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K.S. Reddy
Researcher at Public Health Foundation of India
Publications - 23
Citations - 866
K.S. Reddy is an academic researcher from Public Health Foundation of India. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 23 publications receiving 817 citations.
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Epidemiology and causation of coronary heart disease and stroke in India
TL;DR: Case–control studies indicate that tobacco use, obesity with high waist:hip ratio, high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, abnormal apolipoprotein A-1:B ratio, diabetes, low consumption of fruits and vegetables, sedentary lifestyles and psychosocial stress are important determinants of cardiovascular diseases in India.
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Use of a Multidrug Pill In Reducing cardiovascular Events (UMPIRE)
Simon Thom,Jane Field,Neil Poulter,Anushka Patel,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Alice Stanton,Diederick E. Grobbee,Michiel L. Bots,K.S. Reddy,Raghu Cidambi,Anthony Rodgers +10 more
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Surveillance for risk factors of cardiovascular disease among an industrial population in southern India
TL;DR: The industrial population of Chennai showed that the industrial population had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in spite of having better access to healthcare facilities, and this emphasizes the need for greater awareness about non-communicable diseases.
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Association analysis of 31 common polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes and its related traits in Indian sib pairs
Vipin Gupta,D. G. Vinay,Sajjad Rafiq,M V Kranthikumar,C. S. Janipalli,Claudia Giambartolomei,David M. Evans,K R Mani,M. N. Sandeep,Amy E Taylor,Sanjay Kinra,Ruth Sullivan,Liza Bowen,Nicholas J. Timpson,George Davey Smith,Frank Dudbridge,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,K.S. Reddy,Shah Ebrahim,Shah Ebrahim,Giriraj R. Chandak +21 more
TL;DR: The association of seven established loci with intermediate traits related to type 2 diabetes in an Indian population is validated using a design resistant to population stratification.
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Westernization and Tobacco Use Among Young People in Delhi, India
TL;DR: The results suggest that young people's identification with Western influences may increase their risk for tobacco use, while their maintenance of traditional Indian ways of living confers some protection.