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Poor cardiovascular health is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in apparently healthy sub-Saharan African populations: an H3Africa AWI-Gen study
BACKGROUND: The cardiovascular health index (CVHI) introduced by the American Heart Association is a valid, accessible, simple, and translatable metric for monitoring cardiovascular health in a population. Components of the CVHI include the following seven cardiovascular risk factors (often captured...
Autores principales: | Nonterah, Engelbert A., Crowther, Nigel J., Oduro, Abraham, Agongo, Godfred, Micklesfield, Lisa K., Boua, Palwendé R., Choma, Solomon S. R., Mohamed, Shukri F., Sorgho, Herman, Tollman, Stephen M., Norris, Shane A., Raal, Frederick J., Grobbee, Diederick E., Ramsay, Michelé, Bots, Michiel L., Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33563289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01909-6 |
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