Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

BACKGROUND: All rigorous primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk scores to identify high- and low-risk patients, but laboratory testing can be impractical in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study was to compare the ranking performa...

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Autores principales: Gaziano, Thomas A, Pandya, Ankur, Steyn, Krisela, Levitt, Naomi, Mollentze, Willie, Joubert, Gina, Walsh, Corinna M, Motala, Ayesha A, Kruger, Annamarie, Schutte, Aletta E, Naidoo, Datshana P, Prakaschandra, Dorcas R, Laubscher, Ria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23880010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23880010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-170

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