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Open Access Review
Pathobiology of Atherosclerosis: Are There Racial and Ethnic Differences?
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1 Preventive Cardiology Program, Division of Cardiology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2004, 5(S3), 14–21;
Published: 20 May 2004
Abstract
Ethnic differences in the prevalence of complex diseases such as atherosclerosis are undoubtedly multifactorial. It is clear that there are social, environmental, biologic, genetic, and other determinants leading to disparities in the rate of coronary heart disease among different ethnic and racial groups. Many epidemiologic studies have characterized the social and environmental factors leading to these differences, but there has been relatively limited investigation of the potential biologic and genetic factors involved. In this review, we will summarize currently available data on ethnic differences in cardiac risk factors, vascular biology, and genetic determinants of atherosclerosis.
Keywords
Ethnicity
Atherosclerosis
Cardiac risk factors
Vascular biology
Genetics
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