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K.M. Venkat Narayan

K.M. Venkat Narayan

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D-Index
109
Citations
132340
World Ranking
5640
National Ranking
3035

Overview

K.M. Venkat Narayan is affiliated with Emory University in the United States, with a primary research focus in medicine, particularly in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work spans epidemiology, public health, cardiovascular medicine, and physiology, with a strong emphasis on diabetes and its related complications.

The scientist's scholarship includes notable recent papers such as "Pathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations" (2022, Nature Reviews Endocrinology), "Why are South Asians prone to type 2 diabetes? A hypothesis based on underexplored pathways" (2020, Diabetologia), "Health, psychosocial, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with chronic conditions in India: a mixed methods study" (2021, BMC Public Health), "COVID-19 and ethnicity: who will research results apply to?" (2020, The Lancet), and "Effect of a Collaborative Care Model on Depressive Symptoms and Glycated Hemoglobin, Blood Pressure, and Serum Cholesterol Among Patients With Depression and Diabetes in India" (2020, JAMA).

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Mohammed K. Ali, Viswanathan Mohan, Nikhil Tandon, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, and Shivani A. Patel.

Publications are often featured in venues focused on diabetes and health research, including:

  • Diabetes
  • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Diabetes Care

The main fields of study covered by their research are Medicine, with subfields including:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology

The topics K.M. Venkat Narayan frequently addresses in research are:

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Best Publications

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • 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

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • 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

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • 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

  • Effectiveness of Self-Management Training in Type 2 Diabetes: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Susan L. Norris;Michael M. Engelgau;K.M. Venkat Narayan

  • Lifetime Risk for Diabetes Mellitus in the United States

    K. M. Venkat Narayan;James P. Boyle;Theodore J. Thompson;Stephen W. Sorensen

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective

    Anne Fagot-Campagna;David J. Pettitt;Michael M. Engelgau;Nilka Ríos Burrows

  • Projection of Diabetes Burden Through 2050: Impact of changing demography and disease prevalence in the U.S.

    James P. Boyle;Amanda A. Honeycutt;K.M. Venkat Narayan;Thomas J. Hoerger

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Secular trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors according to body mass index in US adults.

    Edward W. Gregg;Yiling J. Cheng;Betsy L. Cadwell;Giuseppina Imperatore

  • Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States

    Solveig A. Cunningham;Michael R. Kramer;K.M. Venkat Narayan

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

  • The evolving diabetes burden in the United States.

    Michael M Engelgau;Linda S Geiss;Jinan B Saaddine;James P Boyle

  • Impact of Recent Increase in Incidence on Future Diabetes Burden: U.S., 2005–2050

    K.M. Venkat Narayan;James P. Boyle;Linda S. Geiss;Jinan B. Saaddine

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Dorairaj Prabhakaran Centre for Chronic Disease Control
Nikhil Tandon
Nikhil Tandon All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Edward W. Gregg
Edward W. Gregg Imperial College London
Michael M. Engelgau
Michael M. Engelgau National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya
Lawrence S. Phillips
Lawrence S. Phillips Emory University
Michael H. Criqui
Michael H. Criqui University of California, San Diego

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