In Africa, coronary heart disease (CHD) is near absent in rural areas, and very uncommon in
urban centres, where many Africans are in an advanced stage of transition. Among town …

Background and aims To describe sociodemographic, lifestyle, environmental and
traditional clinical risk factor differences between ethnic groups and to investigate the extent …

The epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan Africa is unique among world
regions, with about half of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) due to causes other than …

Background: High levels of cardiovascular risk factors have been reported in rural Africa.
How these translate into major outcomes remain unknown. Aim: To assess the association …

ABSTRACT AIM: In Aotearoa, New Zealand, cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is
greatest among Indigenous Māori, Pacific and Indian people. The aim of this study was to …

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological transition is at various stages in different places. The true
situation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is largely unknown. Having studied this rural habitat …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death among the white and Indian
populations of Durban. This was a community-based study of the white population of …

ABSTRACT Background Sub-Saharan African populations are disproportionately affected
by cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although diet is an important lifestyle factor associated …

From a global perspective, the large and diverse African population is disproportionately
affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD). The historical balance between communicable …

Background There is a dearth of information on diet-related chronic diseases in West Africa.
This cross-sectional study assessed the rate of obesity and other cardiovascular disease …