Indian Asians have poorer cardiovascular autonomic function than Europeans: This is due to greater hyperglycaemia and may contribute to their greater risk of heart disease

Diabetologia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2120-2128

  Bathula, R ^a   Hughes, A D ^a   Panerai, R ^b   Potter, J ^c   McG Thom, S A ^a   Francis, D P ^a   Shore, A C ^d   Kooner, J ^a   Chaturvedi, N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asians; Autonomic function; Ethnicity; Glycated haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958025093     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1818-5     Document Type: Article

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