Assessment of cardiovascular risk in a slum population in Kenya: use of World Health Organisation/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) risk prediction charts - secondary analyses of a household survey

OBJECTIVES: Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is of growing importance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there are conflicting views regarding CVD as a major public health problem for the urban poor, including those living in slums. We examine multivariable risk prediction in a slum p...

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Autores principales: Vusirikala, Amoolya, Wekesah, Frederick, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Oyebode, Oyinlola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029304

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029304

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