Better Indigenous Risk stratification for Cardiac Health study (BIRCH) protocol: rationale and design of a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study to identify novel cardiovascular risk indicators in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander adults

BACKGROUND: Of the estimated 10–11 year life expectancy gap between Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) and non-Indigenous Australians, approximately one quarter is attributable to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Risk prediction of CVD is imperfect, but particularly limited for I...

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Autores principales: Rémond, Marc G. W., Stewart, Simon, Carrington, Melinda J., Marwick, Thomas H., Kingwell, Bronwyn A., Meikle, Peter, O’Brien, Darren, Marshall, Nathaniel S., Maguire, Graeme P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0662-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0662-7

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