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Cardiometabolic disease in South Asians: A global health concern in an expanding population.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Jan 2017
Das A, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Lima J A C, Freedman J E, Spahillari A, Das R, Das S, Shah R V, Murthy V L
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. As an emerging population, South Asians (SAs) bear a disproportionately high burden of CVD relative to underlying classical risk factors, partly attributable to a greater prevalence of insulin resistance and diabetes and distinct genetic and epigenetic influences. While the phenotypic distinctions between SAs and other...
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