title: Dyslipidemia in Special Ethnic Populations.
abstract: This article reviews racial/ethnic differences in dyslipidemia-prevalence of dyslipidemia, its relation to coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke mortality rates, response to lipid-lowering agents, and lifestyle modification. Asian Indians, Filipinos, and Hispanics are at higher risk for dyslipidemia, which is consistent with the higher CHD mortality rates in these groups. Statins may have greater efficacy for Asians, but the data are mixed. Lifestyle modifications are recommended. Culturally-tailored prevention and intervention should be provided to the minority populations with elevated risk for dyslipidemia and considerably more research is needed to determine the best approaches to helping specific subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Ames Building, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. Electronic address: puj@pamfri.org.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Ames Building, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.affiliation: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Ames Building, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
authors.forename: Beinan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Ames Building, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen M J
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Azar
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.affiliation: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Ames Building, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
authors.forename: Vani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nimbal
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Fortmann
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Latha P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Palaniappan
keywords: Dyslipidemia; Lifestyle modification; Mortality; Prevalence; Racial/ethnic differences; Treatment