Body-mass index, blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba: prospective study of 146,556 participants

• Main Authors: Nurys B Armas Rojas (Author), Ben Lacey (Author), Monica Soni (Author), Shaquille Charles (Author), Jennifer Carter (Author), Patricia Varona-Pérez (Author), Julie Ann Burrett (Author), Marcy Calderón Martínez (Author), Elba Lorenzo-Vázquez (Author), Sonia Bess Constantén (Author), Hannah Taylor (Author), Paul Sherliker (Author), José Manuel Morales Rigau (Author), Stephanie Ross (Author), M. Sofia Massa (Author), Osvaldo Jesús Hernández López (Author), Nazrul Islam (Author), Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales (Author), Ismell Alonso Alomá (Author), Fernando Achiong Estupiñan (Author), Mayda Díaz González (Author), Noel Rosquete Muñoz (Author), Marelis Cendra Asencio (Author), Oscar Díaz-Diaz (Author), Ileydis Iglesias-Marichal (Author), Jonathan Emberson (Author), Richard Peto (Author), Sarah Lewington (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease accounts for about one-third of all premature deaths (ie, age < 70) in Cuba. Yet, the relevance of major risk factors, including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes, and body-mass index (BMI), to cardiovascular mortality in this population remains un...