Publications by authors named "J Chifamba"
Background: The built environment can influence human health, but the available evidence is modest and almost entirely from urban communities in high-income countries. Here we aimed to analyse built environment characteristics and their associations with obesity in urban and rural communities in 21 countries at different development levels participating in the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study.
Methods: Photographs were acquired with a standardised approach.
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- The study aims to investigate the prevalence of activity limitations and the use of assistive devices across 25 countries with varying economic statuses, focusing on how these limitations correlate with negative health outcomes.
- Researchers analyzed data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, which involved over 175,000 participants aged 35-70, looking specifically at self-reported difficulties in daily functions, as well as demographic factors.
- The findings highlight a gap in understanding the relationship between activity limitations and mortality or clinical events, revealing the need for more comprehensive studies on how such limitations impact health across different populations.
The May Measurement Month 2021 campaign in Zimbabwe was aimed at assessing the frequency of hypertension and improving awareness among the population of the sequelae of elevated blood pressure (BP). Participants aged 18 years and above were recruited at outdoor booths to fill out a questionnaire and provide three BP measurements with 1-min intervals. Of the 2094 participants, over one-third (37.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The association between the glycaemic index and the glycaemic load with type 2 diabetes incidence is controversial. We aimed to evaluate this association in an international cohort with diverse glycaemic index and glycaemic load diets.
Methods: The PURE study is a prospective cohort study of 127 594 adults aged 35-70 years from 20 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries.
Aims: To develop a healthy diet score that is associated with health outcomes and is globally applicable using data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study and replicate it in five independent studies on a total of 245 000 people from 80 countries.
Methods And Results: A healthy diet score was developed in 147 642 people from the general population, from 21 countries in the PURE study, and the consistency of the associations of the score with events was examined in five large independent studies from 70 countries. The healthy diet score was developed based on six foods each of which has been associated with a significantly lower risk of mortality [i.