Browsing by Author "Jaacks, Lindsay"
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Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults
Geldsetzer, Pascal; Manne-Goehler, Jennifer Michele; Theilmann, Michaela; Davies, Justine I.; Awasthi, Ashish; Danaei, Goodarz; Gaziano, Thomas Andrew; Vollmer, Sebastian; Jaacks, Lindsay; Barnighausen, Till; Atun, Rifat (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in India. Yet, evidence on the CVD risk of India’s population is limited. To inform health system planning and effective targeting of interventions, ... -
Pre-Pregnancy Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Gestational Weight Gain: A Prospective Cohort Study
Jaacks, Lindsay M.; Boyd Barr, Dana; Sundaram, Rajeshwari; Grewal, Jagteshwar; Zhang, Cuilin; Buck Louis, Germaine M. (MDPI, 2016)Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been implicated in the development of obesity in non-pregnant adults. However, few studies have explored the association of POPs with gestational weight gain (GWG), an important ...