Journal article
Current coronary heart disease risk assessment tools may underestimate risk in community-dwelling persons with chronic spinal cord injury
Abstract
Study design:Cross-sectional, observational study.Objectives:To quantify, in adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI): (1) presence of metabolic syndrome versus the general North American population (GP) and (2) 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk using Framingham risk scoring (FRS).Setting:Ontario, Canada.Methods:Fasting anthropometric and biochemical data were collected from 75 adults with chronic SCI. Metabolic syndrome was …
Authors
Finnie AK; Buchholz AC; Martin Ginis KA
Journal
Spinal Cord, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 608–615
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2008
DOI
10.1038/sc.2008.21
ISSN
1362-4393