Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Characteristics	Men Percent or Mean ± SD (N =52)	Women Percent or Mean ± SD (N = 48)	Total Percent or Mean ± SD (N=100)	P value
Age (years) (mean)*	70.92 ± 6.76	68.93 ± 7.30	69.97 ± 7.06	0.16
No education (%)	3.8	22.9	13.0	0.005
Marital status (living single) (%)	7.7	31.2	19.0	0.003
Joint family (%)	42.3	39.6	41.0	0.47
Height (cm) (mean)*	164.03 ± 11.00	144.25 ± 15.06	154.58 ± 16.49	<0.001
Weight (kg) (mean)*	70.43 ± 11.88	62.33 ± 12.03	66.50 ± 12.57	0.001
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) (mean)*	26.15 ± 4.10	30.90 ± 8.18	28.45 ± 6.81	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm) (mean)*	93.58 ± 8.54	84.96 ± 11.31	89.40 ± 9.51	<0.001
Hip circumference (cm) (mean)*	101.73 ± 8.30	103.27 ± 10.67	102.47 ± 9.51	0.42
Waist Hip ratio (waist / hip) (mean)*	0.91 ± 0.03	0.82 ± 0.07	0.87 ± 0.07	<0.001
Currently working (%)	3.8	2.1	3.0	0.53
Depression (mean)*	2.96 ± 2.61	4.66 ± 3.95	3.78 ± 3.41	0.01
Depression (GDS > 5) (%)	15.4	31.2	23.0	0.05

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