Assessment of the agreement between the Framingham and DAD risk equations for estimating cardiovascular risk in adult Africans living with HIV infection: a cross-sectional study

Assessment of the agreement between the Framingham and DAD risk equations for estimating cardiovascular risk in adult Africans living with HIV infection: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background The Absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk evaluation using multivariable CVD risk models is increasingly advocated in people with HIV, in whom existing models remain largely untested. We assessed the agreement between the general population derived Framingham CVD risk equati...

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Main Authors: Steve Raoul Noumegni, Vicky Jocelyne Moor Ama, Felix K. Assah, Jean Joel Bigna, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Jenny Arielle M. Kameni, Jean-Claude Katte, Mesmin Y. Dehayem, Andre Pascal Kengne, Eugene Sobngwi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Subjects:
Cardiovascular risk
HIV
Framingham
DAD
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40794-017-0055-z

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