Wei Zheng, Dale McLerran, Betsy Rolland, Xianglan Zhang et al.
BACKGROUND: Most studies that have evaluated the association between the body-mass index (BMI) and the risks of death from any cause and from specific causes have been conducted in populations of European origin. METHODS: We performed pooled analyses to evaluate the association between BMI and the r...
Paolo Boffetta, Dale McLerran, Yu Chen, Manami Inoue et al.
BACKGROUND: The occurrence of diabetes has greatly increased in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Asia, as has the prevalence of overweight and obesity; in European-derived populations, overweight and obesity are established causes of diabetes. The shape of the association of overwei...
Yu Chen, W. K. Copeland, Rajesh Vedanthan, Eric J. Grant et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between body mass index and mortality from overall cardiovascular disease and specific subtypes of cardiovascular disease in east and south Asians. DESIGN: Pooled analyses of 20 prospective cohorts in Asia, including data from 835,082 east Asians and 289,815 so...
Krishna Palipudi, Prakash C. Gupta, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Linda J. Andes et al.
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use has been identified as the single biggest cause of inequality in morbidity. The objective of this study is to examine the role of social determinants on current tobacco use in thirteen low-and-middle income countries. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We used nationally represe...
Rajib Roychowdhury, Soumya Prakash Das, Amber Gupta, Parul Parihar et al.
The present day's ongoing global warming and climate change adversely affect plants through imposing environmental (abiotic) stresses and disease pressure. The major abiotic factors such as drought, heat, cold, salinity, etc., hamper a plant's innate growth and development, resulting in reduced yiel...
Jae Jeong Yang, Danxia Yu, Wanqing Wen, Eiko Saito et al.
Importance: Asia is home to the largest diabetic populations in the world. However, limited studies have quantified the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Asian populations. Objectives: To evaluate the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mort...
Wei Zheng, Dale McLerran, Betsy Rolland, Zhenming Fu et al.
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for many diseases. We sought to quantify the burden of tobacco-smoking-related deaths in Asia, in parts of which men's smoking prevalence is among the world's highest. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed pooled analyses of data from 1,049,929 partici...
Sunpreet Singh, Manjeet Singh, Chander Prakash, Munish Kumar Gupta et al.
Munish Kumar Gupta, Catalin I. Pruncu, Mozammel Mia, Gurraj Singh et al.
With regard to the manufacturing of innovative hard-machining super alloys (i.e., Inconel-800), a potential alternative for improving the process is using a novel cutting fluid approach. Generally, the cutting fluids allow the maintenance of a better tool topography that can generate a superior surf...
Chander Prakash, Sunpreet Singh, Munish Kumar Gupta, Mozammel Mia et al.
Recently, magnesium (Mg) has gained attention as a potential material for orthopedics devices, owing to the combination of its biodegradability and similar mechanical characteristics to those of bones. However, the rapid decay rate of Mg alloy is one of the critical barriers amongst its widespread a...
Chander Prakash, Sunpreet Singh, Manjeet Singh, Munish Kumar Gupta et al.
Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Rama Shankar Rath, Krishna Kumar Aryal et al.
Background: The sustained anti-tobacco campaign initiated in response to the mounting evidence against tobacco smoking has driven tobacco companies and smokers to look for alternative choices, such as smokeless tobacco (SLT) products. If this strategy advances, it could undermine several gains made ...
Nikhil Tandon, Yashdeep Gupta, Deksha Kapoor, Josyula K. Lakshmi et al.
Importance: Women with recent gestational diabetes (GDM) have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Objective: To investigate whether a resource-appropriate and context-appropriate lifestyle intervention could prevent glycemic deterioration among women with recent GDM in South Asia. Design, ...
Amina Khan, Rumana Huque, Sarwat Shah, Jagdish Kaur et al.
INTRODUCTION: Almost a fifth of the world's tobacco is consumed in smokeless form. Its consumption is particularly common in South Asia, where an increasing array of smokeless tobacco (SLT) products is widely available. Mindful of the growing public health threat from SLT, a group of international a...
Keming Yang, Ying Zhang, Eiko Saito, Md. Shafiur Rahman et al.
Objective To study the association of educational level and risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer among Asian populations. Design A pooled analysis of 15 population-based cohort studies. Setting and participants 694 434 Asian individuals from 15 prospective cohorts w...