IntroductionContemporary differences between South Asian and White ethnicities in the incidence of ESKD mortality are poorly described.MethodsData for all patients who had an eGFR measure after 1 Jan 2006 million randomly selected participants other were extracted from Clinical Practice Research Datalink. All followed up index date until end stage kidney disease (ESKD), all-cause or study. All-...

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) disproportionately affects racial minorities in the United States (US). Although prior studies have reported lower treatment rates in Blacks than in Caucasians, the rates of other minorities remain understudied. We aimed to examine antiviral treatment rates by race and to evaluate the effect of other demographic, medical, and psychiatric factors on treatment rates. We ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the effect of South Asian ethnicity differs between studies of incidence and prognosis of coronary disease. DESIGN Systematic literature review and meta-analysis, and cohort analysis from a national acute coronary syndrome (ACS) registry linked to mortality (National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research/Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project). S...

BACKGROUND The survivin polymorphisms have been shown to confer genetic susceptibility to various tumors, but the results are inconsistent. In order to accomplish a more precise estimation of the relationship, a meta-analysis was performed. RESULTS For rs9904341, a significantly increased tumor risk was found in overall meta-analysis under C/C vs. G/G (OR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.13-1.74, p = 0.002...

Journal of Diabetes Nursing Vol 12 No 6 2008 The prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in this population is disproportionately high: diabetes is almost six times greater (Mather and Keen, 1985) and mortality from CVD nearly twice as common compared with the local Caucasian population (Chaturvedi and Fuller, 1996). Epidemiological studies have shown that this excess risk is due to a...

Many Asian subjects were seen in London in the early 1970s with megaloblastic anaemia; in a majority of cases, this was dietary in origin. Pernicious anaemia occurs in Asians, but the incidence is probably lower than in Caucasians. Megaloblastic anaemia is now less common in this group, but a population survey in Punjabi females in the late 1970's showed anaemia in 32%, and one or more features...

With improvement in the economic situation, an increasing prevalence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome is seen in developing countries in South Asia. Particularly vulnerable population groups include women and children, and intra-country and inter-country migrants. The main causes are increasing urbanization, nutrition transition, reduced physical activity, and genetic predisposition. Some ...

CONTEXT Higher rates of microvascular complications have been reported for minorities. Disparate access to quality health care is a common explanation for ethnic disparities in diabetic complication rates in the US population. Examining an ethnically diverse population with uniform health care coverage may be useful. OBJECTIVE To assess ethnic disparities in the incidence of diabetic complica...

OBJECTIVES To trace patterns of health and health behaviour in those with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent (British Asians) compared with the general population of their age (1) in the younger generation age 14-15 mainly born in the UK and (2) in the older mainly migrant generation. DESIGN Cross sectional random sample surveys of two age groups in Glasgow. SAMPLES 334 British Asians (86%...

BACKGROUND South Asians (individuals from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) have high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that cannot be explained by traditional risk factors. There are few prospective cohort studies investigating antecedents of CVD in South Asians. OBJECTIVES The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study is investigating...