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Higueras-Fresnillo S, Herraiz-Adillo Á, Ahlqvist VH, Öberg R, Lenander C, Wennberg P, Wångdahl J, Berglind D, Daka B, Östgren CJ, Rådholm K, Henriksson P. Associations of psychological factors with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health in middle-age: the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage study (SCAPIS). BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1455. [PMID: 38816713 PMCID: PMC11140911 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18924-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major global health issue, primarily caused by atherosclerosis. Psychological factors may play a role in the development and progression of CVD. However, the relationship between psychological factors and atherosclerosis is complex and poorly understood. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the association of psychological factors with (i) coronary and carotid atherosclerosis and (ii) cardiovascular health according to Life's Essential 8, in a large Swedish cohort. METHODS This study utilized data from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), a large population-based project including individuals aged 50 to 65 years. Several psychological factors were analysed: general stress, stress at work, financial stress, major adverse life events, locus of control, feeling depressed, and depression. Coronary atherosclerosis was assessed as the degree of stenosis by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) scores. Carotid atherosclerosis was examined using ultrasound. In addition, cardiovascular health was examined using the Life's Essential 8 concept created by the American Heart Association, which includes four health behaviors and four health factors. Associations were examined through binomial logistic regression (atherosclerosis variables) and linear regression (Life's Essential 8). RESULTS A total of 25,658 participants were included in the study. The presence of financial stress, higher locus of control, and depression was weakly associated with increased odds of CCTA stenosis, CAC ≥ 1 and the presence of carotid plaques (all odds ratios: 1.10-1.21, 95% CI: 1.02-1.32) after adjusting for sex, age, and study site. However, these associations were attenuated and not statistically significant after additional adjustments for socioeconomic factors and health behaviors. Conversely, we observed inverse associations between the worst category for all psychological factors and cardiovascular health according to Life's Essential 8 score (all standardized β-Coefficient ≤-0.033, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION While there were no strong and consistent associations between psychological factors and atherosclerosis, the consistent associations of psychological factors with cardiovascular health by Life's Essential 8 may have relevance for future CVD risk. However, further studies are needed to elucidate the long-term effects of psychological factors on atherosclerosis development and cardiovascular health.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara Higueras-Fresnillo
- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Centre for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Family medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Centre of Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Shah NS, Huang X, Petito LC, Bancks MP, Kanaya AM, Talegawkar S, Farhan S, Carnethon MR, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB, Kandula NR, Khan SS. Social and psychosocial determinants of racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular health: The MASALA and MESA studies. Am J Prev Cardiol 2024; 17:100636. [PMID: 38322182 PMCID: PMC10844663 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Background Social and psychosocial determinants are associated with cardiovascular health (CVH). Objectives To quantify the contributions of social and psychosocial factors to racial/ethnic differences in CVH. Methods In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America cohorts, Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition quantified the contributions of social and psychosocial factors to differences in mean CVH score (range 0-14) in Black, Chinese, Hispanic, or South Asian compared with White participants. Results Among 7,978 adults (mean age 61 [SD 10] years, 52 % female), there were 1,892 Black (mean CVH score for decomposition analysis 7.96 [SD 2.1]), 804 Chinese (CVH 9.69 [1.8]), 1,496 Hispanic (CVH 8.00 [2.1]), 1,164 South Asian (CVH 9.16 [2.0]), and 2,622 White (CVH 8.91 [2.1]) participants. The factors that were associated with the largest magnitude of explained differences in mean CVH score were income for Black participants (if mean income in Black participants were equal to White participants, Black participants' mean CVH score would be 0.14 [SE 0.05] points higher); place of birth for Chinese participants (if proportion of US-born and foreign-born individuals among Chinese adults were equivalent to White participants, Chinese participants' mean CVH score would be 0.22 [0.10] points lower); and education for Hispanic and South Asian participants (if educational attainment were equivalent to White participants, Hispanic and South Asian participants' mean CVH score would be 0.55 [0.11] points higher and 0.37 [0.11] points lower, respectively). Conclusions In these multiethnic US cohorts, social and psychosocial factors were associated with racial/ethnic differences in CVH.
