Publications by authors named "Garima Rautela"
Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are prevalent in the community, especially among those with metabolic syndrome. Patients with fibrotic NASH are at increased risk of liver-related-events. Currently available non-invasive tests have not been utilized for screening for fibrotic NASH among the community.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of disease ranging from simple steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), through to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. We assessed the prevalence, spectrum, and determinants of NAFLD among adults in urban and rural North India.
Methods: A representative sample of adults aged 30-60 years were recruited from urban Delhi and rural Ballabhgarh during 2017-2019.
India is home to nearly 200 million undernourished people, yet little is known about the characteristics of those experiencing food insecurity, especially among urban households. The objectives of this study were: (1) to report the prevalence of food insecurity in two large, population-based representative samples in urban India, (2) to describe socio-economic correlates of food insecurity in this context, and (3) to compare the dietary intake of adults living in food insecure households to that of adults living in food secure households. Data are from 4334 households participating in an ongoing population-based cohort study of a representative sample of Delhi and Chennai, India.
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- The study investigates whether the distinct cardiometabolic profile (high glucose and triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol) associated with South Asians persists compared to other ethnic groups in the U.S.
- It uses data from South Asia and U.S. health surveys to compare the prevalence of these conditions across different ethnicities categorized by body mass index (BMI).
- Findings indicate that within the normal weight BMI range, a significant proportion of South Asians exhibit this unhealthy profile, suggesting potential health risks despite normal weight status.