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Naomi S. Levitt is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and has a research focus predominantly within the field of Medicine, with specific expertise in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Their work contributes to advancing knowledge in chronic disease management, particularly diabetes and associated health conditions.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Naomi S. Levitt has contributed to publications in multiple venues, frequently appearing in:

  • BMC Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • PLoS ONE
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Levitt are:

  • "IDF Diabetes Atlas: Estimation of Global and Regional Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence for 2021 by International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group's Criteria," 2021, published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • "Association of the triglyceride glucose index as a measure of insulin resistance with mortality and cardiovascular disease in populations from five continents (PURE study): a prospective cohort study," 2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • "Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2022, BMJ Open
  • "A standard set of person-centred outcomes for diabetes mellitus: results of an international and unified approach," 2020, Diabetic Medicine
  • "IDF Diabetes Atlas: The prevalence of pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy - A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published during 2010-2020," 2021, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Levitt frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Shane A. Norris
  • Carl Lombard
  • Peter Delobelle
  • André Pascal Kengne
  • Estelle V. Lambert

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Mahshid Dehghan;Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Xiaohe Zhang;Sumathi Swaminathan

  • Effect of valsartan on the incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular events.

    John McMurray;R Holman;Steven Haffner;M Bethel

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

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

  • The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives

    Juliana C N Chan;Lee-Ling Lim;Nicholas J Wareham;Jonathan E Shaw

  • Dexamethasone in the last week of pregnancy attenuates hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and elevates blood pressure in the adult offspring in the rat

    Naomi S. Levitt;Robert S. Lindsay;Megan C. Holmes;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Victoria Miller;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan

  • Effect of nateglinide on the incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular events

    Rury R. Holman;Steven M. Haffner;Steven M. Haffner;John J. McMurray;M. Angelyn Bethel;M. Angelyn Bethel

  • Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy

    Rifat Atun;Justine I Davies;Justine I Davies;Edwin A M Gale;Till Bärnighausen;Till Bärnighausen

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Diabetes in Africa: Epidemiology, management and healthcare challenges

    Naomi Levitt

  • Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Elevated Blood Pressure in Low Birth Weight, Nonobese, Young South African Adults: Early Programming of Cortisol Axis

    Naomi S. Levitt;Estelle V. Lambert;David Woods;C. Nick Hales

  • Guidelines for the treatment and management of new-onset diabetes after transplantation

    Alan Wilkinson;Jaime Davidson;Francesco Dotta;Philip D Home

  • Mobile Phone Text Messages to Support Treatment Adherence in Adults with High Blood Pressure (SMS-Text Adherence Support [StAR]): A Single-Blind, Randomized Trial

    Kirsten Bobrow;Andrew J. Farmer;David Springer;Milensu Shanyinde

  • Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study.

    Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan;Matthew McQueen;Matthew McQueen

  • The Prevalence and Identification of Risk Factors for NIDDM in Urban Africans in Cape Town, South Africa

    Naomi S Levitt;Judith M Katzenellenbogen;Deborah Bradshaw;Margaret N Hoffman

  • Prenatal dexamethasone exposure induces changes in nonhuman primate offspring cardiometabolic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function

    Annick de Vries;Megan C. Holmes;Areke Heijnis;Jürgen V. Seier

Frequent Co-Authors

Estelle V. Lambert
Estelle V. Lambert University of Cape Town
Carl Lombard
Carl Lombard Stellenbosch University
Andre Pascal Kengne
Andre Pascal Kengne South African Medical Research Council
Aletta E. Schutte
Aletta E. Schutte University of New South Wales
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Roya Kelishadi
Roya Kelishadi Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Pascal Bovet
Pascal Bovet University Center for General Medicine and Public Health (Unisanté)
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London

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