Sex differences in non-communicable disease multimorbidity among adults aged 45 years or older in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Older male and female adults differ in key characteristics such as disease-specific life expectancy, health behaviours and clinical presentations and non-communicable disease multimorbidity (NCD-MM). Therefore, examining the sex differences in NCD-MM among older adults is vital, as this issue is understudied in low-income and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts such as India, and has been growing in the past few decades.

Design

Large scale nationally representative cross-sectional study.

Settings and participants

Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI 2017-2018) had data on 27 343 men and 31 730 women aged 45+, drawn from a sample of 59 073 individuals across India.

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

We operationalised NCD-MM based on prevale

SUBMITTER: Sharma SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069553 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature