Recent Publications

PURE: Does greater individual social capital improve the management of hypertension? Cross-national analysis of 61 229 individuals in 21 countries

BMJ Global Health

B Palafox, Y Goryakin, D Stuckler, M Suhrcke, D Balabanova, KF Alhabib, A Avezum, A Bahonar, X Bai, J Chifamba, AL Dans, R Diaz, R Gupta, R Iqbal, N Ismail, M Kaur, MV Keskinler, R Khatib, A Kruger, IM Kruger, F Lanas, SA Lear, W Li, J Liu, P Lopez-Jaramillo, N Peer, P Poirier, O Rahman, RK Pillai, S Rangarajan, A Rosengren, S Swaminathan, A Szuba, K Teo, Y Wang, A Wielgosz, KE Yeates, A Yusufali, S Yusuf, M McKee

December 2017

Secondary CV prevention in South America in a community setting: The PURE study

Global Heart Journal

A Avezum, GBF Oliveira, F Lanas, P Lopez-Jaramillo, R Diaz, J Miranda, P Seron, PA Camacho-Lopez, A Orlandini, A Bernabe-Ortiz, AC Mattos, S Islam, S Rangarajan, K Teo, S Yusuf

December 2017

Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

Lancet Public Health

MW Attaei, R Khatib, M McKee, S Lear, G Dagenais, EU Igumbor, KF AlHabib, M Kaur, L Kruger, K Teo, F Lanas, K Yusoff, A Oguz, R Gupta, AM Yusufali, A Bahonar, R Kutty, A Rosengren, V Mohan, A Avezum, R Yusuf, A Szuba, S Rangarajan, C Chow, S Yusuf

September 2017

Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study

Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

A Mente, M Dehghan, S Rangarajan, M McQueen, G Dagenais, A Wielgosz, S Lear, W Li, H Chen, S Yi, Y Wang, R Diaz, A Avezum, P Lopez-Jaramillo, P Seron, R Kumar, R Gupta, V Mohan, S Swaminathan, R Kutty, K Zatonska, R Iqbal, R Yusuf, N Mohammadifard, R Khatib, NM Nasir, N Ismail, A Oguz, A Rosengren, A Yusufali, E Wentzel-Viljoen, T Puoane, J Chifamba, K Teo, SS Anand, S Yusuf

August 2017

Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet

V Miller, A Mente, M Dehghan, S Rangarajan, X Zhang, S Swaminathan, G Dagenais, R Gupta, V Mohan, S Lear, SI Bangdiwala, AE Schutte, E Wentzel-Viljoen, A Avezum, Y Altuntas, K Yusoff, N Ismail, N Peer, J Chifamba, R Diaz, O Rahman, N Mohammadifard, F Lana, K Zatonska, A Wielgosz, A Yusufali, R Iqbal, P Lopez-Jaramillo, R Khatib, A Rosengren, VR Kutty, W Li, J Liu, X Liu, L Yin, K Teo, S Anand, S Yusuf

August 2017

Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet

M Dehghan, A Mente, X Zhang, S Swaminathan, W Li, V Mohan, R Iqbal, R Kumar, E Wentzel-Viljoen, A Rosengren, LI Amma, A Avezum, J Chifamba, R Diaz, R Khatib, S Lear, P Lopez-Jaramillo, X Liu, R Gupta, N Mohammadifard, N Gao, A Oguz, AS Ramli, P Seron, Y Sun, A Szuba, L Tsolekile, A Wielgosz, R Yusuf, AH Yusufali, KK Teo, S Rangarajan, G Dagenais, SI Bangdiwala, S Islam, SS Anand, S Yusuf

August 2017

PURE: Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in four Middle East countries

Journal of Hypertension

AM Yusufali, R Khatib, S Islam, KF Alhabib, A Bahonar, HM Swidan, U Khammash, MQ Alshamiri, S Rangarajan, S Yusuf

July 2017

PURE: Association of household wealth index, educational status, and social capital with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in South Asia

