Review Article

Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in South Asian Populations

Table 2

Widely distributed cardiovascular disease risk factors among South Asians.

Traditional risk factorsNontraditional risk factors

Nonmodifiable
(i) Age
(ii) Sex
(iii) Familial
Modifiable
(i) High blood pressure
(ii) Diabetes
(iii) Dyslipidaemia
(iv) Abdominal obesity
(v) Smoking
Nonmodifiable
(i) Low birth weight [21, 22, 55]
(ii) Abnormal foetal growth [21, 22]
Modifiable
(i) Insulin resistance [6, 9, 11, 14, 49, 56]
(ii) High apo B100/apo A-I ratio [7, 11, 13, 14]
(iii) Low adiponectin [8]
(iv) Lipoprotein (a) [6, 8, 11, 14]
(v) Homocysteine [8, 49]
(vi) Apolipoprotein B [7, 11, 14, 49]
(vii) Visceral and ectopic fat [13]
(viii) Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 [8]
(ix) Fibrinogen [8]
(x) Endothelial dysfunction
(xi) Low physical activity [6, 7, 10, 14, 49]
(xii) Dietary habit [7, 10, 13]
(xiii) Alcohol consumption [6, 7, 10, 13]
(xiv) Psychosocial factors [7, 10, 13]