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A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI)

Margaret Thorogood1,2*, Myles Connor2,3, Stephen Tollman2, Gillian Lewando Hundt1, Gerry Fowkes3 and Jennifer Marsh1

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1 University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

2 University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

3 University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK

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BMC Public Health 2007, 7:326 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-326

Published: 13 November 2007

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Mean, standard error and 95% confidence intervals of clinical variables by age group and by gender. shows detailed breakdown of height (cm), weight (kg), body mass index (kg/m2), waist circumference (cms), mean systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg), mean diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg), lowest ankle brachial index, total cholesterol (mmol/l), hdl cholesterol (mmol/l)

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