Patricio López‐Jaramillo, Diego Gómez-Arbeláez, Daniel Martínez-Bello, Marc Evans M. Abat et al.
BackgroundThe triglyceride glucose (TyG) index is an easily accessible surrogate marker of insulin resistance, an important pathway in the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, the association of the TyG index with cardiovascular diseases and mortality has mainly been ...
Nicola Martinelli, Domenico Girelli, Giovanni Malerba, Patrizia Guarini et al.
Background The delta-5 and delta-6 desaturases, encoded by FADS1 and FADS2 genes, are key enzymes in polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism that catalyze the conversion of linoleic acid (LA) into arachidonic acid (AA) and that of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) into eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Sin...
Shamima Akter, Md Mizanur Rahman, Sarah Krull Abe, Papia Sultana
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in Bangladesh using national survey data and to identify risk factors. METHODS: Sociodemographic and anthropometric data and data on blood pressure and blood glucose levels were obtained for 7541 adults aged 35 years or more from the ...
Trisha Greenhalgh, Cecil G. Helman, Anwarullah Chowdhury
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experience of diabetes in British Bangladeshis, since successful management of diabetes requires attention not just to observable behaviour but to the underlying attitudes and belief systems which drive that behaviour. DESIGN: Qualitative study of subjects' experience of di...
Saruar Alam, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Sharif Neaz, Nazmul Hussain et al.
Diabetes mellitus has become a serious and chronic metabolic disorder that results from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors, principally characterized by hyperglycemia, polyuria, and polyphagia. Uncontrolled high blood sugar can result in a host of diabetic complications. Prol...
Isfafuzzaman Tasin, Tansin Ullah Nabil, Sanjida Islam, Riasat Khan
Globally, diabetes affects 537 million people, making it the deadliest and the most common non-communicable disease. Many factors can cause a person to get affected by diabetes, like excessive body weight, abnormal cholesterol level, family history, physical inactivity, bad food habit etc. Increased...
Abhinav Goyal, Salim Yusuf
Ischaemic heart disease and stroke are among the most common causes of death and disability in the world. The Indian subcontinent (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal) has among the highest rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) globally. Previous reports have highlighted the ...
Yu Chen, W. K. Copeland, Rajesh Vedanthan, Eric J. Grant et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between body mass index and mortality from overall cardiovascular disease and specific subtypes of cardiovascular disease in east and south Asians. DESIGN: Pooled analyses of 20 prospective cohorts in Asia, including data from 835,082 east Asians and 289,815 so...
Ranil Jayawardena, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Nuala M. Byrne, Mário J. Soares et al.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. South Asians are known to have an increased predisposition for diabetes which has become an important health concern in the region. We discuss the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes in South Asia and explore the different...
Paul McKeigue, Michael Marmot, Y D Syndercombe Court, D. Cottier et al.
Immigrants from the Indian subcontinent (South Asians) in England and Wales have higher morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease than the general population; this seems to apply to both Hindus and Muslims. Studies in north west London and Trinidad found that the increased risk of coronary...
Colin Fischbacher, Shanda Hunt, Lily Alexander
BACKGROUND: Moderate physical activity is protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) and diabetes, both important public health problems among UK South Asian (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) ethnic groups. We assessed the evidence that physical activity is lower in South Asian groups than in...
Md. Maniruzzaman, Md. Jahanur Rahman, Md. Al-MehediHasan, Harman S. Suri et al.
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which blood sugar levels are too high. About 8.8% of the world was diabetic in 2017. It is projected that this will reach nearly 10% by 2045. The major challenge is that when machine learning-based classifiers are applied to such data sets for ri...
Md. Manowarul Islam, Rahatara Ferdousi, Sadikur Rahman, Humayra Yasmin Bushra
Shenghui Wu, Zhong Liu, Suzanne C. Ho
To synthesize the available data on the association between metabolic syndrome and all-cause mortality, we conducted a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. We performed a literature search using Medline, EMBASE and Cochrane Library from 2001 to December 2009, with no restrictions. We include...
T.S. Sohal, Parmjit Sohal, Kathryn King‐Shier, Nadia Khan
OBJECTIVE: Although South Asian populations have among the highest burden of type 2 diabetes in the world, their diabetes management remains poor. We systematically reviewed studies on South Asian patient's perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to diabetes management. METHODS: We conducted a...