Nonterah, Engelbert A.; Crowther, Nigel J.; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Oduro, Abraham R.; Kavousi, Maryam; Agongo, Godfred; Anderson, Todd J.; Asiki, Gershim; Boua, Palwendé R.; Choma, Solomon S. R.; Couper, David J.; Engström, Gunnar; de Graaf, Jacqueline; Kauhanen, Jussi; Lonn, Eva M.; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Micklesfield, Lisa K.; Okazaki, Shuhei; Polak, Joseph F.; Rundek, Tatjana; Salonen, Jukka T.; Tollman, Stephen M.; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Ramsay, Michéle; Bots, Michiel L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-25)
BACKGROUND: The major risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease differ by race or ethnicity but have largely been
defined using populations of European ancestry. Despite the rising prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Africa there are
few related data from African populations. Therefore, we compared the association of established cardiovascular risk factors
with carotid-intima ...