Research Article
Migration Status and Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Kerala State, India
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study subjects.
| Characteristic | Migrant (%) | Nonmigrant (%) |
| Subjects | 8332 | 69211 | Male | 7190 (86.3) | 26503 (38.3) | Female | 1142 (13.7) | 42708 (61.7) | Mean age (SD) | 45.7 (13.4) | 41.4 (16.3) | Education | | | Low | 1273 (15.6) | 18673 (28.0) | Intermediate | 6301 (77.0) | 41545 (62.4) | High | 611 (7.5) | 6405 (9.6) |
| Risk factors and chronic diseases | Smoking | | | Male | 4014 (56.1) | 11670 (44.2) | Female | 107 (9.5) | 454 (1.1) | Alcohol | | | Male | 2787 (38.9) | 7719 (29.3) | Female | 81 (7.2) | 232 (0.5) | Diabetes | | | Male | 1080 (15.1) | 1557 (5.9) | Female | 115 (10.1) | 2601 (6.0) | Cardiac conditions | | | Male | 501 (7.1) | 1093 (4.2) | Female | 50 (4.4) | 1431 (3.4) | Hypertension | | | Male | 1029 (14.4) | 1742 (6.6) | Female | 186 (16.4) | 5080 (12) |
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