Authors
Gie Ken-Dror, Intisar Ajami, Thang S Han, Taylor Aurelius, Ankita Maheshwari, Hassan Al Hail, Dirk Deleu, 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, Musab Ali, Hassan Al Hussein, Hassan Osman Abuzaid, Khalid Sharif, Shri Ram Sharma, PN Sylaja, Fahmi Yousef Khan, Kameshwar Prasad, Pankaj Sharma
Publication date
2024/2
Journal
International Journal of Stroke
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
235-243
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Description
Background
Diabetes mellitus and central obesity are more common among South Asian populations than among White British people. This study explores the differences in diabetes and obesity in South Asians with stroke living in the United Kingdom, India, and Qatar compared with White British stroke patients.
Methods
The study included the UK, Indian, and Qatari arms of the ongoing large Bio-Repository of DNA in Stroke (BRAINS) international prospective hospital-based study for South Asian stroke. BRAINS includes 4580 South Asian and White British recruits from UK, Indian, and Qatar sites with first-ever ischemic stroke.
Results
The study population comprises 1751 White British (WB) UK residents, 1165 British South Asians (BSA), 1096 South Asians in India (ISA), and 568 South Asians in Qatar (QSA). ISA, BSA, and QSA South Asians suffered from higher prevalence of diabetes compared with WB by 14.5 …
Scholar articles
G Ken-Dror, I Ajami, TS Han, T Aurelius, A Maheshwari… - International Journal of Stroke, 2024