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Indians, other South Asians at double risk of heart diseases compared to Europeans: US study Mohana Basu © Provided by The Print New Delhi: Indians and other South Asians are twice as likely to develop heart diseases compared to those of European ancestry, a new US study has found. The study by researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital also noted that risk assessment calculators which are used to guide decisions about preventing or treating heart diseases fail to account for this increased risk of disease in South Asians, who account for a quarter of the world population. For the study, the team evaluated data from the UK Biobank a UK-based study that is investigating the contribution of genetic predisposition and environmental exposure to the development of diseases since 2006.

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