Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in a Traditional African Population with a High Infectious Load: A Population-Based Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Koopman, Jacob J E ^a   van Bodegom, David ^a,b   Jukema, J Wouter ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGLYCEMIA; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RATE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84867435836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046855     Document Type: Article

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