Type of vegetarian diet, obesity and diabetes in adult Indian population

Agrawal, Sutapa; Millett, Christopher J; Dhillon, Preet K; Subramanian, SV; Ebrahim, Shah

doi:10.1186/1475-2891-13-89

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 Sample distribution and percentage prevalence of diabetes among men (n = 56,742) and women (n = 99,574) age 20–49 years according to intake of specific food items in the national family health survey, India 2005-06

From: Type of vegetarian diet, obesity and diabetes in adult Indian population

Frequency of intake	Men			Women			Total
Frequency of intake	Total N [%]	Diabetes cases N [%]	χ²p value	Subjects N [%]	Diabetes cases N [%]	χ²p value	Total N [%]	Diabetes cases N [%]	χ²p value
Milk or curd			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	26307 [46.4]	391 [1.5]		40366 [40.5]	492 [1.2]		66673 [42.7]	883 [1.3]
Weekly	11554 [20.4]	117 [1.0]		15071 [15.1]	138 [0.9]		26626 [17.0]	255 [1.0]
Occasionally	14757 [26.0]	138 [0.9]		32918 [33.1]	302 [0.9]		47675 [30.5]	440 [0.9]
Never	4114 [7.3]	74 [1.8]		11202 [11.3]	117 [1.0]		15317 [9.8]	191 [1.2]
Pulses and beans			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	29863 [52.6]	437 [1.5]		52440 [52.7]	538 [1.0]		82303 [52.7]	975 [1.2]
Weekly	21705 [38.3]	219 [1.0]		36597 [36.8]	360 [1.0]		58302 [37.3]	579 [1.0]
Occasionally	4660 [8.2]	51 [1.1]		9663 [9.7]	131 [1.4]		14323 [9.2]	182 [1.3]
Never	505 [0.9]	13 [2.6]		852 [0.9]	20 [2.3]		1357 [0.9]	33 [2.4]
Green leafy vegetables			0.149			0.090			0.368
Daily	33982 [59.9]	453 [1.3]		64095 [64.4]	674 [1.1]		98076 [62.7]	1127 [1.1]
Weekly	19270 [34.0]	231 [1.2]		28606 [28.7]	286 [1.0]		47876 [30.6]	517 [1.1]
Never/ Occasionally	3480 [6.1]	35 [1.0]		6840 [6.9]	89 [1.3]		10321 [6.6]	125 [1.2]
Fruits			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	7320 [12.9]	125 [1.7]		12789 [12.9]	206 [1.6]		20109 [12.9]	331 [1.6]
Weekly	19368 [34.1]	255 [1.3]		26731 [26.9]	276 [1.0]		46099 [29.5]	531 [1.2]
Occasionally	28484 [50.2]	296 [1.0]		56336 [56.6]	503 [0.9]		84820 [54.3]	800 [0.9]
Never	1546 [2.7]	44 [2.8]		3631 [3.6]	63 [1.7]		5177 [3.3]	107 [2.1]
Eggs			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	2931 [5.2]	56 [1.9]		3475 [3.5]	60 [1.7]		6405 [4.1]	115 [1.8]
Weekly	20682 [36.5]	317 [1.5]		28778 [28.9]	363 [1.3]		49460 [31.6]	680 [1.4]
Occasionally	19786 [34.9]	201 [1.0]		32635 [32.8]	287 [0.9]		52421 [33.5]	488 [0.9]
Never	13330 [23.5]	146 [1.1]		34647 [34.8]	340 [1.0]		47977 [30.7]	486 [1.0]
Fish			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	3706 [6.5]	90 [2.4]		6505 [6.5]	149 [2.3]		10211 [6.5]	240 [2.4]
Weekly	14414 [25.4]	238 [1.7]		22070 [22.2]	304 [1.4]		36484 [23.3]	542 [1.5]
Occasionally	21818 [38.5]	225 [1.0]		34242 [34.4]	264 [0.8]		56060 [35.9]	489 [0.9]
Never	16782 [29.6]	167 [1.0]		36724 [36.9]	331 [0.9]		53506 [34.2]	498 [0.9]
Chicken or meat			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Daily	706 [1.2]	6 [0.9]		839 [0.8]	14 [1.7]		1545 [1.0]	20[1.3]
Weekly	15609 [27.5]	269 [1.7]		21938 [22.0]	292 [1.3]		37548 [24.0]	561[1.5]
Occasionally	26135 [46.1]	291 [1.1]		42222 [42.0]	423 [1.0]		68357 [43.7]	714[1.0]
Never	14272 [25.2]	155 [1.1]		34537 [34.7]	320 [0.9]		48809 [31.2]	475[1.0]

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