Current health status and its risk factors of the Tsarang villagers living at high altitude in the Mustang district of Nepal

Table 2 Socioeconomic characterization and disease history of participants

Factors	n (%)
Expected annual income (NPR)^a
≤ 10,000	22 (12.29)
10,001 to ≤ 50,000	43 (24.02)
50,001 to ≤ 100,000	62 (34.64)
> 100,000	52 (29.05)
Poverty
MPI poor^b	51 (27.27)
Income poor^a	90 (50.28)
Family history^c
Arthritis	74 (41.11)
Hypertension	18 (10.00)
Rheumatism	11 (6.11)
Others^d	6 (3.33)
Previous history^c
Hypertension (or raised blood pressure)	32 (17.02)
Diabetes (or raised blood sugar)	6 (3.19)
Allergy	60 (32.26)
Osteoarthritis^e	116 (62.70)

^a9 participants are excluded because they do not know their own annual income
^bMPI poor is defined as deprivation score ≥ 33.3% [23]. MPI, multidimensional poverty index
^cSelf-reported by participants
^dIncluding allergy, diabetes, and obesity
^eIncluding joint pain, swollen joints, and stiff joints

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