Cardiovascular health and subclinical atherosclerosis in second generation South Asian Americans: The MASALA study

We describe cardiovascular health (CVH) in second-generation (U.S.-born) South Asian Americans in the MASALA study, a population for whom CVH is not previously described. CVH factors in secondgeneration (N = 21) compared with first-generation (N = 495) South Asian Americans included: total cholesterol (199 +/- 31 versus 191 +/- 35 mg/dL, p = 0.25), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (121 +/- 27 versus 115 +/- 30 mg/dL, p = 0.41), triglycerides (163 +/- 197 versus 138 +/- 72 mg/dL, p = 0.10), diet score (66 +/- 8 versus 70 +/- 6 points, p = 0.06), BMI (27.6 +/- 4.9 versus 26.2 +/- 4.1 kg/m(2), p = 0.12), and CAC prevalence (26.3% versus 23.9%, p = 0.34). Age- and sex-adjusted differences were not statistically significant. Further investigation of CVH in this risk-enhanced population may help identify differences between second-generation and first-generation immigrant South Asians in the U.S. (C) 2021 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V.