Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7204, 1999, Pages 215-220

  Bhopal, Raj ^a,c   Unwin, Nigel ^b   White, Martin ^a   Yallop, Julie ^b   Walker, Louise ^b   Alberti, K G M M ^d   Harland, Jane ^b   Patel, Sheila ^b   Ahmad, Naseer ^b   Turner, Catherine ^b   Watson, Bill ^b   Kaur, Dalvir ^b   Kulkarni, Anna ^b   Laker, Mike ^d   Tavridou, Anna ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033600427     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7204.215     Document Type: Article

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