The age-specific quantitative effects of metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a pooled analysis

Background The effects of systolic blood pressure (SBP), serum total cholesterol (TC), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and body mass index (BMI) on the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have been established in epidemiological studies, but consistent estimates of effect sizes by age and sex are no...

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Main Authors: Singh, G, Danaei, G, Farzadfar, F, Stevens, G, Woodward, M, Wormser, D, Kaptoge, S, Whitlock, G, Qiao, Q, Lewington, S, Di Angelantonio, E, Vander Hoorn, S, Lawes, C, Ali, M, Mozaffarian, D, Ezzati, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013