30–49 (ref.) | 4177 | 1 | 1457 | 1 | 2676 | 1 |
| 50+ | 2150 | 1.626a | 1069 | 1.403 | 1072 | 1.703a |
| 1.293–2.044 | 0.887–2.221 | 1.292–2.245 | ||||
| Children | ||||||
| 0–3 (ref.) | – | – | – | – | 869 | 1 |
| 4+ | – | – | – | – | 2879 | 1.862a |
| – | – | – | – | 1.306–2.655 | ||
| Abd. surgery | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 6096 | 1 | 2424 | 1 | 3622 | 1 |
| Yes | 231 | 2.733a | 102 | 1.957 | 126 | 3.335a |
| 1.822–4.099 | 0.971–3.944 | 1.949–5.705 | ||||
| Diabetes | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 6210 | 1 | 2454 | 1 | 3703 | 1 |
| Yes | 117 | 3.285a | 102 | 4.271a | 45 | 1.724 |
| 2.045–5.276 | 2.130–8.566 | 0.830–3.585 | ||||
| Blood relatives with GBD/GBC | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 5813 | 1 | 2299 | 1 | 3468 | 1 |
| Yes | 514 | 1.795a | 227 | 2.115a | 280 | 1.564a |
| 1.310–2.458 | 1.213–3.688 | 1.049–2.334 | ||||
| Diet – chickpeas | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 5330 | 1 | 2119 | 1 | 3167 | 1 |
| Yes | 997 | 1.636a | 337 | 2.546a | 581 | 1.354 |
| 1.261–2.122 | 1.563–4.146 | 0.981–1.860 | ||||
| Drinking water | ||||||
| Tap/Hand pump (ref.) | 5407 | 1 | 2189 | 1 | 3173 | 1 |
| Well/River/Pond | 920 | 1.758a | 337 | 3.835a | 575 | 1.202 |
| 1.338–2.310 | 2.368–6.209 | 0.814–1.431 | ||||
| SLI | ||||||
| Low (ref.) | 3357 | 1 | 1347 | 1 | 1996 | 1 |
| Medium | 2266 | 1.217 | 893 | 1.427 | 1356 | 1.079 |
| 0.962–1.540 | 0.897– 2.272 | 0.814–1,431 | ||||
| High | 704 | 0.873 | 286 | 0.516 | 406 | 1.098 |
| 0.599–1.273 | 0.227–1.172 | 0.708–1.703 | ||||
| Education | ||||||
| Illiterate (ref.) | 3861 | 1 | 337 | 1 | 3002 | 1 |
| Literate | 2466 | 1.676a | 806 | 1.179 | 728 | 1.849a |
| 1.270–2.212 | 0.717–1.939 | 1.302–2.625 | ||||
| River proximity | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 3719 | 844 | 1119 | |||
| Yes | 2608 | 1.024 | 1682 | 0.608a | 2629 | 1.204 |
| 0.809 –1.296 | 0.393–0.938 | 0.902–1.606 | ||||
| District | ||||||
| Patna | 2311 | 1 | 1026 | 1 | 1268 | 1 |
| Varanasi | 1784 | 1.221 | 509 | 1.694 | 1255 | 0.979 |
| 0.903–1.650 | 0.944–3.040 | 0.679–1.410 | ||||
| Vaishali | 2232 | 1.874a | 991 | 1.222 | 1225 | 2.202a |
| 1.429–2.458 | 0.728–2.050 | 1.592–3.046 | ||||
a
Significant (P < 0.05); number of patients based on analysis with weights.
‘ref’: reference category.
‘Exp B’– Odds ratio (OR) of having the outcome in a specific category.
SLI, standard of living index.