Gretchen A Stevens

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Characterizing the epidemiological transition in Mexico: national and subnational burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors
    Gretchen Stevens
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS Med 5:e125. 2008
  2. ncbi Deaths from heart failure: using coarsened exact matching to correct cause-of-death statistics
    Gretchen A Stevens
    Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Popul Health Metr 8:6. 2010
  3. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants
    Goodarz Danaei
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 378:31-40. 2011
  4. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in serum total cholesterol since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 321 country-years and 3·0 million participants
    Farshad Farzadfar
    Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:578-86. 2011
  5. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants
    Mariel M Finucane
    Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:557-67. 2011
  6. ncbi The effects of 3 environmental risks on mortality disparities across Mexican communities
    Gretchen A Stevens
    World Health Organization, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:16860-5. 2008
  7. ncbi Improving the comparability of diabetes mortality statistics in the U.S. and Mexico
    Christopher J L Murray
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Diabetes Care 31:451-8. 2008
  8. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in systolic blood pressure since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 786 country-years and 5·4 million participants
    Goodarz Danaei
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:568-77. 2011
  9. ncbi [Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico's System of Social Protection in Health]
    Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier
    Unidad de Análisis Económico, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico, Paseo de la Reforma 450, PH, Col Juárez, 06600 Mexico, DF, Mexico
    Salud Publica Mex 49:S37-52. 2007
  10. ncbi Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico's System of Social Protection in Health
    Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier
    Mexican Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
    Lancet 368:1608-18. 2006

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Characterizing the epidemiological transition in Mexico: national and subnational burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors
    Gretchen Stevens
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS Med 5:e125. 2008
    ..Subnational analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors can improve characterization of the epidemiological transition and identify policy priorities...
  2. ncbi Deaths from heart failure: using coarsened exact matching to correct cause-of-death statistics
    Gretchen A Stevens
    Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Popul Health Metr 8:6. 2010
    ..Inconsistent cause-of-death assignment among cardiovascular causes of death is of particular concern. This can prevent valid epidemiologic comparisons across countries and over time...
  3. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants
    Goodarz Danaei
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 378:31-40. 2011
    ..We estimated trends and their uncertainties in mean fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and diabetes prevalence for adults aged 25 years and older in 199 countries and territories...
  4. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in serum total cholesterol since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 321 country-years and 3·0 million participants
    Farshad Farzadfar
    Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:578-86. 2011
    ..Previous analyses of trends in serum cholesterol were limited to a few countries, with no consistent and comparable global analysis. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean serum total cholesterol...
  5. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants
    Mariel M Finucane
    Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:557-67. 2011
    ..However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent national health examination surveys. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean BMI...
  6. ncbi The effects of 3 environmental risks on mortality disparities across Mexican communities
    Gretchen A Stevens
    World Health Organization, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:16860-5. 2008
    ..2 deaths per 1,000 children and a 10-month loss of life expectancy. The large disparities in the mortality effects of these 3 environmental risks should form the basis of interventions and environmental monitoring programs...
  7. ncbi Improving the comparability of diabetes mortality statistics in the U.S. and Mexico
    Christopher J L Murray
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Diabetes Care 31:451-8. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to increase the cross-state comparability of diabetes mortality statistics related in the U.S. and Mexico...
  8. ncbi National, regional, and global trends in systolic blood pressure since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 786 country-years and 5·4 million participants
    Goodarz Danaei
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 377:568-77. 2011
    ..However, few worldwide analyses of trends in blood pressure have been done. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean systolic blood pressure (SBP)...
  9. ncbi [Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico's System of Social Protection in Health]
    Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier
    Unidad de Análisis Económico, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico, Paseo de la Reforma 450, PH, Col Juárez, 06600 Mexico, DF, Mexico
    Salud Publica Mex 49:S37-52. 2007
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  10. ncbi Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico's System of Social Protection in Health
    Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier
    Mexican Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
    Lancet 368:1608-18. 2006
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  11. ncbi A benefit-cost analysis of retrofitting diesel vehicles with particulate filters in the Mexico City metropolitan area
    Gretchen Stevens
    Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Risk Anal 25:883-99. 2005
    ..Results are most sensitive to values used to calculate benefits, such as the concentration-response coefficient, intake fraction (a measure of exposure), and the monetary value of health benefits...