Abul Hasnat Milton, Md Mijanur Rahman, Sumaira Hussain, Charulata Jindal et al.
The Rohingya people are one of the most ill-treated and persecuted refugee groups in the world, having lived in a realm of statelessness for over six generations, and who are still doing so. In recent years, more than 500,000 Rohingyas fled from Myanmar (Burma) to neighboring countries. This article...
Akhtar Hussain, Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, S Ali et al.
AIMS: To describe differences in prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus with its associated risk factors between rural and urban populations in Bangladesh. Diagnostic criteria [fasting blood glucose (FBG) and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT)] were compared and reviewed for both populations. METHO...
Bishwajit Bhowmik, Tasnima Siddiquee, Anindita Mujumder, Faria Afsana et al.
Dyslipidemia is commonly associated with diabetes (T2DM). This has been demonstrated for the Caucasian population, but few data are available for Asian Indians. The paper aims to investigate serum lipids (separately or in combination) and their association with glucose intolerance status (T2DM and p...
Abul Hasnat Milton, Sumaira Hussain, Shahnaz Akter, Md Mijanur Rahman et al.
Exposure to arsenic has a number of known detrimental health effects but impact on pregnancy outcomes is not as widely recognized. This narrative review examines existing epidemiological evidence investigating the association between arsenic exposure via drinking water and adverse pregnancy outcomes...
Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Akhtar Hussain, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, Mohammed Abu Sayeed et al.
The aim of the study was to determine the temporal changes in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors in a rural population of Bangladesh. A total of 4757 subjects age >/=20 years both male and female were enrolled randomly in a cross-sectional study in 1999. The s...
Fakir Md Yunus, Safayet Khan, Priyanka Chowdhury, Abul Hasnat Milton et al.
Arsenic contamination in drinking water has a detrimental impact on human health which profoundly impairs the quality of life. Despite recognition of the adverse health implications of arsenic toxicity, there have been few studies to date to suggest measures that could be taken to overcome arsenic c...
Anthony M. Shelton, M. J. Hossain, Vijay Paranjape, Abul Azad et al.
The purpose of this article is to provide information on the history, accomplishments, and future direction of the Bt brinjal (eggplant) program in Bangladesh, formerly under the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, now the South Asia Eggplant Improvement Partnership (SAEIP). The India-bas...
Md. Zobaidul Hossen, Md. Eleus Hussain, Al Hakim, Kamrul Islam et al.
of NSB-G after 96 h of cultivation at 37 °C and pH 8.0 under static condition. Decolorization of NSB-G by the bacterial isolates was investigated using UV-VIS spectrophotometry and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. The UV-visible absorbance spectra and the FTIR spectrum of the...
Akhtar Hussain, Stein Vaaler, Mohammed Abu Sayeed, Hajera Mahtab et al.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a fast expanding global health problem but more so in the developing countries. Therefore, it is of particular interest to study the epidemiological transition of the state and to identify the risk factors in order to recognize the extent of the problem. METHODS: A random sam...
Mohammed Abu Sayeed, M Zafirul Hussain, Akhter Banu, M.A.K. Rumi et al.
To determine the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, 6847 subjects of age 15 years or older, were investigated in a suburban population in Bangladesh. Fasting and post-prandial (capillary) blood glucose (2-hPG) was estimated. According to WHO criteria the crude prevalence of impaired glucose to...
Mohammad Safiqul Islam, Maizbha Uddin Ahmed, Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed, Abdullah Al Maruf et al.
Background CYP1A1, CYP2A6 and CHRNA5 are biologically plausible genes as risk factors for lung cancer but no studies have been reported in the Bangladeshi population. Methods We conducted this study to determine the prevalence and role of CYP1A1, CYP2A6 and CHRNA5 polymorphisms together with tobacco...
Siraj Ud Daula Shamim, Tashrifa Hussain, Md. Rakib Hossian, Md. Kamal Hossain et al.
Recent photoelectron spectroscopy and computational studies have shown that boron ring-centered transition metal-doped inverse sandwich complexes prefer planar or quasi-planar structures which could be a potential building blocks for designing better nanosystems with tailored properties. Due to prom...
Bishwajit Bhowmik, Tasnima Siddique, Anindita Majumder, Ibrahimu Mdala et al.
BACKGROUND: To assess the maternal characteristics and nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) at 6-14 weeks of gestation and to examine the relationship between maternal nutritional status in early pregnancy and its impact on neonatal birth weight. METHODS: The investigation was condu...
Bishwajit Bhowmik, Sanjida Binte Munir, Israt Ara Hossain, Tasnima Siddiquee et al.
BACKGROUND: To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and impaired glucose regulation (impaired fasting glucose [IFG] and impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]) in an urbanizing rural population of Bangladesh and associated cardiometabolic risk indicators and depression. METHODS: A total of 2...
Jessica A. Grembi, Audrie Lin, Md Abdul Karim, Md Ohedul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the impact of low-cost water, sanitation, handwashing (WSH) and child nutrition interventions on enteropathogen carriage in the WASH Benefits cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: We analyzed 1411 routine fecal samples from children 14±2 months ol...