Comment on 'Routine health check-ups'/Health checkups: Boon or burden?-Authors'reply
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) occurs at a younger age among Indians and surveys have shown that the prevalence of coronary artery disease in urban Indians older than 35 years is about 10%.2 Moreover, rapid escalation of CV risk factors (such as smoking, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, di...
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Published in | The National medical journal of India Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 247 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New Delhi
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01.07.2016
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Summary: | Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) occurs at a younger age among Indians and surveys have shown that the prevalence of coronary artery disease in urban Indians older than 35 years is about 10%.2 Moreover, rapid escalation of CV risk factors (such as smoking, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes and metabolic syndrome) has been noted in urban Asian Indians by 30-39 years of age.3 Due to an earlier onset of CVD in Indians, prediction of CV risk is challenging and many of the conventional risk assessment tools underestimate the CV risk in Indians. [...]we suggest that for Indian patients an even lower age threshold of screening for dyslipidaemia may be justified, i.e. all men >35 years and all women >45 years of age. |
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ISSN: | 0970-258X |