Profiles of cardiometabolic risk and acculturation indicators among South Asians in the US: latent class analysis of the MASALA study

• Main Authors: Francisco A. Montiel Ishino (Author), Katia M. Canenguez (Author), Jeffrey H. Cohen (Author), Blake Victor Kent (Author), Kevin Villalobos (Author), Belinda L. Needham (Author), Namratha R. Kandula (Author), Alka M. Kanaya (Author), Alexandra E. Shields (Author), Faustine Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundSouth Asians (SA) represent the fastest growing US immigrant group, and previous studies have indicated that they face disproportionately high burden of cardiometabolic disease. Cardiometabolic disease manifests as a syndemic or synergistic epidemic encompassing multiple disease clusters i...