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Anushka Patel

Researcher at The George Institute for Global Health

Publications -  337
Citations -  29250

Anushka Patel is an academic researcher from The George Institute for Global Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Type 2 diabetes. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 315 publications receiving 25272 citations. Previous affiliations of Anushka Patel include Northwestern University & Ministry of Health (New South Wales).

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Is a single definition of the metabolic syndrome appropriate?—A comparative study of the USA and Asia

TL;DR: As expected, abnormal waist circumference was considerably more prevalent among individuals with the metabolic syndrome in the US compared with their Asian counterparts, but substantial variation was also observed between the Asian populations.
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Increasing use of mental health services in remote areas using mobile technology: a pre-post evaluation of the SMART Mental Health project in rural India.

TL;DR: The intervention led to individuals being screened for common mental disorders by village health workers and increase in mental health service use by those referred to the primary care doctor, and stigma and mental health awareness in the broader community improved during the project.
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Associations Between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Both Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in the Asia Pacific Region

TL;DR: There is clear evidence of potential benefit for CHD of increases in HDL cholesterol and decreases in TC relative to HDL cholesterol, but no evidence of an association between either HDL cholesterol or TC/HDL cholesterol and ischaemic stroke.
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Cardiovascular disease risk factor prevalence and estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk scores in Indonesia: The SMARThealth Extend study

TL;DR: High cardiovascular risk is common among Indonesian adults aged ≥40 years, and rates of preventive treatment are low, suggesting population-based and clinical approaches to preventing CVD should be a priority in both urban and rural areas.