Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease (NCDs) risk factors in Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu STEPS Survey (TN STEPS), 2020.
T S SelvavinayagamVidhya ViswanathanArchana RamalingamBoopathi KangusamyBency JosephSudharshini SubramaniamJ Sandhiya SheelaSoniya WillsSabarinathan RamasamyVettrichelvan VenkatasamyDaniel RajasekarGovindhasamy ChinnasamyElavarasu GovindasamyAugustine DuraisamyD ChokkalingamDinesh DurairajanMosoniro KriinaHarshavardhini VasuJerard Maria SelvamUma SakthivelPrabhdeep KaurSenthilkumar PalaniandiPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The burden of NCD risk factors like tobacco use, and alcohol use were high among men in the state of Tamil Nadu. The prevalence of other risk factors like physical inactivity, raised blood pressure and raised blood glucose were also high in the state. The state should further emphasise measures that reduce the burden of NCD risk factors. Policy-based and health system-based interventions to control NCDs must be a high priority for the state.