Anura V Kurpad

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ID5465898
NOMBREAnura V Kurpad
NOMBRESAnura V
APELLIDOKurpad
FIRMAKURPAD A V
AFILIACIONESSt.John's Medical College Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-7998-2438
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS35
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR35
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1997
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Prayas

    Open AccessAnuj Kumar Pandey, Anju Pradhan Sinha et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Purpose: The PRAYAS Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis (IPD-MA) database aims to estimate the prevalence of anemia among children under 18 years, non-pregnant and non-lactating (NPNL) women, and pregnant women (by trimester), with further stratification by age group, year, and region of India. Beyond prevalence, it seeks to address the etiological contribution of iron and other erythropoietic micronutrient deficiencies and to evaluate the effe…

  • Growth dynamics of Indian infants using latent trajectory models in pooled survey datasets

    Open AccessAswathi Saji, Jeswin Baby et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background National survey data show that age- and sex-standardized weight and length measurements decline early in Indian children. In population-level longitudinal data, early detection of growth trajectories is important for the implementation of interventions. We aimed to identify and characterize distinct growth trajectories of Indian children from birth to 12 months of age residing in urban and rural areas. Methods Pooled data from four int…

  • The role of antioxidant nutrients in mitigating PM2.5-related health risks in young Indian children

    Open AccessFranciosalgeo George, Ekta Chaudhary et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction Pollution (PM 2.5 ) exposure can result in acute respiratory illness (ARI) and anaemia in children. We aimed to investigate if antioxidant nutrient intakes could mitigate the impact of PM 2.5 on child health outcomes on a national scale in India. Methods We triangulated satellite-derived PM 2.5 exposure data at the primary sampling unit level, with ARI and anaemia prevalence data from national district-level survey, and antioxidant n…

  • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes

    Open AccessAndrea Pembe, Pratibha Dwarkanath et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have been linked with increased risk for maternal and offspring complications in high-income settings. However, in resource-limited settings, studies with robust measurement of HDP, including severity and timing, and perinatal outcomes are limited. METHODS: We analysed data from two prospective cohorts of nulliparous women in India (n=10 570 pregnancies) and Tanzania (n=10 299 pregnancies) w…

  • Low-dose calcium supplementation during pregnancy in low and middle-income countries

    Open AccessHappiness Pius Saronga, Pratibha Dwarkanath et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Calcium supplementation during pregnancy can reduce the risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth. Few countries have implemented WHO-recommended high-dose calcium supplementation (1500–2000mg/day), due to adherence and cost concerns. However, low-dose calcium supplementation (one 500mg tablet daily) has recently been shown to be similarly efficacious as high-dose supplementation. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of low-dose calcium supplementatio…

  • Impact of an integrated intervention package during preconception, pregnancy, and early childhood on inflammation, IGF-1, IGFBP3 during first 6 months of life

    Open AccessRanadip Chowdhury, Urmimala Maiti et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Early-life interventions targeting maternal and child health, nutrition, and psychosocial care may influence infant growth and immune development by modulating systemic inflammation and growth factor pathways. However, causal evidence on comprehensive, integrated interventions initiated during early life remains limited. This study was nested in a factorial randomized controlled trial involving women aged 18–30 years. Participants were randomized…

  • Optimisation tools for meeting nutrient requirements of Indian children and adults at optimal cost

    Open AccessFathima Ayoob, Jawahar R Manivannan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: To present a tool and examine the minimum cost of a healthy and diverse diet that meets the daily requirements of essential nutrients for the people of India, using interactive web-based tools. Design: Linear-programming algorithms were adapted into two web-based tools: a Food Optimisation for Population (FOP) tool and a Diet Optimisation Tool (DOT). The FOP optimises daily food choices at a population level, considering local food con…

  • The role of dairy consumption in the relationship between wealth and early life physical growth in India

    Open AccessFranciosalgeo George, L Naga Rajeev et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The analysis of triangulated survey data shows that household level per- adult female equivalent dairy consumption positively modified the association between wealth index and HAZ, suggesting that regular inclusion of milk and milk products in the diets of children from households across all wealth quintiles could improve linear growth in this population

  • Impact of nutritional and multiple micronutrients supplementation to lactating mothers 6 months postpartum on the maternal and infant micronutrient status

    Open AccessRukman Manapurath, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objectives: To assess the impact of nutritional and multiple-micronutrient supplementation to lactating mothers on the micronutrient status of mother–infant dyad at 6 months of age postnatally. Design: This study was a trial that aimed to investigate the impact of maternal nutritional supplementation on infant growth. A secondary objective was to assess the effect on the micronutrient status of mother–infant pairs. The intervention group mothers …

  • Predictors of anemia in mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh, India

    Open AccessLeila M Larson, Tinku Thomas et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: Anemia affects more than half of Indian women and children, but the contribution of its causes remains unquantified. We examined interrelationships between hemoglobin and nutritional, environmental, infectious, and genetic determinants of anemia in non-pregnant mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Design: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of households in 25 districts of UP between October and December 2016. We collected soc…

  • Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets

    Open AccessEkta Chaudhary, Sagnik Dey et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2022

