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135
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2042
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212

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Kamlesh Khunti is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a concentrated focus on several subfields, including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research interests cover a range of main topics, especially related to diabetes and chronic disease management. These topics include Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diabetes Management and Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Diabetes Management and Education, and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

Kamlesh Khunti has contributed extensively to the academic literature with several recent papers, including:

  • 2. Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes:Standards of Care in Diabetes-2023 (2022), published in Diabetes Care
  • 2. Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes:Standards of Care in Diabetes-2024 (2023), published in Diabetes Care
  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes (2023), published in European Heart Journal
  • KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (2022), published in Kidney International
  • Progression to type 2 diabetes in women with a known history of gestational diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), published in BMJ

They collaborate frequently with other researchers, with notable co-authors including Melanie J. Davies, Francesco Zaccardi, Clare Gillies, Thomas Yates, and Samuel Seidu.

Kamlesh Khunti's publications appear regularly in a variety of academic journals and venues, such as Diabetes Care, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetic Medicine, and BMJ Open.

Among their recognitions, Kamlesh Khunti is a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Emma G Wilmot;Charlotte L Edwardson;Charlotte L Edwardson;Felix A Achana;Melanie J Davies;Melanie J Davies;Melanie J Davies

  • The prevalence of co‐morbid depression in adults with Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    S. Ali;M. A. Stone;J. L. Peters;M. J. Davies

  • Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Clare Louise Gillies;Keith R. Abrams;Paul C. Lambert;Nicola J. Cooper

  • Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial

    Melanie J. Davies;S. Heller;T.C. Skinner;M.J. Campbell

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Patrice Carter;Laura J Gray;Jacqui Troughton;Kamlesh Khunti

  • Associations of type 1 and type 2 diabetes with COVID-19-related mortality in England: a whole-population study.

    Emma Barron;Chirag Bakhai;Partha Kar;Andy Weaver

  • Cholesterol Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

    Salim Yusuf;Jackie Bosch;Gilles Dagenais;Jun Zhu

  • Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19.

    Stefan R. Bornstein;Francesco Rubino;Francesco Rubino;Kamlesh Khunti;Geltrude Mingrone;Geltrude Mingrone

  • Risk factors for COVID-19-related mortality in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in England: a population-based cohort study.

    Naomi Holman;Naomi Holman;Peter Knighton;Partha Kar;Jackie O'Keefe

  • Lower Risk of Heart Failure and Death in Patients Initiated on Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The CVD-REAL Study (Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Outcomes in New Users of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors).

    Mikhail Kosiborod;Matthew A. Cavender;Alex Z. Fu;John P. Wilding

  • KDIGO 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Ian H. de Boer;M. Luiza Caramori;Juliana C.N. Chan;Hiddo J.L. Heerspink

  • New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19.

    Francesco Rubino;Stephanie A. Amiel;Paul Zimmet;K. George M. M. Alberti

  • Progression to type 2 diabetes in women with a known history of gestational diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Elpida Vounzoulaki;Kamlesh Khunti;Kamlesh Khunti;Sophia C Abner;Sophia C Abner;Bee K Tan

  • Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

    Eva M. Lonn;Eva M. Lonn;Jackie Bosch;Jackie Bosch;Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo;Jun Zhu

  • Association of Sedentary Behaviour with Metabolic Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis

    Charlotte L. Edwardson;Charlotte L. Edwardson;Trish Gorely;Melanie J. Davies;Laura J. Gray

  • Clinical Inertia in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A retrospective cohort study of more than 80,000 people

    Kamlesh Khunti;Michael L. Wolden;Brian Larsen Thorsted;Marc Andersen

  • Post-covid syndrome in individuals admitted to hospital with covid-19: retrospective cohort study.

    Daniel Ayoubkhani;Kamlesh Khunti;Vahé Nafilyan;Thomas Maddox

  • Diabetes Prevention in the Real World: Effectiveness of Pragmatic Lifestyle Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and of the Impact of Adherence to Guideline Recommendations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Alison J. Dunkley;Danielle H. Bodicoat;Colin J. Greaves;Claire Russell

  • The effects of high-intensity interval training on glucose regulation and insulin resistance: a meta-analysis.

    C. Jelleyman;C. Jelleyman;T. Yates;T. Yates;G. O'Donovan;L. J. Gray

  • Effect of early intensive multifactorial therapy on 5-year cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes detected by screening (ADDITION-Europe): a cluster-randomised trial

    Simon J Griffin;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Melanie J Davies;Kamlesh Khunti

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie J. Davies
Melanie J. Davies University of Leicester
Mikhail Kosiborod
Mikhail Kosiborod University of Missouri–Kansas City
Niklas Hammar
Niklas Hammar Karolinska Institute
Azeem Majeed
Azeem Majeed Imperial College London
Trish Gorely
Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Simon J. Griffin
Simon J. Griffin University of Cambridge
Simon Heller
Simon Heller University of Sheffield
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge

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