2022
Hemodynamic differences between women and men with elevated blood pressure in China: A non-invasive assessment of 45,082 adults using impedance cardiography
Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Gu J, Lu Y, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, Zhang M, Sun N, Ren Y, Zheng X, Zhao H, Lu H, J. Z, Krumholz HM. Hemodynamic differences between women and men with elevated blood pressure in China: A non-invasive assessment of 45,082 adults using impedance cardiography. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269777. PMID: 35700163, PMCID: PMC9197037, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElevated blood pressureSystemic vascular resistance indexVascular resistance indexBlood pressureCardiac indexResistance indexHigh systemic vascular resistance indexLower systemic vascular resistance indexHigher mean systolic blood pressureMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureImpedance cardiographyLow cardiac indexHigher cardiac indexDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBody mass indexYear old womanPersonalization of treatmentSame age groupNon-invasive assessmentSex differencesHemodynamic profileMass indexHemodynamic differences
2017
Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies
Kengne A, Bentham J, Zhou B, Peer N, Matsha T, Bixby H, Di Cesare M, Hajifathalian K, Lu Y, Taddei C, Bovet P, Kyobutungi C, Agyemang C, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Assah F, Barkat A, Romdhane H, Chan Q, Chaturvedi N, Damasceno A, Delisle H, Delpeuch F, Doua K, Egbagbe E, Ati J, Elliott P, Engle-Stone R, Erasmus R, Fouad H, Gareta D, Gureje O, Hendriks M, Houti L, Ibrahim M, Kemper H, Killewo J, Kowlessur S, Kruger H, Laamiri F, Laid Y, Levitt N, Lunet N, Magliano D, Maire B, Martin-Prevel Y, Mediene-Benchekor S, Mohamed M, Mondo C, Monyeki K, Mostafa A, Nankap M, Owusu-Dabo E, de Wit T, Saidi O, Schultsz C, Schutte A, Senbanjo I, Shaw J, Smeeth L, Sobngwi E, Jérome C, Stronks K, Tanser F, Tchibindat F, Traissac P, Tshepo L, Tullu F, Ukoli F, Viswanathan B, Wade A, Danaei G, Stevens G, Riley L, Ezzati M, Mbanya J. Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 46: 1421-1432. PMID: 28582528, PMCID: PMC5837192, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean body mass indexBody mass indexAge-standardized mean body mass indexPopulation-based studyNon-communicable diseasesWorldwide population-based studyAge-standardized prevalenceBurden of diabetesDiabetes prevalence estimatesPopulation-based surveyDiabetes statusDiabetes prevalenceMass indexControl diabetesDiabetes estimatesDiabetesPrevalence estimatesPrevalenceObesityPositive associationWomenSaharan AfricaSexMenHigher number
2015
Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease
Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Rimm EB, Ezzati M, Danaei G. Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease. Epidemiology 2015, 26: 153-162. PMID: 25643095, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCoronary heart diseaseExcess relative riskHigh-sensitive C-reactive proteinHigher body mass indexC-reactive proteinBlood pressureRelative riskMass indexBlood glucoseHeart diseaseRisk factorsMetabolic risk factorsProspective cohort studyPrevalence of overweightMajor risk factorRandom-effects modelProthrombotic biomarkersCHD eventsCohort studyInflammatory biomarkersObese participantsMetabolic mediatorsMetabolic factorsMultiplicative scale