Untangling the risk factors for developing multiple chronic conditions among UK South Asian populations

In a study published in PLOS Medicine, Daniel Stow, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Queen Mary University of London, UK, and collaborators discovered factors that increase the risk of developing several long-term, coexisting health conditions among South Asian populations in the United Kingdom.

Since nearly 8% of the U.K.'s population has South Asian heritage, these findings lend much-needed insights for public health. ...