Heart Disease

Reports Outline Heart Disease Research from E.D. Williams and Colleagues

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, July 3rd, 2011

2011 JUL 3 -- According to recent research from London, United Kingdom, "South Asians in the UK experience high rates of coronary heart disease compared with other ethnic groups. Behavioural risk factors such as physical inactivity have been explored as possible explanations for this trend."

"However, there have been few comprehensive accounts describing physical activity levels of this ethnic group. Data from the Health Survey for United Kingdom (1999-2004) on 5421 South Asians and 8974 white participants aged 18-55 years were used to compare physical activity levels. Analyses of covariance tested the association between ethnicity and self-reported total...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2011-07-03)

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