Ethnic differences in arterial responses, inflammation, and metabolic profiles: possible insights into ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Despite enormous strides in our understanding of the potential risk factors implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD), there has been a marked underrepresentation of data among ethnic minority groups in the published studies to date. It is critically important that this imbalance is addressed because it is clear that there are considerable variations in the rate of cardiovascular events and mortality among the differing ethnic groups, at least in the United Kingdom.