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Ethnic differences in infectious burden and the association with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis

BACKGROUND: The burden of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol and hypertension, is unequally distributed across ethnic groups. Recent findings suggest an association of infectious burden (IB) and metabolic risk factors, but data from...

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Autores principales: Hartog, Lara, van Rooijen, Martijn S., Ujčič-Voortman, Joanne, Prins, Maria, van Valkengoed, Irene G. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29471811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5162-x