Site for Understanding health disparities in Pakistani Bangladeshi and Asian Indian immigrants: the role of socio-cultural context acculturation and resilience resources - Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study Expansion New York Site

Brief description of study

Site for This protocol describes a mixed methods study that leverages the infrastructure of an ongoing MASALA study in Chicago and San Francisco to enroll 600 Bangladeshi and 250 Pakistani adults aged 40-84 years as part of a greater New York City cohort. These participants will be added to the 1,550 surviving participants already in MASALA for well-powered subgroup comparisons and ongoing follow-up. Participants will complete a physical exam and survey, provide biospecimens, and be followed longitudinally (12M, 24M) to complete surveys in order to identify how socio-cultural context, discrimination, acculturation strategies and resilience resources act as risk or protective factors explaining CVH disparities in Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrants.


Clinical Study Identifier: s21-01018
Principal Investigator: Nadia S Islam.
Other Investigators: Mark D Schwartz, Yu Chen.


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