ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention2022
Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among refugees and asylum seekers: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in Ghana: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Global heart · 2024Pooled it
- Head Trauma in Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Systematic Review.Neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Latin America: a contemporary review of epidemiology.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Ethical Challenges Encountered by Humanitarian Aid Workers in Temporary Displacement Camps in the Context of Covid-19.Public health ethics · 2026Article
- Mechanisms Linking Bonding and Bridging Social Capital and Self-Rated Health Among U.S. Refugees: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- "I left my country and the people I love. It gave me hypertension": a qualitative study of social support and hypertension management in refugees.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Blood Pressure Control Among Refugees Resettled in the United States.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Providers' Perspective on the Feasibility of Digital Self-Management of Blood Pressure in Refugees: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Health Hazards of Migration in People Seeking Asylum in New York City, 2023.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Intersecting Structural Barriers and Hypertension Management Among Middle East and North Africa Refugees Resettled in the United States: A Qualitative Study.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Status of cardiovascular health in United States immigrants using the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 framework: a population-based study of prevalence estimates and determinants.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Mediating pathways between neighborhood disadvantage and cardiovascular risk: quasi-experimental evidence from a Danish refugee dispersal policy.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Hypertension in Syrian refugees: prevalence, awareness, and access to care in Denmark and Lebanon.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis is the first systematic review and meta-analysis assessing cardiovascular disease incidence and risk factors among refugees and asylum seekers. METHODS AND
resultsPubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Embase databases were searched for studies in English from January 1, 1977, to March 8, 2020. Inclusion criteria were (1) observation of refugee history in participants; (2) diagnosis of CVD (coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, or CVD mortality) and risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, tobacco use, hyperlipidemia, obesity, psychosocial factors); (3) assessment of effect size and spread, (4) adjustment for sex; and (5) comparison with non-refugee migrants or natives. Data were extracted and evaluated by multiple reviewers for study quality. Of the 1158 screened articles, Participants from 7 studies (0.6%) involving 116.989 refugees living in Denmark, Sweden, and the United States were included in the systematic review, of which three studies synthesized the quantitative analyses. A fixed-effects model was created to pool the effect sizes of included studies. The pooled incidence of CVD in refugees was 1.71 (95% CI: 1.03, 2.83) compared with non-refugee counterparts. Pyschosocial factors were associated with increased risk of CVD in refugees but evidence on CVD risk factors varied by nativity and duration since resettlement.
conclusionsRefugee experience is an independent risk factor for CVD. Robust research on CVD in displaced populations is needed to improve the quality of evidence, clinical and preventive care, and address health equity in this marginalized population globally.
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