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Mashup Score: 2MASALA Study Probes Why People With South Asian Ancestry Have Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risks - 2 year(s) ago
This Medical News article is an interview with Alka Kanaya, MD, and Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH, principal investigators on the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) prospective cohort study.
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Mashup Score: 6
Studies dating back to the late 1950s have shown that people with South Asian ancestry have higher cardiovascular disease risk compared with other racial and ethnic groups, and the heightened risks have been observed in the US over the past 2 decades. To better understand why, in 2010 two Indian American internists, Alka Kanaya, MD, and Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH, launched the Mediators of…
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What factors put people of South Asian descent at higher risk of #cardiovascular disease than other groups in the US? @jenabbasi spoke with @alka_kanaya and @NammiKan about the @masala_study and the #SAHELI and #SAATH studies. https://t.co/MMbDOTdGwF