Issues and challenges in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors: Assessing the needs of cardiologists

Table 3 Regional distribution

	New England and Mid-Atlantic	South Atlantic, East South Central, and West South Central	Pacific and Mountain	East North Central and West North Central	Total
Exploratory Phase
Panel meetings	19	1	-	-	20
KI interviews	4	6	4	3	17
Validation Phase
Online survey	38	38	37	37	150
Total	61	45	41	40	187

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