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Table 3 Health status amongst women > 45 years, India, LASI (2017)

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

 

Prevalence amongst all women ≥ 45 yrs

Prevalence, by hysterectomy status % (95%CI)

AORa (95% CI)

Median age at diagnosis [IQR], by hysterectomy status

% (n)

with hysterectomy

w/o hysterectomy

with hysterectomy

w/o hysterectomy

N = 35,083

N = 3648

n

N = 31,435

n

Chronic diseasesb

 Hypertension

30.9 (11,327)

43.4 (37.6, 49.3)

1550

29.4 (28.3, 30.5)

9743

1.53 (1.29, 1.81)***

45 [45, 54]

50 [40, 58]

 Diabetes

12.1 (4384)

22.4 (16.0, 30.6)

670

10.9 (9.9, 11.9)

3701

1.57 (1.19, 2.06)***

60 [55, 60]

50 [38, 56]

 High Cholesterol

2.2 (1337)

3.7 (2.9, 4.6)

243

2.1 (1.8, 2.4)

1083

1.44 (1.05, 1.98)**

50 [48, 55]

53 [45, 58]

 Chronic Lung Disease

6.1 (1829)

5.5 (4.0, 7.6)

200

6.2 (5.4, 7.2)

1625

0.92 (0.63, 1.36)

53 [50, 53]

48 [35, 54]

 Chronic Heart Disease

3.4 (1090)

3.7 (2.8, 4.8)

159

3.4 (2.6, 4.4)

924

0.90 (0.58, 1.38)

48 [26, 50]

53 [49, 60]

 Stroke

1.4 (475)

1.4 (1.0, 2.1)

53

1.4 (1.3, 1.7)

420

1.28 (0.81, 2.04)

60 [48, 73]

53 [45, 60]

 Measured hypertension

18.8 (6600)

21.0 (18.1, 24.2)

742

18.6 (17.6, 19.7)

5851

1.11 (0.92, 1.34)

na

na

Strength and mobilityb

 Bone/Joint Diseases

19.0 (6162)

25.3 (20.1, 31.4)

815

18.3 (17.4, 19.4)

5335

1.48 (1.15, 1.92)***

62 [60, 62]

55 [45, 62]

 Hand grip strength, Mean (SD)

17.3 (5.4)

17.5 (5.2)

3301

17.3 (5.4)

27,953

pc = 0.899

na

na

 Mobility issues

69.6 (23,736)

68.6 (62.8, 73.8)

2614

70.0 (68.8, 71.2)

21,079

1.14 (0.96, 1.35)

na

na

Mental health

 Neurological/Psychiatric

2.4 (782)

2.0 (1.5, 2.7)

98

2.5 (2.2, 2.9)

681

0.81 (0.53, 1.23)

50 [40, 50]

40 [40, 57]

 Depression

29.6 (9390)

24.6 (23.5, 25.7)

1008

29.6 (28.5, 30.7)

8370

1.07 (0.87, 1.32)

na

na

Hospitalisations

 Hospitalisation in last year

9.2 (2286)

14.0 (11.9, 16.5)

406

8.5 (7.9, 9.2)

1872

1.69 (1.36, 2.09)***

na

na

  1. All conditions were self-reported except measured hypertension, hand grip strength and mobility
  2. p values: < 0.01***; < 0.05**
  3. a All regressions are adjusted for: age, education, wealth, caste, religion, urban/ rural, state and marital status
  4. b Additionally adjusted for BMI
  5. c Using t test for difference of means