Sex differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease: The PERU MIGRANT study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^a,b   Benziger, Catherine Pastorius ^a,c   Gilman, Robert H ^a,d,e   Smeeth, Liam ^a,f   Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b,f  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERU; PERU MIGRANT STUDY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TYPES OF STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; HYPERVENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERU; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84859359058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035127     Document Type: Article

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