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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Andre Pascal Kengne is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council in South Africa, contributing extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on epidemiology, endocrinology, and public health. Their research spans several subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and emergency medicine.

Their main research topics include:

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Andre Pascal Kengne has co-authored frequently with several researchers including Nasheeta Peer (69 publications), Rajiv T. Erasmus (37 publications), Tandi E. Matsha (34 publications), Anastase Dzudié (24 publications), and Cindy George (22 publications).

The scientist has published repeatedly in key scholarly venues such as the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (17 publications), Journal of Hypertension (16 publications), PLoS ONE (11 publications), BMJ Open (11 publications), and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications).

A notable book authored by Andre Pascal Kengne is Lifestyle, Biological Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Midst of Social Inequalities and COVID-19, published in 2023 by Frontiers Media.

Some significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Andre Pascal Kengne include:

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants, 2021, The Lancet
  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults, 2024, The Lancet
  • TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods, 2024, BMJ
  • The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, 2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2020, Kidney International

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • 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 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

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Sudabeh Alatab;Sadaf G Sepanlou;Kevin Ikuta;Homayoon Vahedi

  • 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

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

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

Frequent Co-Authors

Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Yousef Khader
Yousef Khader Jordan University of Science and Technology
Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Sadaf G. Sepanlou Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Farshad Farzadfar
Farshad Farzadfar Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Young-Ho Khang
Young-Ho Khang Seoul National University
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute

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