Research Papers
The interactions of ethical notions and moral values of immediate stakeholders of immunization services in two Indian states: a qualitative study
 Joe Varghese, V Raman Kutty and Mala Ramanathan. The interactions of ethical notions and moral values of immediate stakeholders of immunization services in two Indian states: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2013;3: e001905. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2012-001905
Governability framework for the evaluation of complex public health functions
Joe Varghese and V Raman Kutty.  Governability framework for the evaluation of complex public health functions. Evaluation Review 2012;36,4:303-319.
Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Jhagadia Block, Gujarat: We Need to go Beyond Promoting Hospital Deliveries.
V. Raman Kutty; Pankaj Shah; Dhiren Modi; Shobha Shah; Mala Ramanathan; A. R. Archana  Reducing Neonatal Mortality in Jhagadia Block, Gujarat: We Need to go Beyond Promoting Hospital Deliveries.  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2012; doi: 10.1093/tropej/fms043
Immunisation status and its predictors among children of HIV-infected people in Kolkata
Pinaki Sensarma, Subhasis Bhandari, and V Raman Kutty. Immunisation status and its predictors among children of HIV-infected people in Kolkata. Health and Social Care in the Community 2012 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01080.
A comprehensive Review of Dengue & Mortality & Its Determinants
Zinia T Nujum,K.Vijayakumar,Pamagal Kavaitha,A comprehensive Review of Dengue & Mortality & Its Determinants Bulletin Volume 37,2013
A study on container breeding mosquitoes with special references to Aeades(Stegomyia)aegypti and Ae.albopictus in Thiruvananthapuram distric
K.Vijayakumar,Sudheeshkumar.T.K,Zenia.T. Nujum,Umarul Farook,Anu Kuriakos,A study on container breeding mosquitoes with special references to Aeades(Stegomyia)aegypti and Ae.albopictus in Thiruvananthapuram district,India accepted for  publication in Journal of Vector borne disease.
Migration status and prevalence of chronic diseases in Kerala state
Safraj Shahul Hameed, Kutty R, Vijayakumar K and Ajayan Kamalasanan
Migration status and prevalence of chronic diseases in Kerala state, India. Research Article 431818 Hindawi Publishing Corporation  14 November 2013Academic Editor: Jens Klotsche

Global differences in lung function by region (PURE)
Vijayakumar K “Global differences in lung function by region (PURE): an international community based, prospective study; Lancet Respiratory Medicine 09/2013; 1(8):599-609 DO:101016/S2213-2600(13) 70164-4.
All Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Kerala state
C R Soman, VR Kutty, S Safraj, K Vijayakumar, K Rajamohanan, KAjayan (for the Pro-Life study group), All Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Kerala state,  of India: Results from a 5- Year Follow up of 161 942 Rural Community-Dwelling Adults,  Asia Pac Journal of Public Online First, published on May 10,2010
Suicide in South India: A Community Based Study in Kerala
C R Soman, S Safraj, V Raman Kutty, K Vijayakumar, K Ajayan, Suicide in South India: A Community Based Study in Kerala. Indian Journal of  Psychiatry 2009;51:261-4
Building better migrant worker-health system interfaces: noteworthy interventions from local self-government institutions in Kerala:
 Soumya Gopakumar a,b,c, Divya CS b, Aruna S Venu a, Ravi Prasad Varma P a,b.
Associations of cereal grains intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality across 21 countries in Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study: prospective cohort study
 Sumathi Swaminathan,1 Mahshid Dehghan,2 John Michael Raj,3 Tinku Thomas,3 Sumathy Rangarajan,2 David Jenkins,4 Prem Mony,1 Viswanathan Mohan,5 Scott A Lear,6 Alvaro Avezum,7 Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,8 Annika Rosengren,9,10 Fernando Lanas,11 Khalid F AlHabib,12 Antonio Dans,13 Mirac Vural Keskinler,14 Thandi Puoane,15 Biju Soman,16,17 Li Wei,18 Katarzyna Zatonska,19 Rafael Diaz,20 Noorhassim Ismail,21 Jephat Chifamba,22 Roya Kelishadi,23 Afzalhussein Yusufali,24 Rasha Khatib,25,26 Liu Xiaoyun,18 Hu Bo,18 Romaina Iqbal,27 Rita Yusuf,28 Karen Yeates,29,30 Koon Teo,2 Salim Yusuf2 
PURE: Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
P Hystad, A Larkin, S Rangarajan, KF AlHabib, A Avezum, KB Tumerdem Calik,  J Chifamba, A Dans, R Diaz, JL du Plessis, R Gupta, R Iqbal, R Khatib, R Kelishadi, F Lanas, Z Liu, P Lopez-Jaramillo, S Nair, P Poirier, O Rahman, A Rosengren, H Swidan, LA Tse, Li Wei, A Wielgosz, K Yeates, K Yusoff, T Zatoriski, R Burnett, S Yusuf, M Brauer

