ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2016
Cardiovascular disease incidence and survival: Are migrants always worse off?
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Associations between Immigration Status and Stroke Incidence and Mortality.BioMed research international · 2022Pooled it
- The association of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics with cardiovascular health: A quasi-experimental study of refugees to Denmark.Health & place · 2023Trial
- The association of serum D-vitamin concentration with 10-year cardiovascular disease event risk among Russian, Somali, and Kurdish origin migrants and the general Finnish population.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Trends in Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Care and Long-Term Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Association between new-onset atrial fibrillation and adverse clinical outcomes by country of origin: A matched nationwide cohort study.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Oral anticoagulation therapy initiation in patients with atrial fibrillation in relation to world region of origin: a register-based nationwide study.Open heart · 2024Article
- Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO's quality of life survey (2009-2021).BMC public health · 2023Article
- Disparities in cardiovascular disease and treatment in the Nordic countries.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Review
- Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality in Iraqi- and Swedish-born individuals in Sweden: the MEDIM cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Estimation Based on Country-of-Birth- and Country-of-Residence-Specific Scores among Migrants in the Netherlands: The HELIUS Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Effects of Ethno-cultural Origin-Destination Interactions on Immigrants' Longevity.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Review
- Migrating Populations and Health: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome.Current hypertension reports · 2022Review
- Machine learning approaches to predict the 1-year-after-initial-AMI survival of elderly patients.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Article
- Stroke unit demand in Norway - present and future estimates.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular health care and health literacy among immigrants in Europe: a review of challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2022Review
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- Patterns of multimorbidity and demographic profile of latent classes in a Danish population-A register-based study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Improving Dietary Behavior Among Ethnic Minority Women in Denmark: A Feasibility Study Based on a Participatory and Culturally Adapted Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Multimorbidity and mortality thereof, among non-western refugees and family reunification immigrants in Denmark - a register based cohort study.BMC public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Studies on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and survival show varying results between different ethnic groups. Our aim was to add a new dimension by exploring the role of migrant status in combination with ethnic background on incidence of-and survival from-CVD and more specifically acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke. We conducted a historically prospective cohort study comprising all newly-arrived migrants to Denmark between 1.1.1993 and 31.12.2010 (n = 114,331), matched 1:6 to Danish-born by age and sex. CVD incidence was retrieved from the National Patient Registry and differences in incidence were assessed by Poisson regression and stratified by sex. Survival differences were assessed by Cox regression using all-cause and cause-specific mortality as outcome. Male refugees had significantly lower incidence of CVD (RR = 0.89; 95 % CI 0.85-0.93) and stroke (IRR = 0.62; 95 % CI 0.56-0.69) compared to Danish-born, but significantly higher incidence of AMI (IRR = 1.12; 95 % CI 1.02-1.24). Female refugees had similar rates of CVD and AMI, but significantly lower incidence of stroke (RR = 0.76; 95 % CI 0.67-0.85). Both male and female family-reunified immigrants had significantly lower incidence of CVD, AMI and stroke. All-cause and cause-specific survival after CVD, AMI and stroke was similar or significantly better for migrants compared to Danish-born, regardless of type of migrant (refugee vs. family-reunified) or country of origin. Refugees are disadvantaged in terms of some types of cardiovascular disease compared to Danish-born. Family-reunified migrants on the other hand had lower rates of CVD. All migrants had better survival than Danish-born indicating that migrants may not always be disadvantaged in health.
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