Call to action: Cardiovascular disease in Asian Americans: A science advisory from the American heart association

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1242-1252

  Palaniappan, Latha P ^a   Araneta, Maria Rosario G ^a   Assimes, Themistocles L ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth L ^a   Carnethon, Mercedes R ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^a   Fung, Gordon L ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Patel, Hamang ^a   Taylor Piliae, Ruth E ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^a   Wong, Nathan D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; cardiovascular diseases; exercise; genetics; metabolism; nutrition; risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG METABOLISM; FILIPINO; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMIGRATION; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE; KOREA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMON; SCIENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VIET NAM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957252006     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181f22af4     Document Type: Review

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