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- Nilay S. Shah
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- George Washington University School of Public Health, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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Kandula NR, Islam N, Needham BL, Ahmed N, Thorpe L, Kershaw KN, Chen E, Zakai NA, Kanaya AM. A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States. Ann Epidemiol 2023; 81:24-30.e1. [PMID: 36898570 PMCID: PMC10101928 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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PURPOSE Prior studies of cardiovascular health (CVH) disparities among immigrants of South Asian origin in the United States have examined South Asians as one homogenous group, focused primarily on Indian-origin immigrants, and examined risk at the individual level. METHODS We present current knowledge and evidence gaps about CVH in the three largest South Asian-origin populations in the United States-Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani-and draw on socioecological and lifecourse frameworks to propose a conceptual framework for investigating multilevel risk and protective factors of CVH across these groups. RESULTS The central hypothesis is that CVH disparities among South Asian populations exist due to differences in structural and social determinants, including lived experiences like discrimination, and that acculturation strategies and resilience resources (e.g., neighborhood environment, education, religiosity, social support) ameliorate stressors to act as health protective factors. RESULTS Conclusions: Our framework advances conceptualization of the heterogeneity and drivers of cardiovascular disparities in diverse South Asian-origin populations. We present specific recommendations to inform the design of future epidemiologic studies on South Asian immigrant health and the development of multilevel interventions to reduce CVH disparities and promote well-being.
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- Namratha R Kandula
- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Institute for Policy Research and Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington; Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
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- Department of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
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Vijay A, Kandula NR, Kanaya AM, Khan SS, Shah NS. Relation of Menopause With Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian American Women (from the MASALA Study). Am J Cardiol 2022; 171:165-170. [PMID: 35303974 PMCID: PMC9007829 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.01.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The menopausal transition is a time of accelerating risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and promoting cardiovascular health during midlife is an important period of time to prevent CVD in women. The association of menopause with cardiovascular risk factors or subclinical atherosclerosis has not previously been evaluated in South Asian American women, a population with a disproportionately higher CVD burden compared with other race/ethnic groups. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of menopause with CVD risk factors and subclinical cardiometabolic disease markers. We studied women aged 40 to 84 years from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study. The association of self-reported menopausal status with multiple demographic and clinical variables was assessed with linear and logistic regression adjusted for age and cardiovascular health behaviors. In a secondary ("age-restricted") analysis, postmenopausal participants outside the age range of premenopausal participants were excluded. In the age-restricted sample, menopause was associated with a higher adjusted odds of hypertension (odds ratio = 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02 to 1.41), and higher systolic blood pressure (β = 6.34, 95% CI 0.82 to 11.87), and significantly higher subcutaneous fat area (β = 42.8, 95% CI 5.8 to 91.4). No significant associations between menopause and ectopic fat deposition, coronary artery calcium, or carotid intima-media thickness were observed. In South Asian American women in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study, menopause was associated with cardiovascular risk factors and higher subcutaneous fat deposition. Menopausal status is an important factor to examine and address CVD risk factors.
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- Department of Medicine and; Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine and; Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine and; Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
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Bolijn R, Sieben CHAM, Kunst AE, Blom M, Tan HL, van Valkengoed IGM. Sex differences in incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across ethnic and socioeconomic groups: A population-based cohort study in the Netherlands. Int J Cardiol 2021; 343:156-161. [PMID: 34509532 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insight into the occurrence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) within general populations may help to target prevention strategies. Case registries suggest that there may be substantial differences in emergency medical service (EMS)-attended OHCA incidence between men and women, but relative sex differences across ethnic groups and socioeconomic (SES) groups have not been studied. We investigated sex differences in OHCA incidence, overall and across these subgroups. METHODS We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study, combining individual-level data on ethnicity and income (as SES measure) from Statistics Netherlands of all men and women aged ≥25 years living in one study region in the Netherlands on 01-01-2009 (n = 1,688,285) with prospectively collected EMS-attended OHCA cases (n = 5676) from the ARREST registry until 31-12-2015. We calculated age-standardised incidence rates of OHCA. Sex differences were assessed with Cox proportional hazards regression analyses, adjusted for age, ethnicity and income, in the overall population, and across ethnic and SES groups. RESULTS The age-standardised incidence rate of OHCA was lower in women than in men (30.9 versus 87.3 per 100,000 person-years), corresponding with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.31-0.35). These sex differences in hazard for OHCA existed in all income quintiles (HR range: 0.30-0.35) and ethnic groups (HR range: 0.19-0.40), except among Moroccans (HR 0.89, 95% CI 0.51-1.57). CONCLUSION Women have a substantial, yet lower OHCA incidence rate than men. The magnitude of these sex differences did not vary across social strata.
