Open AccessCardiorespiratory fitness, all-cause mortality, and risk of cardiovascular disease in Trinidadian men—the St James survey
Author(s) -
George J. Miller,
Jackie A. Cooper,
Gloria L. Beckles
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi193
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiorespiratory fitness , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , angina , cardiology , confidence interval , physical therapy
This study examined whether cardiorespiratory fitness is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, and all-cause mortality in a low- to middle-income Trinidadian community of African, South Asian Indian, and European origin. Those of Indian descent have a distinctively high rate of myocardial infarction.
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