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Mahshid Dehghan

Researcher at Population Health Research Institute

Publications -  78
Citations -  7320

Mahshid Dehghan is an academic researcher from Population Health Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 67 publications receiving 5684 citations. Previous affiliations of Mahshid Dehghan include McMaster University.

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Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

TL;DR: The importance of potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke in different regions of the world, and in key populations and primary pathological subtypes of stroke, was quantified.
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Childhood obesity, prevalence and prevention.

TL;DR: In this article, a variety of interventions targeting built environment, physical activity, and diet have been proposed to prevent obesity in children, which can be implemented by targeting preschool institutions, schools or after-school care services as natural setting for influencing the diet and physical activity.
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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, +355 more
- 04 Nov 2017 - 
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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Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Victoria Miller, +355 more
- 04 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: Higher total fruit, vegetable, and legume intake was inversely associated with major cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular mortality, non-cardiovascular mortality, and total mortality in the models adjusted for age, sex, and centre (random effect).
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Is bioelectrical impedance accurate for use in large epidemiological studies

TL;DR: It is suggested that for large epdiemiological studies with diverse populations BIA may not be the appropriate choice for body composition measurement unless specific calibration equations are developed for different groups participating in the study.