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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:89 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096735k
  • Friday 11 September, Parallel session D
  • Methods in ethnicity research

Recruiting South Asians to a randomised trial (Prevention of Diabetes and Obesity in South Asians) for the prevention of diabetes: the challenges and achievements

  1. A. Douglas
  1. Public Health Sciences Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

      Background

      Despite recommendations to do so, few clinical trials focus on ethnic minority groups. There are concerns that data from general trials may not apply to them. PODOSA (Prevention of Diabetes and Obesity in South Asians) is a rare example of a prevention trial in European South Asians. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes among UK South Asian adults is extremely high.

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