Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East: The Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^a   Omar, Mohamed I ^b   Raal, Frederick J ^c   Rashed, Wafa ^d   Hamoui, Omar ^e   Kane, Abdoul ^f   Alami, Mohamed ^g,h   Abreu, Paula ^b   Mashhoud, Walid M ^b  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^e CLEMENCEAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^f Hopital General de Grand Yoff   (Senegal)

^g MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^h Pfizer Inc ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 84905491524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102830     Document Type: Article

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