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Alireza Esteghamati is affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran and has a significant body of research in the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary focus of Esteghamati's research involves diabetes and cardiovascular health, with substantial contributions in related topics such as diabetes management and research, diabetes treatment and management, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diabetes management and education, and chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Esteghamati has published over 230 papers, with a prominent presence in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
  • Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Lipids in Health and Disease

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Esteghamati include:

  • Manouchehr Nakhjavani (64 co-authored papers)
  • Soghra Rabizadeh (56 co-authored papers)
  • Amirhossein Yadegar (20 co-authored papers)
  • Armin Rajab (18 co-authored papers)
  • Fatemeh Moosaie (17 co-authored papers)

Notable recent papers by Esteghamati include:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, The Lancet)
  • Global and regional estimates and projections of diabetes-related health expenditure: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition (2020, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice)
  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Calcific Aortic Valve and Degenerative Mitral Valve Diseases, 1990-2017 (2020, Circulation)
  • The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond (2020, Journal of Translational Medicine)
  • The accuracy of triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index for the screening of metabolic syndrome in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases)

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

    Michael Holzer;Fritz Sterz;J. M. Darby;S. A. Padosch

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Ashkan Afshin;Patrick John Sur;Kairsten A. Fay;Leslie Cornaby

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Daniel Dicker;Daniel Dicker;Amanda Pain;Hannah Hamavid

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Lalit Dandona
Lalit Dandona University of Washington
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Sadaf G. Sepanlou Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute

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