Table 2. Odds ratios for risk factors associated with NCDs using generalized estimating equations.

		Hypertension			CVD			Diabetes			NCDs
Explanatory variables	Categories of Explanatory Variables	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Geographic Location	Rural	0.701	0.109–4.530	0.709	4.401	0.755–25.655	0.099	0.776	0.098–6.136	0.810	1.474	0.420–5.175	0.545
	Urban	3.287	1.626–6.644	0.001	0.641	0.258–1.591	0.337	1.905	0.883–4.111	0.101	1.739	0.983–3.077	0.057
	Peri-urban	1.000			1.000			1.000			1.000
Age	> = 45 years	2.496	0.219–28.442	0.461	0.584	0.069–4.923	0.621	1.318	0.112–15.539	0.826	1.387	0.273–7.060	0.693
	35–44	0.995	0.082–12.108	0.997	0.210	0.016–2.827	0.240	0.373	0.028–4.893	0.453	0.500	0.094–2.659	0.416
	25–34	1.856	0.183–18.814	0.601	0.486	0.090–2.625	0.402	0.448	0.102–1.963	0.287	1.051	0.253–4.370	0.945
	<25	1.000			1.000			1.000			1.000
Gender	Female	3.623	2.076–6.324	<0.001	0.877	0.357–2.151	0.774	1.402	0.761–2.583	0.278	2.097	1.315–3.343	0.002
	Male	1.000			1.000			1.000			1.000
Time Interval	Ten years	9.449	4.612–19.360	<0.001	2.873	1.069–7.726	0.036	6.335	3.098–12.953	<0.001	8.160	4.738–14.055	<0.001
	Five years	7.860	3.985–15.502	<0.001	2.107	0.796–5.579	0.133	5.382	2.733–10.598	<0.001	7.268	4.339–12.174	<0.001
	Baseline	1.000			1.000			1.000			1.000
Diabetes	Yes	0.472	0.252–0.884	0.019	0.399	0.106–1.501	0.174
	No	1.000			1.000
CVDs	Yes	1.748	0.704–4.340	0.229				0.408	0.106–1.570	0.192
	No	1.000						1.000
Cancer	Yes	0.215	0.050–0.925	0.039	1.293	0.135–12.335	0.824	0.868	0.153–4.919	0.873
	No	1.000			1.000			1.000
Hypertension	Yes				1.876	0.793–4.438	0.152	0.441	0.228–0.853	0.015
	No				1.000			1.000