Cargando…

Female sex and cardiovascular disease risk in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

BACKGROUND: Sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden are widely acknowledged, with male sex considered a risk factor in high-income settings. However, these relationships have not been examined in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We aimed to apply the American Heart Association (AHA) id...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Magodoro, Itai M., Feng, Maggie, North, Crystal M., Vořechovská, Dagmar, Kraemer, John D., Kakuhikire, Bernard, Bangsberg, David, Tsai, Alexander C., Siedner, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6485175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31023227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1072-9