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Understanding Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health: Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians in the United States
Current atherosclerosis reports, v 23(6), pp 25-25
27 Mar 2021
PMID: 33772650
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Abstract
Purpose of Review The main purpose of this review is to summarize the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among two of the largest and most diverse immigrant groups in the United States (Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians). Recent Findings While the migration process generates unique challenges for individuals, there is a wide heterogeneity in the characteristics of immigrant populations, both between and within regions of origin. Hispanic/Latino immigrants to the United States have lower levels of cardiovascular risk factors, prevalence, and mortality, but this assessment is limited by issues related to the "salmon bias." South Asian immigrants to the United States generally have higher levels of risk factors and higher mortality. In both cases, levels of risk factors and mortality generally increase with time of living in the United States (US). While immigration acts as a social determinant of health, associations between immigration and cardiovascular disease and its risk factors are complex and vary across subpopulations.
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- Title
- Understanding Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health: Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics/Latinos and South Asians in the United States
- Creators
- Jenny S. Guadamuz - University of Southern CaliforniaKaran Kapoor - Johns Hopkins UniversityMariana Lazo - Drexel UniversityAndrea Eleazar - Drexel UniversityTamer Yahya - Houston MethodistAlka M. Kanaya - University of California, San FranciscoMiguel Cainzos-Achirica - Houston MethodistUsama Bilal - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Current atherosclerosis reports, v 23(6), pp 25-25
- Publisher
- Current Medicine Group
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar program T32-HL125294 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) DP5OD26429 / Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000635201000003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85103531819
- Other Identifier
- 991019167446904721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Peripheral Vascular Disease