Semir Yusuf

Biographic Data

ID	236193
NAME	Semir Yusuf
GIVEN NAMES	Semir
FAMILY NAME	Yusuf
SIGNATURE	YUSUF S
AFFILIATIONS	Population Health Research Institute
ORCID	0000-0003-4776-5601
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	37
TOTAL CITATIONS	16
AUTHOR COUNT	37
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	3

Association of sitting time with cardiovascular events among manual and non-manual workers
Open AccessLei Lan, Xinyue Lang et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Longer daily sitting time was associated with an increased risk of major CVD in both manual and non-manual occupational groups, and the risk was especially high among non-manual workers. Our findings highlight the importance of including measures to reduce sedentary behaviour within a comprehensive strategy to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in China
Counting the dead in Gaza
Open AccessRana Khatib, Rasha Khatib et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024
Comparing estimates of household expenditures between pictorial diaries and surveys in three low- and middle-income countries
Open AccessAdrianna Murphy, Benjamin Palafox et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), household out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending constitutes a major source of healthcare financing. Household surveys are commonly used to monitor OOP health spending, but are prone to recall bias and unable to capture seasonal variation, and may underestimate expenditure–particularly among households with long-term chronic health conditions. Household expenditure diaries have been developed as an a…
Associations of dietary copper intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality
Open AccessXiaocong Li, Mahshid Dehghan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023
Our findings demonstrated that excessive dietary copper intake was associated with higher risks of death and cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults. Further studies in populations with different dietary characteristics are needed to obtain dose-response relationships and to refine global dietary recommendations
Perceived built environment characteristics associated with walking and cycling across 355 communities in 21 countries
Open AccessKwadwo A Boakye, Kwadwo Boakye et al.ARTICLECities2023Cited by: 3References: 36
Differences and agreement between two portable hand-held spirometers across diverse community-based populations in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (Pure) study
Open AccessMyLinh Duong, Sumathy Rangarajan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022
Introduction Portable spirometers are commonly used in longitudinal epidemiological studies to measure and track the forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV 1 ) and forced vital capacity (FVC). During the course of the study, it may be necessary to replace spirometers with a different model. This raise questions regarding the comparability of measurements from different devices. We examined the correlation, mean differences and agreement be…
Unraveling the Protective Effects of Cognitive Reserve on Cognition and Brain
Open AccessDorota Szczęśniak, Marta Lenart‐Bugla et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that brain maintenance expressed in white matter hyperintensities and brain reserves, defined as gray and white matter volumes, mediate the association between cognitive reserve (CR) and cognitive performance. A cross-sectional population-based observational study was conducted, and the final study sample consisted of 763 participants (282 men and 481 women) with a mean age of 61.11 years (±9.0). Dat…
Developing indicators of age-friendly neighbourhood environments for urban and rural communities across 20 low-, middle-, and high-income countries
Open AccessEmily Rugel, Emily J Rugel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
This study indicates the extent to which environmental supports for healthy ageing may be less readily available to older adults residing in rural areas and LMIC and augments calls to tailor WHO's existing indicators to a broader range of communities in order to achieve a critical aspect of distributional equity in an ageing world
Neighborhood Greenspace and Socioeconomic Risk are Associated with Diabetes Risk at the Sub-neighborhood Scale
Open AccessBlake Byron Walker, Sebastian T Brinkmann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2022References: 1
Greenspace and socioeconomic status are known correlates of diabetes prevalence, but their combined effects at the sub-neighborhood scale are not yet known. This study derives, maps, and validates a combined socioeconomic/greenspace index of individual-level diabetes risk at the sub-neighborhood scale, without the need for clinical measurements. In two Canadian cities (Vancouver and Hamilton), we computed 4 greenspace variables from satellite ima…
Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents
Open AccessRyo Naito, Darryl P Leong et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. DESIGN: Population-based prospective observational study. SETTING: Urban and rural communities in 20 high income, middle income and low income. PARTICIPANTS: 119 894 community-dwelling middle-aged adults. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Associations…
Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (Pure)
Open AccessSemir Yusuf, Salim Yusuf et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020
Availability and affordability of medicines and cardiovascular outcomes in 21 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries
Open AccessClara K Chow, Tu Ngoc Nguyen et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to examine the relationship between access to medicine for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) among people at high risk of CVD in high-income countries (HICs), upper and lower middle-income countries (UMICs, LMICs) and low-income countries (LICs) participating in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. METHODS: We defined high CVD risk as the presence of any of the foll…
