Effectiveness of a prevention program in the incidence of cardiovascular outcomes in a low-income population from Colombia: a real-world propensity score-matched cohort study

• Main Authors: Pablo Miranda-Machado (Author), Fernando Salcedo-Mejía (Author), Devian Parra-Padilla (Author), Rusvelt Vargas-Moranth (Author), Nelson Rafael Alvis-Zakzuk (Author), Justo Paz-Wilches (Author), Juan Fernández-Mercado (Author), Fernando De la-Hoz Restrepo (Author), Nelson Alvis-Guzmán (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are among the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) but evidence in these contexts regarding the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions taking into account patient a...