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The cardiometabolic syndrome in persons of the African diaspora: challenges and opportunities.
Journal of the cardiometabolic syndrome - 1 Jan 2007
Schuster Dara P, Gaillard Trudy, Osei Kwame
Abstract excerpt
Unique genetic traits appear to play a role in the increased rates of hypertension (HTN), glucose dysregulation/diabetes (T2DM), and obesity in persons of African descent. Indeed, with increasing rates of westernization/urbanization and concomitant increases in obesity and T2DM, a similar predisposition to the cardiometabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be seen in Africans compared with persons...
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