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Hypercholesterolaemia in schoolchildren in Lagos, Nigeria: an indication of a growing threat of cardiovascular disease?
Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Awogbemi O T, Okoromah C A N, Roberts A A
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BACKGROUND: There is growing burden of cardiovascular disease in developing countries and the pathogenesis of artherosclerotic damage starts in childhood OBJECTIVE: The study is to examine the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia in schoolchildren in Lagos, as it relates to both socio-demographic and anthropometric correlates METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out among urban and rural adolescent...
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