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South Asian ethnicity as a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
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Abstract
South Asian ethnicity has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk, in the context of a greater burden of traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors. We aimed to identify the 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in South Asians, as compared to other racial-ethnic groups, in a retrospective cohort study, using the Kaiser Permanente Northern California integrated health care system, and to understand whether traditional risk factors could explain differences in outcomes.