Asian Americans and heart disease risk: Why one size does not fit all

Therefore, it is difficult to expect that these diverse individuals will face the same medical problems or have similar medical needs.”“Lumping everyone with Asian ancestry into a single ‘Asian’ group masks potential healthcare disparities and makes it more challenging for our healthcare system to meet the needs of the unique subgroups in this population.”– Dr. Pei Jai Michael HoAsian Americans are the fastest-growing demographic group in the U.S., increasing from 11.9 million people in 200 to 22.4 million people by 2019, which is an 88% increase.The new study was published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.While an accurate assessment of Asian Americans as a single group is difficult for risk factors such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension, the new study focused on deaths from three cardiovascular disease categories:To determine age-standardized mortality rates from the three disease categories, the researchers compared deaths from all causes for 618,004 Asian Americans, 30,267,178 non-Hispanic white Americans, and 2,292,257 Hispanic Americans.For the purposes of the study, Asian Americans were identified by the country from which they or their families migrated to the U.S.Deaths from ischemic heart disease significantly decreased for all women over the period the data covered.They also decreased for non-Hispanic white men, Hispanic men, and for Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean men.