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1 An assessment of community health workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simple, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study  Assistant Professor Thomas A Gaziano, MD, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, SM, Catalina A Denman, PhD, Carlos Mendoza Montano, PhD, Masuma Khanam, MD, Thandi Puoane, DrPH, Naomi S Levitt, MD  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages e556-e563 (September 2015) DOI: /S X(15) Copyright © 2015 Gaziano et al. Open Access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Risk scoring chart
How to use the chart: (1) choose the section with the patient's sex, diabetes, and smoking status; (2) find the cell that matches the patient's risk factor profile using age, BMI, and blood pressure; (3) refer to physician those with excessive blood pressure (>180 mm Hg). The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e556-e563DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Gaziano et al. Open Access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Enrolment algorithm
*Please note that the referral aim of the study is covered elsewhere. The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e556-e563DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Gaziano et al. Open Access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Distribution of community health worker risk scores categories by country The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e556-e563DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2015 Gaziano et al. Open Access article published under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Terms and Conditions


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