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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians in the United States: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
cial Populations Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; and Stroke Council Abstract South Asians (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) make up one quarter of the world's population and are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although native South Asians share genetic and cultural risk factors with South Asians abroad, South Asians in the United States can differ in socioeconomic status, education, healthcare behaviors, attitudes, and health in...
Source: Circulation - May 24, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Volgman AS, Palaniappan LS, Aggarwal NT, Gupta M, Khandelwal A, Krishnan AV, Lichtman JH, Mehta LS, Patel HN, Shah KS, Shah SH, Watson KE, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women and Sp Tags: Circulation Source Type: research

The relationship between insulin-sensitive obesity and cardiovascular diseases in a Chinese population: Results of the REACTION study
Conclusion: Both general and abdominal obesity were associated with elevated prevalent cardiovascular diseases and 10-year CHD risk, regardless of the presence or absence of insulin resistance.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - February 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi, Tiange Wang, Weiqing Wang, Yiming Mu, Jiajun Zhao, Chao Liu, Lulu Chen, Lixin Shi, Qiang Li, Qin Wan, Shengli Wu, Guijun Qin, Tao Yang, Li Yan, Yan Liu, Guixia Wang, Zuojie Luo, Xulei Tang, Gang Chen, Yanan Huo, Zhengnan Gao, Qing Su, Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research