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Indian-Asian Relationship: mtDNA Reveals More

Naturwissenschaften, 2000
Recent studies on human mtDNA have identified continent-specific restriction enzyme sites and resultant haplo-groups among populations from different regions of the world. Such studies have helped in elaborating the models for human migrations. We have studied Indian mtDNAs to identify the recognized world ethnic elements present in it.
S, Barnabas, B, Joshi, C G, Suresh
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HL—A Typing in Asian Indians

Tissue Antigens, 1971
HL—A typing in 80 Asian Indians has shown differences in the frequencies of some HL—A antigens as compared with American Caucasians. These include the absence of Te54 (= W14 = Maki) and Te64, and significantly low frequencies for HL—A2 and HL—A8.
D P, Singal, M R, Mickey, P I, Terasaki
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Asian Indian Immigrant Women

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2005
ABSTRACT The present paper is an attempt to understand various theories that explain mental health issues of Asian Indian immigrant women. It further explores depression as a threat to mental health and also examines the various supports to mental health.
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Dietary adequacy in Asian Indians with HIV

AIDS Care, 2008
Malnutrition is endemic in developing countries, which also bear the brunt of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. HIV and its complications have a significant impact on nutritional status. Malnutrition and HIV have deleterious interactions. Dietary inadequacy is a major cause of malnutrition and few studies have been done to assess dietary
N, Wig, S P, Bhatt, A, Sakhuja, S, Srivastava, S, Agarwal   +4 more
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Consensus Physical Activity Guidelines for Asian Indians

Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 2012
India is currently undergoing rapid economic, demographic, and lifestyle transformations. A key feature of the latter transformation has been inappropriate and inadequate diets and decreases in physical activity. Data from various parts of India have shown a steady increase in the prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes ...
Misra, Anoop, Nigam, Priyanka, Hills, Andrew, S.Chadha, Davinder, Sharma, Vineeta, Deepak, K., K.Vikram, Naval, Joshi, Shashank, Chauhan, Ashish, Khanna, Kumud, Sharma, Rekha, Mittal, Kanchan, Passi, Santosh Jain, Seth, Veenu, Puri, Seema, Devi, Ratna, Dubey, A., Gupta, Sunita   +17 more
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Type 2 diabetes in Asian Indian youth

Pediatric Diabetes, 2007
The prevalence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes is increasing worldwide in parallel with the obesity epidemic. In India, the age at onset of type 2 diabetes had traditionally been a decade or two earlier compared with the western population. Hence, it is not surprising that the prevalence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes is rapidly escalating in India not ...
Mohan, V, Jaydip, R, Deepa, R
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Type 2 Diabetes in Asian Indians

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2012
India is a global leader in diabetes, currently with second largest pool of diabetes in the world. Asian Indian phenotype is uniquely predisposed to develop type 2 diabetes because of strong familial aggregation as well lifestyle factors of imprudent diet and sedentary physical habit.
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Immunogenetics of Autoimmune Diseases in Asian Indians

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2002
Abstract: The HLA class II molecules play a critical role in the processing and presentation of specific peptides derived from autoantigens of pancreatic beta cells or gluten for T cell scrutiny in IDDM and CD. In the present study, extended DR3‐positive haplotypes associated with autoimmunity in northern Indian patients have been reported.
N K, Mehra, Gurvinder, Kaur, Uma, Kanga, Nikhil, Tandon   +3 more
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Rare β‐thalassaemia mutations in Asian Indians

British Journal of Haematology, 1991
Five β‐thalassaemia mutations hitherto undescribed in Asian Indians were identified in β‐thalassaemia carriers originating from the Indian subcontinent by direct sequencing of their β‐globin genes which were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
N Y, Varawalla, J M, Old, D J, Weatherall   +2 more
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Coronary heart disease risks in Asian Indians

Current Opinion in Lipidology, 1996
An increased prevalence of coronary heart disease in Asian Indian both from the native country and the immigrant population has been known for some time. With around 15,000,000 Asian Indians living outside India including 1,500,000 in the UK and 1,000,000 in the US, various pathogenic factors have attracted great interest in the recent past. Prevention
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