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Table 4 Unadjusted prevalence (% with CI) of diabetes and obesity according to types of vegetarian diet consumption in adult Indian population (n = 156,317) aged 20–49 years, NFHS 2005-06

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

Characteristics

Type of diets

P for trend values*

Vegan

Lacto-vegetarian

Lacto-ovo vegetarian

Pesco-vegetarian

Semi-vegetarian

Non-vegetarian

Diabetes

26 [1.0]

356 [0.9]

46 [0.9]

48 [1.4]

71 [0.9]

1223 [1.2]

0.002

N [%], 95% CI

0.6-1.7

0.8-1.1

0.6-1.3

1.0-2.0

0.7-1.1

1.1-1.3

 

BMI ≥23 kg/m2

534 [21.5]

9722 [26.9]

1163 [24.9]

650 [19.5]

1690 [21.8]

21380 [22.6]

<0.001

N [%], 95% CI

19.5-23.7

26.3-27.5

23.4-26.5

17.8-21.3

20.7-23.0

22.3-23.0

 

BMI ≥25 kg/m2

286 [11.5]

5861 [16.2]

697 [14.9]

334 [10.0]

877 [11.3]

11996 [12.7]

<0.001

N [%], 95% CI

10.0-13.2

15.7-16.7

13.7-16.3

8.0-11.3

10.5-12.2

12.4-13.0

 

BMI ≥30 kg/m2

58 [2.3]

1311 [3.6]

140 [3.0]

56 [1.7]

156 [1.6]

2269 [2.4]

<0.001

N [%], 95% CI

1.7-3.2

3.4-3.9

2.5-3.7

1.2-2.4

1.2-2.4

2.3-2.5

 

BMI, mean [±SD]

20.5 [±4.2]

21.2 [±4.5]

21.0 [±4.1]

20.3 [±3.8]

20.6 [±4.0]

20.7 [±4.1]

 
  1. *P for trend values has been obtained from Likelihood ratio test for no difference between the groups for types of vegetarian diet ignoring the correlated data. As the non-vegetarian group was expected to have the highest and the rural group the lowest levels of diabetes and BMI, trend tests were carried out scoring the groups 1 to 5 and using likelihood ratio tests.
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