Prevalence of coronary artery disease and its risk factors in Kerala, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

N. Krishnan, M.; Zachariah, Geevar; Venugopal, K; Mohanan, P.P.; Harikrishnan, S; Sanjay, G.; Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan; Raman Thankappan, Kavumpurathu

doi:10.1186/s12872-016-0189-3

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Prevalence of coronary artery disease and its risk factors in Kerala, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders • Jan 14, 2016

Authors:

M. N. Krishnan

Geevar Zachariah

K Venugopal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There are no recent data on prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Indians. The last community based study from Kerala, the most advanced Indian state in epidemiological transition, was in 1993 that reported 1.4% definite CAD prevalence. We studied the prevalence of CAD and its r...

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Medicine

Abdominal obesity

Family history

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