Population
68,236 stable outpatients with established atherothrombosis or ≥3 atherothrombotic risk factors from 44…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Regional variations in CV outcomes may reflect ethnic factors; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding practice.
Asian patients with or at high risk of atherothrombosis have a higher prevalence of cerebrovascular disease and diabetes despite lower BMI, with 1-year cardiovascular event rates similar to non-Asian regions except for Japan, which has significantly lower rates.
Goto et al. (2011) studied this question.