Table 1 Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of Indian migration study population
From: Nutritional profile of Indian vegetarian diets – the Indian Migration Study (IMS)
Vegetarians | Non-vegetarians | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 2148) | (n = 4407) | ||
%/mean (SD) | %/mean (SD) | ||
Age (yrs) | 41.2(10.2) | 40.8(10.4) | 0.2 |
Standard of living index + | 23.0(6.3) | 21.0(6.7) | <0.0001 |
Gender | |||
Male | 56.5 | 59.0 | 0.05 |
Female | 43.5 | 41.0 | |
Migrant status | |||
Rural | 33.2 | 38.2 | <0.0001 |
Migrants | 30.8 | 30.4 | |
Urban | 35.9 | 31.3 | |
Location | |||
Luck now | 47.5 | 19.6 | <0.0001 |
Nagpur | 23.8 | 21.4 | |
Hyderabad | 10.1 | 37.6 | |
Bangalore | 18.4 | 21.3 | |
Smoking | |||
Never | 90.6 | 85.7 | <0.0001 |
Previous | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
Current | 7.5 | 11.8 | |
Tobacco chewing | |||
Never | 84.8 | 83.7 | 0.13 |
Previous | 2.4 | 2.0 | |
Current | 12.8 | 14.3 | |
Alcohol | |||
Never | 91.9 | 75.1 | <0.0001 |
Previous | 2.2 | 3.4 | |
Current | 5.7 | 21.3 | |
Diabetes | |||
No | 90.4 | 89.8 | 0.48 |
Yes | 9.7 | 10.2 | |
Hypertension | |||
No | 76.1 | 74.6 | 0.20 |
Yes | 23.8 | 25.3 | |
Hemoglobin g/dl | 12.7(1.8) | 13.3(3.7) | <0.0001 |
Physical activity (METS ‡) | 38.6(4.2) | 38.9(4.7) | 0.04 |
BMI kg/m 2 | 23.9(4.4) | 23.9(4.5) | 0.99 |
%Body fat | 27.1(8.2) | 27(8.2) | 0.51 |