The burgeoning cardiovascular disease epidemic in Indians–perspectives on contextual factors and potential solutions

A Kalra, AP Jose, P Prabhakaran, A Kumar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability in India. The
CVD epidemic in Indians is characterized by a higher relative risk burden, an earlier age of …

Diabetes mellitus and its complications in India

R Unnikrishnan, RM Anjana, V Mohan - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
India is one of the epicentres of the global diabetes mellitus pandemic. Rapid
socioeconomic development and demographic changes, along with increased susceptibility …

Hypertension, overweight/obesity, and diabetes among immigrants in the United States: an analysis of the 2010–2016 National Health Interview Survey

Y Commodore-Mensah, E Selvin, J Aboagye… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Ethnic minority populations in the United States (US) are disproportionately
affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, including hypertension …

The elevated susceptibility to diabetes in India: an evolutionary perspective

JCK Wells, E Pomeroy, SR Walimbe… - Frontiers in public …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
India has rapidly become a “diabetes capital” of the world, despite maintaining high rates of
under-nutrition. Indians develop diabetes at younger age and at lower body weights than …

Call to action: cardiovascular disease in Asian Americans: a science advisory from the American Heart Association

LP Palaniappan, MRG Araneta, TL Assimes… - Circulation, 2010 - ahajournals.org
Americans and to seek data on the health disparities in Asian American subgroups. 1 Data
on Asian American subgroups are scarce and many health disparities remain unknown. The …

RSSDI clinical practice recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus 2017

S Bajaj - International journal of diabetes in develo** …, 2018 - Springer
Management of diabetes, a disease which is assuming epidemic proportions, remains a
challenge despite the availability of numerous guidelines. According to International …

Prevalence of hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in Nepal

SK Sharma, A Ghimire, J Radhakrishnan… - International journal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. This study was carried out to establish the prevalence of cardiovascular risks
such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes in Eastern Nepal. This study also establishes …

Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in South Asians

N Gholap, M Davies, K Patel, N Sattar, K Khunti - Primary care diabetes, 2011 - Elsevier
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is growing at a pandemic scale and is associated with a rapid
increase in its complications such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This problem is even …

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in urban India

A Sawant, R Mankeshwar, S Shah, R Raghavan… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is characterised by a constellation of individual risk
factors of cardiovascular disease. Materials and Methods. The current study was a …

Association of obesity with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in India: A meta-analysis of observational studies

GR Babu, GVS Murthy, Y Ana, P Patel… - World journal of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To perform a meta-analysis of the association of obesity with hypertension and type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in India among adults. METHODS To conduct meta-analysis, we …