AIM To find an association between Y chromosome polymorphisms and some ethnic groups. METHODS Short tandem repeats (STR) and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on the Y chromosome were typed in 311 unrelated men from four different ethnic groups - Italians from northern Italy, Albanians, Africans from the Maghreb region, and Indo-Pakistanis, using the AmpFlSTR® Yfiler PCR Amplification Kit...

BACKGROUND/AIM Why has the apparently high rate of cousin marriage among Bradford Pakistanis been sustained, 50 years since Pakistani migration to Britain began? METHODS A review of the anthropological literature on Pakistani migration and settlement, British Pakistani marriage patterns and the phenomenon of transnational marriage. RESULTS British Pakistanis are diverse in regional origins ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Previous studies have investigated the association between ethnicity and processes of care and intermediate outcomes of diabetes, but there are limited population-based studies available. The aim of this study was to use population-based data to investigate the relationships between ethnicity and glycaemic control in men and women with diabetes mellitus living in Scotland. ...

Primary data was used to analyse the views and opinions held by Pakistani-Scots in Greater Glasgow, Scotland, about whether they prefer Celtic or Rangers Football Clubs. The question is important, sociologically, due Celtic’s Irish-Catholic-Republican sympathies Rangers’ British-Loyalist-Unionist perspective, neither of which seems naturally gel with Muslim orientation Glasgow’s Pakistanis (8.1...

OBJECTIVE To compare coronary risk factors and disease prevalence among Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis, and in all South Asians (these three groups together) with Europeans. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS 259 Indian, 305 Pakistani, 120 Bangladeshi, and 825 European men and women aged 25-74 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Social and economic ...

Polio vaccinators and law enforcement officials protecting them, have been killed in the line of duty since 2012 in Pakistan. This study was conducted to determine the opinions of university students in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, regarding the importance of polio vaccination, and the role of international donor agencies. Nine hundred forty-six students participated in this study; 833 (88.1%) stu...

OBJECTIVE To assess birth and gene frequencies of specific autosomal recessively inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) within different ethnic groups. DESIGN Retrospective study in a regional centre for investigation and treatment of IEM. SUBJECTS All children born within the West Midlands NHS Region, UK, during the decade immediately preceding the 1991 National Census. METHODS Birth frequenc...