Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop: Heterogeneity in Cardiometabolic Risk in Asian Americans in the U.S. Opportunities for Research

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 966-973

  Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Aviles Santa, Larissa ^b   Oza Frank, Reena ^a   Pandey, Mona ^b   Curb, J David ^c   McNeely, Marguerite ^d   Araneta, Maria Rosario G ^e   Palaniappan, Latha ^f   Rajpathak, Swapnil ^g   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Translational Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; cardiovascular disease; disparity; ethnicity; Pacific Islanders; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77349123298     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.075     Document Type: Review

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