Cardiovascular Disease Burden among African Migrants.

IF 5.7 2区医学 Q1 PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Current Atherosclerosis Reports Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI:10.1007/s11883-025-01307-w

Karlijn A C Meeks, Charles Agyemang

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Abstract

Purpose of review: To 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 findings: The 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.

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非洲移民的心血管疾病负担。

审查目的：概述目前关于非洲移民心血管疾病负担的现有证据，包括其风险因素、潜在机制和预防和治疗工作，同时强调知识方面的重大差距。最近发现：大多数非洲移民人口的心血管疾病负担很高。高心血管疾病负担的潜在机制包括各种迁移前和迁移后因素、遗传学和表观遗传学。越来越多的研究表明，非洲移民的心血管疾病负担因原籍国、东道国、移民原因、停留时间、性别和年龄等因素而有很大差异。在心血管疾病危险因素中也观察到这种差异，需要量身定制预防和治疗措施。为了填补知识上的关键空白，未来的研究需要在不同高收入国家的不同非洲移民人口中进行招募，使用标准化的方法，重点放在纵向设计上，并整合生活方式、社会文化、环境和遗传因素。

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Current Atherosclerosis Reports 医学-

CiteScore

9.00

自引率

3.40%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to systematically provide expert views on current basic science and clinical advances in the field of atherosclerosis and highlight the most important developments likely to transform the field of cardiovascular prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. We accomplish this aim by appointing major authorities to serve as Section Editors who select leading experts from around the world to provide definitive reviews on key topics and papers published in the past year. We also provide supplementary reviews and commentaries from well-known figures in the field. An Editorial Board of internationally diverse members suggests topics of special interest to their country/region and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research.