Examinando por Autor "Yusufali, Afzal Hussein"

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    Glycemic index, glycemic load, and cardiovascular disease and mortality
    (The New England Journal of Medicine, 2021-04-08) Jenkins, David; Dehghan, Mahshid; Mente, Andrew; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Srichaikul, Kristie; Mohan, Viswanathan; Avezum, Alvaro; Díaz, Rafael; Rosengren, Annika; Lanas, Fernando; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Li, Wei; Oguz, Aytekin; Khatib, Rasha; Poirier, Paul; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Pepe, Andrea; Alhabib, Khalid F.; Chifamba, Jephat; Yusufali, Afzal Hussein; Iqbal, Romaina; Yeates, Karen; Yusoff, Khalid; Ismail, Noorhassim; Teo, Koon; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Liu, Xiaoyun; Zatońska, Katarzyna; Yusuf, Rita; Yusuf, Salim; The PURE Study Investigators; Masira
    BACKGROUND Most data regarding the association between the glycemic index and cardiovascular disease come from high-income Western populations, with little information from non-Western countries with low or middle incomes. To fill this gap, data are needed from a large, geographically diverse population. METHODS This analysis includes 137,851 participants between the ages of 35 and 70 years living on five continents, with a median follow-up of 9.5 years. We used countryspecific food-frequency questionnaires to determine dietary intake and estimated the glycemic index and glycemic load on the basis of the consumption of seven categories of carbohydrate foods. We calculated hazard ratios using multivariable Cox frailty models. The primary outcome was a composite of a major cardiovascular event (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure) or death from any cause. RESULTS In the study population, 8780 deaths and 8252 major cardiovascular events occurred during the follow-up period. After performing extensive adjustments comparing the lowest and highest glycemic-index quintiles, we found that a diet with a high glycemic index was associated with an increased risk of a major cardiovascular event or death, both among participants with preexisting cardiovascular disease (hazard ratio, 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.25 to 1.82) and among those without such disease (hazard ratio, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.11 to 1.34). Among the components of the primary outcome, a high glycemic index was also associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes. The results with respect to glycemic load were similar to the findings regarding the glycemic index among the participants with cardiovascular disease at baseline, but the association was not significant among those without preexisting cardiovascular disease. CONCLUSIONS In this study, a diet with a high glycemic index was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. (Funded by the Population Health Research Institute and others.)
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    Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of data from 179 000 participants from 63 countries
    (2022-02-05) Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu; Teo, Koon K.; Britz-McKibbin, Philip; Gill, Biban; Islam, Shofiqul; Paré, Guillaume; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Duong, MyLinh; Lanas, Fernando; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Mony, Prem K.; Pinnaka, Lakshmi; Kutty, Vellappillil Raman; Orlandini, Andres; Avezum, Alvaro; Wielgosz, Andreas; Poirier, Paul; Alhabib, Khalid F.; Temizhan, Ahmet; Chifamba, Jephat; Yeates, Karen; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Khatib, Rasha; Yusuf, Rita; Rosengren, Annika; Zatonska, Katarzyna; Iqbal, Romaina; Lui, Weida; Lang, Xinyue; Li, Sidong; Hu, Bo; Dans, Antonio L.; Yusufali, Afzal Hussein; Bahonar, Ahmad; O’Donnell, Martin J.; McKee, Martin; Yusuf, Salim; Masira
    Background Separate studies suggest that the risks from smoking might vary between high-income (HICs), middle-income (MICs), and low-income (LICs) countries, but this has not yet been systematically examined within a single study using standardised approaches. We examined the variations in risks from smoking across different country income groups and some of their potential reasons. Methods We analysed data from 134 909 participants from 21 countries followed up for a median of 11·3 years in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) cohort study; 9711 participants with myocardial infarction and 11 362 controls from 52 countries in the INTERHEART case-control study; and 11 580 participants with stroke and 11 331 controls from 32 countries in the INTERSTROKE case-control study. In PURE, all-cause mortality, major cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory diseases, and their composite were the primary outcomes for this analysis. Biochemical verification of urinary total nicotine equivalent was done in a substudy of 1000 participants in PURE. Findings In PURE, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for the composite outcome in current smokers (vs never smokers) was higher in HICs (HR 1·87, 95% CI 1·65–2·12) than in MICs (1·41, 1·34–1·49) and LICs (1·35, 1·25–1·46; interaction p<0·0001). Similar patterns were observed for each component of the composite outcome in PURE, myocardial infarction in INTERHEART, and stroke in INTERSTROKE. The median levels of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide displayed on the cigarette packs from PURE HICs were higher than those on the packs from MICs. In PURE, the proportion of never smokers reporting high second-hand smoke exposure (≥1 times/day) was 6·3% in HICs, 23·2% in MICs, and 14·0% in LICs. The adjusted geometric mean total nicotine equivalent was higher among current smokers in HICs (47·2 μM) than in MICs (31·1 μM) and LICs (25·2 μM; ANCOVA p<0·0001). By contrast, it was higher among never smokers in LICs (18·8 μM) and MICs (11·3 μM) than in HICs (5·0 μM; ANCOVA p=0·0001). Interpretation The variations in risks from smoking between country income groups are probably related to the higher exposure of tobacco-derived toxicants among smokers in HICs and higher rates of high second-hand smoke exposure among never smokers in MICs and LICs.