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Table 2 Characteristics associated with hysterectomy status, women >=45 years, LASI (2017)

From: Hysterectomy and women’s health in India: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of older women

 

Women with Hysterectomy

Women without Hysterectomy

Total

Adjusted ORb

N = 3648

N = 31,435

N = 35,083a

(95% CI)

Age

 age 45-49

23.9 (761)

19.4 (6468)

20.0 (7273)

ref

 age 50-54

16.5 (678)

15.8 (5205)

15.8 (5908)

0.92 (0.72, 1.19)

 age 55-59

17.6 (660)

15.1 (4851)

15.3 (5536)

1.19 (0.92, 1.54)

 age 60+

42.0 (1549)

49.8 (14747)

48.8 (16366)

0.92 (0.7, 1.19)

p value

   

0.103

Education

 Never attended school

56.9 (2011)

66.0 (19243)

64.8 (21334)

ref

 Up to primary

20.9 (898)

18.1 (6369)

18.5 (7315)

0.93 (0.77, 1.14)

 Middle school and higher

22.0 (739)

15.7 (5658)

16.5 (6431)

0.85 (0.56, 1.29)

p value

   

0.677

Place of Residence

 Rural

57.1 (2193)

69.0 (20254)

67.5 (22535)

ref

 Urban

42.8 (1455)

30.9 (11017)

32.4 (12548)

1.32 (1.1, 1.59)

p value

   

0.003

Marital status

 Currently married

67.3 (2548)

60.9 (19421)

61.6 (22058)

ref

 Never married

0.1 (16)

1.1 (345)

1.0 (364)

0.15 (0.04, 0.59)

 Others c

32.4 (1084)

37.9 (11505)

37.3 (12661)

0.82 (0.65, 1.03)

p value

   

0.003

Number of children d

 No child

1.9 (79)

3.3 (1120)

3.2 (1206)

ref

 1-2 children

32.9 (1028)

25.0 (8143)

25.8 (9185)

1.16 (0.76, 1.79)

 3 or more children

64.4 (2579)

71.1 (21859)

70.1 (24402)

1.25 (0.83, 1.88)

 missing observations

30

149

290

 

p value

   

0.508

Caste

 Other Backward Class (OBC)

53.7 (1590)

44.1 (11453)

45.1 (13108)

ref

 Scheduled Caste (SC)

16.0 (653)

19.8 (5234)

19.3 (5910)

0.81 (0.68, 0.97)

 Scheduled Tribe (ST)

4.2 (306)

9.2 (5775)

8.7 (6109)

0.52 (0.39, 0.69)

 Other

23.8 (977)

24.0 (7662)

24.0 (8682)

0.92 (0.74, 1.14)

 missing observations

122

1147

1274

 

p value

   

< 0.001

Religion

 Hindu

83.3 (2848)

81.6 (22684)

81.8 (25649)

ref

 Muslim

9.4 (284)

11.6 (3945)

11.3 (4254)

0.55 (0.41, 0.73)

 Christian

2.4 (243)

3.5 (3278)

3.3 (3534)

0.84 (0.62, 1.14)

 Other

4.6 (273)

3.2 (1364)

3.4 (1646)

1.17 (0.84, 1.64)

p value

   

< 0.001

Monthly per capita expenditure (quintile)

 1 (lowest)

14.3 (504)

22.1 (6438)

21.1 (6976)

ref

 2

16.8 (618)

21.8 (6456)

21.2 (7104)

1.24 (0.99, 1.57)

 3

18.6 (710)

20.7 (6317)

20.4 (7058)

1.26 (0.98, 1.63)

 4

23.7 (839)

18.9 (6128)

19.4 (7004)

1.73 (1.27, 2.35)

 5

26.5 (977)

16.3 (5932)

17.6 (6941)

1.76 (1.32, 2.34)

p value

   

< 0.001

BMI category

 Underweight

9.1 (350)

19.3 (5330)

18.1 (5690)

0.63 (0.53, 0.76)

 Normal

39.0 (1461)

43.1 (13839)

42.4 (15315)

ref

 Overweight

28.5 (1022)

18.7 (6436)

19.8 (7467)

1.31 (1.05, 1.64)

 Obese

11.7 (512)

8.2 (2740)

8.5 (3258)

1.1 (0.81, 1.5)

 missing observations

303

2926

3353

 

p value

   

< 0.001

Ever employed for 3 or more months

 No

43.9 (1785)

45.7 (14875)

45.6 (16736)

ref

 Yes

56.0 (1863)

54.2 (16394)

54.3 (18344)

1.09 (0.9, 1.32)

 missing observations

0

2

3

 

p value

   

0.360

  1. aIncludes missing data = 164 from the hysterectomy indicator where respondents reported don’t know (n = 33), refused (n = 8) and missing observations (n = 123)
  2. bAdjusted for state
  3. cOthers includes widowed, divorced, deserted, separated, live in relationship
  4. dNumber of living children include biological, adopted and step-children
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