Table 1.
Sociodemographic and economic profile of older adults in the LASI cohort, India
| Background characteristics | Sample | % |
| Obese/overweight* | ||
| No | 21 833 | 77.8 |
| Yes | 6217 | 22.2 |
| High-risk waist circumference* | ||
| No | 21 399 | 76.3 |
| Yes | 6651 | 23.7 |
| High-risk waist to hip ratio* | ||
| No | 6434 | 23 |
| Yes | 21 593 | 77 |
| Physical activity status | ||
| Frequent | 5651 | 18 |
| Rare | 4023 | 12.8 |
| Never | 21 790 | 69.3 |
| Age (in years) | ||
| Young-old | 18 410 | 58.5 |
| Old-old | 9501 | 30.2 |
| Oldest-old | 3553 | 11.3 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 14 931 | 47.5 |
| Female | 16 533 | 52.6 |
| Education | ||
| No education/primary not completed | 21 380 | 68 |
| Primary completed | 3520 | 11.2 |
| Secondary completed | 4371 | 13.9 |
| Higher and above | 2191 | 7 |
| Marital status | ||
| Currently married | 19 391 | 61.6 |
| Widowed | 11 389 | 36.2 |
| Others | 684 | 2.2 |
| Working status | ||
| Working | 9680 | 30.8 |
| Retired | 13 470 | 42.8 |
| Not working | 8314 | 26.4 |
| Tobacco consumption | ||
| No | 18 964 | 60.3 |
| Yes | 12 500 | 39.7 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||
| No | 26 924 | 85.6 |
| Yes | 4540 | 14.4 |
| MPCE quintile | ||
| Poorest | 6829 | 21.7 |
| Poorer | 6831 | 21.7 |
| Middle | 6590 | 21 |
| Richer | 6038 | 19.2 |
| Richest | 5175 | 16.5 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 25 871 | 82.2 |
| Muslim | 3548 | 11.3 |
| Christian | 900 | 2.9 |
| Others | 1145 | 3.6 |
| Caste | ||
| Scheduled Caste | 5949 | 18.9 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 2556 | 8.1 |
| Other Backward Class | 14 231 | 45.2 |
| Others | 8729 | 27.7 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 22 196 | 70.6 |
| Urban | 9268 | 29.5 |
| Region | ||
| North | 3960 | 12.6 |
| Central | 6593 | 21 |
| East | 7439 | 23.6 |
| Northeast | 935 | 3 |
| West | 5401 | 17.2 |
| South | 7136 | 22.7 |
| Total | 31 464 | 100 |
*The sample may differ as all older adults did not give consent for measurements.
LASI, Longitudinal Aging Study in India; MPCE, monthly per capita consumption expenditure.