Oscar Go

TL;DR: Coronary heart disease incidence rates among American Indian men and women were almost 2-fold higher than those in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and may more often be fatal.

TL;DR: The Strong Heart Study, a study of cardiovascular disease among American Indians, was conducted to determine cardiovascular disease rates and the prevalence of risk factors among members of 13 tribal groups in South Dakota/North Dakota, southeastern Oklahoma, and Arizona, indicating that cardiovascular disease risk factors vary significantly among tribal groups.

TL;DR: Even at concentrations well below the National Cholesterol Education Program target of 130 mg/dL, LDL cholesterol is a strong independent predictor of coronary heart disease in individuals with diabetes, even when components of diabetic dyslipidemia are present.

TL;DR: Compared with diabetes-associated differences in men, diabetes in women was related to greater adverse differences in levels of several CVD risk factors, and the combined effects of these risk factor differences in diabetic women may be substantial.

TL;DR: Prevalence rates of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in three American Indian populations were estimated using standardized diagnostic criteria, and diabetes rates were positively associated with age, level of obesity, amount of Indian ancestry, and parental diabetes status.