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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