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- Renee Bolijn
- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Kalra D, Vijayaraghavan K, Sikand G, Desai NR, Joshi PH, Mehta A, Karmally W, Vani A, Sitafalwalla SJ, Puri R, Duell PB, Brown A. Prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in South Asians in the US: A clinical perspective from the National Lipid Association. J Clin Lipidol 2021; 15:402-422. [PMID: 33846108 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2021.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
It is now well recognized that South Asians living in the US (SAUS) have a higher prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) that begins earlier and is more aggressive than age-matched people of other ethnicities. SA ancestry is now recognized as a risk enhancer in the US cholesterol treatment guidelines. The pathophysiology of this is not fully understood but may relate to insulin resistance, genetic and dietary factors, lack of physical exercise, visceral adiposity and other, yet undiscovered biologic mechanisms. In this expert consensus document, we review the epidemiology of ASCVD in this population, enumerate the challenges faced in tackling this problem, provide strategies for early screening and education of the community and their healthcare providers, and offer practical prevention strategies and culturally-tailored dietary advice to lower the rates of ASCVD in this cohort.
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- Dinesh Kalra
- Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1620W. Harrison St, Kellogg Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
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- University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Lipid Association of India, New Delhi, India
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- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, United States
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Guadamuz JS, Kapoor K, Lazo M, Eleazar A, Yahya T, Kanaya AM, Cainzos-Achirica M, Bilal U. Understanding Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health: Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians in the United States. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2021; 23:25. [PMID: 33772650 PMCID: PMC8164823 DOI: 10.1007/s11883-021-00920-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The main purpose of this review is to summarize the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among two of the largest and most diverse immigrant groups in the United States (Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians). RECENT FINDINGS While the migration process generates unique challenges for individuals, there is a wide heterogeneity in the characteristics of immigrant populations, both between and within regions of origin. Hispanic/Latino immigrants to the United States have lower levels of cardiovascular risk factors, prevalence, and mortality, but this assessment is limited by issues related to the "salmon bias." South Asian immigrants to the United States generally have higher levels of risk factors and higher mortality. In both cases, levels of risk factors and mortality generally increase with time of living in the United States (US). While immigration acts as a social determinant of health, associations between immigration and cardiovascular disease and its risk factors are complex and vary across subpopulations.
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- Jenny S Guadamuz
- Program on Medicines and Public Health, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Centre de Recherche Politiques et Systèmes de Santé, Université Libre de Bruxelles Ecole de Santé Publique, Brussels, Belgium
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- Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Health Equity, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Yi SS, Kanaya AM, Wen M, Russo R, Kandula N. Associations of Neighborhood Factors and Activity Behaviors: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study. J Immigr Minor Health 2021; 23:54-61. [PMID: 32418001 PMCID: PMC8764702 DOI: 10.1007/s10903-020-01021-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Social and built environments may influence physical activity (PA). However, evidence for South Asian Americans (SAA), a group with low PA levels and high cardiometabolic risk, is lacking. We assessed the association between five neighborhood factors and PA behaviors in a community-based cohort of SAA. Data were from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study 2010-2013 (n = 906). Adjusted multivariable models stratified by sex regressing PA behaviors on neighborhood factors were run. Higher neighborhood social cohesion was associated with 17% more PA MET minutes/week in men (p < 0.01), but not in women. Having a park/playground near home was associated with meeting PA guidelines (odds ratio (95% CI): men: 3.14 (1.20-8.24); women: 3.67 (1.17-11.52). Neighborhood factors were associated with favorable PA behaviors in SAA. PA interventions for SAA that increase neighborhood social cohesion or focus on linking individuals with local resources may be effective.
