Table 2. Adjusted association between living with someone with a given chronic condition and having that same or another chronic condition (n = 7,572).
| Chronic condition present in at least 1 other adult in household (exposure) | Adjusted relative odds of chronic condition in any adult household member | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any chronic condition | Diabetes | Common mental disorder | Hypertension | Obesity | High cholesterol | |||||||
| OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
| Any chronic condition | 1.29 (1.10–1.50) | <0.01 | 1.20 (0.98–1.46) | 0.07 | 1.61 (1.31–1.98) | <0.01 | 1.18 (1.01–1.37) | 0.04 | 1.18 (0.94–1.48) | 0.16 | 1.19 (0.92–1.53) | 0.18 |
| Diabetes | 1.21 (1.04–1.40) | 0.01 | 1.60 (1.23–2.07) | <0.01 | 0.98 (0.77–1.25) | 0.89 | 1.17 (1.00–1.37) | 0.05 | 1.24 (0.97–1.59) | 0.08 | 1.23 (0.91–1.65) | 0.18 |
| Common mental disorder | 1.48 (1.26–1.75) | <0.01 | 0.90 (0.70–1.15) | 0.39 | 2.69 (2.12–3.42) | <.01 | 1.11 (0.94–1.33) | 0.23 | 1.00 (0.78–1.27) | 0.99 | 0.96 (0.71–1.30) | 0.79 |
| Hypertension | 1.17 (1.04–1.33) | 0.01 | 1.13 (0.95–1.35) | 0.16 | 1.08 (0.91–1.29) | 0.37 | 1.18 (0.99–1.40) | 0.06 | 1.24 (1.02–1.52) | 0.03 | 0.96 (0.76–1.22) | 0.75 |
| Obesity | 1.19 (1.01–1.42) | 0.04 | 1.12 (0.89–1.42) | 0.33 | 1.01 (0.79–1.30) | 0.93 | 1.18 (0.98–1.41) | 0.08 | 1.82 (1.33–2.50) | <0.01 | 1.23 (0.91–1.68) | 0.18 |
| High cholesterol | 1.21 (1.00–1.46) | 0.05 | 1.27 (0.97–1.67) | 0.09 | 1.12 (0.82–1.53) | 0.47 | 1.01 (0.82–1.24) | 0.91 | 1.34 (0.99–1.81) | 0.06 | 1.41 (0.90–2.20) | 0.13 |
Notes: Data from 7,522 adults residing in 2,574 households contributed to each model; the mean number of adults per household was 2.9. Chronic conditions were defined as follows: diabetes, fasting plasma glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL or taking medication; common mental disorder, General Health Questionnaire score ≥ 12; hypertension, blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg or taking medication; obesity, body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2; and high cholesterol, total blood cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL or taking medication. The diagonal cells show the odds ratios for the same condition, and the off-diagonal cells show the odds ratios for differing conditions between the participant and household disease status. Models were adjusted for the index participant’s age, sex, marital status, education, and study site. Data from Madhya Pradesh were excluded from the common mental disorder analyses.