The burden of cardiovascular disease in Asia from 2025 to 2050: a forecast analysis for East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and high-income Asia Pacific regions

• Main Authors: Goh, Rachel Sze Jen, Chong, Bryan, Jayabaskaran, Jayanth, Jauhari, Silingga Metta, Chan, Siew Pang, Kueh, Martin Tze Wah, Shankar, Kannan, Li, Henry, Chin, Yip Han, Kong, Gwyneth, Anand, Vickram Vijay, Chan, Keith Andrew, Sukmawati, Indah, Toh, Sue Anne, Muthiah, Mark, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Tse, Gary, Mehta, Anurag, Fong, Alan, Baskaran, Lohendran, Zhong, Liang, Yap, Jonathan, Yeo, Khung Keong, Hausenloy, Derek J., Tan, Jack Wei Chieh, Chao, Tze-Fan, Li, Yi-Heng, Lim, Shir Lynn, Chan, Koo Hui, Loh, Poay Huan, Chai, Ping, Yeo, Tiong Cheng, Low, Adrian F., Lee, Chi Hang, Foo, Roger, Tan, Huay Cheem, Yip, James, Rao, Sarita, Honda, Satoshi, Yasuda, Satoshi, Kajiya, Takashi, Goto, Shinya, Yan, Bryan P., Zhou, Xin, Figtree, Gemma A., Mamas, Mamas A., Kim, Yongcheol, Jeong, Young-Hoon, Kim, Moo Hyun, Park, Duk-Woo, Park, Seung-Jung, Richards, A. Mark, Chan, Mark Y., Lip, Gregory Y. H., Chew, Nicholas W. S.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Asia; Cardiovascular disease
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Given the rapidly growing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Asia, this study forecasts the CVD burden and associated risk factors in Asia from 2025 to 2050. Methods: Data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study was used to construct regression models predicting prevalence, m...