Table 1. Summary of the prevalence of common CVD risk factors among immigrants in Canada.

*Prevalence of CVD risk factors in descending order, CVD: Cardiovascular disease, Tu JV, Chu A, Rezai MR, et al. The CANHEART Immigrant Study [8].

Ethnic Group	Prevalence of CVD Risk Factors Among Males Based on Ethnicity*	Prevalence of CVD Risk Factors Among Females Based on Ethnicity*
East Asian	Cigarette smoking > hypertension > type II diabetes mellitus > high cholesterol level > obesity	Hypertension > high cholesterol level > type II diabetes mellitus > obesity > cigarette smoking
Black	Hypertension > cigarette smoking > obesity > type II diabetes mellitus > high cholesterol level	Hypertension > obesity > type II diabetes mellitus > high cholesterol level > cigarette smoking
South Asian	Hypertension > cigarette smoking > type II diabetes mellitus > obesity > high cholesterol level	Hypertension > type II diabetes mellitus > obesity > high cholesterol level > cigarette smoking
Latin American	Cigarette smoking > hypertension > obesity > type II diabetes mellitus > high cholesterol level	Hypertension > obesity > type II diabetes mellitus > cigarette smoking > high cholesterol level
White-Western European	Cigarette smoking > obesity > hypertension > high cholesterol level > type II diabetes mellitus	Obesity > hypertension > cigarette smoking > type II diabetes mellitus > high cholesterol level