South Asians have adverse cerebrovascular haemodynamics, despite equivalent blood pressure, compared with Europeans. This is due to their greater hyperglycaemia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1490-1498

  Bathula, Rajaram ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Panerai, Ronney B ^b   Potter, John F ^c   Thom, Simon A McG ^a   Tillin, Therese ^a   Shore, Angela C ^d   Hale, Rachel ^c   Chambers, John ^a   Kooner, Jaspal ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^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

Blood pressure; Cerebrovascular autoregulation; Epidemiology; Ethnic differences; Hyperglycaemia; Stroke; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EUROPE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 83455213432     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr101     Document Type: Article

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