External validation of three atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk equations in rural areas of Xinjiang, China

Abstract Background To externally validate the Prediction for ASCVD Risk in China (PAR) risk equation for predicting the 5-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in the Uyghur and Kazakh populations from rural areas in northwestern China and compare its performance with those of th...

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Main Authors: Yunxing Jiang, Rulin Ma, Heng Guo, Xianghui Zhang, Xinping Wang, Kui Wang, Yunhua Hu, Mulatibieke Keerman, Yizhong Yan, Jiaolong Ma, Yanpeng Song, Jingyu Zhang, Jia He, Shuxia Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09579-4