Sumathy Rangarajan

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ID	4009874
NOMBRE	Sumathy Rangarajan
NOMBRES	Sumathy
APELLIDO	Rangarajan
FIRMA	RANGARAJAN S
AFILIACIONES	Population Health Research Institute
ORCID	0000-0003-2420-5986
VERIFICADO	Sí
TOTAL DE OBRAS	23
TOTAL DE CITAS	5
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	23
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN	2009
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN	2025
ÍNDICE H	2

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
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.ARTICLECities2023Citada por: 3Referencias: 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…
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 Health2022Referencias: 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…
Relationship of parental feeding practices and diet with children's diet among South Asians in Canada
Open AccessCalum Slapnicar, Scott A Lear et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Referencias: 40
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…
Psychological Impact of Covid-19 on People with Pre-Existing Chronic Disease
Open AccessMichael Budu, Emily Rugel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in anxiety and depression levels across broad populations. While anyone can be infected by the virus, the presence of certain chronic diseases has been shown to exacerbate the severity of the infection. There is a likelihood that knowledge of this information may lead to negative psychological impacts among people with chronic illness. We hypothesized that the pandemic has resulted in increased levels …
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
Relationship between diet and acculturation among South Asian children living in Canada
Open AccessSalmi Noor, Salmi T Noor et al.ARTICLEAppetite2020Citada por: 2Referencias: 31
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
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…
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…
Prognostic value of grip strength
Open AccessDarryl P Leong, Jean-Louis Malandain et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015
Full funding sources listed at end of paper (see Acknowledgments).
The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (Pure) study
Open AccessKejia Teo, Koon Teo et al.ARTICLEAmerican Heart Journal2009