Applicability of Framingham risk equations for studying a low-income mexican population Aplicabilidad del puntaje de Framingham en población mexicana de nivel socioeconómico bajo

Applicability of Framingham risk equations for studying a low-income mexican population Aplicabilidad del puntaje de Framingham en población mexicana de nivel socioeconómico bajo

OBJECTIVE: To compare the predicted risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and incident myocardial infarction (MI) using Framingham score equations with the observed rate of MI in Mexican subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Longitudinal study that included 1 667 men and women aged 35 to 64 years without M...

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Main Authors: Aida Jiménez-Corona, Ruy López-Ridaura, Ken Williams, Ma Elena González-Villalpando, Jesús Simón, Clicerio González-Villalpando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2009-08-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
infarto del miocardio
mortalidad
predicción
México
myocardial infarction
mortality
prediction
Mexico
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342009000400006

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