EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:

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U.S. South Asians face elevated heart risk at age 45 despite reporting healthier habits

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* Link to: Northwestern Now Story

* By age 45, nearly one in three South Asian men had prediabetes; one in four had hypertension

* South Asians were twice as likely to develop diabetes by age 55 compared to white adults