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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2025

Cardiovascular Disease Burden among African Migrants.

Karlijn A C Meeks, Charles Agyemang

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Karlijn A C MeeksDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 W. Baltimore Street, HSF III 4061, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. karlijn.meeks@som.umaryland.edu.
Charles AgyemangDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, the Netherlands. c.o.agyemang@amsterdamumc.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo provide an overview of the current available evidence on the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among African migrants, including its risk factors, underlying mechanisms, and prevention and treatment efforts, while highlighting critical gaps in knowledge. RECENT

findingsThe CVD burden is high among most African migrant populations. Underlying mechanisms for the high CVD burden include various pre- and post-migration factors, genetics, and epigenetics. Studies increasingly show substantial variation in CVD burden among African migrants across factors such as country of origin, host country, reason for migration, duration of stay, sex, and age. This variation is also observed among CVD risk factors and requires tailored prevention and treatment efforts. To fill critical gaps in knowledge, future studies need to recruit among diverse African migrant populations, in various high-income countries, using standardized methodologies with a focus on longitudinal designs, and integrating lifestyle, sociocultural, environmental, and genetic factors.

Indexed as

Black PeopleCardiovascular DiseasesTransients and MigrantsAfricaCost of IllnessHumansRisk FactorsAfrican MigrantsCardiometabolic RiskCardiovascular DiseaseHigh-Income CountriesMigration

Identifiers

PMID40442399
PMCPMC12122611

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