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4 Risk Factor Transitions: Exposures and Comparative Risk Assessment
Pages 8-9

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... . Ezzati reported on recent GBD work that sought to estimate trends in four important metabolic risk factors for chronic diseases -- body mass index, systolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and fasting plasma glucose -- by age, sex, and country/region between 1980 and 2008.
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... in trends among Africa's subregions. The next steps in the evolution of the GBD and related projects will include the incorporation of trends in other risk factors, such as child and maternal undernutrition, tobacco use, poor water and sanitation, and household solid fuel use.
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