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Table 2 Age-sex adjusted and unadjusted prevalence of VI among older adults in India, 2017–2018

From: Prevalence and predictors of vision impairment among older adults in India: evidence from LASI, 2017–18

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

%

CI

%

CI

Overall

37.1

(36.50, 37.62)

37.6

(37.05, 38.16)

Diabetes

 No

38.8

(37.62, 38.85)

38.6

(37.96, 39.18)

 Yes

32.1

(28.72, 31.43)

32.4

(30.99, 33.77)

Hypertension

 No

38.2

(36.49, 37.88)

38.5

(37.81, 39.20)

 Yes

36.8

(35.88, 37.78)

35.9

(34.99, 36.87)

Stroke

 No

37.7

(36.41, 37.54)

37.5

(36.98, 38.11)

 Yes

40.3

(36.85, 44.15)

40.4

(36.61, 44.13)

Heart Disease

 No

38.0

(36.76, 37.91)

37.9

(37.27, 38.42)

 Yes

32.9

(29.71, 34.55)

33.5

(31.08, 35.99)

Education

 No education

44.3

(41.75, 43.32)

43.3

(42.43, 44.10)

 Primary

35.4

(34.39, 36.64)

36.0

(34.84, 37.16)

 Secondary

26.4

(24.04, 26.68)

27.6

(25.94, 29.30)

 Higher

20.2

(18.68, 22.12)

21.8

(19.45, 24.15)

Marital status

 Currently married

34.7

(33.80, 35.19)

36.8

(36.00, 37.60)

 Widowed

43.4

(40.10, 42.07)

40.1

(38.86, 41.40)

 Othersa

38.7

(40.36, 47.60)

38.7

(35.12, 42.28)

Working status

 Never worked

42.7

(40.49, 42.67)

42.4

(40.45, 44.43)

 Currently working

34.0

(31.54, 33.53)

38.3

(36.91, 39.62)

 Not currently working

37.1

(36.76, 38.49)

36.7

(35.78, 37.57)

Currently smoke tobacco

 No

37.9

(36.91, 38.13)

37.2

(36.58, 37.79)

 Yes

36.7

(32.86, 35.79)

40.4

(38.25, 42.44)

Currently chew tobacco

 No

37.4

(36.38, 37.64)

37.0

(36.41, 37.65)

 Yes

39.1

(36.02, 38.56)

40.2

(38.87, 41.48)

Alcohol consumption

 No

37.9

(36.68, 37.92)

36.9

(36.32, 37.56)

 Yes

36.8

(34.35, 37.02)

41.7

(39.55, 43.78)

MPCE quintile

 Poorest

41.1

(38.99, 41.51)

40.9

(39.68, 42.2)

 Poorer

39.8

(38.62, 41.13)

39.6

(38.34, 40.82)

 Middle

38.4

(35.33, 37.79)

38.3

(37.04, 39.50)

 Richer

36.0

(32.66, 35.14)

35.8

(34.53, 37.02)

 Richest

32.9

(32.25, 34.79)

33.0

(31.79, 34.28)

Religion

 Hindu

37.2

(36.34, 37.65)

37.1

(36.44, 37.74)

 Muslim

35.0

(33.53, 36.75)

35.1

(33.55, 36.74)

 Christian

42.7

(40.03, 43.66)

42.2

(40.35, 43.94)

 Othersb

42.3

(38.02, 43.20)

42.0

(39.38, 44.56)

Caste

 Scheduled Caste

42.0

(40.23, 43.06)

42.1

(40.73, 43.56)

 Scheduled Tribe

43.5

(39.12, 41.93)

43.4

(41.99, 44.79)

 Other Backward Class

36.3

(35.36, 37.17)

36.2

(35.32, 37.11)

 Others

33.2

(32.57, 34.73)

32.8

(31.77, 33.89)

Place of residence

 Rural

40.7

(38.80, 40.19)

40.6

(39.88, 41.26)

 Urban

31.8

(30.02, 31.88)

31.7

(30.81, 32.67)

Region

 North

39.5

(40.45, 43.1)

39.3

(38.01, 40.60)

 Central

35.9

(35.26, 38.31)

35.9

(34.41, 37.43)

 East

39.2

(39.10, 41.74)

39.2

(37.93, 40.53)

 Northeast

48.2

(47.68, 51.06)

47.6

(45.93, 49.25)

 West

29.5

(25.70, 28.54)

29.7

(28.23, 31.14)

 South

35.6

(35.52, 37.81)

35.4

(34.25, 36.51)

  1. a Includes Divorced/Separated/Deserted/Others
  2. b Includes Sikh, Buddhist/neo-Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, and Parsi/Zoroastrian