Population-based study of cardiovascular health in Atahualpa, a rural village of coastal Ecuador

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):1618-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.017. Epub 2013 Feb 11.

Authors

Oscar H Del Brutto¹, Milton Santamaría, Elio Ochoa, Ernesto Peñaherrera, Rocío Santibáñez, Freddy Pow-Chon-Long, Mauricio Zambrano, Victor J Del Brutto

Affiliation

¹ School of Medicine, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Ecuador; Department of Neurological Sciences, Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Electronic address: oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com.

PMID: 23410492
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.017

No abstract available

Keywords: Atahualpa; Cardiovascular health; Ecuador; Epidemiology; Prevalence.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Cardiovascular Diseases / blood
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
Cardiovascular Diseases / ethnology*
Ecuador / ethnology
Female
Health Surveys / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance / methods*
Rural Population*

Substances

Blood Glucose