Table 1.

Prevalence of low and high cognition among older adults aged 45 and above by BMI (nutritional) status and background characteristics of the individuals, LASI, Wave1, 2017–2018.

Background characteristics	BMI status
	Underweight		Overweight		Obese
	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High
Residence
Rural	19.91	5.91	6.14	18.02	5.92	16.52
Urban	9.18	10.28	3.09	30.11	3.98	30.09
Sex
Male	10.64	10.45	1.28	34.64	0.68	35.98
Female	25.64	2.88	7.06	16.19	6.06	21.04
Age
45–59	11.39	8.84	3.31	29.19	2.28	28.75
60 +	22.75	5.1	6.73	15.78	8.93	17.77
Living arrangement
Living alone	25.43	4.58	9.83	19.93	11.45	16.25
Living with spouse and other	17.12	6.63	4.3	21.36	1.58	23.97
Living with spouse and children	12.8	8.77	2.7	28.1	3.36	28.27
Living with children and other	28.56	2.8	10.69	11.91	10.96	14.92
Living with other	23.59	3.75	8.87	17.04	8.04	19.77
Marital status
Currently married	13.83	8.26	3.02	26.96	3.06	27.16
Widowed	30.24	2.62	11.11	10.46	11.42	13.49
Other	8.19	6.46	6.27	31.23	5.03	34.03
Caste
Scheduled caste	21.74	4.87	6.13	17.2	6.43	12.62
Scheduled tribe	28.93	3.74	6.74	18.21	4.68	12.23
Other backward class	14.71	7.94	4.57	24.68	6.03	28.6
None	14.1	7.93	3.81	27.06	2.71	25.25
Education
Upto primary	6.54	10.12	1.5	17.93	0.93	21.78
Secondary	0.96	25.83	0.13	36.01	0.32	33.47
Higher and above	0.01	22.2	0.13	55.00	1.00	59.17
MPCE
Poorest	22.43	6.08	5.39	16.51	7.13	14.77
Poor	19.46	5.26	3.8	19.39	3.56	17.14
Middle	15.89	7.26	6.21	18.53	4.01	20.37
Rich	14.31	7.93	5.16	23.23	7.42	31.35
Richest	16.57	7.13	3.19	36.32	2.51	31.38
Region
North	18.7	5.47	5.91	17.31	4.84	19.84
East	21.18	5.44	2.88	24.19	2.98	18.44
North-east	21.98	9.57	5.29	31.03	4.03	28.19
South	12.13	10.88	3.28	30.97	3.21	37.99
Central	14.81	5.21	4.57	24.54	7.09	27.92
West	20.8	4.91	6.52	21.37	5.16	18.96
Total	18.4	6.53	4.7	23.73	4.76	24.66