Publications by authors named "Punithavathi Narayanan"
Aim: Treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a huge burden to the healthcare system. To address the problem, the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia embarked on a programme to screen for proteinuria and educate the public on CKD.
Methods: The public was invited for health screening and the data collected over a 21 month period was analyzed.
Aim: The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of oral paricalcitol with oral calcitriol for treating secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Methods: We conducted the first multicenter open-labelled parallel group randomized controlled trial in 66 patients on dialysis. Patients were randomized to paricalcitol or calcitriol at a 3:1 dose ratio and adjusted to maintain intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) level between 150-300 pg/mL, serum calcium ≤2.
Objectives: This community based incidence study aims to report the stroke incidence in the south-west region of the Penang Island.
Methods: All strokes occurring in the population of residents in the southwest region of the Penang Island, Malaysia during a period of 12 months, from April 2010 to March 2011 were screened and assessed. Standard definitions for stroke were used.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and the most common combination of cardiometabolic disorders among different ethnic groups of obese adolescents in Malaysia.
Research Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study among 335 obese adolescent boys and girls aged 12-18 years from 10 randomly selected schools was conducted. After recording blood pressure and waist circumference (WC), a fasting blood sample was obtained and analyzed for glucose and lipids.