Letter
Risk of coronary heart disease in Hindus and Muslims from Indian subcontinent is similar
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BMJ
1996;313:563.2
- J D Maxwell, Reader in medicine,
- D P Strachan, Reader in epidemiology
- Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
EDITOR,—Paul Wilkinson and colleagues report a study comparing the case fatality after acute myocardial infarction in Asians from the Indian subcontinent and white patients.1 The increased susceptibility to coronary heart disease among Asians from the Indian subcontinent who live in Britain is well recognised but remains unexplained.
The population of Asians from the Indian subcontinent who live in Britain is heterogeneous, with major religious, cultural, and ethnic differences,2 but this aspect …
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