Research Article
Burden of Self-Reported Noncommunicable Diseases in 26 Villages of Anand District of Gujarat, India
Table 6
Self-reported age at diagnosis of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adults (20–69 years) with respect to various sociodemographic variables.
| | Variable | Mean age at diagnosis of hypertension in years (SD) | Mean age at diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in years (SD) |
| | Overall | 49.9 (9.0) | 49.2 (9.6) | | Age groups | | | | 20–39 years | 31.0 (5.8) | 30.3 (4.7) | | 40–59 years | 46.4 (6.1) | 46.2 (6.0) | | 60–69 years | 57.0 (5.5) | 58.5 (4.9) | | Gender | | | | Male | 50.3 (9.0) | 48.8 (9.1) | | Female | 49.7 (10.0) | 49.7 (9.2) | | Education | | | | Illiterate | 51.9 (9.5) | 52.4 (9.6) | | ≤8 years of schooling | 50.3 (9.8) | 49.3 (10.0) | | 8–12 years of schooling | 48.9 (11.0) | 48.4 (10.9) | | >12 years of schooling | 48.7 (9.9) | 50.0 (7.4) | | Substance abuse | | | | Oral tobacco | 50.3 (10.0) | 49.8 (9.0) | | Smoking | 51.5 (10.0) | 49.3 (9.6) | | Alcohol | 52.9 (6.7) | 49.4 (13.4) | | Oral tobacco and smoking | 50.9 (9.5) | 49.7 (9.3) | | Any | 52.8 (7.8) | 49.7 (9.3) | | All three | 50.8 (9.5) | 49.2 (9.3) | | Number of NCDs | | | | 1 | 49.7 (9.8) | 47.9 (9.4) | | 2 | 51.2 (8.5) | 51.5 (7.9) | | ≥3 | 50.1 (9.2) | 49.4 (10.2) |
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