Table 1.

Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health characteristics of 234 participants from rural Gujarat, India, screened for arrhythmias, stratified by age groups.

			Age group (%)
		N	50-55	55-65	65+	P valuea
Femaleb		140	71.4	55.0	56.3	.09
Education						.19
	None	70	30.7	27.0	35.1
	10thgrade or less	129	50.0	59.6	58.4
	More than 10thgrade	29	19.4	13.5	6.5
Works for pay		60	45.8	29.9	9.1	<.001
Daily household incomec						.03
	Less than $1	71	33.9	28.1	31.7
	$1-$2	62	14.5	31.5	31.7
	$2-$4	53	37.1	20.2	15.2
	More than $4	44	14.5	20.2	21.5
Smoking history		37	7.9	14.3	11.3	0.25
Chew tobacco		58	33.3	22.0	21.3	0.03
Hypertension		87	27.0	34.1	48.8	0.02
Diabetes		20	9.5	5.5	11.3	0.37
Hypercholesterolemia		21	4.8	8.8	12.5	0.30

^aFisher exact test.

^bOne participant had completed the screening and thus was included in the analyses but did not respond to the questionnaire.

^cBased on a conservative exchange rate of 1 USD = 60 INR for 2015 calendar year.