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National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences

Gretchen A Stevens, Gitanjali M Singh, Yuan Lu, Goodarz Danaei, John K Lin, Mariel M Finucane, Adil N Bahalim, Russell K McIntire, Hialy R Gutierrez, Melanie Cowan, Christopher J Paciorek, Farshad Farzadfar, Leanne Riley, Majid Ezzati, the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index) Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:22 (20 November 2012)

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Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence

James P Boyle, Theodore J Thompson, Edward W Gregg, Lawrence E Barker, David F Williamson Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:29 (22 October 2010)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central |  Editor’s summary

Statistics show that diabetes prevalence is set to rise in the US adult population to 33% by 2050 and so implementation of preventative measures needs to be considered.

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Decomposing Indigenous life expectancy gap by risk factors: a life table analysis

Yuejen Zhao, Jo Wright, Stephen Begg, Steven Guthridge Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:1 (29 January 2013)

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Mortality following the Haitian earthquake of 2010: a stratified cluster survey

Shannon Doocy, Megan Cherewick, Thomas Kirsch Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:5 (25 April 2013)

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Falling behind: life expectancy in US counties from 2000 to 2007 in an international context

Sandeep C Kulkarni, Alison Levin-Rector, Majid Ezzati, Christopher JL Murray Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:16 (15 June 2011)

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As the world's healthiest nations enjoy increasingly longer life spans, people living in most of the United States – especially women – are falling further behind with each decade.

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Mortality and excess risk in US adults with pre-diabetes and diabetes: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts, 1988–2006

Andrew Stokes, Neil K Mehta Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:3 (28 February 2013)

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Systematic review of general burden of disease studies using disability-adjusted life years

Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Claudia Stein, Arie H Havelaar Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:21 (1 November 2012)

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Diabetes prevalence and diagnosis in US states: analysis of health surveys

Goodarz Danaei, Ari B Friedman, Shefali Oza, Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:16 (25 September 2009)

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Prevalence of undiagnosed and total diabetes, determined from analysis of US national blood tests and state survey data, indicate that some states are under diagnosing this condition.

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Population survey sampling methods in a rural African setting: measuring mortality

Edward Fottrell, Peter Byass Population Health Metrics 2008, 6:2 (20 May 2008)

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Household food access and child malnutrition: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study

Stephanie Psaki, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shamsir Ahmed, Pascal Bessong, Munirul Islam, Sushil John, Margaret Kosek, Aldo Lima, Cebisa Nesamvuni, Prakash Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Monica McGrath, Stephanie Richard, Jessica Seidman, Laura Caulfield, Mark Miller, William Checkley, for MALED Network Investigators Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:24 (13 December 2012)

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Developing a comprehensive time series of GDP per capita for 210 countries from 1950 to 2015

Spencer L James, Paul Gubbins, Christopher JL Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:12 (30 July 2012)

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Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation

Andrew J Tatem, Susana Adamo, Nita Bharti, Clara R Burgert, Marcia Castro, Audrey Dorelien, Gunter Fink, Catherine Linard, Mendelsohn John, Livia Montana, Mark R Montgomery, Andrew Nelson, Abdisalan M Noor, Deepa Pindolia, Greg Yetman, Deborah Balk Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:8 (16 May 2012)

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Age of onset in chronic diseases: new method and application to dementia in Germany

Ralph Brinks, Sandra Landwehr, Regina Waldeyer Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:6 (2 May 2013)

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Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues

Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati, Alan D Lopez, Anthony Rodgers, Stephen Vander Hoorn Population Health Metrics 2003, 1:1 (14 April 2003)

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The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba, Alex Ezeh, Yazoumé Yé Population Health Metrics 2008, 6:1 (10 March 2008)

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Measuring infertility in populations: constructing a standard definition for use with demographic and reproductive health surveys

Maya N Mascarenhas, Hoiwan Cheung, Colin D Mathers, Gretchen A Stevens Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:17 (31 August 2012)

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Regional distribution of fatiguing illnesses in the United States: a pilot study

Cynthia Bierl, Rosane Nisenbaum, David C Hoaglin, Bonnie Randall, Ann-Britt Jones, Elizabeth R Unger, William C Reeves Population Health Metrics 2004, 2:1 (4 February 2004)

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Looking at the smoking epidemic through the lens of population pyramids: sociodemographic patterns of smoking in Italy, 1983 to 2005

Bruno Federico, Giovanni Capelli, Giuseppe Costa, Johan P Mackenbach, Anton E Kunst Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:23 (28 November 2012)

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Estimating health-adjusted life expectancy conditional on risk factors: results for smoking and obesity

Pieter HM van Baal, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, G Ardine de Wit, Hendriek C Boshuizen Population Health Metrics 2006, 4:14 (3 November 2006)

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Incidences of obesity and extreme obesity among US adults: findings from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Liping Pan, David S Freedman, Cathleen Gillespie, Sohyun Park, Bettylou Sherry Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:56 (17 October 2011)

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Further validation of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory in a US adult population sample

Jin-Mann S Lin, Dana J Brimmer, Elizabeth M Maloney, Ernestina Nyarko, Rhonda BeLue, William C Reeves Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:18 (15 December 2009)

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Impact of diabetes mellitus on life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada

Lidia Loukine, Chris Waters, Bernard CK Choi, Joellyn Ellison Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:7 (24 April 2012)

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Regional inequalities in under-5 mortality in Nigeria: a population-based analysis of individual- and community-level determinants

Diddy Antai Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:6 (9 March 2011)

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The Summary Index of Malaria Surveillance (SIMS): a stable index of malaria within India

Alan A Cohen, Neeraj Dhingra, Raju M Jotkar, Peter S Rodriguez, Vinod P Sharma, Prabhat Jha Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:1 (11 February 2010)

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Using breath carbon monoxide to validate self-reported tobacco smoking in remote Australian Indigenous communities

David J MacLaren, Katherine M Conigrave, Jan A Robertson, Rowena G Ivers, Sandra Eades, Alan R Clough Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:2 (20 February 2010)

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