Comparison of cardiovascular risk profiles among ethnic groups using population health surveys between 1996 and 2007.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although people of South Asian, Chinese and black ethnic backgrounds represent about 60% of the world's population, most knowledge of cardiovascular risk is derived from studies conducted in white populations. We conducted a large, population-based comparison of cardiovascular risk among people of white, South Asian, Chinese and black ethnicity living in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

We examined the age- and sex-standardized prevalence of eight cardiovascular risk factors, heart disease and stroke among 154,653 white people, 3364 South Asian people, 3038 Chinese people and 2742 black people. For this study, we pooled respondent data from five cross-sectional health surveys conducted between 1996 and 2007: the National Population Health Survey of 1996 and the Canadian C

SUBMITTER: Chiu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2871219 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature