Abstract
Coronary heart disease develops sooner in African Americans than in whites and causes a higher rate of mortality. Because multiple risk factors and risk factor clustering are common, efforts at primary and secondary prevention in this population need to address the total risk-factor profile.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Black People
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Black or African American*
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Comorbidity
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Coronary Disease / ethnology
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Coronary Disease / mortality
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Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Female
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Humans
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Hyperlipidemias / diet therapy
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Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy
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Hyperlipidemias / ethnology
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Hypertension / drug therapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Patient Compliance
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Risk Factors
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United States / epidemiology