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Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults.

Pascal GeldsetzerJennifer Manne-GoehlerMichaela TheilmannJustine I DaviesAshish AwasthiGoodarz DanaeiThomas Andrew GazianoSebastian VollmerGodfather D KimaroTill BärnighausenRifat Atun
Published in: PLoS medicine (2018)
This study identified substantial variation in CVD risk among states and sociodemographic groups in India-findings that can facilitate effective targeting of CVD programs to those most at risk and most in need. While the CVD risk scores used have not been validated in South Asian populations, the patterns of variation in CVD risk among the Indian population were similar across all 4 risk scoring systems.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular disease
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