Association of traditional cardiovascular risk factors with carotid atherosclerosis among adults at a teaching hospital in south-western Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Traditional cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs), which include age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, smoking, alcohol consumption, chronic kidney disease and obesity, have been shown to be associated with atherosclerosis. We aimed to evaluate the impact of traditio...

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Autores principales: Adeleye, Dorcas Omisore, Olusola, Comfort Famurewa, Christiana, Mopelola Asaleye, Morenikeji, Adeyoyin Komolafe, Michael, Bimbola Fawale, Babalola, Ishmael Afolabi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2018
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Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29488543
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2018-014

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29488543
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2018-014

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