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The South Asian Paradox

Author(s) -

Arthur L. Klatsky,

Ha Tran

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/19.162

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , ethnic group , asian americans , coronary artery disease , venous thromboembolism , demography , cad , disease , gerontology , physics , engineering drawing , sociology , thrombosis , anthropology , optics , engineering

For several decades we have studied health outcomes in identified Asian American (ASAM) ethnic groups, comparing ASAM subgroups to whites and to each other. The most striking disparities we found involved South Asians (SAs). The SA individuals had higher coronary artery disease (CAD) risk and lower cancer risk than whites or any other ASAM group. The SA individuals also did not share the lower venous thromboembolism risk of all other ASAM groups. The relatively low prevalence of CAD risk traits in SAs with high CAD incidence defines a paradox. Exploration of these data might help the search for therapeutic and preventive medical benefits.

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