Predicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: Application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project data

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Bhopal, Raj ^a,b   Fischbacher, Colin ^c   Vartiainen, Erkki ^d   Unwin, Nigel ^e   White, Martin ^f   Alberti, George ^e  

^a Institute of Genomics and Molecular Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; FINRISK MODEL; FRAMINGHAM MODEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORE MODEL; SOUTH ASIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAKISTAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 16344365845     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh202     Document Type: Article

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