Conclusions South Asian ethnicity, even after adjustment for traditional risk factors, is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease outcomes. This risk was greater than other studied racial-ethnic groups and second only to diabetes in CHD risk prediction....
For South Asian students at Princeton, taking part in groups or attending events designed to promote a sense of community can maintain cultural ties, a connection to heritage, and a sense of visibility. In these groups, sometimes a family can be found no matter ho...
This population-based study separates the independent associations of ethnicity and immigration and highlights that Chinese and South Asian ethnic groups residing in Ontario experience higher HNC incidence when compared with the general population. These data serve as baseline data from which comprehensive ...
On that ground, this study addresses the importance of Asian values and ethnic identity in ethnic Asian wives’ acculturation to Korean society. The subjects of this study have been selected from three ethnic Asian groups—Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese women. Acculturation in this study has ...
Europid and Asian students. Among the 80 Europid and 80 Asian students aged between 20 and 23 years and well matched for body mass index (BMI), Asians were found to be relatively hyperglycaemic [5.1 (5.0-5.2) vs 4.6 (95% CI: 4.5-4.7) mmol/l] and hypercholesterolaemic [5.3(5.2-...
India. South Asian languages, cultures, religions, and ethnicities are inexorably intertwined, and frequently communication between ethnic groups is difficult. Unlike most countries in South Asia, which are internally bound by a common language and demographic, cultural, and ethnic homogeneity, in India...
People of South Asian origin are the most likely of all Britain's minority ethnic communities to agree to COVID-19 vaccination—the safest way to reach population immunity, a new study reveals. In the first survey focussing on the UK's Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME)populationand otherhigh...
South Asian cancer patients belongs to the two most deprived groups. As screening uptake decreases with increasing deprivation, disentangling the role of ethnicity from that of deprivation remains challenging. Nevertheless, differential trends in survival between both ethnic groups could be partly due to...
http://saalt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Demographic-Snapshot-Asian-American-Foundation-2012.pdf. Kanaya AM, Herrington D, Vittinghoff E, Ewing SK, Liu K, Blaha MJ et al. Understanding the high prevalence of diabetes in U.S. south Asians compared with four racial/ethnic groups: the ...
South Asian Immigrants before 1950: The Formulation of Ethnic, Symbolic, and Group Identity.Focuses on the formation of ethnic, symbolic and group identity on the communities before 1950 in the United States. Impact of differences among South Asian groups on the development of cultural and national...