Table 2.

Characteristics of the studies from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal

Author [ref.], year	Setting	Study population, study design, sampling strategy	Number of participants, response, age limit and mean age (±S.D.), gender
Bangladesh:
Anand et al. [25], 2014	Urban	Participants from urban Dhaka, cross sectional study, random	402, 88.8%, > 30 years, mean age ± S.D.: 49.5 ± 12. 7 years, 51% male
Fatema et al. [26], 2013	Urban	Participants attending a health screening camp in urban Dhaka, cross sectional study, non-random	650, 97.5%, 18–70 years, mean age ± S.D.: 37 ± 11 years, 88.3% male
Huda et al. [27], 2012	Urban	Participants from urban slum of Dhaka, cross sectional study, random	1000, not mentioned, 15–65 years, mean age ± S.D.: 34.39 ± 12.70 years, 33% male
Nepal:
Sharma et al. [32], 2013	Urban	Participants from community-based screening for Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension and Diabetes in urban Dharan, cross sectional study, non-random	1000, not mentioned, ≥20 years, not mentioned, 48% male
Pakistan:
Alam et al. [28], 2014	Urban	Participants from urban Karachi, cross sectional study, random	461, 76%, ≥15 years, not mentioned, 36% male
Imran et al. [29], 2015	Urban	Volunteers who willingly gave their sample in a health camp in urban Karachi, cross sectional study, non-random	301, 97.3%, 30–80 years, not mentioned, 62% male
Jafar et al. [30], 2005	Urban	Participants from urban Karachi, cross sectional study, random	332, 88.9%, > 40 years, mean age ± S.D.: 51.4 ± 9.9 years, 54.2% male
Jessani et al. [31], 2014	Urban	Participants from urban Karachi, cross sectional study, random	3143, 91.4%, ≥ 40 years, not mentioned, 47.8% male