Population
5,167 adults from Kerala, South India, selected using a multistage cluster sampling method.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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CAD burden in Kerala remains substantial; leaves open whether risk factor trends explain the rise since 1993.
The prevalence of definite CAD in Kerala has increased nearly threefold since 1993 to 3.5%, driven by a high burden of conventional cardiovascular risk factors across both urban and rural populations.
Zachariah et al. (2016) studied this question.
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