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 …

Physical, behavioral, and cognitive effects of prenatal tobacco and postnatal secondhand smoke exposure

S Zhou, DG Rosenthal, S Sherman, J Zelikoff… - Current problems in …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to examine the rapidly expanding literature regarding the
effects of prenatal tobacco and postnatal secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure on child …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing dietary patterns and lifestyle to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk among south Asian individuals

SC Koneru, G Sikand, A Agarwala - The American Journal of Cardiology, 2023 - Elsevier
South Asians are at an elevated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
when compared with other age-matched subjects of varied ethnicities. The elevated ASCVD …

Identification and management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in South Asian populations in the US

A Agarwala, P Satish, M Al Rifai, A Mehta… - JACC: Advances, 2023 - jacc.org
Abstract South Asians (SAs, individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) are among the fastest growing ethnic subgroups …

[HTML][HTML] Use of smokeless tobacco by Indian women aged 18–40 years during pregnancy and reproductive years

S Nair, JJ Schensul, S Begum, MS Pednekar… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objectives This paper discusses patterns of daily smokeless tobacco (SLT) use and
correlates of poly SLT use among married women aged 18–40 years in a Mumbai slum …

The changing face of tobacco use among United States youth

D Lauterstein, R Hoshino, T Gordon… - Current drug abuse …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Tobacco use, primarily in the form of cigarettes, is the leading cause of preventable
morbidity and mortality in the United States (US). The adverse effects of tobacco use began …

Gutka and Tambaku Paan use among South Asian immigrants: a focus group study

SC Banerjee, JS Ostroff, S Bari, TA D'Agostino… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2014 - Springer
Smokeless tobacco use is prevalent among South Asian immigrants, particularly in the forms
of gutka and tambaku paan. In this paper, we examined (a) gutka and tambaku paan …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular risk management in the south Asian patient: a review

KS Shah, J Patel, M Al Rifai, A Agarwala, AB Bhatt… - Health Sciences …, 2022 - Elsevier
South Asians represent a growing percentage of the diverse population in the US and are
disproportionately impacted by a greater burden of aggressive and premature …

Sociodemographic correlates of tobacco consumption in rural Gujarat, India

P Kahar, R Misra, TG Patel - BioMed Research International, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The purpose of this study was to examine occupation‐, education‐, and gender‐
specific patterns of tobacco use and knowledge of its health effects among 23,953 rural …

Overcoming challenges in recruitment of South Asians for health disparities research in the USA

A Mukherjea, SL Ivey, S Shariff-Marco… - Journal of racial and …, 2018 - Springer
South Asians—individuals with origins in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the subcontinent—are an …