Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 394-404, July 2010

Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in Asian women

  • D. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, 3688 Nanhai Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 755 86671909; fax: +86 755 86671906.
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  • D. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK

Received 30 April 2009; received in revised form 5 February 2010; accepted 18 February 2010. published online 30 June 2010.

Abstract 

This article presents data on CVD and risk factors in Asian women. Data were obtained from available cohort studies and statistics for mortality from the World Health Organization. CVD is becoming an important public health problem among Asian women. There are high rates of CHD mortality in Indian and Central Asian women; rates are low in southeast and east Asia. Chinese and Indian women have very high rates and mortality from stroke; stroke is also high in central Asian and Japanese women. Hypertension and type 2 DM are as prevalent as in western women, but rates of obesity and smoking are less common. Lifestyle interventions aimed at prevention are needed in all areas.

Keywords: CVD, Asia, Women, Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes mellitus, Smoking

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PII: S0939-4753(10)00065-7

doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2010.02.016

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 394-404, July 2010

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