Key result
UK South Asians experienced significantly higher psychosocial adversity, including greater chronic stress, depression, and hostility, compared with UK white Europeans.
Why the study?
Do UK South Asians have different psychosocial risk profiles for coronary heart disease compared to white Europeans?
Cross-Sectional (n=1,948)
Do UK South Asians have different psychosocial risk profiles for coronary heart disease compared to white Europeans?
UK South Asians experience significantly higher psychosocial adversity compared to white Europeans, which may contribute to their elevated vulnerability to coronary heart disease.
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Raises awareness of ethnic disparities in psychosocial CVD risk; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal studies before informing practice.
Williams et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy (n=1,948). South Asian ethnicity vs. White European ethnicity was evaluated on Psychosocial adversity (including chronic stress, financial strain, residential crowding, family conflict, social deprivation, and discrimination). UK South Asians experienced significantly higher psychosocial adversity, including greater chronic stress, depression, and hostility, compared with UK white Europeans.
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