RNZ
A new study is investigating why Fijian New Zealanders are at a higher risk of having heart attacks or developing angina at a young age.
The research is led by the Heart Foundation, which found that people from Fiji experience 20 percent of heart attacks or angina in under-40s in New Zealand – despite making up just under two percent of the country’s population.
Otago University’s research fellow Dr Pritika Narayan said she was focusing on genetic drivers which she suspected was a huge factor.
