Publications MY-NORTH

Publications 2020

  1. Aye WT, Lien L, Stigum H, Win HH, Oo T, Bjertness E. The prevalence of mental distress and the association with education: a cross-sectional study of 18-49-year-old citizens of Yangon Region, Myanmar. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 22;20(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8209-8.

Publications 2019

  1. Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Oct; 16(19): 3742.doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193742. Myint Myint WaiEspen BjertnessHein StigumThein Thein HtayTippawan LiabsuetrakulAye Nyein Moe MyintJohanne Sundby.
  2.  Trends in Diabetes Prevalence, Awareness,Treatment, and Control in Yangon Region, Myanmar, Between 2004 and 2014, Two Cross-Sectional Studies. Wai Phyo Aung, Espen Bjertness, Aung Soe Htet, Hein Stigum and Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019, Sept.18:16(19). Doi:10.3390/ijerph16183461.
  3. The prevalence of selected risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study. Ahmed SH, Meyer HE, Kjøllesdal MK, Marjerrison N, Htet AS, Bjertness E, Madar AA. BMC Public Health 2019 Jul 4;19(1)878. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7101-x.
  4. Maternal mortality and fertility in Myanmar: State of the art. Myint Myint WaiEspen BjertnessThein Thein HtayTippawan LiabsuetrakulJohanne Sundby. International Journal of Population Studies, 5(1): 27-37.
  5. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults NCD risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-risC). Nature, Vol 569, 9. May, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x

Publications 2018

  1. Fatty Acid Profiles of Various Vegetable Oils and the Association between the Use of Palm Oil vs. Peanut Oil and Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in Yangon Region, Myanmar. Aung, Wai Phyo; Bjertness, Espen; Htet, Aung Soe; Stigum, Hein; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Soe, Pa Pa; Kjøllesdal, Marte Karoline Råberg. Nutrients 2018 ;Volum 10.(9) s. 1-14, DOI:10.3390/nu10091193.
  2. Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among 25-74 year-old adults of the Yangon Region, Myanmar: Two cross-sectional studies. Aung, Wai Phyo; Htet, Aung Soe; Bjertness, Espen; Stigum, Hein; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Kjøllesdal, Marte Karoline Råberg. BMJ Open 2018 ;Volum 8:e020406.(3) s. 1-9    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020406.
  3. Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32281-5.
  4. Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: A pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. International Journal of Epidemiology 2018 ; Volum 47.(3) s. 872-883i. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy016.
  5. Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet 2018 ;Volum 391.(10136) s. 2236-2271, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30994-2.
  6. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018 ;Volum 392.(10159) s. 1859-1922. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32335-3.
  7. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):1684-1735. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31891-9
  8. Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017,  Lancet 2018; 392: 1789–858.
  9. Maternal and Foetal Outcomes in Trial of Labour with a Previous Lower Segment Caesarean Section Scar at Sarawak General Hospital, 2010. Malays. Yee Yee Kyaing, Awi Anak Idi, Mardiana Binti Kipli, Haris Njoo Suharjono and Kyaw Swa Mya. Appl. Biol. (2018) 47(1): 167–172
  10. Myint ANM, Liabsuetrakul T, Htay TT, Wai MM, Sundby J, Bjertness E. Inequity in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care in Yangon region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. Int J Equity Health. 2018 May 22;17(1):63. doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0778-0.
  11. Myint ANM, Liabsuetrakul T, Htay TT, Wai MM, Sundby J, Bjertness E. Impoverishment and catastrophic expenditures due to out-of-pocket payments for antenatal and delivery care in Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2018 Nov 25;8(11):e022380. Doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022380

