The impact of health behaviours on incident cardiovascular disease in Europeans and South Asians--a prospective analysis in the UK SABRE study.

There is consistent evidence on the impact of health behaviours on risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in European populations. As South Asians in the UK have an excess risk of CVD and coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to Europeans, we investigated whether a similar association between combined...

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Main Authors: Anne Eriksen, Therese Tillin, Laura O'Connor, Soren Brage, Alun Hughes, Jamil Mayet, Paul McKeigue, Peter Whincup, Nish Chaturvedi, Nita G Forouhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4346401?pdf=render