Excess coronary artery disease risk in South Asian immigrants: Can dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein explain increased risk? | Zendy

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Excess coronary artery disease risk in South Asian immigrants: Can dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein explain increased risk?

Author(s) -

Sunita Dodani

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

vascular health and risk management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1178-2048

pISSN - 1176-6344

DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s2915

Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , medicine , coronary artery disease , risk factor , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , cardiology , obesity , psychiatry

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States (US), and South Asian immigrants (SAIs) have a higher risk of CAD compared to Caucasians. Traditional risk factors may not completely explain high risk, and some of the unknown risk factors need to be explored. This short review is mainly focused on the possible role of dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in causing CAD and presents an overview of available literature on dysfunctional HDL.

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