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Jephat Chifamba
Researcher at College of Health Sciences, Bahrain
Publications - 91
Citations - 12840
Jephat Chifamba is an academic researcher from College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 76 publications receiving 8989 citations. Previous affiliations of Jephat Chifamba include University of Zimbabwe.
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Rural and Urban Communities in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries
Clara K Chow,Clara K Chow,Koon K. Teo,Sumathy Rangarajan,Shofiqul Islam,Rajeev Gupta,Alvaro Avezum,Ahmad Bahonar,Jephat Chifamba,Gilles R. Dagenais,Rafael Diaz,Khawar Kazmi,Fernando Lanas,Li Wei,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Lu Fanghong,Noor Hassim Ismail,Thandi Puoane,Annika Rosengren,Andrzej Szuba,Ahmet Temizhan,Andy Wielgosz,Rita Yusuf,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Martin McKee,Lisheng Liu,Prem Mony,Salim Yusuf +27 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest substantial room for improvement in hypertension diagnosis and treatment and suggest low education was associated with lower rates of awareness, treatment, and control in LICs, but not in other countries.
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Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
Darryl P. Leong,Darryl P. Leong,Koon K. Teo,Koon K. Teo,Sumathy Rangarajan,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Alvaro Avezum,Andres Orlandini,Pamela Seron,SH Ahmed,Annika Rosengren,Roya Kelishadi,Omar Rahman,Sumathi Swaminathan,Romaina Iqbal,Rajeev Gupta,Scott A. Lear,Aytekin Oguz,Khalid Yusoff,Khalid Yusoff,Katarzyna Zatońska,Jephat Chifamba,Ehimario U. Igumbor,Viswanathan Mohan,Ranjit Mohan Anjana,Hongqiu Gu,Wei Li,Salim Yusuf,Salim Yusuf +28 more
TL;DR: This study suggests that measurement of grip strength is a simple, inexpensive risk-stratifying method for all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and cardiovascular disease.
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Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Mahshid Dehghan,Andrew Mente,Andrew Mente,Xiaohe Zhang,Sumathi Swaminathan,Wei Li,Viswanathan Mohan,Romaina Iqbal,Rajesh Kumar,Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen,Annika Rosengren,Leela Itty Amma,Alvaro Avezum,Jephat Chifamba,Rafael Diaz,Rasha Khatib,Scott A. Lear,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Xiaoyun Liu,Rajeev Gupta,Noushin Mohammadifard,Nan Gao,Aytekin Oguz,Anis Safura Ramli,Pamela Seron,Yi Sun,Andrzej Szuba,Lungiswa Tsolekile,Andreas Wielgosz,Rita Yusuf,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Koon K. Teo,Sumathy Rangarajan,Gilles R. Dagenais,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Shofiqul Islam,Sonia S. Anand,Salim Yusuf,Rafael Diaz,Andres Orlandini,B Linetsky,S Toscanelli,G Casaccia,JM Maini Cuneo,Omar Rahman,R Yusuf,AK Azad,KA Rabbani,HM Cherry,Adnan Mannan,I Hassan,AT Talukdar,RB Tooheen,MU Khan,Mariz Sintaha,Tarzia Choudhury,Rashidul Haque,S Parvin,A Avezum,GB Oliveira,CS Marcilio,A.C. Mattos,K Teo,Salim Yusuf,Jane DeJesus,D Agapay,T Tongana,R Solano,I Kay,S Trottier,J Rimac,W Elsheikh,L Heldman,E Ramezani,G Dagenais,P. Poirier,G Turbide,Dominique Auger,A LeBlanc De Bluts,MC Proulx,M Cayer,N Bonneville,S Lear,Danijela Gasevic,E Corber,V de Jong,I Vukmirovich,Andy Wielgosz,George Fodor,Andrew L. Pipe,A Shane,F Lanas,P Seron,S Martinez,A Valdebenito,Maria Jose Oliveros,Li Wei,Liu Lisheng,Chen Chunming,Wang Xingyu,Zhao Wenhua,Zhang Hongye,Jia Xuan,Hu Bo,Sun Yi,Bo Jian,Zhao Xiuwen,Chang Xiaohong,Chen Tao,Chen Hui,Deng Qing,Cheng Xiaoru,He Xinye,Li Jian,Li Juan,Liu Xu,Ren Bing,Wang Wei,Wang Yang,Yang Jun,Zhai Yi,Zhu Manlu,Lu Fanghong,Wu Jianfang,Li Yindong,Hou Yan,Zhang Liangqing,Guo Baoxia,Liao Xiaoyang,Zhang Shiying,Bian Rongwen,Tian Xiuzhen,Li Dong,Chen Di,Wu Jianguo,Xiao Yize,Liu Tianlu,Zhang Peng,Dong Changlin,Li Ning,Ma Xiaolan,Yang Yuqing,Lei Rensheng,Fu Minfan,He Jing,Liu Yu,Xing Xiaojie,Zhou Qiang,P Lopez-Jaramillo,PA Camacho Lopez,R. Garcia,Lja Jurado,Diego Gomez-Arbelaez,JF Arguello,R Dueñas,Stein Silva,LP Pradilla,F Ramirez,DI Molina,C Cure-Cure,Maritza Pérez,E. Hernández,E Arcos,S Fernandez,C Narvaez,J Paez,A Sotomayor,Hector H. Garcia,G. C. Sanchez,T