Incidence of Major Cardiovascular Events in Immigrants to Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Jack V. Tu,
Anna Chu,
Mohammad R. Rezai,
Helen Guo,
Laura C. Maclagan,
Peter C. Austin,
Gillian L. Booth,
Douglas G. Manuel,
Maria Chiu,
Dennis T. Ko,
Douglas S. Lee,
Baiju R. Shah,
Linda R. Donovan,
Qazi Zain Sohail,
David A. Alter
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.015345
Subject(s) - medicine , immigration , ethnic group , demography , incidence (geometry) , population , cohort , ethnic origin , gerontology , cohort study , epidemiology , environmental health , geography , physics , archaeology , sociology , anthropology , optics
Striking differences in the incidence of cardiovascular events exist among immigrants to Canada from different ethnic backgrounds. Traditional risk factors explain part but not all of these differences.
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