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- Stella S Yi
- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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- Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Sociology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Wang J, Tillin T, Hughes AD, Richards M, Sattar N, Park C, Chaturvedi N. Subclinical macro and microvascular disease is differently associated with depressive symptoms in men and women: Findings from the SABRE population-based study. Atherosclerosis 2020; 312:35-42. [PMID: 32971394 PMCID: PMC7594642 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Mechanisms underlying the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and depression are unknown, and sex differences understudied. We investigated associations between a comprehensive set of measures of macro and microvascular disease and depressive symptoms in older men and women. METHODS We performed cross-sectional analyses of the SABRE (Southall And Brent REvisited) population-based study. Participants (1396) attended clinic between 2008 and 2011 for assessment of subclinical macrovascular (carotid ultrasound, echocardiography, cerebral magnetic resonance imaging) and microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy) disease, and depression. RESULTS Mean age of 1396 participants was 69.5 years, and 76.2% were male. The median (interquartile range) of depression score was 1 [0, 2] for men and 1 [0, 3] for women. All measures of subclinical macro and microvascular disease were adversely associated with depressive symptoms, even when known CVD was excluded. Physical activity partly explained some of these relationships. The association between left atrial dimension index (LADI), a measure of chronic elevated left ventricular filling pressure, and depressive symptoms was stronger in women (regression coefficient 0.23 [95% CI 0.11, 0.35]) than men (0.07 [-0.01, 0.15]), p for interaction 0.06, on multivariable adjustment. CONCLUSIONS Subclinical macro and microvascular disease is associated with depressive symptoms, even in the absence of established CVD. These were in part accounted for by physical activity. We observed stronger association between LADI and depressive symptoms in women than in men. The beneficial role of physical activity in abrogating the association between subclinical CVD and depression warrants further investigation.
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- Jingyi Wang
- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bolijn R, Ter Haar CC, Harskamp RE, Tan HL, Kors JA, Postema PG, Snijder MB, Peters RJG, Kunst AE, van Valkengoed IGM. Do sex differences in the prevalence of ECG abnormalities vary across ethnic groups living in the Netherlands? A cross-sectional analysis of the population-based HELIUS study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e039091. [PMID: 32883740 PMCID: PMC7473628 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Major ECG abnormalities have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden in asymptomatic populations. However, sex differences in occurrence of major ECG abnormalities have been poorly studied, particularly across ethnic groups. The objectives were to investigate (1) sex differences in the prevalence of major and, as a secondary outcome, minor ECG abnormalities, (2) whether patterns of sex differences varied across ethnic groups, by age and (3) to what extent conventional cardiovascular risk factors contributed to observed sex differences. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of population-based study. SETTING Multi-ethnic, population-based Healthy Life in an Urban Setting cohort, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 8089 men and 11 369 women of Dutch, South-Asian Surinamese, African Surinamese, Ghanaian, Turkish and Moroccan origin aged 18-70 years without CVD. OUTCOME MEASURES Age-adjusted and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to study sex differences in prevalence of major and, as secondary outcome, minor ECG abnormalities in the overall population, across ethnic groups and by age-groups (18-35, 36-50 and >50 years). RESULTS Major and minor ECG abnormalities were less prevalent in women than men (4.6% vs 6.6% and 23.8% vs 39.8%, respectively). After adjustment for conventional risk factors, sex differences in major abnormalities were smaller in ethnic minority groups (OR ranged from 0.61 in Moroccans to 1.32 in South-Asian Surinamese) than in the Dutch (OR 0.49; 95% CI 0.36 to 0.65). Only in South-Asian Surinamese, women did not have a lower odds than men (OR 1.32; 95% CI 0.96 to 1.84). The pattern of smaller sex differences in ethnic minority groups was more pronounced in older than in younger age-groups. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of major ECG abnormalities was lower in women than men. However, sex differences were less apparent in ethnic minority groups. Conventional risk factors did not contribute substantially to observed sex differences.
