Publications by authors named "Shankar Kannan"
The burden of cardiovascular disease in Asia from 2025 to 2050: a forecast analysis for East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and high-income Asia Pacific regions.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- A study forecasts a 91.2% increase in crude cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in Asia from 2025 to 2050, despite a 23.0% decrease in the age-standardized mortality rate.
- Ischaemic heart disease and stroke will remain the top causes of mortality, with Central Asia experiencing the highest mortality rates while high systolic blood pressure is identified as the leading risk factor across most of Asia.
- The research highlights the need for targeted health interventions due to the significant variations in CVD burden across different regions in Asia.
Background: The double burden of malnutrition, described as the coexistence of malnutrition and obesity, is a growing global health issue. This study examines the combined effects of obesity and malnutrition on patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: Patients presenting with AMI to a percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospital in Singapore between January 2014 and March 2021 were retrospectively studied.
Article Synopsis
- Malnutrition and obesity are interconnected issues that affect global health, and trends in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and deaths related to both were analyzed using data from 204 countries from 2000 to 2019, with projections up to 2030.
- In 2019, malnutrition-related DALYs were higher in Africa and low SDI countries, while obesity-related DALYs increased annually, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean and middle SDI regions.
- The study predicts that while malnutrition-related DALYs may decrease, the burden of obesity will continue to rise significantly in the coming years, indicating a growing health crisis.
Objective: With rising prevalence of hypertension and obesity, the effect of hypertension in obesity remains an important global issue. The prognosis of the US general population with obesity based on hypertension control was examined.
Methods: This study examined participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2018.
Background: A significant proportion of premature deaths globally are related to metabolic diseases in young adults. We examined the global trends and mortality of metabolic diseases in individuals aged below 40 years using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.
Methods: From 2000 to 2019, global estimates of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were described for metabolic diseases (type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM], hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD]).