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November 28, 2005BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Comparative levels and time trends in blood pressure, total cholesterol, Body Mass Index and smoking among Caucasian and South-Asian participants of a UK primary-care based cardiovascular risk factor screening programme

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Why the study?

Do South-Asian individuals have higher levels of traditional cardiovascular risk factors compared to Caucasian individuals in a UK primary-care screening programme?

Population

71,416 men and women aged 35-60 attending for first screening as part of a UK primary-care based…

Comparison

South-Asian ethnicity vs Caucasian ethnicity

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

GLGeorgios LyratzopoulosPMPatrick McElduffRHRichard F Heller

Discussion

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Overview

Does not support higher traditional CV risk factors in UK South-Asians; hypothesis-generating for diabetes, genetics, or other drivers of excess CVD.

Structured PICO

Do South-Asian individuals have higher levels of traditional cardiovascular risk factors compared to Caucasian individuals in a UK primary-care screening programme?

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Population
71,416 men and women aged 35-60 attending for first screening as part of a UK primary-care based cardiovascular risk factor screening programme (34,122 men, 37,294 women; including 499 men and 381 women of South-Asian origin).
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Intervention
South-Asian ethnicity
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Comparator
Caucasian ethnicity
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Outcome
Comparative levels and time trends in blood pressure, total cholesterol, body mass index (BMI) and current smokingsurrogate

South-Asian individuals in the UK generally have lower or similar levels of traditional cardiovascular risk factors compared to Caucasians, suggesting their higher CVD burden may be driven by other factors such as diabetes or genetic predisposition.

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Lyratzopoulos et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a924fed3eb7c78f2e41e398https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-125
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