| The
Collaboration with Pakistan began with planning in 1993,
and continued as four US scientists visited Pakistan,
January 1994, to develop a protocol and forms for an
intervention study for households. The study is designed
to see if education can increase knowledge and attitudes
about CVD and secondarily to see if modifying saturated
fat and salt intake can reduce the levels of hypertension
and other CVD risk factors. The study began pilot testing
in the fall of 1994, and has screened nearly 400
households. The intervention began in 1996 and will be
evaluated over a 4 year period. Screening camp 2 began in
1997 and should be completed in mid 1998. |
Pakistani
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