Different lipid profiles according to ethnicity in the Heart of Soweto study cohort of de novo presentations of heart disease

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 389-395

  Sliwa, Karen ^a,b   Lyons, Jasmine G ^c   Carrington, Melinda J ^b,c   Lecour, Sandrine ^a   Marais, A David ^d   Raal, Frederick J ^e   Stewart, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiologic transition; Ethnicity race; Heart disease; Lipids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865989602     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-036     Document Type: Article

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