NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of these is low-density lipoprotein receptor or LDLR, located on chromosome 19. People with this gene have high levels of LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and are predisposed to developing atherosclerosis, which can lead to a heart attack at an early age.

Detailed explanation-2: -Black men have a 70% higher risk of heart failure compared with white men. Black women have a 50% higher risk of heart failure compared with white women. Black adults are more than twice as likely as white adults to be hospitalized for heart failure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Black adults experience higher burden of CV risk factors such as hypertension and obesity, and are more than twice as likely to die of CVD, relative to White adults. Similarly, American Indian individuals are 1.5 times as likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease, compared with the White population.

Detailed explanation-4: -African-Americans and Hispanics have a higher prevalence of heart failure than Whites. African-American women have a higher prevalence of heart failure than any other intersection of race and sex in the US.