Nazmus Saquib, Juliann Saquib, Tahmeed Ahmed, Masuma Akter Khanam et al.
BACKGROUND: Belief is that chronic disease prevalence is rising in Bangladesh since death from them has increased. We reviewed published cardiovascular (CVD) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) studies between 1995 and 2010 and conducted a meta-analysis of disease prevalence. METHODS: A systematic s...
Haribondhu Sarma, Nazmus Saquib, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Juliann Saquib et al.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing in Bangladesh. It is higher among Bangladeshi women than among men. This study was conducted to assess a host of demographic and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity, separately for the urban and rural women of Banglade...
Shuchi Anand, Masuma Akter Khanam, Juliann Saquib, Nazmus Saquib et al.
BACKGROUND: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) will rise in parallel with the growing prevalence of type two diabetes mellitus in South Asia but is understudied. Using a cross-sectional survey of adults living in a middle-income neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we tested the hypothesis tha...
Nazmus Saquib, Masuma Akter Khanam, Juliann Saquib, Shuchi Anand et al.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of type-2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are increasing in the developing world; we assessed their prevalence among the urban middle class in Bangladesh. METHODS: In this cross-sectional survey (n = 402), we randomly selected consenting adults (≥ 30 years) from a middle-i...
Juliann Saquib, Nazmus Saquib, Marcia L. Stefanick
BACKGROUND: The sustained economic growth in Bangladesh during the previous decade has created a substantial middle-class population, who have adequate income to spend on food, clothing, and lifestyle management. Along with the improvements in living standards, has also come negative impact on healt...
Anwar Umar, Juliann Saquib, Amal Haikal, Omar Al Komi et al.
BACKGROUND: Migrant workers make up a third of the population of Saudi Arabia, approximately 13 million. Mental health disorders among this population are common, but very limited data exist currently. AIMS: To assess the prevalence of moderate to severe symptoms of depression and stress among a sam...
Nazmus Saquib, Anas Naser Al Sarraj, Baraa Tarek Ziad Oubaied, Ahmad Mamoun Rajab et al.
Down syndrome (DS) is a common genetic disorder among Saudi children, for which limited data is available on growth for those who undergo surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). We assessed the magnitude of growth over time following surgery and the factors associated with growth change. Eighty-...
Haribondhu Sarma, Nazmus Saquib, Md Hasan, Juliann Saquib et al.
Table S4: Estimates of parameters of the multiple linear regression model for assessing the effects predictor variables on BMI. Table S5: Frequency and percentage distribution of overweight and obesity status among women and other selected variables (BMI cutoff 23). Table S6: Odds ratio of logistic ...
Haribondhu Sarma, Nazmus Saquib, Md Hasan, Juliann Saquib et al.
Table S4: Estimates of parameters of the multiple linear regression model for assessing the effects predictor variables on BMI. Table S5: Frequency and percentage distribution of overweight and obesity status among women and other selected variables (BMI cutoff 23). Table S6: Odds ratio of logistic ...
Juliann Saquib, Nazmus Saquib, Shuchi Anand, Masuma Khanam et al.
Background: Bangladeshi adults are at risk for obesity as a result of increased nutritional intake, spurred by high economic growth in the past decades. Available data pertain to rural and urban-po...