Ethnic variations in heart failure were important in this population setting and not abolished by adjusting for highest education, one important indicator of socioeconomic differences.
The ethnic variations were substantial but did not support other studies showing 3-20-fold differences between ethnic groups.
2012-02-21
Eng.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Edinburgh Ethnicity and Health Research Group, Centre for Population Health Studies, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK. raj.bhopal [at] ed.ac.uk
Heart. 2012 Mar;98(6):468-73
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