Racial differences in blood lipids lead to underestimation of cardiovascular risk in black women in a nested observational study

Global Advances In Health and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-91

  McIntosh, Mark S ^a   Kumar, Vivek ^a   Kalynych, Colleen ^a   Lott, Michelle ^a   Hsi, Alex ^b   Chang, Jyh Lurn ^b   Lerman, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Metagenics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Metabolic syndrome; Race; Triglycerides; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84949675166     PISSN: 2164957X     EISSN: 21649561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2012.076     Document Type: Article

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