In many developing countries with advanced stages of the nutrition transition, the burden of
coronary artery disease (CAD) has shifted from the rich to the poor. in South Africa, it is …

Objective: This study examined whether the association between socio-economic status
(SES) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in black South Africans from the North …

Objective: To review the available data on risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the
influence of urbanisation of Africans on these risk factors, and to examine why stroke …

Objectives To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and several
cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVRFs) and to assess whether this association has …

Background Cardiovascular risk factors are increasing in most developing countries. To
date, however, very little standardized data has been collected on the primary risk factors …

Abstract Background Most European countries are ethnically and culturally diverse.
Globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death. The major risk factors …

Abstract Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries are facing an epidemiological
shift from infectious disease to chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) …

Objectives: To describe the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and the global burden
of CVD risk in a peri-urban, working-class community of Mamre near Cape Town. To identify …

Africa is a continent characterized by marked ethnic, sociodemographic, and economic
diversity, with profound changes in many regions over the past 2 decades. This diversity has …

Background: It has been hypothesised that rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of
epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCD) …