Global and regional prevalence, burden, and risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and modelling study

• मुख्य लेखकों: Peige Song, PhD (लेखक), Zhe Fang, MD (लेखक), Hanyu Wang, BA (लेखक), Yutong Cai, PhD (लेखक), Kazem Rahimi, DM (लेखक), Yajie Zhu, PhD (लेखक), F Gerald R Fowkes, ProfPhD (लेखक), Freya J I Fowkes, ProfDPhil (लेखक), Igor Rudan, ProfPhD (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Summary: Background: Estimation of the epidemiological burden of carotid atherosclerosis can serve as a basis for prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to provide the first estimation on the prevalence, number of cases, and risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis in the gene...