Table 1.

Countries included in this study with number of communities, households and participants at high cardiovascular risk

	Number of communities	Number of households	All participants	Number of participants at high CVD risk (% of all)
Total	592	74 281	150 185	93 200
High-income countries	113	9815	17 214	12 032
Canada	69	6158	10 314	7461 (72.3)
Saudi Arabia	18	636	1494	760 (50.9)
Sweden	23	2372	3907	3011 (77.1)
United Arab Emirates	3	649	1499	800 (53.4)
Upper middle-income countries	117	21 440	39 180	27 189
Argentina	20	4305	7509	5558 (74.0)
Brazil	14	3636	6079	4625 (76.1)
Chile	5	1934	3521	2634 (74.8)
Malaysia	28	6525	12 954	7901 (61.0)
Poland	4	1294	2031	1662 (81.8)
South Africa	8	1658	3029	1906 (62.9)
Turkey	38	2088	4057	2903 (71.6)
Lower middle-income countries	207	28 142	59 737	35 458
Colombia	55	3685	6896	4360 (63.2)
China	93	19 738	42 861	25 533 (59.6)
Iran	20	2400	6013	2904 (48.3)
Palestine	35	1055	1574	1058 (67.2)
Philippines	4	1264	2393	1603 (67.0)
Low-income countries	68	3543	7791	18 521
Bangladesh	55	1174	2926	1410 (48.2)
Pakistan	4	838	1713	1161 (67.8)
Tanzania	6	818	1910	847 (44.3)
Zimbabwe	3	713	1242	808 (65.1)
India	87	11 341	26 263	14 295 (54.4%)

High risk of CVD was defined as having any of the following conditions: history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, diabetes, age >55, former or current smoker.

CD, cardiovascular disease.