Diabetes mellitus and obesity among South Asians with ischaemic stroke across three countries.
Gie Ken-DrorIntisar AjamiThang Sieu HanTaylor AureliusAnkita MaheshwariHassan Al HailDirk DeleuSapna SharmaSageet AmlaniGunaratnam GunathilaganDavid CohenChakravarthi RajkumarStuart MaguireSissi IspoglouIbrahim BalogunAnthea ParryLakshmanan SekaranHafiz SyedEnas LawrenceRavneeta SinghAhamad HassanChris WhartonKhalid JavaidNeetish GoorahPeter Carr RnEman Abdus SamiMusab AliHassan Al HusseinHassan Osman AbuzaidKhalid SharifShri Ram SharmaP N SylajaFahmi Yousef KhanKameshwar PrasadPankaj SharmaPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2023)
South Asian ischaemic stroke patients living in Britain and Qatar have a near 3.5-fold risk of diabetes compared to white British stroke patients. Their body composition may partly help explain that increased risk. These findings have important implications for public health policymakers in nations with large South Asian populations.