Psychological stress and cardiovascular risk among women in Brazilian communities: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Antônio José C. Mattos (Author), Alvaro Avezum (Author), João Italo D. França (Author), Maria Cristina O. Izar (Author), João Fernando M. Ferreira (Author), Luciano Ferreira Drager (Author), José Francisco K. Saraiva (Author), Henrique Andrade R. Fonseca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract: Psychosocial evaluations are rarely conducted with community-dwelling individuals, especially those with higher risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aims to evaluate the perceptual stress and cardiovascular risk among women in a large cross-sectional study performed in Brazilian comm...