A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India

Despite its importance for the targeting of interventions, little is known about the degree to which cardiovascular risk factors cluster within different socio-geographic levels in South Asia. Here the authors report on a cross-sectional study identifying wide variations in the clustering between ri...

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Main Authors: Anne C. Bischops, Jan-Walter De Neve, Ashish Awasthi, Sebastian Vollmer, Till Bärnighausen, Pascal Geldsetzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19647-3
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spelling doaj-5d6f68d5f02747bd8553f36cd1e1fb262021-05-11T08:02:15ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-11-011111710.1038/s41467-020-19647-3A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in IndiaAnne C. Bischops0Jan-Walter De Neve1Ashish Awasthi2Sebastian Vollmer3Till Bärnighausen4Pascal Geldsetzer5Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg UniversityPublic Health Foundation of IndiaDepartment of Economics & Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of GoettingenHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg UniversityDespite its importance for the targeting of interventions, little is known about the degree to which cardiovascular risk factors cluster within different socio-geographic levels in South Asia. Here the authors report on a cross-sectional study identifying wide variations in the clustering between risk factors and socio-geographic levels in India.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19647-3
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Till Bärnighausen
Pascal Geldsetzer
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Jan-Walter De Neve
Ashish Awasthi
Sebastian Vollmer
Till Bärnighausen
Pascal Geldsetzer
A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
Nature Communications
author_facet Anne C. Bischops
Jan-Walter De Neve
Ashish Awasthi
Sebastian Vollmer
Till Bärnighausen
Pascal Geldsetzer
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title A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
title_short A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
title_full A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
title_fullStr A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
title_full_unstemmed A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
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series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description Despite its importance for the targeting of interventions, little is known about the degree to which cardiovascular risk factors cluster within different socio-geographic levels in South Asia. Here the authors report on a cross-sectional study identifying wide variations in the clustering between risk factors and socio-geographic levels in India.
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