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Table 1 Background characteristics of study participants and untreated hypertension prevalence

From: Child marriage and health disparities in adulthood: the differential risk of untreated hypertension among young adult women in India

Characteristic

Share of women

Untreated hypertension prevalence

All

(n = 22,140)

Married as adult

(n = 12,746)

Married as child

(n = 9,394)

P-value

All

(n = 22,140)

Married as adult

(n = 12,746)

Married as child

(n = 9,394)

P-value

Individual

 Age (yr)

  20–22

9.23 (8.68–9.78)

9.61 (8.88–10.35)

8.77 (7.99–9.55)

0.115

65.00 (62.06–67.94)

62.46 (58.54–66.38)

68.37 (63.96–72.77)

0.054

  23–25

16.20 (15.47, 16.94)

17.86 (16.84–18.88)

14.20a) (13.12–15.28)

 < 0.001

68.06 (65.56–70.55)

67.24 (64.24–70.23)

69.31 (65.05–73.57)

0.434

  26–28

20.83 (20.04–21.62)

21.88 (20.74–23.02)

19.56a) (18.40–20.72)

0.006

72.25 (70.24–74.25)

71.26 (68.57–73.95)

73.59 (70.64–76.53)

0.250

  29–31

25.74 (24.88–26.60)

23.66 (22.55–24.77)

28.24a) (26.90–29.59)

 < 0.001

74.59 (72.80–76.39)

71.06 (68.67–73.45)

78.17b) (75.50–80.84)

 < 0.001

  32–34

28.00 (27.12–28.88)

26.98 (25.78–28.19)

29.22a) (27.90–30.55)

0.015

76.06 (74.45–77.67)

74.93 (72.75–77.12)

77.31b) (74.99–79.63)

0.131

 Education

  No education

26.10 (25.29–26.90)

17.73 (16.81–18.64)

36.21a) (34.95–37.46)

 < 0.001

76.76 (75.23–78.29)

76.26 (73.87–78.64)

77.06 (75.22–78.89)

0.580

  Primary

15.02 (14.33–15.71)

10.75 (9.97–11.53)

20.17a) (18.98–21.36)

 < 0.001

74.49 (72.27–76.70)

73.65 (70.27–77.03)

75.03 (72.13–77.94)

0.538

  Secondary

47.83 (46.82–48.84)

53.40 (52.08–54.73)

41.09a) (39.68–42.51)

 < 0.001

71.07 (69.67–72.46)

69.26 (67.54–70.98)

73.90b) (71.61–76.19)

0.001

  Higher

11.06 (10.34–11.78)

18.12 (17.01–19.24)

2.53a) (1.80–3.26)

 < 0.001

66.59 (63.13–70.05)

67.43 (64.19–70.66)

59.33 (43.29–75.37)

0.336

 Relation to household head

  Head

3.63 (3.31–3.95)

2.54 (2.19–2.90)

4.94a) (4.40–5.48)

 < 0.001

66.92 (62.50–71.35)

61.13 (54.21–68.06)

70.52b) (65.16–75.89)

0.033

  Wife

56.81 (55.85–57.77)

49.33 (48.04–50.63)

65.84a) (64.54–67.14)

 < 0.001

74.87 (73.60–76.14)

72.95 (71.26–74.63)

76.62b) (74.85–78.38)

0.002

  Daughter

5.97 (5.51–6.44)

7.42 (6.71–8.14)

4.22a) (3.65–4.79)

 < 0.001

64.74 (61.05–68.44)

64.60 (60.11–69.09)

65.04 (58.45–71.63)

0.913

  Daughter-in-law

29.55 (28.67–30.44)

35.96 (34.69–37.24)

21.82a) (20.71–22.92)

 < 0.001

70.79 (69.14–72.44)

69.57 (67.56–71.59)

73.22b) (70.48–75.96)

0.033

  Other

4.03 (3.66–4.40)

4.73 (4.20–5.26)

3.19a) (2.67–3.70)

 < 0.001

69.85 (65.65–74.05)