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- Renee Bolijn
- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Oikonomou E, Vogiatzi G, Lazaros G, Tsalamandris S, Goliopoulou A, Mystakidou V, Theofilis P, Christoforatou E, Chasikidis C, Tousoulis D. Relationship of depressive symptoms with arterial stiffness and carotid atherosclerotic burden in the Corinthia study. QJM 2020; 113:633-642. [PMID: 32125429 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been long hypothesized that emotional factors and depression may play role in the development of cardiovascular diseases. AIM The aim of this study was to examine the association between depression, arterial stiffness and atheromatic burden in carotid arteries. DESIGN AND METHODS Corinthia study is a cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in subjects aged 40-99 years, inhabitants of the homonym region of Greece. Intima media thickness (IMT) was measured in the left and right common carotid artery, carotid bulb and internal carotid artery. The average of the measurements (mean IMT) and the maximum IMT were determined as the representative value of carotid atherosclerosis burden. Pulse wave velocity was used to evaluate arterial stiffness. The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale was used to evaluate depressive symptoms in subjects <65 years and the Geriatric Depression Scale in those >65 years. RESULTS In this analysis, we included data from 1510 participants. In older subjects (i.e. >65 years), maximum IMT was significantly increased in subjects with depression compared to those without (1.57 ± 0.97 mm vs. 1.74 ± 1.05 mm, P = 0.04). Similarly, the prevalence of atheromatic plaques was higher in subjects with depression (46% vs. 34%, P = 0.005). In the younger subgroup (<65years), there was no difference in mean and maximum IMT. Pulse wave velocity was found higher in the presence of depression (8.35 ± 2.36m/s vs. 7.88 ± 1.77m/s, P = 0.007). No differences emerged for the rest of the variables assessed in the individual subgroups. CONCLUSIONS There is an age-dependent association between depression, arterial stiffness and carotid atheromatic burden highlighting the interplay between cardiovascular diseases and emotional status.
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- E Oikonomou
- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Cardiology Clinic, 'Hippokration' General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Manjunath L, Chung S, Li J, Shah H, Palaniappan L, Yong CM. Heterogeneity of Treatment and Outcomes Among Asians With Coronary Artery Disease in the United States. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e014362. [PMID: 32390539 PMCID: PMC7660869 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background Prior data demonstrate significant heterogeneity regarding coronary artery disease risk factors and outcomes among Asians in the United States, but no studies have yet examined coronary artery disease treatment patterns or outcomes among disaggregated Asian American subgroups. Methods and Results From a total of 772 882 patients with known race/ethnicity and sex who received care from a mixed‐payer healthcare organization in Northern California between 2006 and 2015, a retrospective analysis was conducted on 6667 adults with coronary artery disease. Logistic regression was used to examine medical and procedural therapies and outcomes by race/ethnicity, with adjustment for age, sex, income, and baseline comorbidities. Compared with non‐Hispanic whites, Chinese were more likely to undergo stenting (50.9% versus 60.8%, odds ratio [OR] 1.39 [95% CI, 1.04–1.87], p=0.005), whereas Filipinos were more likely to receive bypass surgery (6.9% versus 20.5%, OR 2.65 [95% CI, 1.75–4.01], P<0.0001). After stenting, Chinese, Filipinos, and Japanese were more likely than non‐Hispanic whites to be prescribed clopidogrel (86.2%, 83.0%, and 91.4% versus 74.5%, ORs 1.86 [95% CI, 1.13–3.04], 1.86 [95% CI, 1.01–3.44], and 4.37 [95% CI, 1.02–18.67], respectively, P<0.0001). Lastly, Chinese and Asian Indians were more likely than non‐Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with a myocardial infarction within 1 year postangiography (15.6% and 17.4% versus 11.2%, ORs 1.49 [95% CI, 1.02–2.19] and 1.68 [95% CI, 1.21–2.34], respectively, P<0.0001). Conclusions Disaggregation of Asian Americans with coronary artery disease into individual racial/ethnic subgroups reveals significant variability in treatment patterns and outcomes. Further investigation into these differences may expose important opportunities to mitigate disparities and improve quality of care in this diverse population.