  • Association between mustard oil consumption and BMI in India

    Open AccessRutuja Chhajed, Tinku Thomas et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: This study examined the association between predominant vegetable oil consumed and BMI of adult women and men in India, with emphasis on predominant consumption of mustard oil. Design: Two nationally representative data, the consumer expenditure survey of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)-68th round (2011–2012) for food consumption and National Family Health Survey-4 (2015–2016) for weight status, were analysed. Data from both surve…

  • Reply to J Sheftel et al. and N Arlappa

    Open AccessG Bhanuprakash Reddy, Raghu Pullakhandam et al.ARTICLE2021Referencias: 1

  • Antenatal Depressive Symptoms and Neurodevelopment Outcomes in Children at 30 Months. A Study From South India

    Open AccessSusan Thomas, Emelia Vigil et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    A significant number of women in south India had antenatal depressive symptoms. Findings from this study suggest a possible association between antenatal depressive symptoms and receptive language in children. Larger studies including women with clinical depression are needed to confirm these findings

  • An uncertainty estimate of the prevalence of stunting in national surveys

    Open AccessSantu Ghosh, Nirupama Shivakumar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study proposes a robust statistical method to estimate uncertainty in stunting prevalence estimates due to incongruent dispersions of height measured in national surveys for children < 5 years in relation to the WHO height-for-age standard. The uncertainty is partly due to population heterogeneity, but also due to measurement precision, and calls for better quality in these measurements

  • Intergenerational influences on childhood anaemia

    Open AccessNkechi G Onyeneho, Daniel J Corsi et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Prior research on assessing intergenerational influences on child anaemia has largely approached it from purely maternal perspective. Although there is much merit to focus on that, it is an extremely limited/reductionist view of understanding intergenerational influences. We expanded the intergenerational influences to include the fathers and overall of intergenerational household transfers. We analysed a sample of 19,619 mother-father-offspring …

  • Effect of Maternal Vitamin B12 Supplementation on Cognitive Outcomes in South Indian Children

    Open AccessSusan Thomas, Tinku Thomas et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2018

  • Socio-economic, environmental and nutritional characteristics of urban and rural South Indian women in early pregnancy

    Open AccessPratibha Dwarkanath, Anil Vasudevan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective High frequency of low birth weight (LBW) is observed in rural compared with urban Indian women. Since maternal BMI is known to be associated with pregnancy outcomes, the present study aimed to investigate factors associated with BMI in early pregnancy of urban and rural South Indian women. Design Prospective observational cohort. Setting A hospital-based study conducted at an urban and a rural health centre in Karnataka State. Subjects …

  • Nations within a nation

    Open AccessLalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not been available so far for all major diseases and risk factors. Thus, we aimed to estimate the dise…

  • Socioeconomic status and dietary patterns in children from around the world

    Open AccessTaru Manyanga, Mark S Tremblay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    This study provides evidence of diet-SES gradients across all levels of human development and that lower within-country SES is strongly related to unhealthy dietary patterns. Consistency in within-country diet-SES gradients suggest that interventions and public health strategies aimed at improving dietary patterns among children may be similarly employed globally. However, future studies should seek to replicate these findings in more representat…

  • Associations of neighborhood social environment attributes and physical activity among 9–11 year old children from 12 countries

    Open AccessSamaah Sullivan, Samaah M Sullivan et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2017Citada por: 2Referencias: 1

  • Effects of maternal vitamin B12 supplementation on early infant neurocognitive outcomes

    Open AccessKrishnamachari Srinivasan, Tinku Thomas et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development. Vitamin B12 plays a vital role in neuronal development. However, findings from studies on the association between maternal B12 status and child cognitive functions have been inconsistent. We performed a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of oral B12 supplementation (50 μg) beginning at <14 weeks of gestation through a 6-week post-partum. In the present study,…

  • We have to ask and only then do”

    Shanti Raman, Krishnamachari Srinivasan et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2016

    The limited autonomy and agency of women in developing countries is recognized as a key barrier to improving their reproductive health. Using an existing perinatal cohort in urban South India, we interviewed 36 women who had recently been through childbirth, and we carried out observations of family life and clinic encounters. Critical domains involved in women's agency and autonomy were women's participation in employment and group action and th…

  • Oxidative stress during early pregnancy and birth outcomes

    Open AccessLisha Shastri, Rajkumar S Pammal et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective Routine high-dose Fe supplementation in non-anaemic pregnant women may induce oxidative stress and eventually affect birth outcomes. The aim of the present study was to measure oxidative stress markers in pregnant women with low/normal and high Hb values in trimester 1 (Hb 1 ) and to relate these to birth weight. Design A cross-sectional study where selected oxidative stress markers were analysed in both maternal (trimester 1; T1) and c…

  • The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (Iscole)

    Open AccessP T Katzmarzyk, Tiago V Barreira et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The results of this study will provide a robust examination of the correlates of adiposity and obesity in children, focusing on both sides of the energy balance equation. The results will also provide important new information that will inform the development of lifestyle, environmental, and policy interventions to address and prevent childhood obesity that may be culturally adapted for implementation around the world. ISCOLE represents a multi-n…