Differences in coronary heart disease risk markers among apparently healthy individuals of African ancestry

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 658-664

  Davis, Errol E ^a   Huffman, Fatma G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coronary heart disease; Race ethnicity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34347358705     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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