Race/Ethnic Differences in the Associations of the Framingham Risk Factors with Carotid IMT and Cardiovascular Events.

Race/Ethnic Differences in the Associations of the Framingham Risk Factors with Carotid IMT and Cardiovascular Events.

Clinical manifestations and outcomes of atherosclerotic disease differ between ethnic groups. In addition, the prevalence of risk factors is substantially different. Primary prevention programs are based on data derived from almost exclusively White people. We investigated how race/ethnic difference...

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Main Authors: Crystel M Gijsberts, Karlijn A Groenewegen, Imo E Hoefer, Marinus J C Eijkemans, Folkert W Asselbergs, Todd J Anderson, Annie R Britton, Jacqueline M Dekker, Gunnar Engström, Greg W Evans, Jacqueline de Graaf, Diederick E Grobbee, Bo Hedblad, Suzanne Holewijn, Ai Ikeda, Kazuo Kitagawa, Akihiko Kitamura, Dominique P V de Kleijn, Eva M Lonn, Matthias W Lorenz, Ellisiv B Mathiesen, Giel Nijpels, Shuhei Okazaki, Daniel H O'Leary, Gerard Pasterkamp, Sanne A E Peters, Joseph F Polak, Jacqueline F Price, Christine Robertson, Christopher M Rembold, Maria Rosvall, Tatjana Rundek, Jukka T Salonen, Matthias Sitzer, Coen D A Stehouwer, Michiel L Bots, Hester M den Ruijter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4489855?pdf=render

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