High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults living in Greece: the EMENO National Health Examination Survey

• Main Authors: Giota Touloumi (Author), Argiro Karakosta (Author), Natasa Kalpourtzi (Author), Magda Gavana (Author), Apostolos Vantarakis (Author), Maria Kantzanou (Author), Christos Hajichristodoulou (Author), Grigoris Chlouverakis (Author), Grigoris Trypsianis (Author), Paraskevi V. Voulgari (Author), Yannis Alamanos (Author), Konstantinos Makrilakis (Author), Stavros Liatis (Author), Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou (Author), George Stergiou (Author), on behalf of the EMENO study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nationwide data on cardiovascular risk factors prevalence is lacking in Greece. This work presents the findings of the national health examination survey EMENO (2013-2016) regarding the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, obesity and smoking. Methods A ran...