Cardiovascular risk factors and disease among non-European immigrants living in Catalonia

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Miguel Cainzos-AchiricaJosep Comin-Colet

Abstract

To describe the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular risk factors, established cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiovascular medication use, among immigrant individuals of diverse national origins living in Catalonia (Spain), a region receiving large groups of immigrants from all around the world, and with universal access to healthcare. We conducted a population-based analysis including >6 million adult individuals living in Catalonia, using the local administrative healthcare databases. Immigrants were classified in 6 World Bank geographic areas: Latin America/Caribbean, North Africa/Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia. Prevalence calculations were set as of 31 December 2017. Immigrant groups were younger than the local population; despite this, the prevalence of CVD risk factors and of established CVD was very high in some immigrant subgroups compared with local individuals. South Asians had the highest prevalence of diabetes, and of hyperlipidemia among adults aged <55 years; hypertension was highly prevalent among sub-Saharan Africans, and obesity was most common among women of African and South Asian ancestry. In this context, South Asians had the highest prevalence of coronary heart disease ...Continue Reading

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Mar 11, 2020·Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes·Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Khurram Nasir
Sep 24, 2020·Circulation. Heart Failure·Pablo Martinez-AmezcuaMiguel Cainzos-Achirica

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