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Increased risks of cardiovascular diseases and insulin resistance among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia

Tuan Abdul Aziz TA 1 , Teh LK 2 , Md Idris MH 1 , Bannur Z 1 , Ashari LS 3 , Ismail AI 4 Show all authors , Ahmad A 5 , Isa KM 4 , Nor FM 5 , Rahman TH 5 , Shaari SA 5 , Jan Mohamed HJ 3 , Mohamad N 1 , Salleh MZ 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Campus, Selangor, Malaysia. tehlaykek@gmail.com
  • 3 Nutrition Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 6 Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Campus, Selangor, Malaysia. zakisalleh.mzs@gmail.com
BMC Public Health, 2016;16(1):284.
PMID: 27009064 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2848-9

Abstract

Despite the strategic development plan by the authorities for the Orang Asli, there are six subtribes of which their population numbers are small (less than 700). These minorities were not included in most of the health related studies published thus far. A comprehensive physiological and biomedical updates on these small subtribes in comparison to the larger subtribes and the urban Malay population is timely and important to help provide appropriate measures to prevent further reduction in the numbers of the Orang Asli.

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