ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
Psychosocial Factors Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in South Asians: The MASALA Study.
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- Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Health: The MESA and MASALA Studies.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Narrative Review of High-Yield Non-Traditional Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Everyday discrimination and subclinical indicators of stroke in midlife women.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular risk profiling among South Asian adults in Hong Kong: a latent class analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Associations of psychological factors with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health in middle-age: the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage study (SCAPIS).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Social and psychosocial determinants of racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular health: The MASALA and MESA studies.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Article
- A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Review
- Relation of Menopause With Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian American Women (from the MASALA Study).The American journal of cardiology · 2022Article
- Understanding Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health: Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians in the United States.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2021Review
- Associations of Neighborhood Factors and Activity Behaviors: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Subclinical macro and microvascular disease is differently associated with depressive symptoms in men and women: Findings from the SABRE population-based study.Atherosclerosis · 2020Article
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- Heterogeneity of Treatment and Outcomes Among Asians With Coronary Artery Disease in the United States.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Observational
- The relationship of acculturation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. South Asians: Findings from the MASALA study.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2020Article
- Women's heart health at mid-life: what is the role of psychosocial stress?Women's midlife health · 2018Review
- Cardiovascular health metrics among South Asian adults in the United States: Prevalence and associations with subclinical atherosclerosis.Preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Physical versus psychological social stress in male rats reveals distinct cardiovascular, inflammatory and behavioral consequences.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
South Asians have the highest rates of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease amongst all ethnic groups in the world; however this risk cannot be fully explained by traditional risk factors. Participants from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study were included in this cross-sectional analysis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of psychosocial factors (including anger, anxiety, depressive symptoms, current and chronic stress, and everyday hassles) with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). Three multivariate models were examined to evaluate the association between the psychosocial factors and CIMT. Findings suggest that the impact of psychosocial factors on subclinical atherosclerosis is differential for South Asian men and women. For men, anxiety and depression were associated; while for women, stress was associated with common carotid intima media thickness, independent of traditional CVD risk factors, diet and physical activity.
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