Validation of the World Health Organization/ International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) cardiovascular risk predictions in Sri Lankans based on findings from a prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: There are no cardiovascular (CV) risk prediction models for Sri Lankans. Different risk prediction models not validated for Sri Lankans are being used to predict CV risk of Sri Lankans. We validated the WHO/ISH (SEAR-B) risk prediction charts prospectively in a populatio...

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Autores principales: Thulani, U. B., Mettananda, K. C. D., Warnakulasuriya, D. T. D., Peiris, T. S. G., Kasturiratne, K. T. A. A., Ranawaka, U. K., Chakrewarthy, S., Dassanayake, A. S., Kurukulasooriya, S. A. F., Niriella, M. A., de Silva, S. T., Pathmeswaran, A. P., Kato, N., de Silva, H. J., Wickremasinghe, A. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8183983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34097699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252267

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