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Title: | Data resource profile: Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource (CHAIR) |
Authors: | Owolabi, M. O. Onoja, M. A. Made, F. Adebamowo, S. N. Ojo, A. Dwomoa, A. Motala, A. A. Bongani, M.M. Ovbiagele, B. Adebamowo, C. Bamidele, T. Rotimi, C. Akinyemi, R. Gebregziabher, M. Sarfo, F. Wahab, K. W. Parekh, R. S. Engel, M. E. Chisala, C. Peprah, E. Mensah, G. Wiley, K. Troyer, J. Miche` le, R. |
Keywords: | phenotype cardiovascular diseases cardiovascular system genome datasets |
Issue Date: | Dec-2018 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Abstract: | Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) constitute the majority of the world’s population and bear more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD).1,2 The recent increases in CVD globally are also reflected in LMIC, where the prevalence of overall deaths from CVD was 28% in 20013 and premature CVD mortality was 37% in 2015.4 The paucity of data regarding the drivers of the CVD epidemic and contextualized solutions is, in part, because less than 10% of the global research resources and facilities for implementation are found in LMIC.5,6 Therefore LMIC are particularly disadvantaged in dealing with the CVD burden with... |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy261 http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3944 |
ISSN: | 0300-5771 1464-3685 |
Appears in Collections: | scholarly works |
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