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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Should ethnicity be considered when evaluating cardiovascular risk for women?
September 15th, 2005
Should ethnicity be considered when evaluating cardiovascular risk factors for women' Scientists in the United States "evaluated ethnic differences in the 10-year risk of myocardial infarction or coronary death derived from Framingham risk equation and in a composite measure of emerging cardiovascular disease risk factors in women and whether statistical adjustments for educational attainment, geographic location, and lifestyle attenuated the magnitude of the ethnic differences in risk." The study group consisted of "Two thousand eight hundred thirty-four premenopausal women free of stroke, heart disease, or diabetes and aged of 42 to 52 years (1400...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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