Cardiovascular risk factors in an Eastern Caribbean Island: Prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases and associated lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the British Virgin Islands

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-436

  James, J ^a,b   Soyibo, A K ^b,c   Hurlock, L ^b,c   Gordon Strachan, G ^b   Barton, E N ^b,c  

^a Spanish Town Hospital ^*  (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Caribbean Institute of Nephrology   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

British virgin islands; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes mellitus; Eastern caribbean; Hypertension; Impaired fasting glucose; Lifestyle; Obesity; Pre hypertension

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

EID: 84866000833     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2012.173     Document Type: Article

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