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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2019 May 16;286:105–113. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.05.014

Table 3.

Knowledge gaps in SAs living in Europe.

Further characterisation of
Factors underlying SAs’ excess cardiovascular risk
Predisposing polymorphisms
Epigenetic factors
Coronary artery diameter and tortuosity
SA dietary patterns
Other novel risk factors
Heterogeneity
National and cultural heterogeneity
Effect of immigrant duration
Cardiovascular risk in 2nd and 3rd generation SAs
Ethnically-mixed families
Differential effects of diabetes across SA subgroups
Other knowledge gaps
Subclinical atherosclerosis using imaging
Risk of heart failure
Pharmacokinetics of statins
Evaluation
Effectiveness of SA-specific preventive interventions
Benefits of Mediterranean diet subtypes

Abbreviations: SA, South Asian