Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Forouzanfar, Mohammad H."
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Global burden of hypertension and systolic blood pressure of at least 110 to 115mmHg, 1990-2015
Forouzanfar, Mohammad H.; Schutte, Aletta E.; Liu, Patrick; Roth, Gregory A.; Ng, Marie (AMA, 2017)IMPORTANCE Elevated systolic blood (SBP) pressure is a leading global health risk. Quantifying the levels of SBP is important to guide prevention policies and interventions. OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between ... -
Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years
Afshin, Ashkan; Schutte, Aletta E.; Forouzanfar, Mohammad H.; Reitsma, Marissa B.; Sur, Patrick (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2017)BACKGROUND Although the rising pandemic of obesity has received major attention in many countries, the effects of this attention on trends and the disease burden of obesity remain uncertain. METHODS We analyzed data ...