Lipoprotein status among urban populations in Bangladesh

Autor: Mohammad Anowar Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Sumon Kumar Das, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Ashish Kumar Chowdhury, Tahmeed Ahmed
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Atherosclerosis. 223(2)
ISSN: 1879-1484
Popis: Objective: Serum lipoprotein is the most important predictor for microvascular diseases, and may be influenced by rapid urbanization. Currently available data are limited, particularly regarding age-specific lipoprotein status in urban Bangladeshi populations. Methods: Blood lipoprotein levels of 51,353 male and female individuals primarily residing in urban Bangladesh were analyzed. De-identified data (collected between January 2005 and December 2011) were extracted from the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Data Archive of International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). For analyses, six age categories were created: (i)
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