An Epidemiologic Transition of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Carriacou and Petite Martinique Grenada: the Grenada Heart Project 2005-2007

摘要

IntroductionThe epidemiologic transition has made chronic disease a major health threat in the Caribbean and throughout the world. Our objective was to examine the pattern of lifestyle factors associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Grenada and to determine whether the prevalence of CVD  risk factors differs by subgroups.