A Compilation of South Asian Health Outcomes and Guidelines

Hi all, I made this post because I've noticed that as a South Asian, we are different from general population when it comes to health outcomes.

For example, here is a

BMI adjusted for South Asians

http://www.pamf.org/southasian/healthy/screening/bodysize.html

Increased Lactose Intolerance Prevalence in Asians

http://milk.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000661

Vitamin B12 Deficiency More Likely in Vegan, Vegetarian Diet

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145307/

Higher Incidence of Gestational Diabetes in South Asians

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0249.htm

Smaller Blood Vessels and Increased Severity of Coronary Artery Disease.

http://goo.gl/4AeuqD

South Asian immigrants are more likely to have type 2 diabetes than the general population

http://www.med.nyu.edu/asian-health/research/dream/diabetes-and-south-asian-communities

Are we more likely to get diabetes, heart disease, etc? What are our genetic predispositions? What ails South Asians? What doesn't?

Please post below. I would like to use this thread to compile them. I will update and organize this submission as sources and information gets posted.