Background characteristics of the study population
| Variables | Total | Male | Female |
| n=4817 | n=2482 | n=2335 | |
| Age in years* | 65.8 (62.4–71.8) | 65.7 (62.6–71.4) | 66.0 (62.3–72.9) |
| Age group (in years) | |||
| 60–69 years | 3225 (67.0) | 1725 (69.5) | 1500 (64.3) |
| 70–79 years | 1131 (23.5) | 557 (22.4) | 574 (24.6) |
| 80+ years | 460 (9.6) | 200 (8.1) | 260 (11.1) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Rural | 3463 (71.9) | 1835 (73.9) | 1628 (69.7) |
| Non-slum urban | 807 (16.8) | 394 (15.9) | 413 (17.7) |
| Slum | 547 (11.4) | 253 (10.2) | 294 (12.6) |
| Division | |||
| Mymensingh | 674 (14.0) | 375 (15.1) | 299 (12.8) |
| Barishal | 484 (10.0) | 258 (10.4) | 226 (9.7) |
| Chattogram | 712 (14.8) | 345 (13.9) | 367 (15.7) |
| Dhaka | 526 (10.9) | 280 (11.3) | 246 (10.5) |
| Khulna | 676 (14.0) | 367 (14.8) | 309 (13.2) |
| Rajshahi | 668 (13.9) | 301 (12.1) | 367 (15.7) |
| Rangpur | 662 (13.7) | 362 (14.6) | 300 (12.8) |
| Sylhet | 415 (8.6) | 194 (7.8) | 221 (9.5) |
| Educational status | |||
| No formal education | 3014 (62.6) | 1214 (48.9) | 1800 (77.1) |
| 1–5 years | 558 (11.6) | 342 (13.8) | 216 (9.3) |
| 6–10 years | 843 (17.5) | 567 (22.8) | 276 (11.8) |
| >10 years | 402 (8.3) | 359 (14.5) | 43 (1.8) |
| Occupation | |||
| Working | 2116 (43.9) | 1848 (74.5) | 268 (11.5) |
| Not working/homemaker | 2701 (56.1) | 634 (25.5) | 2067 (88.5) |
| Household income | |||
| Lower income | 2213 (45.9) | 1080 (43.5) | 1133 (48.5) |
| Higher income | 2604 (54.1) | 1402 (56.5) | 1202 (51.5) |
| Marital status | |||
| Currently married | 2861 (59.4) | 2277 (91.7) | 584 (25.0) |
| Others† | 1956 (40.6) | 205 (8.3) | 1751 (75.0) |
| Religion | |||
| Others‡ | 742 (15.4) | 369 (14.9) | 373 (16.0) |
| Muslim | 4075 (84.6) | 2113 (85.1) | 1962 (84.0) |
| Sedentary time (in min)* | 325 (240–450) | 300 (240–450) | 336 (240–450) |
| Sedentary time | |||
| ≤7 hours/day | 3576 (74.3) | 1853 (74.7) | 1723 (73.8) |
| >7 hours/day | 1240 (25.7) | 629 (25.3) | 611 (26.2) |
| Fruits and vegetables consumption | |||
| ≥5 servings/day | 450 (9.3) | 320 (12.9) | 130 (5.6) |
| <5 servings/day | 4367 (90.7) | 2162 (87.1) | 2205 (94.4) |
| Self-reported hypertension | |||
| No | 3039 (63.1) | 1744 (70.3) | 1295 (55.5) |
| Yes | 1778 (36.9) | 738 (29.7) | 1040 (44.5) |
| Self-reported diabetes | |||
| No | 4238 (88.0) | 2212 (89.1) | 2026 (86.8) |
| Yes | 579 (12.0) | 270 (10.9) | 309 (13.2) |
| Self-reported heart disease | |||
| No | 3989 (82.8) | 2051 (82.6) | 1938 (83.0) |
| Yes | 828 (17.2) | 431 (17.4) | 397 (17.0) |
| Self-reported asthma | |||
| No | 4097 (85.1) | 2079 (83.8) | 2018 (86.4) |
| Yes | 720 (14.9) | 403 (16.2) | 317 (13.6) |
| Waist circumference* | 79.0 (71.4–87.9) | 81.0 (73.3–89.1) | 77.1 (69.1–86.4) |
| Waist circumference (category) | |||
| Male: <90 cm/female: <80 cm | 3227 (68.5) | 1887 (77.1) | 1340 (59.1) |
| Male: ≥90 cm/female: ≥80 cm | 1487 (31.5) | 560 (22.9) | 927 (40.9) |
*Continuous variables (all others are categorical variables): Data are presented as column percentages, n(%) for categorical variables and as median (IQR) for continuous variables.
†Never married, widows, divorced and separated.
‡Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and others.