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- Lakshman Manjunath
- Division of Cardiology Stanford University Stanford CA.,Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Stanford CA
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- Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Research Institute Palo Alto CA
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- Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Research Institute Palo Alto CA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA
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- Division of Cardiology Stanford University Stanford CA.,Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Stanford CA.,Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Research Institute Palo Alto CA
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- Division of Cardiology Stanford University Stanford CA.,Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Stanford CA.,VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Palo Alto CA
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Gupta MD, Gupta P, Mp G, Roy A, Qamar A. Risk factors for myocardial infarction in very young South Asians. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2020; 27:87-94. [PMID: 32073427 DOI: 10.1097/med.0000000000000532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW It is only over the last few decades that the impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) in very young South Asian population has been recognized. There has been a tremendous interest in elucidating the causes behind this phenomenon and these efforts have uncovered several mechanisms that might explain the early onset of CAD in this population. The complete risk profile of very young South Asians being affected by premature CAD still remains unknown. RECENT FINDINGS The existing data fail to completely explain the burden of premature occurrence of CAD in South Asians especially in very young individuals. Results from some studies identified nine risk factors, including low consumption of fruits and vegetables, smoking, alcohol, diabetes, psychosocial factors, sedentary lifestyle, abdominal obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia as the cause of myocardial infarction in 90% of the patients in this population. Recent large genome-wide association studies have discovered the association of several novel genetic loci with CAD in South Asians. Nonetheless, continued scientific efforts are required to further our understanding of the causal risk factors of CAD in South Asians to address the rising burden of CVD in this vulnerable population. SUMMARY In this review, we discuss established and emerging risk factors of CAD in this population.
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- Mohit D Gupta
- Department of Cardiology, Gobind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
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- Department of Cardiology, Janakpuri Superspeciality Hospital
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- Department of Cardiology, Gobind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
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- Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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- Cardiovascular Division, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Li N, Zhang RX, Xie XJ, Gu HF. Autophagy in chronic stress induced atherosclerosis. Clin Chim Acta 2020; 503:70-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Perceived social support and the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Menopause 2020; 26:698-707. [PMID: 30789457 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000001297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previous studies have shown social support to be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men, whereas fewer studies have assessed the relationship in women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between perceived social support and cardiovascular outcomes among postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. METHODS We examined the relationships between perceived social support and (1) incident coronary heart disease (CHD), (2) total CVD, and (3) all-cause mortality. Participants were Women's Health Initiative Observational Study women, ages 50 to 79 years, enrolled between 1993 and 1998 and followed for up to 10.8 years. Social support was ascertained at baseline via nine questions measuring the following functional support components: emotional/informational, tangible, positive social interaction, and affectionate support. RESULTS Among women with prior CVD (n = 17,351) and no prior CVD (n = 73,421), unadjusted hazard ratios ranged from 0.83 to 0.93 per standard deviation increment of social support. Adjustment for potential confounders, such as smoking and physical activity levels, eliminated the statistical significance of the associations with CHD and CVD. However, for all-cause mortality and among women free of baseline CVD, the association was modest but remained statistically significant after this adjustment (hazard ratio = 0.95 [95% confidence interval, 0.91-0.98]). No statistically significant association was observed among women with a history of CVD. CONCLUSIONS After controlling for potential confounding variables, higher perceived social support is not associated with incident CHD or CVD. However, among women free of CVD at baseline, perceived social support is associated with a slightly lower risk of all-cause mortality.
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Al-Sofiani ME, Langan S, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Needham BL, Kim C, Vaidya D, Golden SH, Gudzune KA, Lee CJ. The relationship of acculturation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. South Asians: Findings from the MASALA study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2020; 161:108052. [PMID: 32113027 PMCID: PMC7445080 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIM We investigated the association between acculturation strategies and cardiometabolic risk among South Asian (SA) immigrants in the US. METHODS In this cross-sectional analysis of data from 849 SA participants in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in SAs Living in America (MASALA), we performed multidimensional measures of acculturation to categorize the participants into three acculturation classes: separation (preference for SA culture), assimilation (preference for US culture), and integration (similar preference for both cultures). Differences in glycemic indices, blood pressure, lipid parameters and body composition by acculturation strategy were examined. RESULTS Women in the integration class had the lowest prevalence of diabetes (16.4%), prediabetes (29.7%), fasting and 2-h glucose compared to women in the separation class with the highest prevalence of diabetes (29.3%), prediabetes (31.5%), fasting and 2-h glucose and 2-hr insulin (all p < 0.05). Women in the assimilation class had significantly lower triglycerides, BMI, and waist circumference and higher HDL compared to women in the separation class after adjusting for age, study site, and years in the US. After additionally accounting for socioeconomic/lifestyle factors, women in the assimilation class had significantly lower triglyceride and higher HDL levels compared to women in the separation class (p < 0.01). There was no significant association between acculturation strategies and cardiometabolic risk in SA men. CONCLUSION SA women who employed an assimilation or integration strategy had a more favorable cardiometabolic profile compared to women using a separation strategy. Future research should investigate the behavioral and psychosocial pathways linking acculturation strategies with cardiometabolic health to inform preventive interventions among SAs living in America.
