Age and sex-standardized prevalence (%)†* of multiple risk factors among Chennai, Delhi and Karachi residents aged 20 years or over by education (a), assets accumulated (b) and occupation (c), CARRS (n = 16,287).

*With 95% confidence intervals (error bars).

†Proportion of adults with one, two and three or more cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (out of: current tobacco use (smoked or smokeless), central adiposity (waist-to-height ratio ≥0.5), diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia).

Wald tests comparing prevalence of one, two and three or more CVD risk factors across education, asset and occupation groups were statistically significant.