Data pooling efforts in Africa and Latin America

Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Miranda, J. Jaime; Kengne, Andre P.

dc.contributor.author	Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín
dc.contributor.author	Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author	Kengne, Andre P.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-25T16:59:37Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-25T16:59:37Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4888
dc.description.abstract	In August, 2016, the Global Body-Mass Index (BMI) Mortality Collaboration1 published their work on BMI as a predictor of all-cause mortality. The investigators pooled individual participant data from 239 prospective studies, with none originating from Latin America or Africa.1 About two years ago, the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration2 investigated the metabolic mediators of the effect of BMI on cardiovascular diseases using individual participant data from 97 prospective cohorts, including one cohort from Latin America. Despite these low numbers for Latin America and Africa, the NCD Risk Factors Collaboration3 reported the trend in adult BMI between 1975 and 2014 pooling individual participant data from 1698 population-based cross-sectional studies, including several from Latin America and Africa...	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Lancet. Global health
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Latin America	en_US
dc.subject	Prospective Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Cross-Sectional Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Africa	en_US
dc.subject	Biomedical Research	en_US
dc.subject	Data Collection	en_US
dc.title	Data pooling efforts in Africa and Latin America	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30297-2
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00
dc.relation.issn	2214-109X