Table 1.

Key words for searching articles for the review

Key words	Other variations of key words
NCDs metabolic risk factors plus proximal determinants plus distal determinants plus geographic location	NCDs metabolic risk factors	High blood pressure, hypertension, high blood glucose, hyperglycemia, diabetes, high BMI, obesity, overweight, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio
	Proximal determinants	Determinants, risk, diet, salt intake, tobacco, smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity, lifestyle
	Distal determinants	Social determinants, education, income, gender, race, caste, ethnicity, socio-economic status, wealth index, income
	South Asia	Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan