Open AccessThe Dallas Heart Study using the probability sample technique for ethnicity and cardiovascular health differences
Author(s) -
Jassim Al Suwaidi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
global cardiology science and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-7823
DOI - 10.5339/gcsp.2015.1
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , cardiovascular health , ethnically diverse , demography , population , sample (material) , gerontology , environmental health , disease , chemistry , chromatography , sociology , anthropology
The decrease in cardiovascular death rates in the United States has been slower in blacks than whites, especially in patients < 65 years of age. The Dallas Heart Study was designed as a single-site, multiethnic, population-based probability sample to produce unbiased comparison of cardiovascular health among multiple ethnicities.
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