Risk factors for early myocardial infarction in South Asians compared with individuals in other countries

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-294

  Joshi, Prashant ^a   Islam, Shofiqul ^b   Pais, Prem ^c   Reddy, Srinath ^d   Dorairaj, Prabhakaran ^d   Kazmi, Khawar ^e   Pandey, Mrigendra Raj ^f   Haque, Sirajul ^g   Mendis, Shanthi ^h   Rangarajan, Sumathy ^b   Yusuf, Salim ^b,i  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Nepal Hypertension Society   (Nepal)

^g BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH ASIA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846456288     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.3.286     Document Type: Article

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