Ethnicity modifies associations between cardiovascular risk factors and disease severity in parallel Dutch and Singapore coronary cohorts

• Main Authors: Gijsberts C.M., Seneviratna A., De Carvalho L.P., Den Ruijter H.M., Vidanapthirana P., Sorokin V., Stella P., Agostoni P., Asselbergs F.W., Richards A.M., Low A.F., Lee C.-H., Tan H.C., Hoefer I.E., Pasterkamp G., De Kleijn D.P.V., Chan M.Y.
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: antiangina pectoris agent; antithrombocytic agent; beta adrenergic receptor blocking agent; hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor; acute coronary syndrome; adult; angiocardiography; Article; body mass; cardiovascular risk; Caucasian; Chinese; controlled study; coronary artery bypass surgery; coronary artery disease; diabetes mellitus; disease severity; dyslipidemia; ethnic difference; female; human; hypertension; Indian; major clinical study; Malay (people); male; mortality; Netherlands; non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; parallel design; patient history of coronary artery bypass graft; percutaneous coronary intervention; sex difference; Singapore; smoking; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; unstable angina pectoris; aged; Asian continental ancestry group; clinical trial; comparative study; coronary angiography; diagnostic imaging; epidemiology; ethnology; middle aged; multicenter study; prospective study; severity of illness index; Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165690
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0132278