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INTERHEART India . According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of premature heart disease and diabetes and 40% of cancer is preventable. 1 The landmark INTERHEART Study reiterates and reinforces the crucial role of a handful of risk factors that when modified through lifestyle and medication could drastically reduce the burden of CAD (coronary artery disease) in India. 2 This case ...
CADI (Coronary Artery Disease among Asian Indians) Research Foundation is a non-profit tax-exempt organization dedicated to reducing the ravages of heart disease around the globe, with special focus on Asian Indians - a population with the highest rate of premature coronary artery disease.
DIET. Overview of Indian Diet. India is undergoing rapid nutritional transition, resulting in excess consumption of calories, saturated fats, trans fats, simple sugars, salt, and low intake of fiber. Such dietary transition and a sedentary lifestyle have led to an increase in obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Heart Disease India─ Overview. India has a young population of 1.2 billion people of whom only 5.5% is > 65 years of age or elderly. Approximately 30% of this population is <15 years and 65% is between the ages of 15-64.The elderly Indians number 65 million (compared to 41 million in the US or 13% of the population) but are usually excluded ...
Mauritius. Mauritius. The 1.2 million people who live in Mauritius are approximately 70% Indian, 28% Creole, and 2% Chinese. 1 Indians have the highest and Chinese have the lowest rates of heart disease in this island nation in the Indian Ocean. 2. CAD (coronary artery disease) mortality in women and stroke mortality in both sexes are among the ...
India has the highest burden of ACS in the world. The CREATE registry has provided contemporary data on 20,468 patients from 89 centers from 10 regions and 50 cities in India. 1. The three most common risk factors for ACS were smoking (40%), high blood pressure (38%), and diabetes (30%). The prevalence of dyslipidemia (cholesterol abnormalities ...
CADI Classification. Coronary artery disease (CAD) among Asian Indians can be broadly categorized into 3 distinct forms: Type I or malignant type occurs in young individuals (<50 years) with marked prematurity and severity. This type is accompanied by the absence or low levels of traditional risk factors and high prevalence of emerging risk ...
Of the 2.9 million projected CAD deaths in 2015, an alarming 1.14 million will be younger than 50 years of age, 700,000 will be younger than 40 years of age ( about 4 Boeing 777 aircraft crashing each day), and 330,000 will be younger than 30 years of age. 7. For comparison, CAD killed only 404,000 Americans in 2007 (heart attacks killed only ...
Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group in India (DESI) investigators reported from several urban locations in India: age and gender-standardized prevalence of diabetes ranged from 9% in Mumbai to 12% Delhi, 12% Calcutta, 12% Bangalore, 14% Chennai and 17% in Hyderabad. 30. The principal reason for escalating diabetes and regional disparities appears ...
Kerala Paradox refers to the unexpectedly and paradoxically high prevalence of lifestyle diseases ─ heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity resulting in very high mortality and morbidity from CAD (coronary artery disease) (see Kerala Heart Disease). Prevalence of many risk factors are nearly as high in rural areas with rural ...
