Immigrants to the United States face increased heart disease risks the longer they live in the country, researchers reported in new findings presented Friday. File Photo by Legnan Koula/EPA
Immigrants come to the United States hale and healthy, but that doesn't last long, a new study says.
Immigrants' heart disease risk increases the longer they live in the United States, research scheduled for presentation Friday at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Dubai indicates.
Living in America takes its toll on immigrants' blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and other risk factors for heart disease, researchers found.
"We see that as immigrants are exposed to U.S. dietary and lifestyle habits for prolonged periods of time, it has a negative effect on their heart health," researcher Krishna Moparthi, a medical student at the John F. Kennedy University School of Medicine in Curaçao, said in a news release.
