The incidence of tuberculosis among Asian immigrants in the United Kingdom greatly exceeds that in the white population. There are differences in the ageand sex-distribution of cases and in the frequency of of the disease at various sites, non-respiratory disease being disproportionately common. These differences are described and the need for more vigorous application of case finding and preve...

BACKGROUND Asians are thought to be more responsive to the lipid-lowering effects of statins than non-Asians although there are no head-to-head trials that examine this perception. OBJECTIVE To compare the results of the GOALLS and STATT studies that used similar titrate-to-goal protocols with 20 mg up to 80 mg simvastatin in Asian and non-Asian coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. METHOD...

The latest census data confirm that coronary heart disease (CHD)mortality in Indian Asians living in the UK remains 38% higher in men and 43% higher in women compared to Europeans. However, the burden of CHD in UK Indian Asians is greatest in young men in whom the relative risk is at least twofold higher compared to Europeans. There is also some loss of immunity from CHD in Indian Asian women.R...

The latest census data confirm that coronary heart disease (CHD)mortality in Indian Asians living in the UK remains 38% higher in men and 43% higher in women compared to Europeans. However, the burden of CHD in UK Indian Asians is greatest in young men in whom the relative risk is at least twofold higher compared to Europeans. There is also some loss of immunity from CHD in Indian Asian women.R...

Among 214 patients consulting their general practitioner with upper respiratory tract infection, differences in expectation were apparent between Whites, Afro-Caribbeans and Asians. Significantly more Asians (84%) wanted prescriptions for antibiotics and/or other medication than did Afro-Caribbeans (72%) or Whites (47%) (P<O.001). There were no significant differences in terms of what was recei...

While South Asians have high rates of obesity and kidney disease, little is known about the effect of regional body composition on kidney function. We investigated the association between body composition measures and cystatin C-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFRcysC) in 150 immigrant South Asians. The inverse association between overall adiposity and eGFRcysC was attenuated by C-...

A large body of research documents cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. Westerners tend to be more analytic and East Asians tend to be more holistic. These findings have often been explained as being due to corresponding differences in social orientation. Westerners are more independent and Easterners are more interdependent. However, comparisons of the cognitive tendencies...

Studies that ascribe ethnic identity by name searching demonstrate variations in perinatal mortality and health service uptake between South Asians* and the general population, and between Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. 2 We conducted a study to explore whether ethnic diVerences in immunisation rates exist in Newcastle upon Tyne, using data held on the Newcastle Child Health Register. In the abse...

BACKGROUND There is consistent evidence on the impact of health behaviours on risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in European populations. As South Asians in the UK have an excess risk of CVD and coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to Europeans, we investigated whether a similar association between combined health behaviours and risk of CVD and CHD among this high-risk group exists, and esti...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an emerging epidemic in both high-income and low-income countries, mainly because of global population aging. Stroke is a major complication of AF, and AF-related ischemic stroke is more disabling and more fatal than other types of ischemic stroke. However, because of concerns about bleeding complications, particularly intracranial hemorrhage, and the limitations of ...