American Journal of Hypertension

R Gupta, M Kaur, S Islam, V Mohan, P Mony, R Kumar, VR Kutty, R Iqbal, O Rahman, M Deepa, J Antony, K Vijaykumar, K Kazmi, R Yusuf, I Mohan, RB Panwar, S Rangarajan, S Yusuf

April 2017

PURE: Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-income, middle-income and high-income countries

BMJ Open

CK Chow, DJ Corsi, AB Gilmore, A Kruger, E Igumbor, J Chifamba, W Yang, L Wei, R Iqbal, P Mony, R Gupta, K Vijayakumar, V Mohan, R Kumar, O Rahman, K Yusoff, N Ismail, K Zatonska, Y Altuntas, A Rosengren, A Bahonar, AH Yusufali, G Dagenais, S Lear, R Diaz, A Avezum, P Lopez-Jaramillo, F Lanas, S Rangarajan, K Teo, M McKee, S Yusuf

March 2017

Challenges to conducting epidemiology research in chronic conflict areas: examples from PURE- Palestine

BMC Conflict and Health

R Khatib, R Giacaman, U Khammash, S Yusuf

February 2017

Effects of bidi smoking on all-cause mortality and cardiorespiratory outcomes in men from south Asia: An observational community-based sub-study of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (PURE)

Lancet Global Health

M Duong, S Rangarajan, X Zhang, K Killian, P Mony, S Swaminathan, AV Bharathi, S Nair, K Vijayakumar, I Mohan, R Gupta, D Mohan, S Rani, V Mohan, R Iqbal, K Kazmi, O Rahman, R Yusuf, LVM Pinnaka, R Kumar, P O'Byrne, S Yusuf

February 2017

Population muscle strength predicts Olympic medal tallies: Evidence from 20 countries in the PURE prospective cohort study

PLoS One

DP Leong, M McKee, S Yusuf

January 2017

PURE: Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

B Palafox, M McKee, D Balabanova, KF AlHabib, A Avezum, A Bahonar, N Ismail, J Chifamba, CK Chow, DJ Corsi, GR Dagenais, R Diaz, R Gupta, R Iqbal, M Kaur, R Khatib, A Kruger, IM Kruger, F Lanas, P Lopez-Jaramillo, F Minfan, V Mohan, PK Mony, A Oguz, LM Palileo-Villanueva, P Perel, P Poirier, S Rangarajan, L Rensheng, A Rosengren, B Soman, D Stuckler, SV Subramanian, K Teo, LP Tsolekile, A Wielgosz, P Yaguang, K Yeates, M Yongzhen, K Yusoff, R Yusuf, A Yusufali, K Zatonska, S Yusuf

December 2016

Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries: a prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

DP Leong, KK Teo, S Rangarajan, VR Kutty, F Lanas, C Hui, X Quanyong, Q Zhenzhen, T Jinha, I Noorhassim, KF AlHabib, SJ Moss, A Rosengren, AA Akalin, O Rahman, J Chifamba, A Orlandini, R Kumar, K Yeates, R Gupta, A Yusufali, A Dans, A Avezum, P Lopez-Jaramillo, P Poirier, H Heidari, K Zatonska, R Iqbal, R Khatib, S Yusuf

December 2016

PURE: Social disparities explain differences in hypertension prevalence, detection and control in Colombia

Journal of Hypertension

PA Camacho, D Gomez-Arbelaez, DI Molina, G Sanchez, E Arcos, C Narvaez, H Garcia, M Perez, EA Hernandez, M Duran, C Cure, A Sotomayor, A Rico, TM David, DD Cohen, S Rangarajan, S Yusuf, P Lopez-Jaramillo

December 2016

BMJ Global Health

Global Heart Journal

Lancet Public Health

Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

The Lancet

The Lancet

Journal of Hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

BMJ Open

BMC Conflict and Health

Lancet Global Health

PLoS One

International Journal for Equity in Health

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Journal of Hypertension

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