Cardiovascular risk profiles and outcomes of Chinese living inside and outside China

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 668-675

  Chiu, John F ^a   Bell, Alan D ^c   Herman, Robert J ^b   Hill, Michael D ^b   Stewart, John A ^d   Cohen, Eric A ^c   Liau, Chiau Suong ^e   Steg, P Gabriel ^f   Bhatt, Deepak L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; epidemiology; ischemic stroke; myocardial infarction; peripheral vascular disease; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79851515612     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328339eb74     Document Type: Article

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