Table 2.

Percentage of older adults suffering from multimorbidity in the LASI cohort, India

Background characteristics	%	P value
Obese/overweight		0.001
No	18.4
Yes	42.6
High-risk waist circumference		0.001
No	18.1
Yes	42.1
High-risk waist to hip ratio		0.001
No	16.2
Yes	26
Physical activity status		0.001
Frequent	17
Rare	15.8
Never	27.2
Age (in years)		0.001
Young-old	22.8
Old-old	25.8
Oldest-old	24.5
Sex		0.001
Male	22.2
Female	25.4
Education		0.001
No education/primary not completed	19.7
Primary completed	30.1
Secondary completed	33.6
Higher and above	35.2
Marital status		0.044
Currently married	23.1
Widowed	25.6
Others	18.9
Working status		0.001
Working	13.6
Retired	26.9
Not working	30.9
Tobacco consumption		0.001
No	26.7
Yes	19.6
Alcohol consumption		0.001
No	24.6
Yes	19.8
MPCE quintile		0.001
Poorest	16.6
Poorer	20.2
Middle	22.2
Richer	27.9
Richest	35.9
Religion		0.001
Hindu	23.2
Muslim	26
Christian	31.2
Others	27.6
Caste		0.001
Scheduled Caste	19.5
Scheduled Tribe	11.1
Other Backward Class	24.9
Others	29
Place of residence		0.001
Rural	19.1
Urban	35.4
Region		0.001
North	24.4
Central	13.5
East	22.9
Northeast	16
West	27.7
South	32.4
Total	24

P value based on χ² test.

LASI, Longitudinal Aging Study in India; MPCE, monthly per capita consumption expenditure.