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 5 Percentage distribution of non-dietary variables 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						Chi sq p values
Characteristics	Vegan	Lacto-vegetarian	Lacto-ovo vegetarian	Pesco-vegetarian	Semi-vegetarian	Non-vegetarian	Chi sq p values
Age							<0.001
20-29 y	1097 [1.7]	14846 [22.5]	2535 [3.8]	1234 [1.9]	3772 [5.7]	42553 [64.4]
30-39 y	856 [1.6]	12758 [24.3]	1553 [3.0]	1203 [2.3]	2550 [4.9]	33648 [64.0]
40-49 y	609 [1.6]	10196 [27.0]	913 [2.4]	1005 [2.7]	1817 [4.8]	23172 [61.4]
Sex							<0.001
Men	406 [0.7]	10683 [18.8]	2226 [3.9]	955 [1.7]	3465 [6.1]	39009 [68.7]
Women	2156 [2.2]	27118 [27.2]	2775 [2.8]	2487 [2.5]	4675 [4.7]	60364 [60.6]
Education							<0.001
No education	1207 [2.1]	12896 [22.7]	1115 [2.0]	1363 [2.4]	3183 [5.6]	36957 [65.2]
Primary	455 [1.9]	5645 [20.6]	599 [2.4]	628 [2.6]	1304 [5.3]	16462 [67.2]
Secondary	755 [1.3]	14505 [24.8]	2199 [3.8]	1185 [2.0]	2967 [5.1]	36817 [63.0]
Higher and above	125 [0.8]	5355 [32.2]	1087 [6.5]	265 [1.6]	686 [4.1]	9120 [54.8]
Caste/tribe							<0.001
Scheduled caste	456 [1.6]	4343 [15.0]	836 [2.9]	731 [2.5]	2018 [7.0]	20545 [71.0]
Scheduled tribe	311 [2.4]	1603 [12.6]	271 [2.1]	264 [2.1]	709 [5.6]	9576 [75.2]
Other backward class	1019 [1.7]	16614 [27.2]	2160 [3.5]	1319 [2.2]	3026 [5.0]	36839 [60.4]
General	761 [1.6]	15087 [30.9]	1692 [3.5]	1014 [2.1]	2110 [4.3]	28189 [57.7]
Missing caste	9 [0.2]	109 [2.6]	31 [0.7]	92 [2.2]	222 [5.2]	3808 [89.2]
Religion							<0.001
Hindu	2358 [1.9]	35337 [27.7]	4522 [3.6]	3069 [2.4]	6192 [4.9]	75897 [59.6]
Muslim	78 [0.4]	272 [1.4]	196 [1.0]	260 [1.3]	1417 [7.2]	17558 [88.8]
Christian	6 [0.2]	27 [0.7]	32 [0.8]	65 [1.7]	102 [2.7]	3585 [93.9]
Sikh	75 [2.6]	1561 [54.9]	170 [6.0]	10 [0.4]	286 [10.1]	742 [26.1]
Others	45 [1.8]	602 [24.1]	81 [3.2]	38 [1.5]	143 [5.7]	1591 [63.6]
Wealth quintiles							<0.001
Lowest	586 [2.2]	4777 [18.1]	427 [1.6]	789 [3.0]	1051 [4.0]	18759 [71.1]
Second	509 [1.8]	6225 [21.7]	735 [2.6]	741 [2.6]	1515 [5.3]	19026 [66.2]
Middle	468 [1.5]	6768 [21.7]	846 [2.7]	725 [2.3]	1997 [6.4]	20428 [65.4]
Fourth	516 [1.5]	7760 [23.1]	1167 [3.5]	667 [2.0]	1944 [5.8]	21506 [64.1]
Highest	483 [1.3]	12270 [33.7]	1826 [5.0]	521 [1.4]	1633 [4.5]	19653 [54.0]
Place of residence							<0.001
Urban	757 [1.4]	12685 [23.4]	2259 [4.2]	904 [1.7]	2964 [5.5]	34565 [63.9]
Rural	1804 [1.8]	25116 [24.6]	2741 [2.7]	2538 [2.5]	5176 [5.1]	64808 [63.4]
Current Tobacco smoking							<0.001
No	2388 [1.8]	34150 [25.6]	4258 [3.2]	3026 [2.3]	6687 [5.0]	82651 [62.1]
Yes	173 [0.7]	3651 [15.8]	742 [3.2]	416 [1.8]	1453 [6.3]	16721 [72.2]
Alcohol consumption							<0.001
Never	2496 [1.9]	36605 [27.5]	4320 [3.2]	3102 [2.3]	6707 [5.0]	79745 [60.0]
Ever	66 [0.3]	1196 [5.1]	681 [2.9]	339 [1.5]	1431 [6.1]	19611 [84.1]
Frequency of watching TV							<0.001
Not at all	1177 [2.6]	12046 [26.2]	937 [2.0]	1269 [2.8]	2170 [4.7]	28318 [61.7]
Less than once a week	245 [1.1]	4789 [21.9]	588 [2.7]	467 [2.1]	884 [4.0]	14886 [68.1]
At least once a week	314 [1.6]	4639 [23.2]	663 [3.3]	476 [2.4]	1128 [5.6]	12814 [64.0]
Almost everyday	824 [1.2]	16322 [23.8]	2812 [4.1]	1230 [1.8]	3956 [5.8]	43336 [63.3]
Total	2560 [1.6]	37797 [24.2]	5002 [3.2]	3446 [2.2]	8140 [5.2]	99372 [63.6]	156317

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