Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments

Critchley, Julia; Capewell, Simon; O'Flaherty, Martin; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen; Rastam, Samer; Saidi, Olfa; Sozmen, Kaan; Shoaibi, Azza; Husseini, Abdullatif; Fouad, Fouad; Ben Mansour, Nadia; Aissi, Wafa; Ben Romdhane, Habiba; ÜNAL, BELGİN; Bandosz, Piotr; Bennett, Kathleen; Dherani, Mukesh; Al Ali, Radwan; Maziak, Wasim; Arik, Hale; Gerceklioglu, Gul; Altun, Deniz; Simsek, HATİCE; Doganay, Sinem; DEMİRAL, YÜCEL; Aslan, Ozgur; Unwin, Nigel; Phillimore, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.031

Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments

Critchley J., Capewell S., O'Flaherty M., Abu-Rmeileh N., Rastam S., Saidi O., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.208, ss.150-161, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 208
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.031
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.150-161
Anahtar Kelimeler: Cardiovascular mortality, Risk factor, Treatment, Trend, Model, Eastern Mediterranean
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Middle income countries are facing an epidemic of non-communicable diseases, especially coronary heart disease (CHD). We used a validated CHD mortality model (IMPACT) to explain recent trends in Tunisia, Syria, the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Turkey.