Open AccessSouth Asian Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events after Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
G. V. Ramesh Prasad,
Sai K. Vangala,
Samuel A. Silver,
Steven C.W. Wong,
Michael Huang,
Lindita Rapi,
Michelle M. Nash,
Jeffrey Zaltzman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03100410
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , transplantation , risk factor , adverse effect , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , sociology , anthropology
South Asians (SAs) comprise 25% of all Canadian visible minorities. SAs constitute a group at high risk for cardiovascular disease in the general population, but the risk in SA kidney transplant recipients has never been studied.