South Asians today account for more than half of the world's cardiac patients. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and rates have risen over the past several decades.
Viewing entries in
News
Indian immigrant males have four times the risk of premature heart disease as compared to Framingham, despite having lower rates of hypertension, smoking, and high cholesterol, and often following a vegetarian diet.
Thirty South Asian women, all recent immigrants to the U.S., attend workouts as part of a Northwestern University study. The research aims to find interventions to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
In what could hold important lessons for bringing down diabetes prevalence in India, a study published recently shows that Indians in America have been able to delay or prevent the disease largely through healthy lifestyle modifications.
South Asians represent a quarter of the world’s population and are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Given this, South Asians account for a striking number – 60% – of the world’s heart disease patients.