Table 1.
Demographic details of the study participants.
| Demographics | No. of Patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 49 (31.8) |
| Female | 105 (68.2) |
| Education | |
| Illiterate | 44 (28.5) |
| High school certificate | 43 (28) |
| Intermediate/diploma | 20 (13) |
| Graduate | 22 (14.3) |
| Primary school certificate | 17 (11) |
| Middle school certificate | 8 (5.2) |
| Occupation | |
| Professionals | 7 (4.5) |
| Clerks | 1 (0.6) |
| Skilled Workers and Shop & Market Sales Workers | 11 (7.1) |
| Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers | 9 (5.8) |
| Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers | 2 (1.3) |
| Elementary Occupation | 4 (2.6) |
| Unemployed | 120 (78) |
| Monthly income (INR) | |
| 46,129–61,662 | 8 (5.2) |
| 30,831–46,128 | 79 (51.3) |
| 18,497–30,830 | 45 (29.2) |
| 6175–18,496 | 22 (14.3) |
| Socioeconomic class | |
| Upper Middle (II) | 7 (4.5) |
| Lower Middle (III) | 31 (20.1) |
| Upper Lower (IV) | 98 (63.6) |
| Lower (V) | 18 (11.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 23 (14.9) |
| Married | 126 (81.8) |
| Widow | 5 (3.2) |
| Social habits | |
| Alcohol use | 8 (5.2) |
| Tobacco use | 13 (8.4) |
| Alcohol and tobacco use | 10 (6.5) |
| None | 123 (79.8) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 97 (63) |
| Urban | 57 (37) |
| Diet habits | |
| Non-vegetarian | 113 (73.3) |
| Vegetarian | 41 (26.6) |