[Table/Fig-7]:

Significant result of different studies related to AUDs among adults [6,21-24].

Study Conducted by	Place of Study	Year of study	Prevalence of AUDs among adults	Factors significantly associated/ not associated with AUDs
Joseph et al., [21]	Haryana, India	2015	24.06%	20-35 years age group, tobacco use were significantly associated with AUDs
Rathod et al., [6]	Sehore, India	2014	42%	Male, urban residence, depression, high quality housing, tobacco use were significantly associated with AUDs
A Sijiv et al., [22]	Puducherry, India	2014	27.5%	No significant association with age group, education, socio economic status, employment status, type of family, and marital status
H Zavos et al., [23]	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2013	63.1%	Male gender, age, marital status, years of schooling significantly associated with AUDs but there is no significant association with urban residence and ethnicity
Martins et al., [24]	Piaui, Brazil	2007	91.1%	No association with gender, age group, family income but friends’ influence has significant association.