A comparison of the prevalence and clustering of major cardiovascular risk factors in the Netherlands and China

Conclusions
Cardiovascular risk profiles and clustering patterns differ between the Dutch and the Chinese and seem to differ between men and women. This calls for race and sex-specific targeted prevention programmes.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - October 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wang, X., Bots, M. L., Yang, F., Sun, J., He, S., Hoes, A. W., Niu, J., Vaartjes, I. Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research