In their discussion on risk factors and myocardial infarction in South Asians1 Milan Gupta
and colleagues omit some important issues. Lipoprotein (a) and homocysteine levels …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in India, and its prevalence
continues to rise unabatedly. 1, 2 The rising prevalence of CVD in India necessitates urgent …

More targeted screening and intervention strategies are needed to help reduce the elevated
heart disease risks among people of South Asian descent, according to panelists …

The prevalence of classic risk factors such as smoking, hypercholesterolaemia, and
hypertension are generally lower in Indian Asians than in Europeans, 2 implying that classic …

As discussed by Bhopal in the previous chapter, the burden of cardiovascular disease is
greatest amongst South Asians living in urban areas 1 and overseas compared to …

Summary Background South Asians who have settled overseas and those in urban India
have an increased risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Reasons for this increased risk are …

We thank Garg and Verma for their comments on our article. In our study, South Asians
actually had a slightly, nonsignificantly higher overall self-reported prevalence of heart …

We read with pleasure the work of Shah et al titled “Cardiovascular health and subclinical
atherosclerosis in second generation South Asian Americans: The MASALA study”, which …

South Asian ancestry have higher cardiovascular disease risk than people of other racial
and ethnic groups, and the heightened risks have been observed in the US over the past 2 …

Both native and expatriate South Asians have high levels of coronary artery disease. The
most important factors contributing to this situation are the increased prevalences of obesity …