Both migrant and local urban populations of Asian Indians have high rates of cardiovascular disease. Metabolic risk factors appear key to this phenomenon but data from rural India are few. We sought to determine the prevalence and distribution of lipids, obesity and metabolic syndrome in a rural region of Andhra Pradesh.
The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, PO Box M 201, Camperdown, Missenden Road, Sydney 2050, Australia. cchow@george.org.au
