Nabil Ibtehaz, Sakib Mahmud, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Amith Khandakar et al.
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most severe causes of mortality, annually taking a heavy toll on lives worldwide. Continuous monitoring of blood pressure seems to be the most viable option, but this demands an invasive process, introducing several layers of complexities and reliability concer...
Pauline Scheelbeek, Muhammad Chowdhury, Andy Haines, Dewan S Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: Millions of coastal inhabitants in Southeast Asia have been experiencing increasing sodium concentrations in their drinking-water sources, likely partially due to climate change. High (dietary) sodium intake has convincingly been proven to increase risk of hypertension; it remains unknow...
Mahmudul Hasan, Progga Paromita Ghosh, Kazi Faizul Azim, Shamsunnahar Mukta et al.
H7N9, a novel strain of avian origin influenza was the first recorded incidence where a human was transited by a N9 type influenza virus. Effective vaccination against influenza A (H7N9) is a major concern, since it has emerged as a life threatening viral pathogen. Here, an in silico reverse vaccino...
Nurshad Ali, Shakil Mahmood, Farjana Islam, Shahnaz Rahman et al.
Experimental evidence suggests a causal role of serum uric acid (SUA) in hypertension development. Currently, there are few data available on the association between SUA and hypertension; data from Bangladeshi adults are not available yet. This study evaluated the association of SUA with hypertensio...
Mohammed Abu Sayeed, Akhtar Banu, Abdur Rahman Khan, M Zafirul Hussain
OBJECTIVE--To determine the prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and hypertension in a rural community of Bangladesh. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--A cluster sampling of 1,005 subjects > 15 years of age in the rural community of Dohar was in...
Mohammad S. Islam, Ismail Khan, John Attia, Sheikh Md Nazmul Hassan et al.
Chronic arsenic exposure and its association with hypertension in adults are inconclusive and this cross-sectional study investigated the association. The study was conducted between January and July 2009 among 1,004 participants from 1,682 eligible women and men aged ≥30 years living in rural Bangl...
Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, N. Yoshiike, M. A. Rouf, Mahfuzul Syeed et al.
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the cardiovascular risk factors in the Bangladeshi population. We examined 'classic' risk factors, including central obesity, in a rural population. METHODS: Non-biochemical variables were examined in 238 men and 272 women aged 18 years or more (mean +/- standard de...
Nurshad Ali, Shakil Mahmood, M. Manirujjaman, Rasheda Perveen et al.
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a global health issue and is currently increasing at rapid pace in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. Although, some studies on hypertension have been conducted in Bangladesh, there is a lack of scientific evidence in the adult student population that was missing...
Arshad Kafi, M.N. Uddin, M.J. Uddin, MMH Khan et al.
Objective: The present study was carried out to assess the consequence of supplementation of turmeric, ginger and their combination in the diets of broiler chickens and assessment in terms of feed intake, growth performance and economics of feeding. Materials and Methods: A total of 360 day old Cobb...
Md Nuruzzaman Khan, John Oldroyd, E. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bellal Hossain et al.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the age-standardised prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and to identify their risk factors in Bangladeshi adults. Data from 12 904 adults aged 18-95 years, available from the most recent nationally representative 2017-2018 Banglade...
Oliver Gruebner, MMH Khan, Katrin Burkart, Sven Lautenbach et al.
Reducing child mortality is a Sustainable Development Goal yet to be achieved by many low-income countries. We applied a subnational and spatial approach based on publicly available datasets and identified permanent insolvency, urbanicity, and malaria endemicity as factors associated with child mort...
Tazeen H. Jafar, Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading attributable risk for cardiovascular disease globally. There is little information on effective and sustainable public health system strategies for managing hypertension in South Asian countries. We conducted a feasibility study to gather prelimina...
MMH Khan, Khandoker Aklimunnessa, Nazmul Ahsan, M. M. M. Kabir et al.
This study compared the arsenicosis cases and frequency matched controls in Bangladesh by some selected sociodemographic characteristics, drinking water related characteristics, perceived health problems, and blood chemicals. From four arsenic contaminated villages of a district in Bangladesh, 117 c...
Araf Nishan, S. M. Taslim Uddin Raju, Md. Imran Hossain, Safin Ahmed Dipto et al.
Background and objective: Hypertension is a potentially dangerous health condition that can be detected by measuring blood pressure (BP). Blood pressure monitoring and measurement are essential for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases. Cuff-based devices, on the other hand, are uncomforta...
Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, MMH Khan, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Nirmala Kanthi Panagodage Perera et al.
AIM: Household food insecurity (HFI) is insufficient access to nutritionally safe and adequate foods to meet the dietary needs for an active and healthy life. We examined the prevalence and determinants of HFI in Bangladeshi children under five with diarrhoea. METHODS: This study included 365 childr...