PURE: Variations between women and men in risk factors, treatments, cardiovascular disease incidence, and death in 27 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries THE LANCET
M. Walli-Attaei, P. Joseph, A. Rosengre, K. Chow, S. Rangarajan, S. Lear, K. Alhabib, K. Davletov, A. Dans, F. Lanas, K. Yaetes, P. Poirier, K. Teo, A. Bahonar, F. Camilo, J Chifamba, R. Diaz, J. Didkowska, V. Irazola, R. Ismail, M. Kaur, R. Khatib, X. Liu, M. Manczuk, J. Miranda, A. Oguz, M. Perez-Mayorga, A. Szuba, L. Solekile, R. Varma, A. Yusufali, R. Yusuf, L. Wei, S. Anand, S. Yusuf

PURE: Association of symptoms of depression with cardiovascular disease and mortality in low-, middle-, and high-income countries JAMA PSYCH
S. Rajan, M. McKee, S. Rangarajan, S. Bangdiwala, A. Rosengren, R. Gupta, V. Raman Kutty, A. Wielgosz, S. Lear, K. AlHabib, H.U. Co, P. Lopez-Jaramillo, A. Avezum, P. Seron, A. Oguz, I.M. Kruger, R. Diaz,M. Nafiza, J. Chifamba, K. Yeates, R. Kelishadi, W. M. Sharief, A. zuba, R.  Khatib, O. Rahman,R. Iqbal, H. Bo, Z.Yibing, L. Wei, S.Yusuf 

Assessing health-seeking behavior among Asthma and COPD patients in urban South India
Padmanabhan Arjun 1, Sanjeev Nair 2, G Jilisha 3, Jyolsna Anand 3, Veena Babu 3, Hisham Moosan 3, Anitha K Kumari 4

The first state-level public health program for obstructive airway disease in India: An early field-level evaluation
Soumya Gopakumar , Mathew J Valamparampil , M S Manu, Sanjeev Nair , R Kamala  , A Raj Atulya , Bipin K Gopal , Veena Babu , K Vijayakumar 

PURE, CAHHM: Effect of cognitive reserve on the association of vascular brain injury with cognition

R Durrani, MG Friedrich, KM Schulze, P Awadalla, K Balasubramanian, S Black, P Broet, D Busseuil, D Desai, T Drummer, A Dick, J Hicks, T Iype, D Kelton, A Kirpalani, SA Lear, J Leipsic, W Li, CR McCreary, AR Moody, MD Noseworthy, G Parraga, P Poirier, S Rangarajan, D Szczesniak, A Szuba, JC Tardif, K Teo, JE Vena, K Zatonska, A Zimny, DS Lee, S Yusuf, SS Anand, EE Smith

First published 

Global variations in the prevalence, treatment, and impact of atrial fibrillation in a multi-national cohort of 153?152 middle-aged individuals.

