Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in South Asians in the United States: epidemiology, risk factors, and treatments: a scientific statement from the American Heart …

AS Volgman, LS Palaniappan, NT Aggarwal, M Gupta… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
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 …

Coronary artery disease in South Asian patients: cardiovascular risk factors, pathogenesis and treatments

V Sucato, G Coppola, G Manno, G Vadalà… - Current problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decades a significant increase of the migratory phenomenon from South Asian
countries to the Western World has occurred for social, economic and geopolitical reasons …

Lipoprotein (a) levels and risk of future coronary heart disease: large-scale prospective data

A Bennet, E Di Angelantonio, S Erqou… - Archives of internal …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Background Large-scale prospective data are needed to determine whether associations
between lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk are independent of …

Racial and ethnic variation in lipoprotein (a) levels among Asian Indian and Chinese patients

D Banerjee, EC Wong, J Shin, SP Fortmann… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease
(CVD) in Non‐Hispanic Whites (NHW). There are known racial/ethnic differences in Lp (a) …

Abnormalities of lipoprotein concentrations in obstructive sleep apnea are related to insulin resistance

A Liu, J Cardell, D Ariel, C Lamendola, F Abbasi… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increased in
patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), possibly related to dyslipidemia in these …

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated risk factors in Asian Indians

A Balasubramanyam, S Rao, R Misra… - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2008 - Springer
Objective This study examined the association between metabolic syndrome, lifestyle
behaviors, and perception and knowledge of current health and cardiovascular disease …

Evaluation of remnant cholesterol levels and Monocyte-to-HDL-cholesterol ratio in South Asian patients with acute coronary syndrome

V Sucato, G Coppola, G Testa, F Amata… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims In the present study, we aimed to compare the clinical and coronary
angiography features between South Asian and Caucasian patients with Acute Coronary …

Lipoprotein (a): a unique independent risk factor for coronary artery disease

A Manocha, LM Srivastava - Indian journal of clinical biochemistry, 2016 - Springer
The current epidemic affecting Indians is coronary artery disease (CAD), and is currently one
of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in developed and developing …

Prevalence of obesity among migrant Asian Indians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Fernandez, C Miranda, B Everett - JBI Evidence Implementation, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective The objective of this review was to investigate the prevalence of obesity among
migrant Asian Indians globally. The primary outcomes of interest included the incidence of …

Lipoprotein abnormalities are associated with insulin resistance in South Asian Indian women

LP Palaniappan, AC Kwan, F Abbasi, C Lamendola… - Metabolism, 2007 - Elsevier
South Asian Indians are at increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), possibly related
to dyslipidemia characterized by high triglyceride (TG) and low high-density lipoprotein …