Tobacco use, body mass and cancer mortality in Mumbai Cohort StudyMangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India
Cancer Epidemiol 33:424-30. 2009
..These relationships are virtually unexplored in populations having patterns of both tobacco use and body habitus atypical of those typically enrolled in epidemiologic studies...
Illiteracy, low educational status, and cardiovascular mortality in IndiaMangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400614, India
BMC Public Health 11:567. 2011
..Influence of education, a marker of SES, on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has not been evaluated in low-income countries. To determine influence of education on CVD mortality a cohort study was performed in India...
- Association of blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality in India: Mumbai cohort study
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India
Am J Hypertens 22:1076-84. 2009
..To determine all-cause and circulatory system (cardiovascular)-related mortality in subjects with different grades of hypertension, we performed a prospective study...
- Association between tobacco use and body mass index in urban Indian population: implications for public health in India
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601, Great Eastern Chambers, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614, India
BMC Public Health 6:70. 2006
..15-0.25 g of tobacco) or chewed, is another important determinant of health. Tobacco use also may exert a strong influence on BMI...
- Forced expiratory volume predicts all-cause and cancer mortality in Mumbai, India: results from a population-based cohort study
James R Hebert
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Int J Epidemiol 39:1619-27. 2010
..This study was designed to examine the association between FEV(1) and mortality in an urban developing-country population...
Prospective study of smoking and tuberculosis in IndiaMangesh S Pednekar
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India
Prev Med 44:496-8. 2007
..This paper examines the association between smoking (mainly bidi smoking) and tuberculosis in Mumbai, India...
- Association of body mass index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: findings from a prospective cohort study in Mumbai (Bombay), India
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai 400614, India
Int J Epidemiol 37:524-35. 2008
..A prospective cohort study was conducted in Mumbai (India) to study the association of relative body weight, as estimated by body mass index [BMI = weight (kg)/height(2) (m(2))], with mortality...
- Joint effects of tobacco use and body mass on all-cause mortality in Mumbai, India: results from a population-based cohort study
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Belapur, India
Am J Epidemiol 167:330-40. 2008
..Tobacco use and undernutrition are serious problems in India. The current study indicates that obesity may emerge as a serious public health problem with which tobacco use may interact...
- Association of tobacco habits, including bidi smoking, with overall and site-specific cancer incidence: results from the Mumbai cohort study
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Cancer Causes Control 22:859-68. 2011
..This study examined the association between bidis and other forms of tobacco use and cancer incidence in an urban developing country population...
- Association of alcohol, alcohol and tobacco with mortality: findings from a prospective cohort study in Mumbai (Bombay), India
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614, Maharashtra, India
Alcohol 46:139-46. 2012
..In addition to individual effect, this study demonstrates the synergistic interaction between alcohol and tobacco use in various forms on mortality...
- The relationship between tobacco advertisements and smoking status of youth in India
Payal B Shah
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai, India
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 9:637-42. 2008
..To examine the relationship between tobacco advertisements, counter-advertisements, and smoking status among Indian youth...
- Tobacco associated mortality in Mumbai (Bombay) India. Results of the Bombay Cohort Study
Prakash C Gupta
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, India
Int J Epidemiol 34:1395-402. 2005
..60, 95% CI 1.78-3.80) were significantly high in male smokers than never tobacco users. CONCLUSIONS: Bidi is no less hazardous than cigarette smoking, and smokeless tobacco use may also result in significantly increased mortality...
- Concurrent alcohol and tobacco use among a middle-aged and elderly population in Mumbai
Prakash C Gupta
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, 601, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 600614, Maharashtra, India
Natl Med J India 18:88-91. 2005
..This study outlines the association between concurrent alcohol and tobacco use among a middle-aged and elderly population in a western Indian cohort after controlling for various sociodemographic factors...
- Knowledge of health effects and intentions to quit among smokeless tobacco users in India: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) India Pilot Survey
Lalit J Raute
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 12:1233-8. 2011
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- Message formats and their influence on perceived risks of tobacco use: a pilot formative research project in India
Claudia R Pischke
BIPS Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Bremen 28359, Germany
Health Educ Res 28:326-38. 2013
..To conclude, messages using evidence-based information, possibly with negative emotions, testimonials with role models and those messages emphasizing self-efficacy in the format of narratives appear to appeal to teachers in Bihar...
- Tobacco use or body mass--do they predict tuberculosis mortality in Mumbai, India? Results from a population-based cohort study
Mangesh S Pednekar
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, CBD Belapur, India
PLoS ONE 7:e39443. 2012
..Around 27% male tuberculosis deaths were attributable to their being underweight and smoker, while 22% male and 37% female deaths were attributable to their being underweight and smokeless tobacco user...
- Smoking ban and indoor air quality in restaurants in Mumbai, India
Lalit J Raute
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India
Indian J Occup Environ Med 15:68-72. 2011
..5) levels in bars and restaurants, restaurants, country liquor bars, hookah restaurants and pubs in Mumbai...
- Tobacco use among school personnel in Rajasthan, India
Rameshwar Sharma
Healis, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Helath, Navi Mumbai, India
Indian J Cancer 41:162-6. 2004
..CONCLUSION: First study from Rajasthan to report tobacco use among school personnel. School personnel not only strongly support the tobacco control policies but also ready to work for its successful implementation with proper training...
