Australian Health Review
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-491

Are immigrants at risk of heart disease in Australia? A systematic review (Article) (Open Access)

Dassanayake J.* , Dharmage S.C. , Gurrin L. , Sundararajan V. , Payne W.R.
  • a School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • b School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • c School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • d Epidemiologist Victorian Department of Human Services, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • e School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Abstract

We systematically reviewed the peer-reviewed literature to establish the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among immigrants in Australia and whether being an immigrant is a CVD risk factor. Of 23 studies identified, 12 were included. Higher prevalence of CVD was found among Middle Eastern, South Asian and some European immigrants. Higher prevalence of CVD risk factors was found among Middle Eastern and Southern European immigrants. Higher alcohol consumption was found among immigrants from New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Smoking and physical inactivity were highly prevalent among most immigrants.

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male Emigrants and Immigrants female Aged Humans adult heart disease Australia Heart Diseases ethnology Article middle aged Young Adult human risk assessment migration Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-74349086038&doi=10.1071%2fAH090479&partnerID=40&md5=983ea182a05348011dd8bf8855134784
DOI: 10.1071/AH090479
ISSN: 01565788
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English