Ethnic Health

What we do?

Leicester is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK. We work closely with the Centre for Ethnic Health Research and our local councils to ensure our research reflects Leicester diversity and benefits the community. A core part of our research is focused on understanding how sedentary behaviour and physical activity can be harnessed to improve health in ethnic minority groups.

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Highlighted Research

  • Goff LM, Davies K, Zelek WM, Kodosaki E, Hakim O, Lockhart S, O’Rahilly S, Morgan BP. Ethnic differences in complement system biomarkers and their association with metabolic health in men of Black African and White European ethnicity. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2023 Apr 1;212(1):52-60. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxad011

  • Razieh C, Zaccardi F, Miksza J, Davies MJ, Hansell AL, Khunti K, Yates T. Differences in the risk of cardiovascular disease across ethnic groups: UK Biobank observational study. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022;32(11):2594-602. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2022.08.002

  • Yates T, Summerfield A, Razieh C, Banerjee A, Chudasama Y, Davies MJ, Gillies C, Islam N, Lawson C, Mirkes E, Zaccardi F. A population-based cohort study of obesity, ethnicity and COVID-19 mortality in 12.6 million adults in England. Nature Communications. 2022;13(1):624. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28248-1

  • McBride P, Yates T, Henson J, Davies M, Gill J, Celis-Morales C, Khunti K, Maylor B, Rowlands A, Edwardson C. Ethnic differences in the relationship between step cadence and physical function in older adults. Journal of Sports Sciences. 2022;40(10):1183-90. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2057013

  • Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall HC, Edwardson CL, Gray LJ, Hardeman W, Heathcote L, Henson J…Yates T. Promoting physical activity in a multi-ethnic population at high risk of diabetes: the 48-month PROPELS randomised controlled trial. BMC medicine. 2021 Jun 3;19(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-01997-4

  • Dawkins NP, Yates T, Razieh C, Edwardson CL, Maylor B, Zaccardi F, Khunti K, Rowlands AV. Differences in Accelerometer-Measured Patterns of Physical Activity and Sleep/Rest Between Ethnic Groups and Age: An Analysis of UK Biobank. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2021;19(1):37-46. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0334

  • Sargeant JA, Jelleyman C, Coull NA, Edwardson CL, Henson J, King JA, Khunti K, McCarthy M, Rowlands AV, Stensel DJ, Waller HL, Webb DR, Davies MJ, Yates T. Improvements in glycemic control after acute moderate-intensity continuous or high-intensity interval training exercise are greater in South Asians than white Europeans with nondiabetic hyperglycemia: a randomized crossover study. Diabetes Care 2020. doi: 10.2337/dc20-1393

  • Razieh C, Khunti K, Davies MJ, Edwardson CL, Henson J, Darko N, Comber A, Jones A, Yates T. Association of depression and anxiety with clinical, sociodemographic, lifestyle and environmental factors in South Asian and white European individuals at high risk of diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 2019. doi: 10.1111/dme.13986

  • Biddle G, Edwardson CL, Rowlands, AV, Davies MJ,, Bodicoat DH, Wendy Hardeman W, Eborall E, Sutton S, Griffin S, Khunti K, Yates T. Differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour between White Europeans and South Asians recruited from primary care: Cross-sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial. BMC Public Health. 2019. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6341-5

  • Yates T, Edwardson C, Celis-Morales C, Biddle SJH, Bodicoat D, Davies MJ, Esliger D, Henson J, Kazi A, Khunti K, Sattar N, Sinclair AJ, Rowlands A, Velayudhan L, Zaccardi F, Gill JMR. Metabolic Effects of Breaking Prolonged Sitting With Standing or Light Walking in Older South Asians and White Europeans: A Randomized Acute Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2020. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly252

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