Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Prevalence, Morbidity, and Mortality in Colombia: Findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study

• Main Authors: Jose Patricio Lopez-Lopez (Author), Martin Rebolledo-Del Toro (Author), Daniel Martinez-Bello (Author), Ángel A. Garcia-Peña (Author), Gary O'Donovan (Author), Maritza Perez-Mayorga (Author), Johanna Otero (Author), Sumathy Rangarajan (Author), Salim Yusuf (Author), Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Controversies exist on whether the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and their association with major cardiovascular events (MACE) is different between men and women. Most of the evidence comes from high-income countries, hindering extrapolation of sociocultural and demographic fac...