Table 2.
Characteristics of patients included in the cohort analysis
| Disease | Patients | Sex | Age | Caste | Comorbidities | ||
| n (% of total) | Female n (%) |
Male n (%) |
Mean±SD | Bahun/Chhetri n (%) |
Non-Bahun/ non-Chhetri n (%) |
n (%) | |
| Diabetes | 130 (22) | 28 (22) | 102 (78) | 55±12 | 78 (60) | 52 (40) | 50 (38) |
| Hypertension | 340 (57) | 166 (49) | 174 (51) | 56±11 | 200 (59) | 140 (41) | 70 (21) |
| COPD | 204 (34) | 138 (68) | 66 (32) | 59±11 | 117 (57) | 87 (43) | 45 (22) |
| Total unique patients with at least one comorbid NCD, n (%) | 88 (15) | ||||||
Total unique patients in NCD analysis cohort: 597.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NCD, non-communicable disease.