Journal article
Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, no previous study has prospectively documented the incidence of common diseases and related mortality in high-income countries (HICs), middle-income countries (MICs), and low-income countries (LICs) with standardised approaches. Such information is key to developing global and context-specific health strategies. In our analysis of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, we aimed to evaluate …
Authors
Dagenais GR; Leong DP; Rangarajan S; Lanas F; Lopez-Jaramillo P; Gupta R; Diaz R; Avezum A; Oliveira GBF; Wielgosz A
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 395, No. 10226, pp. 785–794
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2020
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32007-0
ISSN
0140-6736