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

• Egile Nagusiak: Peige Song, PhD (Egilea), Zhe Fang, MD (Egilea), Hanyu Wang, BA (Egilea), Yutong Cai, PhD (Egilea), Kazem Rahimi, DM (Egilea), Yajie Zhu, PhD (Egilea), F Gerald R Fowkes, ProfPhD (Egilea), Freya J I Fowkes, ProfDPhil (Egilea), Igor Rudan, ProfPhD (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: 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...