The associations between alcohol intake and cardiometabolic risk in African-origin adults spanning the epidemiologic transition

• Main Authors: Danny Baghdan (Author), Lara R. Dugas (Author), Candice Choo-Kang (Author), Jacob Plange-Rhule (Author), Pascal Bovet (Author), Bharathi Viswanathan (Author), Terrence Forrester (Author), Estelle V. Lambert (Author), Walter Riesen (Author), Wolfgang Korte (Author), Mashkoor A. Choudhry (Author), Amy Luke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cardiometabolic (CM) risk affects approximately 25% of adults globally, and is diagnosed by meeting 3 out of 5 of the following CM risk factors: elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level, and abdominal obesity. Adu...