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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...
Autores principales: | Vusirikala, Amoolya, Wekesah, Frederick, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Oyebode, Oyinlola |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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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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