Ethnic differences in infectious burden and the association with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis

Ethnic differences in infectious burden and the association with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis

Abstract Background The burden of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol and hypertension, is unequally distributed across ethnic groups. Recent findings suggest an association of infectious burden (IB) and metabolic risk factors, but d...

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Main Authors: Lara Hartog, Martijn S. van Rooijen, Joanne Ujčič-Voortman, Maria Prins, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Infectious burden
Ethnicity
Diabetes
Hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia
Infections
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5162-x

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