HIGH PREVALENCE OF SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY CAROTID ULTRASOUND AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS: DISCORDANCE WITH 10-YEAR RISK ASSESSMENT USING THE FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE

BACKGROUND: Framingham Risk Scores (FRS) were validated in a mostly Caucasian population. Evaluation of subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid ultrasound may improve ascertainment of risk in non-White populations. This study aimed to evaluate carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and carotid plaquin...

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Main Authors: Laing, Susan T., Smulevitz, Beverly, Vatcheva, Kristina P., Rentfro, Anne R., McPherson, David D., Fisher-Hoch, Susan P., McCormick, Joseph B.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2012
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687003/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747630
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01774.x
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