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

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Bathula, Rajaram, Hughes, Alun D., Panerai, Ronney B., Potter, John F., Thom, Simon A. McG., Tillin, Therese, Shore, Angela C., Hale, Rachel, Chambers, John, Kooner, Jaspal and Chaturvedi, Nish (2011) South Asians have adverse cerebrovascular haemodynamics, despite equivalent blood pressure, compared with Europeans. This is due to their greater hyperglycaemia. International Journal of Epidemiology, 40 (6). pp. 1490-1498. ISSN 0300-5771

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Abstract

Background South Asians have a 1.5-fold increased stroke mortality compared with Europeans, despite similar blood pressures (BP). We hypothesized that it is the greater hyperglycaemia in South Asians that increases stroke risk, by adversely affecting cerebrovascular haemodynamics. Methods A population-based sample of 149 Europeans and 151 South Asians underwent metabolic profiling and concurrent measurement of finger BP using a Finapres and middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow velocity using transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Cerebrovascular autoregulation, cerebrovascular resistance [resistive index (RI) and pulsatility index (PI)] were calculated. Means of cerebrovascular haemodynamic measures were compared by ethnicity, with the introduction of explanatory variables to a regression model to determine which variable could best account for ethnic differences. Results Cerebrovascular resistance (RI) was 12.9?×?103 (0.9–24.8, P?=?0.04) greater in South Asians than Europeans. Systolic, diastolic and mean MCA velocities were also higher in South Asians (mean velocity 41.4?±?8.0?cm/s vs 38.0?±?8.0?cm/s, respectively, P?=?0.001). Low frequency gain, a measure of autoregulation, was worse in South Asians compared with Europeans (0.50?±?0.01?cm/s mm/Hg vs 0.45?±?0.01?cm/s mm/Hg, P?=?0.01). RI positively correlated with HbA1c (r?=?0.184; P?

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Related URLs:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyr101
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2011 11:50
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 00:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/35564
DOI:	10.1093/ije/dyr101

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