TY - JOUR
T1 - The hispanic paradox in cardiovascular disease and total mortality
AU - Medina-Inojosa, Jose
AU - Jean, Nathalie
AU - Cortes-Bergoderi, Mery
AU - Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - Health statistics and epidemiologic studies have shown that Hispanics live longer than Non Hispanic Whites, despite a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and an average low socioeconomic status, both strong predictors of CVD and mortality. This phenomenon has been dubbed "The Hispanic paradox" and has been demonstrated in old and contemporary cohorts. To date, no factor has been identified that could explain this phenomenon, but socio demographic factors, dietary intake and genetic predisposition have been proposed as possible explanations for the Hispanic paradox. As with the French paradox, where French were found to have a lower rate of coronary heart disease (CHD), helped to identify the role of the Mediterranean diet and wine consumption in the prevention of CHD, the Hispanic paradox could help identify protective factors against CHD. This article describes the current evidence supporting the existence of the Hispanic paradox and provides a brief review on the possible explanations.
AB - Health statistics and epidemiologic studies have shown that Hispanics live longer than Non Hispanic Whites, despite a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and an average low socioeconomic status, both strong predictors of CVD and mortality. This phenomenon has been dubbed "The Hispanic paradox" and has been demonstrated in old and contemporary cohorts. To date, no factor has been identified that could explain this phenomenon, but socio demographic factors, dietary intake and genetic predisposition have been proposed as possible explanations for the Hispanic paradox. As with the French paradox, where French were found to have a lower rate of coronary heart disease (CHD), helped to identify the role of the Mediterranean diet and wine consumption in the prevention of CHD, the Hispanic paradox could help identify protective factors against CHD. This article describes the current evidence supporting the existence of the Hispanic paradox and provides a brief review on the possible explanations.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Coronary heart disease
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Hispanic
KW - Latino
KW - Mortality
KW - Risk factors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 25246267
AN - SCOPUS:84909635536
SN - 0033-0620
VL - 57
SP - 286
EP - 292
JO - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
JF - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
IS - 3
ER -