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SUBMITTER: Nicoll R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037759 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nicoll Rachel R Zhao Ying Y Ibrahimi Pranvera P Olivecrona Gunilla G Henein Michael M
International journal of molecular sciences 20160906 9
<h4>Background</h4>The relationship of conventional cardiovascular risk factors (age, gender, ethnicity, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, obesity, exercise, and the number of risk factors) to coronary artery calcification (CAC) presence and extent has never before been assessed in a systematic review and meta-analysis.<h4>Methods</h4>We included only English language studies that assessed at least three conventional risk factors apart from age, gender, and ethnicity, but excluded studies i ...[more]