Estimation of the Cardiovascular Risk Using World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) Risk Prediction Charts in a Rural Population of South India

• Main Authors: Arun Gangadhar Ghorpade (Author), Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava (Author), Sitanshu Sekhar Kar (Author), Sonali Sarkar (Author), Sumanth Mallikarjuna Majgi (Author), Gautam Roy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) charts have been employed to predict the risk of cardiovascular outcome in heterogeneous settings. The aim of this research is to assess the prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors and to estimate th...