Research article
Gender-related differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and their correlates in urban Tanzania
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* Corresponding author: Marina A Njelekela mnjelekela@muhas.ac.tz
1 Department of Physiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, PO Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, PO Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3 Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Weill Cornell University, Qatar Campus, Doha, Qatar
4 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 Department of Physiology, Weill Bugando Medical University, Mwanza, Tanzania
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009, 9:30 doi:10.1186/1471-2261-9-30
Published: 17 July 2009Additional files
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Table 2. Gender differences in correlates of cardiovascular disease risk factors. The table represents analysis of gender differences in correlates of cardiovascular diseases risk factors
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Table 3. Associations between cardiovascular disease risk factors and gender (comparing women to men). The table represents analysis of associations between cardiovascular disease risk factors and gender.
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Table 4. Correlations of body mass index and waist circumference with lipid profile, blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose. The table represents the correlations of body mass index and waist circumference with lipid profile, blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose.
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