Browsing by Author "Smith, Sidney C., Jr."
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- ItemAttained Educational Level and Incident Atherothrombotic Events in Low- and Middle-Income Compared With High-Income Countries(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2010) Goyal, Abhinav; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Steg, P. Gabriel; Gersh, Bernard J.; Alberts, Mark J.; Ohman, E. Magnus; Corbalan, Ramon; Eagle, Kim A.; Gaxiola, Efrain; Gao, Runlin; Goto, Shinya; D'Agostino, Ralph B.; Califf, Robert M.; Smith, Sidney C., Jr.; Wilson, Peter W. F.; REACH Registry InvestigatorsBackground-Studies report a protective effect of higher attained educational level (AEL) on cardiovascular outcomes. However, most of these studies have been conducted in high-income countries (HICs) and lack representation from low and middle-income countries (LMICs), which bear >80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease.
- ItemGlobal Variation in the Prevalence of Elevated Cholesterol in Outpatients With Established Vascular Disease or 3 Cardiovascular Risk Factors According to National Indices of Economic Development and Health System Performance(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2012) Venkitachalam, Lakshmi; Wang, Kaijun; Porath, Avi; Corbalan, Ramon; Hirsch, Alan T.; Cohen, David J.; Smith, Sidney C., Jr.; Ohman, E. Magnus; Steg, Ph Gabriel; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Magnuson, Elizabeth A.; REACH Registry InvestigatorsBackground-Elevated serum cholesterol accounts for a considerable proportion of cardiovascular disease worldwide. An understanding of the relationship between country-level economic and health system factors and elevated cholesterol may provide insight for prioritization of cardiovascular prevention programs.