Association of 10‐Year and Lifetime Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in South Asians: Findings From the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study

BACKGROUND: Ten‐year and lifetime cardiovascular risk assessment algorithms have been adopted into atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevention guidelines, but these prediction models are not based on South Asian populations and may underestimate the risk in Indians, Pakistanis, Banglad...

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Published in:J Am Heart Assoc
Main Authors: Kandula, Namratha R., Kanaya, Alka M., Liu, Kiang, Lee, Ji Young, Herrington, David, Hulley, Stephen B., Persell, Stephen D., Lloyd‐Jones, Donald M., Huffman, Mark D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323809/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25277669
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.114.001117
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