Dissociation Between Cardiovascular Risk Markers and Clinical Outcomes in African Americans: Need for Greater Mechanistic Insight

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-206

  Dagogo Jack, Ibiayi ^a   Dagogo Jack, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic risk; Ethnic disparities; Genetic targets; Novel mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 84867290745     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-011-0160-x     Document Type: Review

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