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Table 2.

CVD risk factors in Asian Indian population.

First author	Year	Area of study	Nature of study	Major findings
Mohan V³⁰	2001	Chennai in South India	Epidemiological study	Prevalence of CAD increased with an increase in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein ratio.
Das M³¹	2011	Inhabitants of Kolkata under the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area	Community-based cross-sectional study	People with changing lifestyles due to growing urbanization are associated with adverse CVD risk factors irrespective of their habitat.
Mammi MVI⁴¹	1991	Kerala, India	Retrospective study	A striking increase in the percentage of acute myocardial infarction was observed. There was also an increase in the occurrence of myocardial infarction in the young.
Begom R⁶²	1995	Southern India	Epidemiological study	In comparison with North Indians, the prevalence of CAD was higher in South Indians.
Gupta R⁶⁴	1994	A cluster of three villages in rural Rajasthan, western India	Total community cross-sectional survey	Uneducated and less educated people in rural India have a higher prevalence of coronary heart disease.
Shah B⁷¹	2010	Indian population	Review of articles	A cluster of major risk factors govern the occurrence of CVDs much before these are firmly established as diseases.
Gupta R⁸⁰	2010	Jaipur	Epidemiological study	Low and middle educational status urban subjects in India have greater cardiovascular risk.
Chadha SL⁸¹	1997	Delhi, India	A community-based epidemiological survey	The overall prevalence of coronary heart disease among adults was higher in the urban population than the rural population. Prevalence of a family history of coronary heart disease, hypertension, obesity and diabetes mellitus were also significantly higher in the urban than in the rural population.