Prevalence and incidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Korea: a nationwide population-based study

• Main Authors: Hyungtae Kim (Author), Siin Kim (Author), Sola Han (Author), Pratik P. Rane (Author), Kathleen M. Fox (Author), Yi Qian (Author), Hae Sun Suh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death in Korea. According to a report of published by Statistics Korea in 2014, cerebrovascular disease and cardiovascular disease were the major/leading causes of mortality. However, it is more difficult to i...