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2015, 'Deconstructing epidemiology', CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2, pp. 3 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2348-3334.149337
,2015, 'INTegrated Electronic General practice support tool, phaRmacy led intervention And combination Therapy Evaluation trial (INTEGRATE)', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. S385
,2014, 'Follow-up of blood-pressure lowering and glucose control in type 2 diabetes', New England Journal of Medicine, 371, pp. 1392 - 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1407963
,2014, 'Tobacco use, smoking quit rates, and socioeconomic patterning among men and women: A cross-sectional survey in rural Andhra Pradesh, India', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 21, pp. 1308 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487313491356
,2014, 'Task shifting for non-communicable disease management in low and middle income countries - A systematic review', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e103754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103754
,2014, 'Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: The comparative performance of existing methods', BMC Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-5
,2014, 'Effective ways to prevent recurrence of acute coronary syndrome', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 49 - 52
,2014, 'O043 Task-shifting for cardiovascular disease management – results from a cluster randomised control trial in rural India', Global Heart, 9, pp. e11 - e11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1258
,2014, 'O112 How much does a non-physician healthcare worker based model of care for cardiovascular disease management cost?', Global Heart, 9, pp. e30 - e30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1323
,2013, 'A multifaceted strategy using mobile technology to assist rural primary healthcare doctors and frontline health workers in cardiovascular disease risk management: Protocol for the SMARTHealth India cluster randomised controlled trial', Implementation Science, 8, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-8-137
,2013, 'Effects of the Endpoint Adjudication Process on the Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial: The ADVANCE Trial', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055807
,2012, 'Mortality in People with Epilepsy: A Prospective Study in a Prevalent Epilepsy Cohort in South India', NEUROLOGY, 78, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303204804057&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'The rural Andhra Pradesh cardiovascular prevention study (RAPCAPS): A cluster randomized trial', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 59, pp. 1188 - 1196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.901
,2011, 'Effects on the estimated cause-specific mortality fraction of providing physician reviewers with different formats of verbal autopsy data', Population Health Metrics, 9, pp. 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-33
,2011, 'Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: Design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets', Population Health Metrics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-27
,2011, 'Epidemiology of sudden cardiac death in rural South India - insights from the Andhra Pradesh rural health initiative', Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 11, pp. 93 - 102
,2011, 'Comparison of near-patient capillary glucose measurement and a risk assessment questionnaire in screening for type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population in rural India', Diabetes Care, 34, pp. 44 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1270
,2010, 'Characteristics of non-fatal fall injuries in rural India', Injury Prevention, 16, pp. 166 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2009.023663
,2010, 'B vitamins in patients with recent transient ischaemic attack or stroke in the VITAmins to prevent stroke (VITATOPS) trial: A randomised, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled trial', The Lancet Neurology, 9, pp. 855 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70187-3
,2009, 'Routine blood pressure lowering and intensive glucose control in patiens with type 2 diabetes: The ADVANCE trial', Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 4, pp. 111 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/17446651.4.2.111
,2009, 'Methodological trends in studies based on verbal autopsies before and after published guidelines', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87, pp. 678 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.049288
,2009, 'Rationale and design of the Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (RAPCAPS): A factorial, cluster-randomized trial of 2 practical cardiovascular disease prevention strategies developed for rural Andhra Pradesh, India', American Heart Journal, 158, pp. 349 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.034
,2009, 'Trials of cardiovascular risk factor management in type 2 diabetes', Current Opinion in Cardiology, 24, pp. 288 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HCO.0b013e32832a7b01
,2009, 'Reply', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 54, pp. 91 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.039
,2009, 'Recalibration of a Framingham risk equation for a rural population in India', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, pp. 379 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.077057
,2009, 'Fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease and the use of therapies for secondary prevention in a rural region of india', Circulation, 119, pp. 1950 - 1955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.819201
,2009, 'An electronic clinical decision support tool to assist primary care providers in cardiovascular disease risk management: Development and mixed methods evaluation', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1258
,2009, 'Validity of self-reported cardiovascular disease', Internal Medicine Journal, 39, pp. 5 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01859.x
,2009, 'Verbal autopsy coding: Are multiple coders better than one?', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.08.051250
,2009, 'A novel electronic decision support system to assist General Practitioners in cardiovascular disease risk management—A pilot evaluation', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 18, pp. S269
,2009, 'Vascular death in rural Andhra Pradesh, India', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 18, pp. S286 - S286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.702
,2008, 'Global Inequalities in Access to Cardiovascular Health Care. Our Greatest Challenge', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 52, pp. 1817 - 1825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.049
,2008, 'The burden of fatal and non-fatal injury in rural India', Injury Prevention, 14, pp. 232 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2007.018259
,2008, 'Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes', New England Journal of Medicine, 358, pp. 2560 - 2572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0802987
,2008, 'Significant lipid, adiposity and metabolic abnormalities amongst 4535 Indians from a developing region of rural Andhra Pradesh', Atherosclerosis, 196, pp. 943 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.027
,2008, 'Blood pressure lowering with fixed combination perindopril-indapamide: key findings from ADVANCE.', Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000320754.38732.46
,2008, 'Efficacy and safety of fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide in type 2 diabetes: Results from ADVANCE in context of available evidence', Journal of Hypertension, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000334074.42823.77
,2008, 'Efficacité et tolérance de lʼassociation fixe perindopril / indapamide dans le diabète de type 2: résultats de lʼétude ADVANCE', Journal of Hypertension, 26, pp. S23 - S30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000334603.78628.33
,2007, 'Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 370, pp. 829 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61303-8
,2007, 'New insights from ADVANCE.', Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension, 25 Suppl 1
,2007, 'Which health-related quality of life score? A comparison of alternative utility measures in patients with Type 2 diabetes in the ADVANCE trial', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, pp. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-21
,2007, 'The challenge of balancing methodological research rigour and practical needs in low-income setttings: What we are doing and what we need to do better', Critical Public Health, 17, pp. 81 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045238
,2007, 'Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Rural Developing Region of Andhra Pradesh, India', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S90 - S90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.230
,2007, 'Level and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease Risk in A Rural Indian Population', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S60 - S60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.155
,2007, 'Metabolic Abnormalities Amongst 4535 Indians from a Developing Region of Rural Andhra Pradesh', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S80 - S80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.205
,2006, 'Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India - Mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative', International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, pp. 1522 - 1529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl168
,2006, 'ADVANCE: Breaking new ground in type 2 diabetes', Journal of Hypertension, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000240043.50838.28
,2006, 'ADVANCE : breaking new ground in type 2 diabetes', Journal of Hypertension (Supplement), 24, pp. S22 - S28
,2006, 'ADVANCE: lessons from the run-in phase of a large study in type 2 diabetes.', Blood Pressure, 15, pp. 340 - 346
,2005, 'ADVANCE--Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: patient recruitment and characteristics of the study population at baseline.', Diabetic Medicine, 22, pp. 882 - 888
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