Cardiovascular Disease:
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in South Asian and white populations in London: database evaluation of characteristics and outcome
A comparison of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) characteristics in white and south Asian populations in Greater London.
Emergence of ethnic differences in blood pressure in adolescence: the determinants of adolescent social well-being and health study
Blood pressure is known to track from late childhood to adulthood and this may give some indication to the cause of ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study explores ethnic differences in changes to blood pressure between early and late adolescence in the UK. A related study investigating the relationship between inflammatory markers and ethnic differences in CVD conducted with infants is available here.
Ethnic differences in blood pressure begin in adolescence
A recent study published in ‘Hypertension’ has discovered that divergences in blood pressure between white and ethnic minority groups begin in adolescence and are “particularly striking” for boys. The study also found that socioeconomic disadvantage had a “disproportionate effect” on blood pressure for ethnic minority girls. The results signal the need for the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases that could have adverse effects in later life, especially for young people of minority ethnic origin.
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