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Cohort profile: the Baependi Heart Study-a family-based, highly admixed cohort study in a rural Brazilian town.
BMJ open - 21 Oct 2016
Egan Kieren J, von Schantz Malcolm, Negrão André B, Santos Hadassa C, Horimoto Andréa R V R, Duarte Nubia E, Gonçalves Guilherme C, Soler Júlia M P, de Andrade Mariza, Lorenzi-Filho Geraldo, Vallada Homero, Taporoski Tâmara P, Pedrazzoli Mario, Azambuja Ana P, de Oliveira Camila M, Alvim Rafael O, Krieger José E, Pereira Alexandre C
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PURPOSE: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major challenge to global health. The same epidemiological transition scenario is replayed as countries develop, but with variations based on environment, culture and ethnic mixture. The Baependi Heart Study was set up in 2005 to develop a longitudinal family-based cohort study that reflects on some of the genetic and lifestyle-related peculiarities of the Brazilian...
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