Cardiovascular risk assessment of South Asians in a religious setting: A feasibility study

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-269

  Rao, N ^a   Eastwood, S V ^b   Jain, A ^a   Shah, M ^c   Leurent, B ^d   Harvey, D ^a   Robertson, L ^a   Walters, K ^b   Persaud, J W ^a   Mikhailidis, D P ^b   Nair, D R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BAPS Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOINT BRITISH SOCIETIES 2; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRISK2; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857362556     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02773.x     Document Type: Article

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