Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Rangarajan, Sumathy"
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Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality: a prospective cohort study
Smyth, Andrew; Teo, Koon K.; Rangarajan, Sumathy; O’Donnell, Martin; Schutte, Aletta E. (Elsevier, 2015)Background: Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifi able risk factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption has been associated with both benefi ts and harms, and previous ... -
Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147 812 individuals from 21 countries
Bhavadharini, Balaji; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Dehghan, Mahshid; Mente, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy (BMJ, 2020)Objective Our aims were to assess the association of dairy intake with prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (cross-sectionally) and with incident hypertension and incident diabetes (prospectively) in a large ... -
Association of egg intake with blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 177,000 people in 50 countries
Dehghan, Mahshid; Smuts, Marius; Mente, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Mohan, Viswanathan (Oxford Univ Press, 2020)Background Eggs are a rich source of essential nutrients, but they are also a source of dietary cholesterol. Therefore, some guidelines recommend limiting egg consumption. However, there is contradictory evidence on the ... -
Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Hystad, Perry; Du Plessis, Johan L.; Larkin, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; AlHabib, Khalid F. (Elsevier, 2020)Background Most studies of long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2·5) and cardiovascular disease are from high-income countries with relatively low PM2·5 concentrations. It is unclear whether risks are ... -
Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Yusuf, Salim; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Joseph, Philip; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Islam, Shofiqul (Elsevier, 2020)Background Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on cardiovascular disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using different methodologies. The Prospective Urban ... -
Urinary sodium and potassium excretion, mortality, and cardiovascular events
O'Donnell, Martin; Kruger, Lanthe; Mente, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; McQueen, Matthew M (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014)BACKGROUND The optimal range of sodium intake for cardiovascular health is controversial. METHODS We obtained morning fasting urine samples from 101,945 persons in 17 countries and estimated 24-hour sodium and potassium ... -
Use of secondary prevention drugs for cardiovascular disease in the community in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (the PURE Study): a prospective epidemiological survey
Avezum, Alvaro; Chow, Clara; Dagenais, Gilles; Diaz, Rafael; Gupta, Rajeev; Iqbal, Romaina; Islam, Shofiqul; Kelishadi, Roya; Kruger, Annamarie; Kutty, Raman; Lanas, Fernando; Oguz, Aytekin; Rahman, Omar; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Rosengren, Annika; Swidan, Hany; Teo, Koon; Yusoff, Khalid; Yusuf, Salim; Zatonski, Witold; Lisheng, Liu; Wei, Li; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Avezum, Alvaro; Chow, Clara; Dagenais, Gilles; Diaz, Rafael; Gupta, Rajeev; Iqbal, Romaina; Islam, Shofiqul; Kelishadi, Roya; Kruger, Annamarie; Kutty, Raman; Lanas, Fernando; Oguz, Aytekin; Rahman, Omar; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Rosengren, Annika; Swidan, Hany; Teo, Koon; Yusoff, Khalid; Yusuf, Salim; Zatonski, Witold; Lisheng, Liu; Wei, Li; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio (Elsevier, 2011)Background Although most cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income countries, little is known about the use of eff ective secondary prevention medications in these communities. We aimed to assess use ... -
Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of data from 179 000 participants from 63 countries
Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu; Teo, Koon K.; Britz-McKibbin, Philip; Gill, Biban; Islam, Shofiqul; Paré, Guillaume; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Duong, MyLinh; Lanas, Fernando; Lopez-Jaramill, Patricio; Mony, Prem K.; Pinnaka, Lakshmi; Kutty, Vellappillil Raman; Orlandini, Andres; Avezum, Alvaro; Wielgosz, Andreas; Poirier, Paul; Alhabib, Khalid F.; Temizhan, Ahmet; Chifamba, Jephat; Yeates, Karen; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Khatib, Rasha; Yusuf, Rita; Rosengren, Annika; Zatonska, Katarzyna; Iqbal, Romaina; Lui, Weida; Lang, Xinyue; Li, Sidong; Hu, Bo; Dans, Antonio L.; Yusufali, Afzal Hussein; Bahonar, Ahmad; O’Donnell, Martin J.; McKee, Martin; Yusuf, Salim (Elsevier BV, 2022)Background Separate studies suggest that the risks from smoking might vary between high-income (HICs), middle- income (MICs), and low-income (LICs) countries, but this has not yet been systematically examined within a ... -
White rice intake and incident diabetes: a study of 132,373 participants in 21 countries
Bhavadharini, Balaji; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Mohan, Viswanathan; Dehghan, Mahshid; Rangarajan, Sumathy (American DIabetes Association, 2020)OBJECTIVE Previous prospective studies on the association of white rice intake with incident diabetes have shown contradictory results but were conducted in single countries and predominantly in Asia. We report on the ...