The household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in 18 countries
Open AccessAdrianna Murphy, Benjamin Palafox et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally. In 2014, the United Nations committed to reducing premature mortality from NCDs, including by reducing the burden of healthcare costs. Since 2014, the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study has been collecting health expenditure data from households with NCDs in 18 countries. Methods: Using data from the PURE Study, we estimated risk of catastroph…
Demographic, behavioral, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Saudi population
Open AccessKhalid F Alhabib, Mohammed A Batais et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
These results of the PURE-Saudi study revealed a high prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle and CVD risk factors in the adult Saudi population, with higher rates in rural vs urban areas. National public awareness programs and multi-faceted healthcare policy changes are urgently needed to reduce the future burden of CVD risk and mortality
Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries
Open AccessAnnika Rosengren, Andrew Smyth et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Global Health2019
Background Socioeconomic status is associated with differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and outcomes, including mortality. However, it is unclear whether the associations between cardiovascular disease and common measures of socioeconomic status—wealth and education—differ among high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries, and, if so, why these differences exist. We explored the association between education a…
Household, community, sub-national and country-level predictors of primary cooking fuel switching in nine countries from the Pure study
Open AccessMatthew Shupler, Perry Hystad et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019
The importance of community and sub-national factors relative to household characteristics in determining polluting-to-clean fuel switching varied dramatically across the nine countries examined. This highlights the potential importance of national and other contextual factors in shaping large-scale clean cooking transitions among rural communities in low- and middle-income countries
Implementation of 100% smoke-free law in Uganda
Open AccessLindsay Robertson, Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
This study suggests that the process of smoke-free law implementation in Uganda has not aligned with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for implementing smoke-free laws, and highlights that low-income countries may need additional support to enable them to effectively plan for policy implementation and resist industry interference
The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries
Open AccessScott A Lear, Weihong Hu et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017
Global and Regional Effects of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors Associated With Acute Stroke in 32 Countries (Interstroke)
Open AccessMartin O’donnell, Martin J O'Donnell et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016
Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels
Open AccessVictoria Miller, Semir Yusuf et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Global Health2016
BACKGROUND: Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low worldwide. We aimed to determine the extent to which such low intake is related to availability and affordability. METHODS: We assessed fruit and vegetable consumption using data from country-specific, validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires in the Prospe…
Challenges to conducting epidemiology research in chronic conflict areas
Open AccessRana Khatib, Rita Giacaman et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2016
Little has been written on the challenges of conducting research in regions or countries with chronic conflict and strife. In this paper we share our experiences in conducting a population based study of chronic diseases in the occupied Palestinian territory and describe the challenges faced, some of which were unique to a conflict zone area, while others were common to low- and middle- income countries. After a short description of the situation…
Wealth and cardiovascular health
Open AccessBenjamin Palafox, Martin Mckee et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2016
Inequality in hypertension management outcomes decreased as countries became richer, but the considerable variation in patterns of wealth-related inequality - even among countries at similar levels of economic development - underscores the importance of health systems in improving hypertension management for all. These findings show that some, but not all, countries, including those with limited resources, have been able to achieve more equitable…
Nutrition labelling, marketing techniques, nutrition claims and health claims on chip and biscuit packages from sixteen countries
Open AccessAlexandra Mayhew, Alexandra J Mayhew et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016
Objective Food packages were objectively assessed to explore differences in nutrition labelling, selected promotional marketing techniques and health and nutrition claims between countries, in comparison to national regulations. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Chip and sweet biscuit packages were collected from sixteen countries at different levels of economic development in the EPOCH (Environmental Profile of a Community’s Health) study between …
The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice
Open AccessMartin J Prince, Martin Prince et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015
Sleep duration, snoring habits and risk of acute myocardial infarction in China population
Open AccessDongfang Xie, Wei Li et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Snoring frequency, including as much as everyday and 3-5 times per week, was positively associated with AMI risk and less sleep duration was associated with risk of AMI. Less sleep time could increase AMI risk in China population