Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) for behavioral risk factors of CVD among rural women

Variable	Behavioral risk Factors for cardiovascular diseases (aOR, 95% CI)
	Use of tobacco	Use of Alcohol	Insufficient Fruits and Vegetables	Physical inactivity
Age (Years)
< 20	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
20–34	2.11 (0.97–4.57)	1.15 (0.33–3.96)	1.19 (0.32–4.43)	4.84 (2.22–10.57)**
35–45	2.31 (0.83–6.41)	1.99 (0.73–5.41)	1.41 (0.43–4.64)	0.6 (0.2–1.8)
Caste/ethnicity
Dalit	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Adibasi/ Janajati	0.31 (0.14–0.67)	0.26 (0.10–0.64)	0.51 (0.12–2.18)	5.14 (2.29–11.53)**
Upper caste group	0.50 (0.25–0.99)**	1.67 (0.58–4.82)	0.42 (0.14–1.24)	3.19 (1.72–5.92)**
Origin
Hill	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Terai	1.18 (0.67–2.08)	0.43 (0.21–0.90)**	2.06 (1.07–3.9)**	0.84 (0.51–1.3)
Religion
Hindu	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Muslim/others	1.33 (0.55–3.20)	1.01 (0.36–2.80)	2.1 (0.44–10.33)	2.94 (1.14–7.57)**
Women Education
No education	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Primary	0.20 (0.8–0.50)**	0.15 (0.52–0.48)**	0.36 (0.18–0.74)**	3.59 (1.58–8.14)**
Secondary	1.17 (0.40–3.38)	1.82 (0.39–8.52)	0.28 (0.18–3.65)	0.45 (0.21–0.94)**
Higher	0.32 (0.12–0.81)**	0.59 (0.16–2.24)	0.14 (0.07–2.33)	0.72 (0.33–1.55)
Women Occupation
Non-agriculture	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Agriculture	2.89 (1.3–6.15)**	2.02 (0.82–4.95)	0.70 (0.24–2.05)	1.4 (0.7–3.0)
Wealth Index
Lower	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Second	2.73 (1.12–6.64)**	0.77 (0.23–2.55)	0.16 (0.04–0.68)**	0.90 (0.40–2.03)
Middle	1.61 (0.64–4.08)	2.22 (0.51–9.68)	0.43 (0.12–1.43)	0.40 (0.16–0.95)**
Fourth	2.13 (0.71–6.39)	1.68 (0.37–7.63)	0.13 (0.03–0.54)**	0.29 (0.14–0.74)**
Highest	0.75 (0.29–1.94)	1.41 (0.33–6.01)	0.54 (0.18–1.61)	1.19 (0.48–2.91)
Parity (years)
Primi	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
One	1.05 (0.53–2.08)	1.82 (0.65–5.07)	2.88 (1.16–7.13)**	0.85 (0.46–1.55)
Two	0.75 (0.31–1.82)	1.46 (0.48–4.39)	1.86 (0.60–5.73)	0.66 (0.30–1.45)
Three and above	1.13 (0.49–2.59)	4.80 (1.15–9.95)**	1.40 (0.46–4.28)	1.26 (0.63–2.55)

**p value < 0.05 (Significant)