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Mohammed Al Saeedi

Researcher at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Publications -  5
Citations -  463

Mohammed Al Saeedi is an academic researcher from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 372 citations.

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Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013

TL;DR: Obesity remains strongly associated with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in the KSA, although the epidemic’s characteristics differ between men and women.
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Breast cancer screening in Saudi Arabia: free but almost no takers.

TL;DR: The results show very low rates of breast cancer screening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a country with free health services, and calls for educational campaigns to improve breast cancer screenings.
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Hypercholesterolemia and its associated risk factors—Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013

TL;DR: More than a million Saudis have hypercholesterolemia, and 700,000 of them are unaware of their condition which can be controlled through early detection campaigns and lifestyle change and medication.
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Reported Stroke Symptoms and their Associated Risk Factors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013

TL;DR: A high percentage of Saudis reporting stroke symptoms have undiagnosed or uncontrolled blood pressure and to reduce the burden on stroke in KSA, prevention and control strategies should be accelerated with a focus on use of free preventive care services.
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Genetic and non-genetic risk factors for early-onset pancreatic cancer.

TL;DR: A genome-wide association study was performed, analyzing 912 early-onset pancreatic cancer (EOPC) cases and 10 222 controls, divided into discovery and replication phases as discussed by the authors .