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- Mohammed E Al-Sofiani
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Endocrinology, College of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States; Strategic Center for Diabetes Research, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Endocrinology, College of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, College of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States; The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, College of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Stewart AL, Kathawalla UK, Wolfe AG, Everson-Rose SA. Women's heart health at mid-life: what is the role of psychosocial stress? Womens Midlife Health 2018; 4:11. [PMID: 30766721 PMCID: PMC6297972 DOI: 10.1186/s40695-018-0041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Women in mid-life experience unique stressors, including transitions within their family roles, informal caregiving, job stress, and perceived discrimination. The impact of these stressors on cardiovascular health in women during mid-life is of growing interest in both the popular and scientific literature. The objective of this review is to summarize the recent literature on stress and cardiovascular health in mid-life women. We focus on stressors that are relevant to mid-life women, including social stress and discrimination, and long-term risk of CVD events and subclinical CVD measures. METHODS We systematically reviewed the literature published between January 2012 and April 2018 for studies examining stress in mid-life and either CVD endpoints or subclinical CVD outcomes. Eligible studies included at least one psychosocial stress exposure, a CVD or subclinical CVD outcome, and either included only female participants, reported sex-stratified analyses or tested for a sex*stress interaction. RESULTS We identified 37 studies published since 2012 that met our criteria and included women between the ages of 40 and 65, including 3 case-control studies, 15 cross-sectional studies, and 19 prospective cohort studies. Because clinical CVD events typically occur after age 65 in women, only 22 studies were available that evaluated stress and hard CVD events in samples with mid-life women. Results from these studies suggested an increased and significant risk of CVD due to stress. Of the 15 studies that included subclinical CVD outcomes, the majority showed that mid-life women experiencing greater levels of stress had more subclinical CVD, as indicated by carotid intima-media thickness, flow-mediated dilation and arterial stiffness; however, several studies reported null associations. CONCLUSIONS General life stress, including perceived stress and life events, in mid-life was significantly related to later-life CVD risk and mid-life subclinical CVD in the majority of studies published in the past six years. Job stress was inconsistently related to CVD risk in women, and fewer studies examined characteristics of other social roles, such as marriage, motherhood or caregiving. Perceived discrimination also was associated with CVD events and subclinical CVD in some samples of mid-life women. Further investigation into specific stressors relevant to women in mid-life, including caregiving and marital stress, are needed to understand the full extent to which life stress impacts CVD risk in mid-life women.
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- Andrea L. Stewart
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 4420 Bayard Street, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 E River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St SE, Suite 166, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St SE, Suite 166, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
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Volgman AS, Palaniappan LS, Aggarwal NT, Gupta M, Khandelwal A, Krishnan AV, Lichtman JH, Mehta LS, Patel HN, Shah KS, Shah SH, Watson KE. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians in the United States: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2018; 138:e1-e34. [PMID: 29794080 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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South Asians (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) make up one quarter of the world's population and are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although native South Asians share genetic and cultural risk factors with South Asians abroad, South Asians in the United States can differ in socioeconomic status, education, healthcare behaviors, attitudes, and health insurance, which can affect their risk and the treatment and outcomes of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). South Asians have higher proportional mortality rates from ASCVD compared with other Asian groups and non-Hispanic whites, in contrast to the finding that Asian Americans (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) aggregated as a group are at lower risk of ASCVD, largely because of the lower risk observed in East Asian populations. Literature relevant to South Asian populations regarding demographics and risk factors, health behaviors, and interventions, including physical activity, diet, medications, and community strategies, is summarized. The evidence to date is that the biology of ASCVD is complex but is no different in South Asians than in any other racial/ethnic group. A majority of the risk in South Asians can be explained by the increased prevalence of known risk factors, especially those related to insulin resistance, and no unique risk factors in this population have been found. This scientific statement focuses on how ASCVD risk factors affect the South Asian population in order to make recommendations for clinical strategies to reduce disease and for directions for future research to reduce ASCVD in this population.
