Widening racial differences in risks for coronary heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1195-1197

  Nadruz, Wilson ^a   Claggett, Brian ^b   Henglin, Mir ^b   Shah, Amil M ^b   Skali, Hicham ^b   Rosamond, Wayne D ^c   Folsom, Aaron R ^d   Solomon, Scott D ^b   Cheng, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African continental ancestry group; Continental population groups; Coronary disease; Risk

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051698026     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030564     Document Type: Letter

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