PMID: 16520847Mar 8, 2006Paper

Is South Asian ethnicity an independent cardiovascular risk factor?

The Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Milan Gupta, Stephanie J Brister

Abstract

People of South Asian origin constitute a large, visible minority in Canada and are known to be at heightened risk for premature coronary artery disease. Conventional risk factors clearly confer risk in South Asians but do not adequately explain their excess risk compared with other populations. Rates of smoking, hypertension and levels of low density lipoprotein-cholesterol tend to be similar or lower in South Asians, although diabetes is more prevalent. Recent studies have suggested that the metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity may play a causative role in both the prevalence of diabetes and the premature atherosclerosis noted in South Asians. It is possible that genetically susceptible individuals develop abdominal obesity and insulin resistance when exposed to a toxic environment of reduced energy expenditure and increased caloric consumption. This pattern is increasingly noted in parallel with urbanization, suggesting that the increased cardiovascular risk in South Asians may be preventable through lifestyle interventions and the judicious use of medicines to attain optimal levels of blood pressure, lipids and glucose.

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