PICO question
| PICO criteria | Definition |
| Population | Adult (18 years or older) South Asians originating from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and/or Nepal, regardless of their place of residence |
| Intervention | Lifestyle interventions that target either a diet or a physical exercise component through a multimedia or a behavioural support strategy |
| Comparator | Routine/standard care |
| Outcome | Cardiovascular outcomes including incidence of myocardial infarction (fatal and/or non-fatal), incidence of stroke (fatal and/or non-fatal), blood lipids (LDLc (mmol/L), HDLc (mmol/L), non-HDLc (mmol/L if reported directly) and triglycerides (mmol/L)), blood pressure (SBP and DBP (mm Hg)), hypertension (dichotomous, reported as n (%) based on a threshold of 140/90 mm Hg), visceral adipose tissue volume (cm3, MRI or CT reported) and incidence of type 2 diabetes self-reported, n (%)) |
DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDLc, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLc, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure.