Migration and cardiovascular disease: A comparative study of prevalence and risk factor profiles in resettlers from the German National Cohort (NAKO)
We compared the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in a special group of migrants (resettlers from the former Soviet Union; German: (Spät-)Aussiedler) and autochthonous Germans, using data from the German National Cohort (NAKO) and investigated risk factors frequencies for these diseases in both groups. We found that male resettlers had less of risky alcohol consumption but smoked more than autochthonous German men. Female resettlers showed higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels, but lower prevalence of risky alcohol consumption and smoking. The prevalence of most CVDs was similar in both groups, except of peripheral artery disease and all CVDs combined which we found less frequent in male resettlers.
Authors
- Karin Halina Greiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3213-8285)
- Berit Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-9307)
- Ute Mons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-6783)
- Claudia Meinke‐Franze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-9702)
- Wolfgang Lieb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-4460)
- Volker Winkler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9974-1145)
- Heiko Becher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8808-6667)
- Kerstin Wirkner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1301-7125)
- Amand Führer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-5692)
- Ilais Moreno Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-8983)
- Michael F. Leitzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-2789)
- Till Bärninghausen
- Volker Harth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-223X)
- Lena Koch‐Gallenkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-906X)
- Hajo Zeeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-242X)
- Fiona Niedermayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6798-2630)
- Gerhard Walther
- Tobias Pischon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X)
- Henning Teismann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-5572)
- Nadia Obi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-9142)
- Marvin Reuter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-3618)
- Nico Dragano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0378-0757)
- Tilman Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-7511)
- Cara Övermöhle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2856-2260)
- Rafael Mikolajczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1271-7204)
- Beate Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-6886)
- Lilian Krist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-5163)
- André Karch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-8543)
- Annette Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6645-0985)
- Henry Völzke
- Börge Schmidt
- Olga Hovadorvska
- Jamin Kiekert
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands) (NL)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Luther University (KR)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Bamberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.09.008
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00