The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia.

Saleheen, Danish; Zaidi, Moazzam; Rasheed, Asif; Ahmad, Usman; Hakeem, Abdul; Murtaza, Muhammed; Kayani, Waleed; Faruqui, Azhar; Kundi, Assadullah; Shah Zaman, Khan; Yaqoob, Zia; Ali Cheema, Liaquat; Samad, Abdus; Zahed Rasheed, Syed; Hayat Mallick, Nadeem; Azhar, Muhammad; Jooma, Rashid; Raza Gardezi, Ali; Memon, Nazir; Ghaffar, Abdul; , Fazal-ur-Rehman; Khan, Nadir; Shah, Nabi; Ali Shah, Asad; Samuel, Maria; Hanif, Farina; Yameen, Madiha; Naz, Sobia; Sultana, Aisha; Nazir, Aisha; Raza, Shehzad; Shazad, Muhammad; Nasim, Sana; Ahsan Javed, Muhammad; Saadat Ali, Syed; Jafree, Mehmood; Imran Nisar, Muhammad; Salman Daood, Muhammad; Hussain, Altaf; Sarwar, Nadeem; Kamal, Ayeesha; Deloukas, Panos; Ishaq, Muhammad; Frossard, Philippe; Danesh, John

doi:10.1007/s10654-009-9334-y

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The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia.

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Authors:

Danish Saleheen

Moazzam Zaidi

Asif Rasheed

Abstract

The burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) is increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally, but there is little direct evidence about its determinants. The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS) is an epidemiological resource to enable reliable study of...

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