27

Martiniuk et al., [30]

Year: 2007

Type: Cohort Study

Country: Asia Pacific Region

Number: 600,000

Age: adults

1) Hypertension

28

Martiniuk et al., [30]

Year: 2009

Type: Cohort Study

Country: Asia Pacific Region

Number: 378,579

Age: 20 years and older

1) Elevated levels of Body Mass Index

2) Cigarette Smoking

29

Huxley et al., [53]

Year: 2011

Type: Cohort Study

Country: Asia Pacific Region

Number: 220,060

Age: 37 - 54 years

1) Low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol

30

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, [54]

Year: 2005

Type: Cohort Study

Country: Asia Pacific Region

Number: 2,547,447

1) Systolic Blood Pressure

2) Serum Cholesterol

31

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, [54]

Year: 2015

Type: Cohort Study

Country: Pacific

Number: 396

Male: 43.9%

Female: 56.1%

Age: median age 18 years (Men)

1) Age

2) Sex

3) Ethnicity

32

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration,

Year: 2001

Type: Cross Sectional Study

Country: Asia Pacific Region

Number: 213,515

1) Diabetes

2) Physical inactivity

3) Unhealthy Diets

4) Emotional stress

33

Howard et al., [55]

Year: 2003

Type: Cross-Sectional Study

Country: United State of America

Number: 3083

Male: None

Female: 1635 (whites), 802 (blacks), 390 (Hispanic), 256 (Asian/Pacific Islanders)

Age: 50 - 79 years

1) Insulin resistance syndrome

34

Roy et al., [56]

Year: 2015

Type: Cohort Study

Country: USA

Number: 8248

Age: 45 - 89 years

1) Age

2) Diabetes

3) Hypertension

4) Overweight

5) Obesity

6) Combat service

7) Posttraumatic Stress