Risk factors for low high-density lipoprotein among Asian Indians in the United States
Brandon Lucke-Wold, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, United States
Ranjita Misra, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, United States
Thakor G Patel, Uniformed University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this work, read and approved the final manuscript; Misra R and Patel TG designed the research and completed the data collection; Misra R supervised the project, carried out the data analysis and drafted/edited the manuscript; Lucke-Wold B completed the literature review, created the tables and drafted/edited the manuscript; Patel TG drafted and edited the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the institutional review board of two universities, for data collection and for data analysis (de-identified) for this current manuscript by West Virginia University.
Informed consent statement: Participation was voluntary, and informed consent was obtained from all subjects prior to participation. The study was approved by the institutional review board of Texas AM University. In order to protect anonymity, unique participant codes were created based on initials of first and last name and numbers for each participant.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: The DIA study used an 18-page survey to assess various constructs and anthropometric and clinical data to assess prevalence and risk for diabetes. Clinical information and demographic questions pertaining to this study are referenced in the paper; details were also provided in the method section. The authors do not wish to share their data in such repositories because of the unique nature of this only large scale population-level data on immigrant Asian Indians in the US. However, the authors are willing to provide additional supporting files (in SPSS) on which the conclusions of the manuscript have been based.
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Correspondence to: Ranjita Misra, PhD, Professor, MPH Program Coordinator, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Virginia University School of Public Health, 1500 University Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26505, United States.
ramisra@hsc.wvu.edu
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Received: January 16, 2017
Peer-review started: January 16, 2017
First decision: March 8, 2017
Revised: May 9, 2017
Accepted: May 22, 2017
Article in press: May 24, 2017
Published online: June 15, 2017
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