Why are South Asians dying of heart disease?

Seeing the risk

Have “a very high prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes, as well as high blood pressure,” said MASALA co-founder Dr. Alka Kanaya, a professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco.
Store fat differently than other ethnic groups in the U.S. In South Asians, fat gets concentrated on the liver, especially, and around abdominal organs, which “may be why there is so much diabetes, and possibly more cardiovascular disease,” Kanaya said.
Have higher levels of a type of cholesterol called lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), which has been associated with a higher risk of heart disease and stroke.