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Why are there ethnic differences in cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases?
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ethnic differences in metabolic syndrome in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Ethnic differences in the burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adult residents of London: the TOGETHER study.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- The Association of Weight Categories in Adolescence with Cardiovascular Morbidity in Young Adult Israeli Arabs-A Nationwide Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Assessing the Risk of Normal Weight Obesity in Korean Women across Generations: A Study on Body Composition and Physical Fitness.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ethnic differences in multimorbidity after accounting for social-economic factors, findings from The Health Survey for England.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Normal-Weight Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ethnicity and risk factors among Indian coronary artery disease patients.Bioinformation · 2023Article
- Large health disparities in cardiovascular death in men and women, by ethnicity and socioeconomic status in an urban based population cohort.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Comparison of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Different Ethnicity: A Cross-sectional Study.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Tibetan Monks from Gansu Province, Northwest China.Open life sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Europe's population is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse, and epidemiological studies indicate that there are remarkable differences in cardio-metabolic risk factors between ethnic groups living in the same area. Variations observed in the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in these communities may therefore help explain-at least in part-the different burdens on cardiovascular diseases. So far, the underlying pathophysiology leading to ethnic variations in the prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors is still poorly understood but it is likely to represent the complex interactions from several innate and environmental factors. Tailored prevention and treatment strategies should therefore be implemented in those "high-risk populations," but data derived from randomized clinical trials are still limited. This article will provide an overview on the role of ethnicity on cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases, focusing on type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia based mainly on Dutch and British data.
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