Table 2. Characteristics of the study population.
| Africa | Asia | South America | |||||||||
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| Overall | South Africa | Bangladesh | China | India (Bangalore) | India (New Delhi) | Pakistan | Argentina | Chile | Peru | Uruguay | |
| N=37,067 | N=691 | N=3,756 | N=5,293 | N=8,616 | N=6,299 | N=2,38 0 | N=3,941 | N=1,94 0 | N=2,57 2 | N=1,57 9 | |
| Variables in the High Cardiovascular Definition | |||||||||||
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| Males | 46.4 | 36.0 | 45.7 | 47.4 | 48.0 | 48.7 | 47.4 | 48.4 | 46.0 | 48.4 | 48.5 |
| Age | 53.5 ± 12.1 | 50.1 ± 10.4 | 53.7 ± 10.3 | 63.0 ± 10.0 | 51.4 ± 12.8 | 48.8 ± 10.5 | 48.5 ± 10.8 | 50.6 ± 10.4 | 50.0 ± 10.4 | 55.4 ± 12.5 | 51.9 ± 11.0 |
| Age Categories | |||||||||||
| 35-44 | 27.4 | 35.5 | 20.1 | 5.7 | 34.8 | 40.0 | 40.9 | 35.6 | 40.1 | 23.1 | 31.9 |
| 45-54 | 27.3 | 33.7 | 40.9 | 11.6 | 26.0 | 32.9 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 29.1 | 25.8 | 29.0 |
| 55-64 | 24.1 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 38.0 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 22.3 | 18.7 | 26.5 | 22.6 |
| 65-74 | 16.5 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 32.5 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 16.1 | 15.4 |
| ≥75 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| Heart Disease/Attack | 3.5 | 5.6 | 13.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Stroke | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Diabetes | 11.2 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 4.1 | 19.2 | 13.7 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 11.8 |
| Systolic Blood Pressure ≥160 (mmHg) | 9.6 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 24.7 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 8.1 |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 129.5 ± 22.3 | 131.5 ± 24.3 | 122.4 ± 26.5 | 145.9 ± 22.5 | 125.4 ± 20.1 | 130.2 ± 19.0 | 126.4 ± 20.1 | 127.5 ± 18.7 | 126.0 ± 19.3 | 118.9 ± 17.3 | 129.6 ± 20.5 |
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| Smoking History | N=37,019 | N=690 | N=3,747 | N=5,293 | N=8,616 | N=6,299 | N=2,380 | N=3,933 | N=1,938 | N=2,572 | N=1,551 |
| Current | 33.6 | 25.8 | 58.7 | 28.8* | 51.7 | 22.5 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 30.7 | 12.1 | 30.2 |
| Former | 21.0 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 71.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 23.5 | 33.3 | 27.3 |
| None | 45.5 | 63.8 | 32.3 | 45.4 | 74.9 | 70.8 | 44.9 | 45.8 | 54.6 | 42.6 | |
| Education | N=36,983 | N=691 | N=3,756 | N=5,284 | N=8,616 | N=6,299 | N=2,380 | N=3,906 | N=1,922 | N=2,572 | N=1,557 |
| None | 19.2 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 43.0 | 15.2 | 30.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
| Any school | 65.5 | 87.3 | 47.6 | 73.4 | 55.1 | 66.4 | 55.8 | 76.4 | 63.5 | 73.8 | 87.9 |
| University/Higher | 15.3 | 0.0 | 52.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 18.4 | 13.7 | 22.6 | 36.1 | 19.6 | 11.5 |
| Body Mass Index | N=26,490 | N=691 | N=3,756 | N=5,291 | N=8,615 | N=4,941 | N=1,795 | N=3,933 | N=1,939 | N=2,572 | N=1,572 |
| Under/Normal Weight | 43.6 | 31.0 | 72.6 | 60.7 | 84.0 | 45.6 | 41.5 | 26.0 | 20.0 | 28.4 | 28.6 |
| Overweight | 33.9 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 32.7 | 13.1 | 34.4 | 35.8 | 38.3 | 45.4 | 43.8 | 34.5 |
| Obese | 22.5 | 48.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 35.8 | 35.0 | 27.8 | 37.0 |
Results are presented as percentages or as mean ± standard deviation.
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Did not ask for non-smokers.