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Sumathy Rangarajan
Researcher at Population Health Research Institute
Publications - 177
Citations - 23995
Sumathy Rangarajan is an academic researcher from Population Health Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 136 publications receiving 17729 citations. Previous affiliations of Sumathy Rangarajan include Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University.
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Association of Household Wealth Index, Educational Status, and Social Capital with Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in South Asia.
Rajeev Gupta,Manmeet Kaur,Shofiqul Islam,Viswanathan Mohan,Prem Mony,Rajesh Kumar,Vellappillil Raman Kutty,Romaina Iqbal,Omar Rahman,Mohan Deepa,Justy Antony,Krishnapillai Vijaykumar,Khawar Kazmi,Rita Yusuf,Indu Mohan,Raja Babu Panwar,Sumathy Rangarajan,Salim Yusuf +17 more
TL;DR: This study shows lower wealth and educational status are important in low hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in South Asia.
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Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147 812 individuals from 21 countries
Balaji Bhavadharini,Mahshid Dehghan,Andrew Mente,Andrew Mente,Sumathy Rangarajan,Patrick Sheridan,Viswanathan Mohan,Romaina Iqbal,Rajeev Gupta,Scott A. Lear,Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen,Alvaro Avezum,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Prem Mony,Ravi Prasad Varma,Rajesh Kumar,Jephat Chifamba,Khalid F. AlHabib,Noushin Mohammadifard,Aytekin Oguz,Fernando Lanas,Dorota Różańska,Kristina Bengtsson Boström,Khalid Yusoff,Lungiswa P Tsolkile,Antonio L. Dans,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Andres Orlandini,Paul Poirier,Rasha Khatib,Bo Hu,Li Wei,Lu Yin,Ai Deeraili,Karen Yeates,Rita Yusuf,Noor Hassim Ismail,Dariush Mozaffarian,Koon K. Teo,Sonia S. Anand,Salim Yusuf +40 more
TL;DR: Higher intake of whole fat (but not low fat) dairy was associated with a lower prevalence of MetS and most of its component factors, and with aLower incidence of hypertension and diabetes.
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in rural and urban communities in Latin American countries.
Pablo Lamelas,Rafael Diaz,Andres Orlandini,Alvaro Avezum,Gustavo B. F. Oliveira,A.C. Mattos,Fernando Lanas,Pamela Seron,Maria Jose Oliveros,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Johanna A. Otero,Paul A. Camacho,J. Jaime Miranda,Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz,Germán Málaga,Vilma Irazola,Laura Gutierrez,Adolfo Rubinstein,Noelia Castellana,Sumathy Rangarajan,Salim Yusuf +20 more
TL;DR: HTN prevalence is high but BP control is low in Latin America, with marked differences between countries and between urban and rural settings, and there is an urgent need for systematic approaches for better detection, treatment optimization and risk factor modification among those with HTN.
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Dysglycaemia and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in multiple ethnic groups: an analysis of 15,780 patients from the INTERHEART study
Hertzel C. Gerstein,Hertzel C. Gerstein,Shofiqul Islam,Shofiqul Islam,Sonia S. Anand,Sonia S. Anand,Wael Almahmeed,Albertino Damasceno,Antonio L. Dans,Chim C. Lang,M. A. Luna,Matthew J. McQueen,Matthew J. McQueen,Sumathy Rangarajan,Sumathy Rangarajan,Annika Rosengren,Xingyu Wang,Salim Yusuf,Salim Yusuf +18 more
TL;DR: The HbA1c value provides more information on MI odds than self-reported diabetes status or many other established risk factors, particularly after accounting for other MI risk factors including diabetes.
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Socioeconomic factors and use of secondary preventive therapies for cardiovascular diseases in South Asia: The PURE study.
Rajeev Gupta,Shofiqul Islam,Prem Mony,V. Raman Kutty,Viswanathan Mohan,Rajesh Kumar,Jarnail Singh Thakur,V Kiruba Shankar,Deepa Mohan,K Vijayakumar,Omar Rahman,Rita Yusuf,Romaina Iqbal,Mohammed Shahid,Indu Mohan,Sumathy Rangarajan,Koon K. Teo,Salim Yusuf +17 more
TL;DR: The use of secondary preventive drug therapies in patients with known coronary heart disease or stroke in South Asia is low with over 80% receiving none of the effective drug treatments.