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...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Eiko Saito, Papia Sultana et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has a high proportion of households incurring catastrophic health expenditure, and very limited risk sharing mechanisms. Identifying determinants of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and catastrophic health expenditure may reveal opportunities to reduce costs and protect households...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Shamima Akter, Sarah Krull Abe et al.
OBJECTIVES: We investigated the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and associated risk factors in the Bangladeshi adult population. METHODS: The data for this study were extracted from the nationally-representative 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Socio-demog...
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...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Eiko Saito, Papia Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate self-reported illness and household strategies for coping with payments for health care in a city in Bangladesh. METHODS: A cluster-sampled probability survey of 1593 households in the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, was conducted in 2011. Multilevel logistic regression - wit...
Jae Jeong Yang, Danxia Yu, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Wanqing Wen et al.
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the time course of mortality reduction following smoking cessation in Asians who have smoking behaviours distinct from their Western counterparts. We evaluated the level of reduction in all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lung cancer mortality by years since...
George S. Downward, Perry Hystad, Saira Tasmin, Sarah Krull Abe et al.
Exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with a significant number of deaths. Much of the evidence associating air pollution with adverse effects is from North American and Europe, partially due to incomplete data in other regions limiting location specific examinations. The aim of the curren...
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...
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...
Keming Yang, Ying Zhang, Eiko Saito, Yu Chen et al.
Abstract Background: Higher educational levels have been linked to reduced risk of death in previous studies. Most of these studies, however, were conducted in the United States and Europe. Methods: We performed a pooled analysis to evaluate the association between educational levels and risk of dea...
Shaikh Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Shamima Akter, Sarah Krull Abe et al.
OBJECTIVES:: We investigated the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and associated risk factors in the Bangladeshi adult population. METHODS:: The data for this study were extracted from the nationally-representative 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Socio-dem...