Might infection explain the higher risk of coronary heart disease in South Asians? Systematic review comparing prevalence rates with white populations in developed countries

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 397-409

  Stefler, D ^a   Bhopal, R ^b   Fischbacher, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Infectious burden; South asian

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY RISK; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK; VIRUS DISEASES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GB VIRUS C; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860476329     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.033     Document Type: Review

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