TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
T2 - Knowledge Gained from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
AU - Pirzada, Amber
AU - Cai, Jianwen
AU - Cordero, Christina
AU - Gallo, Linda C.
AU - Isasi, Carmen R.
AU - Kunz, John
AU - Thyagaragan, Bharat
AU - Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia
AU - Daviglus, Martha L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Purpose of Review: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) has made important contributions on the prevalence of and factors associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among diverse Hispanic/Latino adults in the US. This article summarizes the knowledge gained thus far on major CVD risk factors from this landmark study. Recent Findings: HCHS/SOL demonstrated the sizeable burdens of CVD risk in all major Hispanic/Latino groups in the US, as well as the marked variations in prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, obesity, and smoking by sex and background. It also identified sociodemographic, lifestyle, and sociocultural characteristics associated with risk factors. Summary: HCHS/SOL has yielded an expanding body of literature on characteristics associated with adverse CVD risk factors in this population. Long-term follow-up of this cohort will shed further light on the observed heterogeneity in CVD risk across Hispanic/Latino groups and identify specific risk/protective factors driving these variations.
AB - Purpose of Review: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) has made important contributions on the prevalence of and factors associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among diverse Hispanic/Latino adults in the US. This article summarizes the knowledge gained thus far on major CVD risk factors from this landmark study. Recent Findings: HCHS/SOL demonstrated the sizeable burdens of CVD risk in all major Hispanic/Latino groups in the US, as well as the marked variations in prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, obesity, and smoking by sex and background. It also identified sociodemographic, lifestyle, and sociocultural characteristics associated with risk factors. Summary: HCHS/SOL has yielded an expanding body of literature on characteristics associated with adverse CVD risk factors in this population. Long-term follow-up of this cohort will shed further light on the observed heterogeneity in CVD risk across Hispanic/Latino groups and identify specific risk/protective factors driving these variations.
KW - Cardiovascular risk factors
KW - Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
KW - Hispanic/Latinos
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U2 - 10.1007/s11883-023-01152-9
DO - 10.1007/s11883-023-01152-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37773246
AN - SCOPUS:85172939669
SN - 1523-3804
VL - 25
SP - 785
EP - 793
JO - Current atherosclerosis reports
JF - Current atherosclerosis reports
IS - 11
ER -
