Heart disease in Asians.

Coronary heart disease in Indian Asians

The Indian Asian population accounts for a fifth of all global deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD deaths on the Indian subcontinent have doubled since 1990, and are predicted to rise a further 50% by 2030. Reasons underlying the increased CHD mortality among Indian Asians remain unknown. Although conventional cardiovascular risk factors contribute to CHD in Indian Asians as in other ...

South Asians and coronary heart disease: always bad news?

the role of type-d personality, social support and self-compassion in prediction of health behaviors in coronary heart disease patients

نظر به اهمیت و تاثیر روزافزون عوامل روانی – اجتماعی در سلامت جسمی و تاثیر عوامل روان شناختی در بروز بیماریهای مختلف از جمله بیماریهای قلبی و عروقی این پژوهش با هدف کلی بررسی ارتباط تیپ شخصیتی d ، حمایت اجتماعی و خود دلسوزی در پیش بینی رفتارهای بهداشتی بیماران کرونر قلبی و تعیین تفاوت بین بیماران کرونر قلبی با و بدون جراحی و افراد سالم در این متغیرها و رفتارهای بهداشتی آنان، انجام گرفت. جامعه آ...

Homocysteine: a novel risk factor for coronary heart disease in UK Indian Asians.

The population of the UK includes approximately 1.6 million people of Indian Asian descent, most of whom are first or second generation migrants. In UK Indian Asians, mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) is 40% higher, and admission rates with myocardial infarction are twofold higher, compared to the European white population. The increase in CHD risk is most striking in young men, among...

Coronary heart disease in UK Indian Asians: the potential for reducing mortality.

The latest census data confirm that coronary heart disease (CHD)mortality in Indian Asians living in the UK remains 38% higher in men and 43% higher in women compared to Europeans. However, the burden of CHD in UK Indian Asians is greatest in young men in whom the relative risk is at least twofold higher compared to Europeans. There is also some loss of immunity from CHD in Indian Asian women.R...