Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East: the Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study.

Increased urbanization in the developing world parallels a rising burden of chronic diseases. Developing countries account for ∼ 80% of global cardiovascular (CV) deaths, but contribute a paucity of systematic epidemiological data on CV risk factors.To estimate the prevalence of CV risk factors in r...

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Main Authors: Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Mohamed I Omar, Frederick J Raal, Wafa Rashed, Omar Hamoui, Abdoul Kane, Mohamed Alami, Paula Abreu, Walid M Mashhoud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4121128?pdf=render