Background. There is a paucity of data on the relative importance of various traditional risk
factors for coronary artery disease among rural Indians. We conducted a prospective case …

Background: There is a paucity of data on the relative importance of various traditional risk
factors for coronary artery disease among rural Indians. We conducted a prospective study …

Background: Various studies have shown that people of Indian origin have an increased risk
of ischemic heart disease (IHD) compared with most other ethnic groups. This increased risk …

Background: Atherosclerosis is a multi-factorial disease involving the interplay of genetic
and environmental factors. Studies highlighting the public health importance of risk factors …

Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a multi-factorial disease involving the interplay of genetic and
environmental factors. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in low income countries …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is epidemic in India and one of the major causes of disease-
burden and deaths. Mortality data from the Registrar General of India shows that …

We conducted a hospital-based case-control investigation (150 cases and 176 controls) to
examine the putative role of conventional risk factors in subjects with and without coronary …

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a complex disease caused by interaction of a
number of genetic and environmental factors, k This disease has reached epidemic …

In a population survey of 162 rural and 152 urban subjects aged 26–65 years at Moradabad,
the findings are compared with existing data on Indian immigrants to Britain and United …

Objective This study was conducted to determine and compare the prevalence of coronary
artery disease and coronary risk factors in both a rural and an urban population of …