Preliminary Assessment of Triglyceride/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (tg/hdl-c) Ratio among Nigerian Adolescents with Self-Reported Symptoms of Cardiovascular Illness
Summary: The need to identify high risk features of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in indigenous Black African adolescents is urgent now more than ever. In ASCVD, an imunoinflammatory pathology, plaques of lipid origin progressively gather in wall of human blood vessels and partially or completely obscure the lumen.
Authors
- Bamgboye M Afolabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6467-3496)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.47363/jjcmr/2025(5)188
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00