title: Cardiometabolic risk factors in the Agarwal business community in India: Jaipur Heart Watch-6.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Agarwal is one of the largest business communities in India. To determine prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their distribution according to educational status (ES) in this community we performed a study.
  
  
  METHODS
  1781 (men 1039, women 742) of 2500 selected subjects (71.2%) were evaluated and fasting blood sample obtained in 1130.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age-adjusted prevalence of risk factors was tobacco use 12.2%, sedentary habits 54.2%, overweight/obesity 54.4%, obesity 19.5%, abdominal obesity 61.2%, hypertension 36.0%, diabetes 19.2%, hypercholesterolemia ≥200 mg/dl 25.8%, low HDL cholesterol 29.2%, hypertriglyceridemia 32.8% and metabolic syndrome 22.3%. Low ES subjects had significantly greater prevalence of sedentary habits, low fruit/vegetable intake, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol and diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cardiometabolic risk factors are highly prevalent in the Agarwal business community. Prevalence is greater in subjects with low educational status.
authors: Department of Home Science, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India.
authors: Ritu
authors: R
authors: Dhabriya
authors: Department of Home Science, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India.
authors: Mukta
authors: M
authors: Agrawal
authors: Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur 302017, India. Electronic address: rajeevgg@gmail.com.
authors: Rajeev
authors: R
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur 302023, India.
authors: Indu
authors: I
authors: Mohan
authors: Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur 302017, India.
authors: Krishna Kumar
authors: KK
authors: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Cardiovascular epidemiology; Diabetes; Ethnic groups