Table 5. Baseline prevalence of common NCD risk factors among HCS participants .
| Risk Factors | N (%) | ||
| Male (prevalence) | Female (prevalence) | Total | |
| Smoker | 1635 (40.6) | 454 (7.6) | 2089 (20.9) |
| Alcoholic | 191 (4.7) | 6 (0.1) | 197 (2.0) |
| Drug abuse | 203 (5.0) | 4 (0.07) | 207 (2.1) |
| Wealth | |||
| Poorest | 647 (16) | 1353 (22.6) | 2000 (20) |
| Poor | 729 (18) | 1304 (21.8) | 2033 (22.3) |
| Moderate | 821 (20.4) | 1161 (19.4) | 1982 (19.8) |
| Rich | 880 (22) | 1143 (19.1) | 2023 (20.2) |
| Richest | 949 (23.6) | 1022 (17.1) | 1971 (19.7) |
| BMI | |||
| Under weight | 70 (1.7) | 79 (1.2) | 149 (1.5) |
| Normal | 1146 (28.5) | 1097 (18.3) | 2243 (22.4) |
| Over weight | 1706 (42.4) | 2006 (33.5) | 3712 (37.1) |
| Obese | 1104 (27.4) | 2801 (47) | 3905 (39) |
| Waist to hip ratio (WHR) | |||
| Normal * | 584 (14.5) | 396 (6.6) | 980 (9.8) |
| Abnormal | 3442 (85.5) | 5587 (93.4) | 9029 (90.2) |
| Physical activity | |||
| Quartile 1 | 1255 (31.2) | 1248 (20.9) | 2503 (25.02) |
| Quartile 2 | 734 (18.2) | 1771 (29.6) | 2505 (25.03) |
| Quartile 3 | 650 (16.1) | 1858 (31) | 2508 (25.05) |
| Quartile 4 | 1387 (34.5) | 1106 (18.5) | 2493 (24.9) |
| FBS | |||
| Less than 100 | 2458 (61.1) | 3529 (59) | 5987 (59.8) |
| 100-125 | 842 (20.9) | 1469 (24.5) | 2311 (23.1) |
| ≥126 | 726 (18) | 985 (16.5) | 1711 (17.1) |
| Triglyceride | |||
| Less than 150 | 1948 (48.4) | 3663 (61.2) | 5611 (56.1) |
| 150 and more | 2078 (51.6) | 2320 (38.8) | 4398 (43.9) |
| Cholesterol | |||
| Less than 200 | 2628 (65.3) | 3751 (62.7) | 6379 (63.7) |
| 200 and more | 1398 (34.7) | 2232 (37.3) | 3630 (36.3) |
| Cholesterol HDL | |||
| Normal ** | 2917 (72.5) | 3459 (57.8) | 6376 (63.7) |
| Abnormal | 1109 (27.5) | 2524 (42.2) | 3633 (36.3) |
*A healthy WHR for women is 0.85 or less and a healthy WHR for men is 0.90 or less
**Normal HDL is defined as 50 and more for female and 40 and more for male