Table 4.

Bivariate analysis showing association of sociodemographic characteristics with BMI among female participants from the fourth round of National Family Health Survey-India (2015-16)

Background characteristics	Prevalence of HTN with body mass index among women
	Underweight		Normal		Overweight		Obese
	Total (n)	%	Total (n)	%	Total (n)	%	Total (n)	%
Age (in years)		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001
20-29	51,135	4.7	99,607	5.5	23,476	6.8	28,944	10.5
30-39	27,435	8.5	71,370	10.1	27,220	13.9	48,325	20.6
40-49	19,763	14.0	52,377	17.5	23,724	24.3	49,007	34.5
Level of education		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001
No education	40,546	9.8	78,451	12.2	21,317	18.9	29,885	29.0
Primary	14,061	7.7	30,460	10.9	9,867	18.1	16,967	26.6
Secondary	26,505	6.3	64,954	9.1	24,901	14.3	46,774	23.5
Higher S. & above	17,223	4.6	49,489	6.3	18,335	9.8	32,649	17.6
Wealth status		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P=0.228
Poor	54,878	8.7	93,890	10.7	19,791	16.0	20,096	23.6
Middle	19,881	6.7	47,520	9.4	15,980	15.3	23,707	24.0
Rich	23,575	5.9	81,944	9.0	38,649	14.4	82,472	23.6
Type of residence		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P=0.135
Urban	20,794	5.9	66,426	8.8	30,210	14.2	65,446	23.4
Rural	77,540	8.1	1,56,928	10.2	44,210	15.5	60,830	24.0
Use any tobacco		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001
No	90,053	7.2	2,10,751	9.6	71,199	14.8	1,22,243	23.6
Yes	8281	12.2	12,603	13.8	3221	20.2	4033	26.7
Drinking alcohol		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001
No	96,524	7.5	2,19,903	9.7	73,519	14.9	1,25,160	23.6
Yes	1810	17.1	3452	17.6	901	21.5	1115	29.1
Diabetes*		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001		P<0.001
No	96,613	7.6	2,18,651	9.7	72,050	14.6	1,19,444	22.9
Yes	701	14.9	2626	20.0	1663	30.9	5527	40.4
Total	98,334	7.7	2,23,354	9.8	74,420	15.0	1,26,275	23.7