Publications 2017

  1. Detection of Schistosoma Antibodies and exploration of associated factors among local residents around Inlay Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar. Hin Zaw Soe, Cho Oo, Tin Ohn Myat, Nay Soe Maung, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017; 6:3.
  2. Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 390 (10091):231-266. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30818-8.
  3. Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016."  Lancet 390 (10100):1423-1459. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32336-x.
  4. 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 adultsLancet 390 (10113):2627-2642. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3.
  5. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health - Authors' reply. Anderson, I., A. Bang, E. Bjertness, M. Connolly, A. King, and B. Robson. 2016. Lancet 388 (10062):2868. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32465-5.
  6. Changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension from 2004 to 2014 among 25-74-year-old citizens in the Yangon Region, Myanmar. Htet, A. S., M. B. Bjertness,W. M. Oo, M. K. Kjollesdal, L. Y. Sherpa, K. K. Zaw, K. Ko, H. Stigum, H. E. Meyer, E.Bjertness. BMC Public Health 17 (1):847. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4870-y.
  7. Lipid profiles and determinants of total cholesterol and hypercholesterolaemia among 25-74 year-old urban and rural citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. Htet, A. S., M. K. Kjollesdal, W. P. Aung, A. N. Moe Myint, W. T. Aye, M. M. Wai, T. T. Nu, E. M. Hla, P. P. Soe, N. W. Y. Tun, N. Angela, M. M. Khaing, A. K. Htoo, S. Tun, P. Thitsar, T. Lwin, S. S. Wai, T. T. Aung, K. A. Thant, W. W. Aung Po, S. T. Gauzam, T. T. Naing, T. M. Tun, K. S. Myint, K. K. Oo, N. K. M. Mang, S. M. Naing, K. K. Zaw, M. B. Bjertness, L. Y. Sherpa, W. M. Oo, H. Stigum, and E. Bjertness. 2017. BMJ Open 7 (11):e017465. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017465.
  8. Socioeconomic and behavioural determinants of malaria among the migrants in gold mining, rubber and oil palm plantation areas in Myanmar.Htin Zaw Soe, Aung Thi, Ni Ni Aye. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017; 6: 142.
  9. Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: a secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health. Kyaw Swa Mya, Malinee Laopaiboon, Joshua P Vogel, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, João Paulo Souza, Ahmet Metin Gulmezoglu, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Suneeta Mittal, Pisake Lumbiganon. BMC Reproductive Health 2017, 14:141, DOI:10.1186/s12978-017-0394-2.

Publications 2016

  1. E-learning resources in MyanmarEspen Bjertness, Thein Thein Htay, Nay Soe Maung, Zaw Wai Soe, Saw Sanda Aye, Ole Petter Ottersen, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Per Grøttum, Magnus Hovland, Mahmood Amiry-MoghaddamLancet 2016; 388: 2990-2991
  2. Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors among 25-74 years old citizens in Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross sectional studyHtet ASBjertness MB, Sherpa LY, Kjøllesdal MK, Oo WM, Meyer HE, Stigum H, Bjertness EBMC Public Health 2016; 16(1): 1225.
  3. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participantsNCD Risk Factor CollaborationLancet 2016
  4. Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015GBD 2015 SDG CollaboratorsLancet 2016
  5. Consumption of fruits and vegetables and associations with risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the Yangon region of Myanmar: a cross-sectional studyKjøllesdal M, et al. BMJ Open 2016 Aug 26
  6. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in Myanmar - a nationwide cross-sectional studyBjertness MB, Htet AS, Meyer HE, Htike MM, Zaw KK, Oo WM, Latt TS, Sherpa LY, Bjertness E BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 18;16:590.  
  7. A century of trends in adult human heightNCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Elife. 2016 Jul 26;5.
  8. Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participantsNCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2016 Apr 9
  9. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population studyAnderson I, Robson B, Connolly M, Al-Yaman F, Bjertness E, et al. Lancet. 2016 Apr 20
  10. 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 participantsNCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC),  Lancet. 2016 Apr 

Publications 2015

  1. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015Lancet 388 (10053):1659-1724. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31679-8.
  2. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015Lancet 388 (10053):1603-1658. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31460-x.
  3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived wit disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015Lancet 388 (10053):1545-1602. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31678-6.
  4. Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.  Lancet 388 (10053):1775-1812. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31470-2.
  5. 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. Lancet 388 (10053):1459-1544. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31012-1.
  6. Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. 2015Lancet 388 (10053):1725-1774. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31575-6.

 

     

       

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