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Talegawkar SA, Jin Y, Kandula NR, Kanaya AM. Cardiovascular health metrics among South Asian adults in the United States: Prevalence and associations with subclinical atherosclerosis. Prev Med 2017; 96:79-84. [PMID: 28007496 PMCID: PMC5329127 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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South Asians, a fast growing ethnic group in the US, have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease compared to the general population. We examined the prevalence and distribution of the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics using data from Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study, and cross-sectional associations between number of CVH metrics in the ideal range with subclinical atherosclerosis assessed using coronary artery calcium (CAC) measured using cardiac computed tomography and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) measured using high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography. CAC was modeled as Agatston scores=0, 1-400 and >400; CIMT was examined continuously and as internal CIMT>1.5mm. In the MASALA cohort (N=875; mean age: 55years; 53% men; living in greater San Francisco and Chicago areas; October 2010-March 2013) without prevalent coronary heart disease, no participant had all 7 metrics in ideal range; approximately 20% of the participants had at least 5 metrics in ideal range. Higher number of CVH metrics in the ideal range was inversely associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. A 1 unit increase in the number of CVH metrics in the ideal range was associated with 32% lower odds of CAC=1-400 (vs. CAC=0; OR=0.68, 95% CI: 0.60, 0.78) and 28% lower odds of internal CIMT>1.5mm (OR=72, 95% CI: 0.61, 0.85). These data show the prevalence of CVH metrics among South Asians in the US, and provide empirical evidence on inverse associations of meeting ideal levels for higher number of metrics and subclinical atherosclerosis.
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- Sameera A Talegawkar
- Departments of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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- Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Rubloff Building 10th Floor, 750 N Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 6061, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
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Finnell JE, Lombard CM, Padi AR, Moffitt CM, Wilson LB, Wood CS, Wood SK. Physical versus psychological social stress in male rats reveals distinct cardiovascular, inflammatory and behavioral consequences. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172868. [PMID: 28241050 PMCID: PMC5328366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Repeated exposure to social stress can precipitate the development of psychosocial disorders including depression and comorbid cardiovascular disease. While a major component of social stress often encompasses physical interactions, purely psychological stressors (i.e. witnessing a traumatic event) also fall under the scope of social stress. The current study determined whether the acute stress response and susceptibility to stress-related consequences differed based on whether the stressor consisted of physical versus purely psychological social stress. Using a modified resident-intruder paradigm, male rats were either directly exposed to repeated social defeat stress (intruder) or witnessed a male rat being defeated. Cardiovascular parameters, behavioral anhedonia, and inflammatory cytokines in plasma and the stress-sensitive locus coeruleus were compared between intruder, witness, and control rats. Surprisingly intruders and witnesses exhibited nearly identical increases in mean arterial pressure and heart rate during acute and repeated stress exposures, yet only intruders exhibited stress-induced arrhythmias. Furthermore, re-exposure to the stress environment in the absence of the resident produced robust pressor and tachycardic responses in both stress conditions indicating the robust and enduring nature of social stress. In contrast, the long-term consequences of these stressors were distinct. Intruders were characterized by enhanced inflammatory sensitivity in plasma, while witnesses were characterized by the emergence of depressive-like anhedonia, transient increases in systolic blood pressure and plasma levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase. The current study highlights that while the acute cardiovascular responses to stress were identical between intruders and witnesses, these stressors produced distinct differences in the enduring consequences to stress, suggesting that witness stress may be more likely to produce long-term cardiovascular dysfunction and comorbid behavioral anhedonia while exposure to physical stressors may bias the system towards sensitivity to inflammatory disorders.
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- Julie E Finnell
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Gender differences in the relationships between psychosocial factors and hypertension. Maturitas 2016; 93:58-64. [PMID: 27338977 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Gender differences in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and outcomes of cardiovascular disease are well established but there is still a lack of awareness of this both in the general population and among healthcare providers. In addition to the traditionally recognized cardiovascular risk factors, more recently psychosocial risk factors such as stress, mood disorders, low socioeconomic status and sleep disorders have been linked to cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Psychosocial factors may have different cardiovascular consequences in men and women; thus further efforts are required to explore pathophysiological mechanisms, to obtain gender-specific data from clinical trials and to translate this knowledge into everyday clinical practice.
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