Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO).

Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO).

<h4>Background</h4>Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Prevalence of hypertension, diab...

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Main Authors: J Jaime Miranda, Victor M Herrera, Julio A Chirinos, Luis F Gómez, Pablo Perel, Rafael Pichardo, Angel González, José R Sánchez, Catterina Ferreccio, Ximena Aguilera, Eglé Silva, Myriam Oróstegui, Josefina Medina-Lezama, Cynthia M Pérez, Erick Suárez, Ana P Ortiz, Luis Rosero, Noberto Schapochnik, Zulma Ortiz, Daniel Ferrante, Juan P Casas, Leonelo E Bautista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0054056&type=printable
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