David,A Rico,Prem Mony,Mario Vaz,A V Bharathi,S Swaminathan,K Shankar Av Kurpad,KG Jayachitra,Nithin Kumar,Virinder Mohan,Mohan Deepa,K Parthiban,M Anitha,S Hemavathy,T Rahulashankiruthiyayan,D Anitha,K Sridevi,R Gupta,Raja Babu Panwar,Indu Mohan,Prateek Rastogi,Sharad Rastogi,R Bhargava,Ramesh Kumar,JS Thakur,Binod Kumar Patro,Pvm Lakshmi,Rajiv Mahajan,P Chaudary,V. Raman Kutty,K Vijayakumar,K Ajayan,G Rajasree,AR Renjini,A Deepu,B Sandhya,S Asha,HS Soumya,Roya Kelishadi,Ahmad Bahonar,N Mohammadifard,Hadi Heidari,Khalid Yusoff,Tst Ismail,KK Ng,A Devi,Nafiza Mat Nasir,Mohd Azhar Mohd Yasin,Maizatullifah Miskan,EA Rahman,Mkm Arsad,Farnaza Ariffin,Suraya Abdul Razak,Fadhlina Abd Majid,Najmin Abu Bakar,MY Yacob,Nurshuhada Zainon,R Salleh,Ramli M,NA Halim,SR Norlizan,NM Ghazali,Mohd Arshad,Rosdinom Razali,Sahra Ali,HR Othman,Cwjcw Hafar,A Pit,N Danuri,F Basir,Sna Zahari,Hussein A. Abdullah,MA Arippin,NA Zakaria,I Noorhassim,MJ Hasni,MT Azmi,MI Zaleha,KY Hazdi,AR Rizam,W Sazman,A Azman,Rana Khatib,U Khammash,A Khatib,Rita Giacaman,R Iqbal,A Afridi,R Khawaja,A Raza,Khawar Kazmi,Witold Zatonski,A Szuba,Katarzyna Zatońska,Rafał Ilow,M Ferus,Bożena Regulska-Ilow,Dorota Różańska,Maria Wołyniec,Alkamel,Mohamed M. Ali,M A Kruger,H H Voster,Aletta E. Schutte,E Wentzel-Viljoen,F.C. Eloff,H de Ridder,H Moss,Johan C. Potgieter,AA Roux,M Watson,G de Wet,Antonel Olckers,Johann C. Jerling,Marlien Pieters,Tiny Hoekstra,Thandi Puoane,Ehimario U. Igumbor,L Tsolekile,David Sanders,P Naidoo,Nelia P. Steyn,Nasheeta Peer,Bongani M. Mayosi,Brian Rayner,V Lambert,Naomi S. Levitt,Tracy Kolbe-Alexander,L Ntyintyane,Gail D Hughes,Rina Swart,Jean Fourie,Moise Muzigaba,S Xapa,N Gobile,K Ndayi,B Jwili,K Ndibaza,Bonaventure Amandi Egbujie,A Rosengren,K Bengtsson Boström,A.-M. Gustavsson,M Andreasson,M Snällman,L Wirdemann,A Oguz,N Imeryuz,Yuksel Altuntas,Sadi Gulec,A Temizhan,Kubilay Karsidag,Kbt Calik,Aak Akalin,Ozge Telci Caklili,Mirac Vural Keskinler,AN Erbakan,AM Yusufali,Wael Almahmeed,H Swidan,EA Darwish,Ara Hashemi,N Al-Khaja,JM Muscat-Baron,SH Ahmed,TM Mamdouh,WM Darwish,Mhs Abdelmotagali,SA Omer Awed,GA Movahedi,Fawaz Al Hussain,H Al Shaibani,Rim Gharabou,DF Youssef,Azs Nawati,Zar Abu Salah,Rfe Abdalla,SM Al Shuwaihi,MA Al Omairi,OD Cadigal,R.S. Alejandrino,J Chifamba,L Gwaunza,G Terera,C Mahachi,P Murambiwa,T Machiweni,R Mapanga +355 more
TL;DR: High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality.
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Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Salim Yusuf,Philip Joseph,Sumathy Rangarajan,Shofiqul Islam,Andrew Mente,Perry Hystad,Michael Brauer,Vellappillil Raman Kutty,Rajeev Gupta,Andreas Wielgosz,Khalid F. AlHabib,Antonio L. Dans,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Alvaro Avezum,Fernando Lanas,Aytekin Oguz,Iolanthé M. Kruger,Rafael Diaz,Khalid Yusoff,Khalid Yusoff,Prem Mony,Jephat Chifamba,Karen Yeates,Roya Kelishadi,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Rasha Khatib,Omar Rahman,Katarzyna Zatońska,Romaina Iqbal,Li Wei,Hu Bo,Annika Rosengren,Manmeet Kaur,Viswanathan Mohan,Scott A. Lear,Koon K. Teo,Darryl P. Leong,Martin O'Donnell,Martin McKee,Gilles R. Dagenais +39 more
TL;DR: The prevalence, hazard ratios, and population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for cardiovascular disease and mortality associated with a cluster of behavioural factors, metabolic factors, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, and household and ambient pollution are described.
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Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events
Andrew Mente,Sumathy Rangarajan,Matthew J. McQueen,Xingyu Wang,Lisheng Liu,Hou Yan,Shun Fu Lee,Prem Mony,Anitha Devanath,Annika Rosengren,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Rafael Diaz,Alvaro Avezum,Fernando Lanas,Khalid Yusoff,Rafał Ilow,Noushin Mohammadifard,Sadi Gulec,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Lanthe Kruger,Rita Yusuf,Jephat Chifamba,Conrad Kabali,Gilles R. Dagenais,Scott A. Lear,Koon K. Teo,Salim Yusuf,Abstr Act +27 more
TL;DR: An estimated sodium intake between 3g per day and 6 g per day was associated with a lower risk of death and cardiovascular events than was either a higher or lower estimated level of intake.