A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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eISSN 1678-4170
Mário Sérgio Soares de Azeredo Coutinho
Mário Sérgio Soares de Azeredo Coutinho
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190023
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in adults in Brazil and worldwide. Classical risk factors have shown its causal association from randomized experimental studies, such with cholesterol and hypertension. Other risk factors, including abdominal adiposity, show positive associations with atherosclerosis-related outcomes. The ELSA-Brazil observational study began collecting data in 2008 with clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial variables of 15,105 public servants aged 35 to 74 years. Several articles on these data have already been published and have brought […]
Keywords: Carotid Artery Diseases/mortality; Cholesterol; Hypertension; Media-Carotidea; Obesity, Abdominal; Risk Factors