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pro vyhledávání: '"Shafika Abrahams-Gessel"'
Autor:
F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Joshua A Salomon, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Ryan G Wagner, Alisha N Wade, Lisa Berkman, Nigel J Crowther, Anne R Cappola, Stephen M Tollman, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thomas A Gaziano, Jaya A George
Publikováno v:
BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 6 (2021)
Objectives We investigated concordance between haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)-defined diabetes and fasting plasma glucose (FPG)-defined diabetes in a black South African population with a high prevalence of obesity.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Rural
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c0ddebbaea554078901a89f002fbf454
Autor:
Thiago Veiga Jardim, Dariush Mozaffarian, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Stephen Sy, Yujin Lee, Junxiu Liu, Yue Huang, Colin Rehm, Parke Wilde, Renata Micha, Thomas A Gaziano
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 12, p e1002981 (2019)
BackgroundPoor diet is a leading risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in the United States, but its economic costs are unknown. We sought to estimate the cost associated with suboptimal diet in the US.Methods and findingsA validated microsim
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1264febad5844795a51d49826f62e326
Autor:
Thomas A. Gaziano, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Alisha Wade, Nigel J. Crowther, Sartaj Alam, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Ryan Wagner, Julia Rohr, Livia Montana, Kathleen Kahn, Till W. Bärnighausen, Lisa F. Berkman, Stephen Tollman
Publikováno v:
BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
Abstract Background A consequence of the widespread uptake of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is that the older South African population will experience an increase in life expectancy, increasing their risk for cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), and its r
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/76c4ab48042c4c54af6977cf5b95349e
Autor:
Andrea Beratarrechea, Shafika Abrahams‐Gessel, Vilma Irazola, Laura Gutierrez, Daniela Moyano, Thomas A. Gaziano
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 8, Iss 8 (2019)
Background Control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors is suboptimal in Argentina, despite the government's provision of free blood pressure and cholesterol‐lowering medications for people without private insurance. We assessed whether com
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/743fb87f49ce49c5ae68b2c62bbefa27
Autor:
Yujin Lee, Dariush Mozaffarian, Stephen Sy, Yue Huang, Junxiu Liu, Parke E Wilde, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thiago de Souza Veiga Jardim, Thomas A Gaziano, Renata Micha
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e1002761 (2019)
BackgroundEconomic incentives through health insurance may promote healthier behaviors. Little is known about health and economic impacts of incentivizing diet, a leading risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), through Medicare and
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c9aa78635a54440a8b6224a4a5738471
Autor:
Dariush Mozaffarian, Junxiu Liu, Stephen Sy, Yue Huang, Colin Rehm, Yujin Lee, Parke Wilde, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thiago de Souza Veiga Jardim, Tom Gaziano, Renata Micha
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 10, p e1002661 (2018)
BACKGROUND:The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides approximately US$70 billion annually to support food purchases by low-income households, supporting approximately 1 in 7 Americans. In the 2018 Farm Bill, potential SNAP revisio
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1d9fa5641d104e74ba70fad1b7296ec2
Autor:
Sayuri Inuzuka, Paulo Cesar Veiga Jardim, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Ludimila Garcia Souza, Ana Carolina Rezende, Naiana Borges Perillo, Samanta Garcia Souza, Ymara Cássia Luciana Araújo, Rogério Orlow Oliveira, Weimar Sebba Barroso, Andréa Cristina Sousa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Thiago Veiga Jardim
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 7, p e0200501 (2018)
Cohort studies assessing predictive values of self-rated health (SRH) and illiteracy on mortality in low-to-middle income countries are missing in the literature. Aiming to determine if these two variables were death predictors, an observational pros
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a8506cff365b44c09faad8508bca5223
Autor:
Naomi S. Levitt, Thandi Puoane, Catalina A. Denman, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Sam Surka, Carlos Mendoza, Masuma Khanam, Sartaj Alam, Thomas A. Gaziano
Publikováno v:
Global Health Action, Vol 8, Iss 0, Pp 1-7 (2015)
Background: We have found that community health workers (CHWs) with appropriate training are able to accurately identify people at high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the community who would benefit from the introduction of preventative managem
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f2073bb1c2f74be9b6e620594e029a41
Autor:
Sheridan Reiger, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Nigel J Crowther, Alisha Wade, F Xavier Gomez-Olive, Joshua Salomon, Stephen Tollman, Thomas A Gaziano
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0187347 (2017)
Dyslipidemia is a primary driver for chronic cardiovascular conditions and there is no comprehensive literature about its management in South Africa. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of dysli
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2289dccef525423f8c4b585df6764b63
Autor:
Assistant Professor. Thomas A Gaziano, MD, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, SM, Catalina A Denman, PhD, Carlos Mendoza Montano, PhD, Masuma Khanam, MD, Thandi Puoane, DrPH, Naomi S Levitt, MD
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 9, Pp e556-e563 (2015)
Background: Cardiovascular disease contributes substantially to the non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in low-income and middle-income countries, which also often have substantial health personnel shortages. In this observational study we investig
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a7e70210734a46f9a9dedd8adb93543b