William C. Hsu, Maria Rosario G. Araneta, Alka M. Kanaya, Jane L. Chiang et al.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an Asian is a person with origins from the Far East (China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia), Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, etc.), or the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhu...
Alka M. Kanaya, Namratha R. Kandula, David M. Herrington, Matthew J. Budoff et al.
BACKGROUND: South Asians (individuals from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) have high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that cannot be explained by traditional risk factors. There are few prospective cohort studies investigating antecedents of CVD in South Asians. OBJECTIVES: T...
Namratha R. Kandula, Alka M. Kanaya, Kiang Liu, Ji Young Lee et al.
BACKGROUND: Ten-year and lifetime cardiovascular risk assessment algorithms have been adopted into atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevention guidelines, but these prediction models are not based on South Asian populations and may underestimate the risk in Indians, Pakistanis, Banglad...
Anandita Agarwala, Priyanka Satish, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Anurag Mehta et al.
South Asians (SAs, individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) are among the fastest growing ethnic subgroups in the United States. SAs typically experience a high prevalence of diabetes, abdominal obesity, and hypertension, among other cardiov...
Priyanka Satish, Emili Vela, Usama Bilal, Montse Clèries et al.
AIMS: To evaluate the burden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease (CVD) among five Asian groups living in Catalonia (Spain): Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Filipino, and Chinese. METHODS AND RESULTS: Retrospective cohort study using the Catalan Health Surveillance System database including 42...
Alka M. Kanaya
South Asian populations have a higher prevalence and earlier age of onset of type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases than other race and ethnic groups. To better understand the pathophysiology and multilevel risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, we established the...
Van Ta Park, Joshua D. Grill, Jeanette Zhu, Khue Vu Nguyen et al.
INTRODUCTION: This study elicited Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders' (AAPI) perspectives about recruitment strategies/messaging for participation in an aging, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), and caregiving research recruitment registry. METHODS: Using a mixed methods design, CA...
Sahrai Saeed, Alka M. Kanaya, Louise Bennet, Peter M. Nilsson
Nearly a quarter of the world population lives in the South Asian region (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives). Due to rapid demographic and epidemiological transition in these countries, the burden of non-communicable diseases is growing, which is a serious publi...
Yiling J. Cheng, Alka M. Kanaya, Sharon Saydah, Maria Rosario G. Araneta et al.
Asian Americans (AAs) comprise ∼6% of the U.S. population. However, there is little national information on the prevalence of diabetes (DM) among AAs. In addition, there are no national estimates of DM prevalence according to AA ancestral subgroups. Among sampled AA adults (age ≥20 years) we estimat...
Alka M. Kanaya, Michael Schembri, Swapna Dave, Ritu Gupta et al.
Background: South Asians (SA) have a disproportionate risk of heart disease and diabetes and are at greater risk for death from heart disease compared to other racial/ethnic groups. There are almost 3 million SA in the United States; SA are currently the second fastest growing U.S. ethnic group afte...
NAHEED AHMED, Laura C. Wyatt, Alain G. Bertoni, Alka Kanaya et al.
Introduction and Objective: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and poor mental health often co-occur, but this comorbidity has yet to be fully examined among South Asian Americans (SAAs) and other minority racial/ethnic populations. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and factors associated...
NAHEED AHMED, Laura C. Wyatt, Alain G. Bertoni, Alka Kanaya et al.
Introduction and Objective: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and poor mental health often co-occur, but this comorbidity has yet to be fully examined among South Asian Americans (SAAs) and other minority racial/ethnic populations. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and factors associated...
Namratha R. Kandula, Nadia Islam, Naheed Ahmed, Neil A. Zakai et al.
Background: People of South Asian origin are the fastest-growing immigrant population in the United States (US) and experience excess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, data on US South Asians are often aggregated and mostly reflect Indian-origin individuals, masking heterogeneity in CVD ri...
Nilay S Shah, Bridget Murphy Hussain, Sameera A. Talegawkar, Yichen Jin et al.
Introduction: The AHA Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) score was recently updated to the Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) score which revised cardiovascular health (CVH) scoring, including accounting for Asian-specific body mass index, secondhand smoke exposure, and sleep. We evaluated CVH in South Asian American part...
Chandana Shekar, Dong Li, Lavanya Cherukuri, Kashif Shaikh et al.
Introduction: Studies have shown that South Asians (SA) (individuals from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) living in the United States (U.S.) have a high rate of Cardiovascular Di...