Pathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations

C Ke, KMV Narayan, JCN Chan, P Jha… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Nearly half of all adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) live in India and China. These
populations have an underlying predisposition to deficient insulin secretion, which has a key …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of comorbidities and its effects in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Yang, YA Zheng, X Gou, K Pu, Z Chen, Q Guo… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in Wuhan,
China; the epidemic is more widespread than initially estimated, with cases now confirmed …

[HTML][HTML] Global Tuberculosis Report 2020–Reflections on the Global TB burden, treatment and prevention efforts

J Chakaya, M Khan, F Ntoumi, E Aklillu… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The October 2020 Global TB report reviews TB control strategies and United
Nations (UN) targets set in the political declaration at the September 2018 UN General …

Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants

FK Ho, F Petermann-Rocha, SR Gray, BD Jani… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Older people have been reported to be at higher risk of COVID-19 mortality.
This study explored the factors mediating this association and whether older age was …

Comorbidities in SARS-CoV-2 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

WH Ng, T Tipih, NA Makoah, JG Vermeulen… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread across
the globe at unprecedented speed and is showing no signs of slowing down. The outbreak …

[HTML][HTML] Global health burden of ambient PM2. 5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols

S Chowdhury, A Pozzer, A Haines… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2. 5) poses a major global health risk,
commonly assessed by assuming equivalent toxicity for different PM 2. 5 constituents. We …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of comorbidities in the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Badawi, SG Ryoo - International journal of infectious diseases, 2016 - Elsevier
Summary The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is associated
with life-threatening severe illnesses and a mortality rate of approximately 35%, particularly …

Non-communicable disease syndemics: poverty, depression, and diabetes among low-income populations

E Mendenhall, BA Kohrt, SA Norris, D Ndetei… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The co-occurrence of health burdens in transitioning populations, particularly in specific
socioeconomic and cultural contexts, calls for conceptual frameworks to improve …

Effects of age, sex, serostatus, and underlying comorbidities on humoral response post-SARS-CoV-2 Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccination: a systematic review

KI Notarte, AT Ver, JV Velasco, A Pastrana… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the advent of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic, several vaccines have been developed to mitigate its spread and prevent …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for tuberculosis: diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, and the use of other drugs

DR Silva, M Muñoz-Torrico, R Duarte… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem. Although efforts to control the
epidemic have reduced mortality and incidence, there are several predisposing factors that …