The challenge of coronary heart disease in South Asians who have migrated to Europe and the United States

Evaluation of remnant cholesterol levels and Monocyte-to-HDL-cholesterol ratio in South Asian patients with acute coronary syndrome

“…This ratio is an easily calculable recent prognostic cardiovascular marker that gives information about the entity of the inflammation and oxidative stress 9 . The idea to evaluate this index in our study came from the evidence of higher pro-inflammatory adipokines and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, combined with lower HDL-C values, in South Asian population than in Caucasians 25 .…”

“…Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, as obesity, diabetes and unhealthy lifestyle, can only in part explain this higher predisposition 4 . South Asian patients, indeed, show a higher prevalence of emerging risk factors such as higher levels of pro-thrombotic and proinflammatory molecules [5][6] .…”