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. 2022 Jan 1;118(1):115–373. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20211012

Abbreviations Used in Chapter 9.

AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction
CI Confidence Interval
CVD Cardiovascular Diseases
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years
ELSA-Brasil The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health
ERICA Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (in Portuguese, Estudo dos Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes )
FU Federative Unit
GBD 2019 Global Burden of Disease 2019
HDLc High-Density-Lipoprotein Cholesterol
LDLc Low-Density-Lipoprotein Cholesterol
OR Odds Ratio
PNAUM Study on the Access to, Use, and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines in Brazil (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil )
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
SDI Sociodemographic Index
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
TC Total Cholesterol
TG Triglycerides
UI Uncertainty Interval
YLDs Years Lived with Disability
YLLs Years of Life Lost