Regional variations in cardiovascular risk factors in India: India heart watch

Table 4 Risk factor prevalence (%) among men and women (15-64 years) in 8 Indian states in Indian Council of Medical Research Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance Study[25]

Risk factor	Andhra Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh		Maharashtra		Mizoram		Kerala		Tamilnadu		Uttarakhand
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Numbers	2719	3499	2857	2996	3084	3007	2297	2198	1710	3128	2077	3028	2147	3286
Current smoking	31.5	4.0	41.2	0.9	15.9	2.5	67	18.8	27.3	0.2	27.4	0.0	35.2	5.0
Smokeless tobacco use	13.6	4.5	53.8	22.6	40.7	23.6	46.5	55.4	7.0	3.4	13.6	8.4	21.0	2.2
Low physical activity	55.9	79.7	33.5	52.0	75.4	87.7	60.9	82.4	64.7	86.2	57.3	74.2	64.6	69.7
Obese, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	19.4		8.2		13.1		10.3		27.1		22.6		14.5
Hypertension	16.6		21.1		20.1		19.4		18.0		17.7		18.8
Diabetes history	2.7	1.7	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	6.5	5.3	3.4	2.6	1.2	1.1

BMI: Body mass index.