Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diet of urban and rural dwellers in northern Nigeria

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-369

  Glew, Robert H ^a   Conn, Carole A ^b   VanderJagt, Thomas A ^a   Calvin, Christine D ^b   Obadofin, Michael O ^c   Crossey, Michael ^d   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Diet; Homocysteine; Nigeria; Risk factors; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 12144255093     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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