Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of CARRS cohort.
| Variables | Categories | CARRS-I | CARRS-II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai | Delhi | Total | Chennai | Delhi | Total | ||
| N | 6906 | 5364 | 12 270 | 4866 | 4725 | 9591 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 41.4 (12.7) | 44.4 (13.5) | 42.9 (13.1) | 43.6 (13.1) | 45.0 (13.8) | 44.3 (13.4) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 3188 | 2680 | 5868 | 2247 | 2243 | 4490 | |
| Female | 3718 | 2684 | 6402 | 2619 | 2482 | 5101 | |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Not working | 3502 | 2754 | 6256 | 2296 | 2717 | 5013 | |
| Semi-/unskilled | 1757 | 971 | 2728 | 1333 | 661 | 1994 | |
| Trained/skilled | 1539 | 1342 | 2881 | 1160 | 1247 | 2407 | |
| White collar | 108 | 297 | 405 | 77 | 100 | 177 | |
Abbreviations: CARRS, Centre for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South-Asia; SD, standard deviation.