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Treatment experiences and preferences of British South Asians living with recurrent depression. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
IntroductionDepression is one of the leading causes of disability and is a highly recurrent condition. Recurrent depression has been associated with risk of suicide and greater morbidity.
Amirah Akhtar, Shabana Shafiq, Sahdia Parveen, Emmanuel Nwofe, Karen Windle   +4 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health Among Healthcare Students of South Asian Heritage in the UK: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

Pharmacy
Background: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in England, with South Asians estimated to have a higher risk of CVD development compared to the general population.
Jeevan Singh, Samira Osman, Sarah Baig, Yousuf Murad, Zahraa Jalal   +4 more
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The British Asian Community Eye Study: Outline of results on the prevalence of eye disease in British Asians with origins from the Indian subcontinent [PDF]

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Background: Asians from the Indian Subcontinent form the largest ethnic minority in the United Kingdom. Data on the prevalence of visually-impairing eye conditions in this population are vital for planning eye health care services. Materials and Methods:
Abdul Rauf, Rizwan Malik, Catey Bunce, Richard Wormald   +3 more
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Identification of protein targets for dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular diseases among people with South Asian ancestry: a mendelian randomisation studyResearch in context [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
Summary: Background: South Asians are considered to be at higher risk of dyslipidaemia, a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We aimed to identify protein targets for dyslipidaemia and CVDs among people with South Asian ancestry ...
Siwei Wu, Devendra Meena, Alexander Smith, Jingxian Huang, Georg W. Otto, Yi-Hsuan Ko, James Yarmolinsky, Dipender Gill, Anand Rohatgi, Abbas Dehghan, Ioanna Tzoulaki   +10 more
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Barriers and Facilitators to Formal Dementia Care Use Among UK South Asians: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Health Services Insights
Background: This qualitative systematic review aims to identify, analyse and discuss barriers and facilitators to formal dementia services for South Asians in the UK with dementia.
Dan Chaib, Katie Biggs, Hina Khan
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XBP1 expression in pancreatic islet cells is associated with poor glycaemic control especially in young non-obese onset diabetes across ancestries [PDF]

Communications Medicine
Background Individuals of South and East Asian ancestry have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, often driven by insulin deficiency due to impaired beta-cell function.
Moneeza K. Siddiqui, Theo Dupuis, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Adem Y. Dawed, Margherita Bigossi, Sundararajan Srinivasan, Sam Hodgson, Ebenezer Tolu Adedire, Alasdair Taylor, Jebarani Saravanan, Ambra Sartori, David Davtian, Radha Venkatesan, Alison McNeilly, James Cantley, Rohini Mathur, Naveed Sattar, Genes & Health Research Team, Sarah Finer, Ewan R. Pearson, Rajendra Pradeepa, Viswanathan Mohan, Colin N. A. Palmer, Andrew A. Brown, Ana Viñuela   +24 more
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The dietary practices and beliefs of British South Asian people living with inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter study from the United Kingdom [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2022
Background/Aims Epidemiological associations have implicated factors associated with Westernization, including the Western diet, in the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The role of diet in IBD etiopathogenesis, disease control and symptom
Benjamin Crooks, Ravi Misra, Naila Arebi, Klaartje Kok, Matthew J. Brookes, John McLaughlin, Jimmy K. Limdi   +6 more
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Atrial fibrillation in UK South Asian hospitalized ischemic stroke patients: The BRAINS study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionSouth Asian diaspora comprise one of the largest ethnic minority groups in the world yet data about atrial fibrillation (AF) in this demographic is understudied.
Taylor Aurelius, Gie Ken-Dror, Sapna D Sharma, Sageet Amlani, Gunaratnam Gunathilagan, David L Cohen, Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Stuart Maguire, Sissi Ispoglou, Ibrahim Balogun, Anthea Parry, Lakshmanan Sekaran, Hafiz Syed, Enas Lawrence, Ravneeta Singh, Ahamad Hassan, Chris Wharton, Khalid Javaid, Neetish Goorah, Peter Carr, Eman Abdus Sami, Pankaj Sharma   +21 more
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Inequality in diabetes-related hospital admissions in England by socioeconomic deprivation and ethnicity: facility-based cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
To investigate the effect of social deprivation and ethnicity on inpatient admissions due to diabetes in England.Facility-based cross-sectional analysis.National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England reporting inpatient admissions with better than 80 ...
Yoshitaka Nishino, Stuart Gilmour, Kenji Shibuya   +2 more
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Toponymy, Pioneership, and the Politics of Ethnic Hierarchies in the Spatial Organization of British Colonial Nairobi

Urban Science, 2020
Toponyms, along with other urban symbols, were used as a tool of control over space in many African countries during the colonial period. This strategy was epitomized by the British, who applied it in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya from the late 1800s.
Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, Frédéric Giraut
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