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Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains a leading risk for early death ...
Global burden of hypertension and systolic blood pressure of at least 110 to 115mmHg, 1990-2015
(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 ...
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, ...
Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years
(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 ...
Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of “leaving no
one behind”. Understanding today’s gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers ...
Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio: it may be SMART, but is it easy?
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2017)
Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies
(Oxford Univ Press, 2017)
Background
The 2016 Dar Es Salaam Call to Action on Diabetes and Other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) advocates national multi-sectoral NCD strategies and action plans based on available data and information from countries ...
Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background The association between intake of fruits, vegetables, and legumes with cardiovascular disease and deaths
has been investigated extensively in Europe, the USA, Japan, and China, but little or no data are available ...
Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality
rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (ie, amenable ...
Early vascular aging in the HIV infected: is arterial stiffness assessment the ideal tool?
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)