| Autor: |
Nuri Kodaman, Melinda C Aldrich, Rafal Sobota, Folkert W Asselbergs, Kwabena A Poku, Nancy J Brown, Jason H Moore, Scott M Williams |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 10, p e0162753 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0162753 |
| Popis: |
Populations in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from rural to increasingly urban. Although the burden of cardiovascular disease is expected to increase with this changing landscape, few large studies have assessed a wide range of risk factors in urban and rural populations, particularly in West Africa. We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey of 3317 participants from Ghana (≥18 years old), of whom 2265 (57% female) were from a mid-sized city (Sunyani, population ~250,000) and 1052 (55% female) were from surrounding villages (populations |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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