Assessment of Risk Factors of Noncommunicable Diseases among Semiurban Population of Kavre District, Nepal

Table 2

Behavioural and metabolic risk factors of NCDs (n = 456).

Risk factors	n (%)	95% CI
Behavioural risk factors
Tobacco use
Ever users	217 (47.6)	43.0–52.2
Current users	164 (36.0)	31.7–40.5
Daily users	161 (35.3)	31.1–39.8
Alcohol use
Lifetime abstainers	222 (48.7)	44.1–53.3
Past 12 months abstainer	54 (11.8)	9.2–15.1
Drank only in past 12 months	20 (4.4)	2.9–6.7
Current drinkers	160 (35.1)	30.8–39.6
Among current drinkers (n = 160)
Category I drinker	55 (34.4)	27.5–42.0
Category II drinker	33 (20.6)	15.1–27.5
Category III drinker/harmful alcohol use	72 (45.0)	37.5–52.7
Inadequate servings of fruits and vegetables	437 (95.8)	93.6–97.3
Level of physical activity
High	383 (84.0)	80.3–87.1
Moderate	39 (8.6)	6.3–11.5
Low	34 (7.5)	5.4–10.2
Metabolic risk factors
Raised blood pressure	101 (22.1)	18.6–26.2
Abdominal obesity (waist-hip ratio)	283 (62.1)	57.2–66.3