Wide variation in absolute cardiovascular risk assessment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Type 2 diabetes

Background: Absolute cardiovascular risk assessment (CVRA) is based on the combined effects of multiple risk factors and can identify asymptomatic individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular diseas...

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Main Authors: Bhakti Ramesh Vasant, Veronica eMatthews, Christopher Paul Burgess, Chistine M Connors, Ross Stewart Bailie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00037/full