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Published in Hematology Week, February 9th, 2009

" The association of acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among populations with high proportions of immigrants has not been well studied. We studied 1,492 Hispanic participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and/or diabetes," investigators in the United States report.

"We used linear regression to examine the cross-sectional relationships between acculturation measures and cardiovascular risk factor levels. Outcome measures included systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), fasting low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (mg/dL), and fasting blood glucose (mg/dL). Covariates included education,...

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Source: Hematology Week (2009-02-09)

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