Trends in coronary artery disease and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africans

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 381-387

  Akinboboye, O ^a,c   Idris, O ^b   Akinkugbe, O ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Directorate of Pharmaceutical Services   (Nigeria)

^c Rohi Medical Clinic   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Racial differences; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8C; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038718544     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001562     Document Type: Article

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