69.29 (64.31–74.27)

70.85 (63.62–78.08)

0.717

 Parity

  0

10.11 (9.52–10.70)

15.27 (14.34–16.21)

3.88a) (3.28–4.48)

 < 0.001

73.37 (70.67–76.06)

71.57 (68.58–74.55)

81.92b) (76.11–87.74)

0.003

  1–2

58.98 (58.01–59.95)

66.64 (65.43–67.84)

49.73a) (48.22–51.23)

 < 0.001

71.55 (70.25–72.85)

69.86 (68.28–71.43)

74.29b) (72.20–76.38)

0.001

  3–4

26.63 (25.76–27.49)

16.53 (15.62–17.45)

38.81a) (37.36–40.26)

 < 0.001

73.97 (72.20–75.75)

72.61 (69.81–75.42)

74.67 (72.47–76.87)

0.246

  5 + 

4.29 (3.95–4.63)

1.56 (1.28–1.83)

7.58a) (6.95–8.22)

 < 0.001

76.02 (72.55–79.49)

74.02 (64.84–83.19)

76.52 (72.94–80.10)

0.619

 Pregnant

  No

94.70 (94.29–95.11)

92.90 (92.27–93.54)

96.87 (96.42–97.32)

 < 0.001

73.52 (72.52–74.52)

71.71 (70.44–72.99)

75.61b) (74.18–77,05)

 < 0.001

  Yes

5.30 (4.89–5.71)

7.10 (6.46–7.73)

3.13 (2.68–3.58)

 < 0.001

55.61 (51.62–59.61)

56.57 (51.87–61.27)

52.99 (45.67–60.31)

0.408

 Lactating

  No

72.02 (71.17–72.87)

67.53 (66.33–68.73)

77.43a) (76.29–78.58)

 < 0.001

73.58 (72.43–74.73)

71.65 (70.16–73.14)

75.62b) (73.95–77.28)

 < 0.001

  Yes

27.98 (27.13–28.83)

32.47 (31.27–33.67)

22.57a) (21.42–23.71)

 < 0.001

69.97 (68.30–71.63)

68.53 (66.45–70.62)

72.46b) (69.94–74.97)

0.016

Household characteristics

 Household size

  3 or less

13.72 (13.00–14.44)

15.82 (14.80–16.83)

11.18a) (10.18–12.18)

 < 0.001

74.26 (71.79–76.73)

71.82 (68.69–74.95)

78.43b) (74.31–82.56)

0.013

  4–5

44.23 (43.25–45.22)

41.54 (40.19–42.89)

47.49a) (46.05–48.93)

 < 0.001

73.19 (71.79–74.59)

71.01 (69.14–72.88)

75.49b) (73.52–77.45)

0.001

  6–8

28.59 (27.74–29.44)

28.36 (27.16–29.56)

28.87 (27.70–30.04)

0.556

72.22 (70.59–73.86)

70.43 (68.13–72.73)

74.35b) (72.21–76.50)

0.012

  9 + 

13.46 (12.78–14.14)

14.28 (13.42–15.15)

12.46a) (11.43–13.49)

0.008

69.56 (66.90–72.22)

68.67 (65.51–71.84)

70.79 (66.26–75.33)

0.449

 Wealth index quintiles

  Poorest

18.34 (17.68–19.00)

12.94 (12.22–13.66)

24.86a) (23.79–25.93)

 < 0.001

76.06 (74.26–77.85)

74.88 (72.11–77.64)

76.80 (74.61–78.98)

0.264

  Poorer

19.49 (18.76–20.22)

16.10 (15.24–16.95)

23.59a) (22.43–24.75)

 < 0.001

72.85 (70.95–74.75)

71.17 (68.51–73.83)

74.23b) (71.70–76.75)

0.086

  Middle

19.91 (19.13–20.69)

18.94 (17.96–19.91)

21.08a) (19.91–22.25)

0.005

71.68 (69.71–73.64)

69.46 (66.85–72.07)

74.08b) (71.22–76.94)

