Women in Pakistan have a greater burden of clinical cardiovascular risk factors than men

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-354

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b,c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Clustering; Diabetes; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Proteinuria; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28844453544     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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