OBJECTIVES To compare the prevalence, agreement and phenotypic characteristics in three ethnic groups of the new International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition of metabolic syndrome (MS) to the World Health Organization (WHO) and national cholesterol education program (NCEP) definitions. SETTING Newcastle upon Tyne, England. DESIGN Cross-sectional surveys. PARTICIPANTS Chinese (171 me...

A comparative study has been conducted among 120 subjects classified as 60 tribal (30 male & 30 female each)) and 60 non-tribals (30 male & 30 female each) students of Agartala City of Tripura state. As young stars are more vulnerable than adults in term of adjustment among themselves so the sample were collected from one renowned college of Agartala city that is M.B.B college and they belong f...

In the Netherlands, non-Western ethnic minority women make their first antenatal visit later than native Dutch women. Timely entry into antenatal care is important as it provides the opportunity for prenatal screening and the detection of risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. In this study we explored whether women's timely entry is influenced by their neighborhood. Moreover, we assessed...

Globally, the prevalence of adult smoking is more than 1.1 billion; among them 82% residing in low and middle income countries (Jha et al., 2002). Tobacco use is a cause for many diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, heart disease, and it continues to be the leading cause of preventable deaths (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012). It kills nearly 6 million people and ...

Despite their rarity and physiologically neutral character, more inherited structural variants of serum albumin (alloalbumins) are known than for any other human protein except hemoglobin. Including three previously unreported examples described here, we have identified 13 different point substitutions in alloalbumins of Japanese origin. Of these only albumin B and two proalbumins have been rep...

Objective. To identify the potential effect of ethnic variation on the success of induction of labour in nulliparous women with postdates pregnancies. Study Design. This was an observational cohort study of women being induced for postdates pregnancies (≥41 weeks) between 2007 and 2013. Women induced for stillbirths and with multiple pregnancies were excluded. The primary objective was to ident...

BACKGROUND Physical activity may reduce the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes; however, compared to non-pregnant women, a lower proportion of pregnant women meet the physical activity guidelines. Our objectives were to explore overall changes and ethnic differences in objectively recorded moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) during pregnancy and postpartum and to investigate...

BACKGROUND Studies have consistently shown a lower prevalence of hypertension in women than in men. Obesity is an important risk factor for hypertension, and the rate of obesity is particularly high among ethnic minority women. It is therefore questionable whether the lower prevalence of hypertension in women is also true among specific ethnic minority groups in Europe. Hence, we sought to dete...

BACKGROUND Peri-conceptional use of folic acid supplements is recommended to prevent neural tube defects. Correct supplement use seems to be less common among ethnic minorities. We examined ethnic differences in folic acid supplement use before and during pregnancy and possible effect modification by education or planning of pregnancy. METHODS The participants were 811 healthy pregnant women ...

Contextual factors such as ethnicity, gender, place, and their intersections determine the social condition that populations and individuals live in. As a result, environmental stressors that shape exposures, and also resilience and vulnerabilities are specific to the population. This emphasizes the role of the intersection of such contextual factors in studying psychosocial causes of depressio...