Environmental and societal influences acting on cardiovascular risk factors and disease at a population level: a review

CK Chow, K Lock, K Teo… - International journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
It has long been known that cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates vary considerably among
populations, across space and through time. It is now apparent that most of the attributable …

Significant lipid, adiposity and metabolic abnormalities amongst 4535 Indians from a developing region of rural Andhra Pradesh

CK Chow, S Naidu, K Raju, R Raju, R Joshi, D Sullivan… - Atherosclerosis, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Both migrant and local urban populations of Asian
Indians have high rates of cardiovascular disease. Metabolic risk factors appear key to this …

Availability and affordability of medicines and cardiovascular outcomes in 21 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries

CK Chow, TN Nguyen, S Marschner, R Diaz… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Objectives We aimed to examine the relationship between access to medicine for
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) among …

Design and rationale of the tobacco, exercise and diet messages (TEXT ME) trial of a text message-based intervention for ongoing prevention of cardiovascular …

CK Chow, J Redfern, A Thiagalingam, S Jan… - BMJ open, 2012 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Although supporting lifestyle change is an effective way of preventing further
events in people with cardiovascular disease, providing access to such interventions is a …

Recalibration of a Framingham risk equation for a rural population in India

CK Chow, R Joshi, DS Celermajer, A Patel… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2009 - jech.bmj.com
Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) risk estimation tools are a simple means of
identifying those at high risk in a community and hence a potentially cost-effective strategy …

Greater adverse effects of cholesterol and diabetes on carotid intima–media thickness in South Asian Indians: Comparison of risk factor-IMT associations in two …

CK Chow, B McQuillan, PK Raju, S Iyengar, R Raju… - Atherosclerosis, 2008 - Elsevier
Asian Indians appear particularly susceptible to coronary heart disease compared with other
ethnic groups. We compared the effects of vascular risk factors on carotid intima–media …

Comparing secondary prevention for patients with coronary heart disease and stroke attending Australian general practices: a cross-sectional study using nationwide …

J Yue, S Kazi, T Nguyen, CK Chow - BMJ Quality & Safety, 2023 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Objectives To compare secondary prevention care for patients with coronary heart disease
(CHD) and stroke, exploring particularly the influences due to frequency and regularity of …

Engagement and fidelity of a cardiovascular disease prevention-focused digital health intervention in cardiology outpatient waiting rooms: a mixed-methods study

D Mcintyre, J Chiang, A Thiagalingam… - BMJ Quality & …, 2023 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Introduction We delivered a video-based, cardiovascular disease prevention focused
intervention in cardiology waiting rooms that increased motivation to improve cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] Availability and affordability of medicines for diabetes and cardiovascular disease across countries: Information learned from the prospective urban rural …

TN Nguyen, S Yusuf, CK Chow - Diabetology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing and, while
cardiovascular event incidence is falling in some high-income countries (HICs), increasing …

[BOOK][B] Cardiovascular risk factor levels and cardiovascular risk estimation in a rural area of India

CK Chow - 2007 - researchgate.net
Background–Cardiovascular disease is now a leading cause of death in India. Although
projections indicate that the situation will worsen, there is a paucity of data on the …