Differences in conventional cardiovascular risk factors in two ethnic groups in India

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-376

  Garg, Priyanka Rani ^a   Kabita, Salam ^a   Singh, Huidrom Suraj ^a   Saraswathy, Kallur Nava ^a   Sinha, Ekata ^a   Kalla, Aloke Kumar ^a   Chongtham, Dhanaraj Singh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary artery disease; Ethnicity; Health; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84866933656     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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