Background Individuals with a low socioeconomic status (SES) may have a greater mortality
rate from out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) than those with a high SES. We explored …

Background Cost-effectiveness analyses of screening programmes for asymptomatic
Chlamydia trachomatis infection suggest that screening at low prevalences in the population …

Abstract Aims/hypothesis Individuals of South Asian origin have a high risk of type 2
diabetes and of dying from a diabetes-attributable cause. Lifestyle modification intervention …

Background While the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is high, tailored risk
scores for screening among South Asian and African origin populations are lacking. The aim …

Aims Previous studies on sex differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) had
limited scope and yielded conflicting results. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overall …

We investigated whether ethnic differences in handgrip strength, a marker of poor muscle
strength and quality, is a potential cause of ethnic disparities in type 2 diabetes mellitus. We …

Aims. Prevention of diabetes complications depends on the level of case finding and
successful treatment of diabetes, which may differ between ethnicities. Therefore, we studied …

Aim To study 1-year effectiveness of an intensive, culturally targeted lifestyle intervention in
general practice for weight status and metabolic profile of South-Asians at risk of type 2 …

The survival of patients with malignant hypertension (MHT) has considerably improved over
the past decades. Data regarding the excess risk of mortality and the contribution of …

Diabet. Med. 28, 668–672 (2011) Abstract Aims To study differences in the association
between physical inactivity and Type 2 diabetes among subjects from different ethnic …