Development and evaluation of a simple and effective prediction approach for identifying those at high risk of dyslipidemia in rural adult residents.

BACKGROUND: Dyslipidemia is an extremely prevalent but preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, many dyslipidemia patients remain undetected in resource limited settings. The study was performed to develop and evaluate a simple and effective prediction approach without biochemica...

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Main Authors: Chong-Jian Wang, Yu-Qian Li, Ling Wang, Lin-Lin Li, Yi-Rui Guo, Ling-Yun Zhang, Mei-Xi Zhang, Rong-Hai Bie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429495?pdf=render