Cardiovascular and other risk factors among people who live in slums in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

•Nearly 900 million people live in slums in the developing world.•Slums are poorly studied in relation to non-communicable diseases.•Prevalence of risk factors among slum dwellers and the general population is different.•The burden of obesity, diabetes and hypertension are higher in the slum population.•Dangerous use of alcohol, anxiety and depression among slum dwellers are also higher.