Ten-years cardiovascular risk among Bangladeshi population using non-laboratory-based risk chart of the World Health Organization: Findings from a nationally representative survey.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently developed a non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk chart considering the parameters age, sex, current smoking status, systolic blood pressure, and body mass index. Using the chart, we estimated the 10-years CVD risk among the Banglades...

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Main Authors: Abu Abdullah Mohammad Hanif, Mehedi Hasan, Md Showkat Ali Khan, Md Mokbul Hossain, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Moyazzam Hossaine, Mohammad Aman Ullah, Samir Kanti Sarker, S M Mustafizur Rahman, Md Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Malay Kanti Mridha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251967