Ethnicity and cardiovascular risk: Variations in people of African ancestry and South Asian origin

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 571-576

  Cappuccio, F P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular risk; South Asia

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030664237     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000516     Document Type: Review

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