Migration Status and Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Kerala State, India

Table 3

Duration of migration and prevalence of selected chronic diseases.

	% Never lived outside	% Lived outside 1–5 years	% Lived outside more than 5 years	𝜒^2 (mantel test for trend)	𝑃 value
CHD	4.1	4.7	8.6	251.75	<0.001
Hypertension	6.6	8.3	18.8	205.93	<0.001
Diabetes	5.9	8.4	19.6	991.19	<0.001