Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the urban population studied (State Wise)
| Variables | Chandigarh | Haryana | Bihar | Arunachal Pradesh | Tripura | Assam | Jharkhand | Gujarat | Maharashtra | Tamil Nadu | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 20 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 209 |
| Age (years) | 42.8 ± 3.9 | 44.3 ± 3.8 | 40.8 ± 2.9 | 45.1 ± 3.2 | 45.4 ± 2.8 | 44.2 ± 4.0 | 46.2 ± 3.9 | 37.8 ± 5.6 | 46.4 ± 4.8 | 48.3 ± 4.7 | 44.4 ± 14.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.5 ± 11.4 | 25.9 ± 12.4 | 22.4 ± 13.6 | 23.1 ± 14.1 | 22.8 ± 12.7 | 22.1 ± 17.7 | 24.3 ± 14.8 | 25.5 ± 12.7 | 21.7 ± 14.8 | 24.2 ± 15.7 | 23.7 ± 4.2 |
| Waist (cms) | 87.0 ± 11.0 | 86.6 ± 11.2 | 81.7 ± 9.9 | 80.4 ± 7.9 | 84.8 ± 8.9 | 80.4 ± 9.9 | 89.4 ± 14.3 | 82.6 ± 15.6 | 78.0 ± 11.7 | 83.5 ± 13.7 | 83.5 ± 12.1 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 139 ± 11 | 134 ± 9 | 131 ± 13 | 134 ± 13 | 130 ± 12 | 136 ± 7 | 134 ± 11 | 132 ± 11 | 123 ± 13 | 138 ± 16 | 134 ± 20 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 80 ± 20 | 81 ± 15 | 81 ± 22 | 84 ± 23 | 83 ± 15 | 79 ± 22 | 78 ± 20 | 80 ± 15 | 76 ± 16 | 84 ± 25 | 81 ± 12 |
| Literate n(%) | 15 (75.0) | 18 (90.0) | 12 (57.1) | 10 (62.5) | 14 (82.4) | 17 (89.5) | 17 (81.0) | 17 (85.0) | 18 (90.0) | 33 (94.3) | 171 (81.8) |
| Smoking n(%) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (35.0) | 7 (33.3) | 3 (18.8) | 5 (29.4) | 1 (5.3) | 4 (19.0) | 1 (5.0) | 2 (10.0) | 6 (17.1) | 39 (18.7) |
| Alcohol n(%) | 6 (30.0) | 3 (15.0) | 4 (19.0) | 7 (43.8) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (10.5) | 6 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (40.0) | 6 (17.1) | 43 (20.6) |
SBP- Systolic blood pressure; DBP- Diastolic blood pressure; BMI-Body Mass Index.