Table 1. Demographic information of the study population.
| Odisha state (n = 39) | Telangana state (n = 41) | Total (n = 80) | p-valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (interquartile range) | 35.0 (24.0–50.0) | 36.0 (27.0–59.0) | 35.0 (25.3–55) | 0.187 |
| Sex, n (%) Female Male |
22 (56.4) 17 (43.6) |
21 (51.2) 20 (48.8) |
43 (53.8) 37 (46.2) |
0.642 |
| Living area, n (%) Rural Urban |
39 (100.0) 0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) 41 (100.0) |
39 (48.8) 41 (51.3) |
0.000 |
| Language, n (%) Hindi Urdu Odia Telegu |
1 (2.6) 1 (2.6) 37 (94.9) 0 (0.0) |
19 (46.3) 20 (48.8) 0 (0.0) 18 (43.9) |
20 (25.0) 21 (26.3) 37 (46.3) 18 (22.5) |
0.000 |
| Religion, n (%) Hindu Muslim |
39 (100.0) 0 (0.0) |
20 (48.8) 21 (51.2) |
59 (73.8) 21 (26.3) |
0.000 |
| Occupation at baseline, n (%) Paid work Unemployed Othera |
9 (23.1) 6 (15.4) 24 (61.5) |
15 (36.6) 17 (41.5) 9 (22.0) |
24 (30.0) 23 (28.8) 33 (41.3) |
0.001 |
| Education, n (%) No or no formal education Primary Secondary or higher |
21 (53.8) 12 (30.8) 6 (15.4) |
19 (46.3) 16 (39.0) 6 (14.6) |
40 (50.0) 28 (35.0) 12 (15.0) |
0.733 |
| Participant type, n (%) Persons affected Family member |
12 (30.8) 27 (69.2) |
11 (26.8) 30 (73.2) |
23 (28.8) 57 (71.3) |
0.697 |
a Occupation ‘other’ included non-paid work, self-employed and retired.
b The tests used are the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables (age), X2 statistics for categorical variables (sex, occupation, education and participant type) and Fisher’s Exact test for categorical variables for which the expected values in one of the cells of the contingency table was less than five (living area, language and religion).