Table 5.
Model design for regression analysis
| Models | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Only demographic variables | Only Socio-economic variables | Only life style indicators | All independent covariates | All independent covariates |
| • Age | • Education | • State of economic dependence | • ADL (activities of daily living) | • Age | |
| • Marital status | • Wealth Index | • Living arrangements | • Social supports | • Marital status | |
| • Caste | • Risk behaviour (Smoking, Consuming tobacco and alcohol) | • Education | |||
| • Wealth quintile | |||||
| • Caste | |||||
| • State of economic dependence | |||||
| • Living arrangement | |||||
| • Risk behaviour (Smoking, Consuming tobacco and alcohol) | |||||
| • ADL (activities of daily living) | |||||
| • Social supports | |||||
| • Disability | |||||
| • Cognitive health | |||||
| • Morbidity status |