Sex differences in cardiovascular disease risk of ghanaian-and nigerian-born west african immigrants in the united states: The afro-cardiac study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Commodore Mensah, Yvonne ^a   Hill, Martha ^b   Allen, Jerilyn ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^c   Blumenthal, Roger ^c   Agyemang, Charles ^d   Himmelfarb, Cheryl Dennison ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African immigrants; Cardiovascular disease; Migrant health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GHANAIAN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MARYLAND; NIGERIAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WASHINGTON; WEST AFRICAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85002953621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002385     Document Type: Article

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