Prevalence of Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases Among Hispanic/Latino Individuals of Diverse Backgrounds in the United States.

The article focuses on a research in which researchers analyses the prevalence of major cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors and CVD (coronary heart disease [CHD] and stroke) among U.S. Hispanic or Latino individuals of different backgrounds. The researchers analyzed the adverse CVD risk factors defined using national guidelines for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and smoking. They found that age-standardized prevalence of CVD risk factors varied by Hispanic or Latino background. The study showed that obesity and current smoking rates were the highest among Puerto Rican participants and hypercholesterolemia prevalence was highest among Central American men and Puerto Rican women.