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Culturally Tailored Strategies to Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Care for South Asians in the United States
South Asian immigrants in the United States face an elevated risk of develo** type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This phenomenon has been linked to lifestyle...
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Adipose tissue-derived metabolite risk scores and risk for type 2 diabetes in South Asians
BackgroundSouth Asians are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) than many other race/ethnic groups. Ectopic adiposity, specifically hepatic...
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Why Is Religious Attendance Linked to More Anxiety in U.S. South Asians? The Mediating Role of Congregational Neglect
ObjectivesPrevious research has identified a positive association between religious attendance and anxiety in U.S. South Asians. The current study...
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Performance of the pooled cohort equation in South Asians: insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system
South Asian ethnicity is associated with increased atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and has been identified as a “risk enhancer”...
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Health Implications of Racialized State Violence Against South Asians in the USA
South Asians, one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the USA today, trace their roots to countries in the Indian subcontinent (e.g., Bangladesh,...
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Heart health for South Asians: improved cardiovascular risk factors with a culturally tailored health education program
Background/AimThe Kaiser Permanente (KP) Northern California Heart Health for South Asians (HHSA) Program is a two-hour educational class that...
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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide in Asians and Non-Asians with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
IntroductionTirzepatide is a novel hypoglycemic agent for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the pathophysiology of T2DM in Asians is...
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Ethnic differences between South Asians and White Caucasians in cardiovascular disease-related mortality in developed countries: a systematic literature review
BackgroundCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with significantly worse mortality-related outcomes in ethnic minorities in...
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Perceptions of Sun Protection, Skin Tone, Colorism, and Dermatologic Care Among South Asians in the USA
South Asians (SAs) are among the fastest growing populations in the USA. Colorism — the system of inequality that views lighter skin as more...
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Diabetes and hypertension among South Asians in New York and Atlanta leveraging hospital electronic health records
BackgroundDiabetes and hypertension disparities are pronounced among South Asians. There is regional variation in the prevalence of diabetes and...
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“If it all goes digital, we’ll have to learn”: facilitators and barriers to uptake of digital health in British South Asians with cardiometabolic disease
BackgroundAlthough availability and utilisation of digital health interventions (DHIs) for management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
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Sex disparity in left ventricular hypertrophy in South Asians with hypertension: influence of central obesity and high blood pressure
Women have been reported to be at greater risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) than men in South Asia, but whether the sex disparity is...
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The iHealth-T2D study: a cluster randomised trial for the prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes—a statistical analysis plan
BackgroundSouth Asians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Lifestyle modification is effective at preventing T2D amongst South Asians, but the...
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Lifestyle Interventions for Diabetes Prevention in South Asians: Current Evidence and Opportunities
Purpose of ReviewThis review summarizes the burden of diabetes in South Asian populations and reviews recent evidence for diabetes prevention through...
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The iHealth-T2D study, prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BackgroundPeople from South Asia are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is an urgent need to develop approaches for the prevention of...
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The Pandemic of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia: What Clinicians Need to Know
Purpose of ReviewSouth Asia has around 1/6 th of the current global population. Epidemiological studies suggest that South Asians living in South...
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Sociodemographic factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in the South Asian community in Canada
ObjectiveSouth Asians represent the largest non-white ethnic group in Canada and were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought...
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Do Religion and Spirituality Buffer the Effect of Childhood Trauma on Depressive Symptoms? Examination of a South Asian Cohort from the USA
Asian Americans have been identified as a racial group that is disproportionately affected by childhood trauma. The goal of this study was to assess...
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East Asians’ T-scores for the diagnosis of osteoporosis should be calculated using ethnicity- and gender-specific BMD reference ranges: justifications
The 2013 ISCD consensus recommended a Caucasian female reference database for T -score calculation in men, which says “A uniform Caucasian (non-race...
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Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
South Asians face stressors as a growing immigrant group in America. Work is needed to understand how these stressors impact mental health to...
