Prevalence of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors in US Asian Indians: results from a national study

The Association of Duration of Residence in the United States with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among South Asian Immigrants

“…In California, South Asian men ages 25-44 years have three times the relative risk of death from CVD in comparison to the age-matched general population [4]. Epidemiologic studies have documented that South Asian immigrants have higher prevalence of medical CVD risk factors than the general population, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome, possibly due to a genetic predisposition to insulin resistance and central adiposity [6,9,11,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. They also have high rates of behavioral CVD risk factors, including physical inactivity and diets low in fruits and vegetables [9, 23-25, 28, 30, 31].…”

The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California

“…California has the largest state population of Asian Indians with over 528,000 people (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S., Asian Indians have greater risk of obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease (Flowers et al, 2010;Holland et al, 2011;Joshi et al, 2007;Misra et al, 2010;Mohanty et al, 2005;Palaniappan et al, 2010). Physical inactivity, diets low in fruits and vegetables, and a genetic predisposition to insulin resistance and central adiposity are believed to contribute to this disparity (Daniel and Wilbur, 2011;Fernandez et al, 2011;Ghai et al, 2012;Joshi et al, 2007;Ye et al, 2009).…”

Prevalence and Correlates of Diabetes in South Asian Indians in the United States: Findings From the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

“…1 Consistent with these statistics, several studies from the South Asian diaspora have found South Asians (individuals from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) have 2-to 4-fold increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes compared to other ethnic groups. [2][3][4][5] Only a few studies have systematically measured diabetes prevalence among South Asians in the United States, [6][7][8] but none have used the 2-h glucose tolerance as a diagnostic test.…”