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Data pooling efforts in Africa and Latin America

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dc.contributor.author Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Kengne, Andre P.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-25T16:59:37Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-25T16:59:37Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4888
dc.description.abstract In August, 2016, the Global Body-Mass Index (BMI) Mortality Collaboration1 published their work on BMI as a predictor of all-cause mortality. The investigators pooled individual participant data from 239 prospective studies, with none originating from Latin America or Africa.1 About two years ago, the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration2 investigated the metabolic mediators of the effect of BMI on cardiovascular diseases using individual participant data from 97 prospective cohorts, including one cohort from Latin America. Despite these low numbers for Latin America and Africa, the NCD Risk Factors Collaboration3 reported the trend in adult BMI between 1975 and 2014 pooling individual participant data from 1698 population-based cross-sectional studies, including several from Latin America and Africa... en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Lancet. Global health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject Prospective Studies en_US
dc.subject Cross-Sectional Studies en_US
dc.subject Africa en_US
dc.subject Biomedical Research en_US
dc.subject Data Collection en_US
dc.title Data pooling efforts in Africa and Latin America en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30297-2
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00
dc.relation.issn 2214-109X


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