0.019

  Richer

22.68 (21.79–23.58)

25.22 (23.99–26.45)

19.62a) (18.38–20.86)

 < 0.001

72.25 (69.98–74.52)

69.98 (67.29–72.66)

75.77b) (71.94–79.61)

0.010

  Richest

19.58 (18.70–20.46)

26.81 (25.53–28.09)

10.85a) (9.81–11.89)

 < 0.001

70.31 (67.85–72.78)

69.73 (67.03–72.42)

72.07 (66.61–77.52)

0.445

 Religion

  Hindu

77.44 (76.52–78.36)

76.73 (75.56–77.89)

78.30 (77.03–79.56)

0.063

72.13 (71.00–73.27)

70.16 (68.73–71.59)

74.47b) (72.83–76.12)

 < 0.001

  Muslim

16.07 (15.27–16.88)

15.40 (14.43–16.38)

16.88a) (15.75–18.02)

0.044

73.77 (71.68–75.86)

71.82 (68.92–74.73)

75.91 (72.97–78.85)

0.052

  Christian

2.44 (2.09–2.78)

2.78 (2.37–3.20)

2.01a) (1.54–2.49)

0.016

69.28 (63.52–75.05)

63.97 (56.68–71.26)

78.14b) (69.26–87.03)

0.006

  Sikh

2.21 (2.00–2.41)

3.15 (2.86–3.43)

1.07a) (0.86–1.28)

 < 0.001

80.44 (76.91–83.97)

80.81 (76.80–84.82)

79.14 (71.50–86.79)

0.712

  Buddhist

0.87 (0.66–1.08)

0.83 (0.57–1.08)

0.92 (0.58–1.27)

0.656

65.68 (52.62–78.75)

61.86 (44.69–79.03)

69.82 (49.92–89.72)

0.554

  Other

0.97 (0.64–1.31)

1.11 (0.60–1.63)

0.81 (0.49–1.13)

0.295

84.03 (75.86–92.20)

81.81 (69.90–93.72)

87.72 (77.52–97.93)

0.397

 Caste

  None

28.20 (27.28–29.13)

30.07 (28.87–31.28)

25.94a) (24.60–27.28)

 < 0.001

73.66 (71.85–75.47)

71.91 (69.47–74.35)

76.11b) (73.39–78.82)

0.024

  Scheduled caste

19.77 (18.88–20.66)

18.26 (17.22–19.30)

21.60a) (20.27–22.93)

 < 0.001

70.84 (68.51–73.16)

69.18 (66.34–72.03)

72.52 (69.07–75.98)

0.118

  Scheduled tribe

9.95 (9.44–10.45)

8.87 (8.24–9.49)

11.25a) (10.52–11.99)

 < 0.001

79.34 (77.40–81.29)

78.72 (76.10–81.33)

79.94 (77.18–82.71)

0.510

  Other backward class

42.08 (41.06–43.09)

42.80 (41.47–44.13)

41.21 (39.83–42.58)

0.106

71.06 (69.61–72.50)

68.69 (66.76–70.63)

74.02b) (72.01–76.03)

 < 0.001

 Residence

  Rural

32.82 (32.04–33.60)

60.79 (59.86–61.72)

74.90a) (73.82–75.98)

 < 0.001

71.94 (69.83–74.05)

70.21 (68.85–71.58)

75.49b) (74.12–76.86)

0.407

  Urban

67.18 (66.40–67.96)

39.21 (38.28–40.14)

25.10a) (24.02–26.18)

 < 0.001

72.88 (71.85–73.90)

71.30 (68.94–73.66)

73.15 (69.26–77.04)

 < 0.001

  1. 95% Confidence intervals are presented in parentheses; estimates were obtained using complex survey weights; shares add to 100 across rows for each characteristic (e.g., age, education, etc.)
  2. a)Significantly different (P < 0.05) share across the two groups (married as adult vs. married as child
  3. b)Statistically different (P < 0.05) untreated hypertension prevalence across the two groups (married as adult vs. married as child)