ReviewJournal of the American Heart Association2024
International Migration and Cardiovascular Health: Unraveling the Disease Burden Among Migrants to North America and Europe.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Cardiovascular risk factors in Moroccan women: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- A Virtual Cardiometabolic Health Program Among African Immigrants in the US: A Pilot Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
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- A Comparison of Cardiovascular Health Across Migration Flows on the US-Mexico Border.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Obesity and the experienced cultural, economic, and climate variations among immigrants to high-income countries: An umbrella review of the literature.Public health nutrition · 2026Review
- Population-based screening for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes risk among migrant origin and ethnic minority groups in Europe: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Hypertension Disparities in Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Screening, Treatment Access, and Cultural Barriers.Current hypertension reports · 2026Review
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- Data-driven insights into predictors of stress and sleep health among Pakistani healthcare workers under rotational shifts.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Clustering of Lifestyle Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Among Middle-Aged Migrants in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Polyphenolic Compounds in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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- Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Echoes of Inequity: A Critical Examination of the Past, Present, and Future of Cardiac Health Equity.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- Reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease: focus on marginalized populations considering ethnicity and race.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Review
- Bridging the gap in obesity research: A consensus statement from the European Society for Clinical Investigation.European journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- Income-Level and Immigrant Status Are Associated With Discontinuation of Evidence-Based Secondary Prevention Therapies After Myocardial Infarction.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Variations of the Extent of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Among Canadian Immigrants.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Blood pressure change and hypertension incidence among Ghanaians living in rural Ghana, urban Ghana and The Netherlands: a prospective cohort study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Second Year In Review, Third Year In Preview, and the 2024Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
Europe and North America are the 2 largest recipients of international migrants from low-resource regions in the world. Here, large differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and death exist between migrants and the host populations. This review discusses the CVD burden and its most important contributors among the largest migrant groups in Europe and North America as well as the consequences of migration to high-income countries on CVD diagnosis and therapy. The available evidence indicates that migrants in Europe and North America generally have a higher CVD risk compared with the host populations. Cardiometabolic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors are important contributors to their increased CVD risk. However, despite these common denominators, there are important ethnic differences in the propensity to develop CVD that relate to pre- and postmigration factors, such as socioeconomic status, cultural factors, lifestyle, psychosocial stress, access to health care and health care usage. Some of these pre- and postmigration environmental factors may interact with genetic (epigenetics) and microbial factors, which further influence their CVD risk. The limited number of prospective cohorts and clinical trials in migrant populations remains an important culprit for better understanding pathophysiological mechanism driving health differences and for developing ethnic-specific CVD risk prediction and care. Only by improved understanding of the complex interaction among human biology, migration-related factors, and sociocultural determinants of health influencing CVD risk will we be able to mitigate these differences and truly make inclusive personalized treatment possible.
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