Joseph PG, Healey JS, Raina P, Connolly SJ, Ibrahim Q, Gupta R, Avezum A, Dans AL, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Yeates K, Teo K, Douma R, Bahonar A, Chifamba J, Lanas F, Dagenais GR, Lear SA, Kumar R, Kengne AP, Keskinler M, Mohan V, Mony P, Alhabib KF, Huisman H, Iype T, Zatonska K, Ismail R, Kazmi K, Rosengren A, Rahman O, Yusufali A, Wei L, Orlandini A, Islam S, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S; PURE Investigators.Cardiovasc Res. 2021 May 25;117(6):1523-1531. doi:10.1093/cvr/cvaa241.PMID: 32777820

PURE: Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study]

R Iqbal, M Dehghan, A Mente, S Rangarajan, A Wielgosz, A Avezum, P Seron, KF AlHabib, P Lopez-Jaramillo, S Swaminathan, N Mohammaifard, K Zatonska, H Bo, RP Varma, O Rahman, AH Yusufali, Y Lu, N Ismail, A Rsengren, N Imeryuz, K Yeates, J Chifamba, A Dans, R Kumar, L Xiaoyum, L Tsolekile, R Khatib, R Diaz, K Teo, S Yusuf he American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 114, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 1049–1058, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa448 Published:31 March 2021

Associations of cereal grains intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality across 21 countries in Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study: prospective cohort study.

Swaminathan S, Dehghan M, Raj JM, Thomas T, Rangarajan S, Jenkins D, Mony P, Mohan V, Lear SA, Avezum A, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Rosengren A, Lanas F, AlHabib KF, Dans A, Keskinler MV, Puoane T, Soman B, Wei L, Zatonska K, Diaz R, Ismail N, Chifamba J, Kelishadi R, Yusufali A, Khatib R, Xiaoyun L, Bo H, Iqbal R, Yusuf R, Yeates K, Teo K, Yusuf S.BMJ. 2021 Feb 3;372:m4948. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4948.PMID: 33536317

Association of bedtime with mortality and major cardiovascular events: an analysis of 112,198 individuals from 21 countries in the PURE study.

Wang C, Hu B, Rangarajan S, Bangdiwala SI, Lear SA, Mohan V, Gupta R, Alhabib KF, Soman B, Abat MEM, Rosengren A, Lanas F, Avezum A, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Diaz R, Yusoff K, Iqbal R, Chifamba J, Yeates K, Zato?ska K, Kruger IM, Bahonar A, Yusufali A, Li W, Yusuf S; Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study investigators.Sleep Med. 2021 Apr;80:265-272. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.057. Epub 2021 Feb 5.PMID: 33610073

Contrasting Associations Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Mortality Rates in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries: Cohort Study Data From 143,567 Individuals in 21 Countries in the PURE Study
Anjana RM, Mohan V, Rangarajan S, Gerstein HC, Venkatesan U, Sheridan P, Dagenais GR, Lear SA, Teo K, Karsidag K, Alhabib KF, Yusoff K, Ismail N, Mony PK, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Chifamba J, Palileo-Villanueva LM, Iqbal R, Yusufali A, Kruger IM, Rosengren A, Bahonar A, Zatonska K, Yeates K, Gupta R, Li W, Hu L, Rahman MO, Lakshmi PVM, Iype T, Avezum A, Diaz R, Lanas F, Yusuf S.Diabetes Care. 2020 Dec;43(12):3094-3101. doi: 10.2337/dc20-0886. Epub 2020 Oct 15.PMID: 33060076
Household and personal air pollution exposure measurements from 120 communities in eight countries: results from the PURE-AIR study
Shupler M, Hystad P, Birch A, Miller-Lionberg D, Jeronimo M, Arku RE, Chu YL, Mushtaha M, Heenan L, Rangarajan S, Seron P, Lanas F, Cazor F, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Camacho PA, Perez M, Yeates K, West N, Ncube T, Ncube B, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Khan A, Hu B, Liu X, Wei L, Tse LA, Mohan D, Kumar P, Gupta R, Mohan I, Jayachitra KG, Mony PK, Rammohan K, Nair S, Lakshmi PVM, Sagar V, Khawaja R, Iqbal R, Kazmi K, Yusuf S, Brauer M; PURE-AIR study.Lancet Planet Health. 2020 Oct;4(10):e451-e462. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30197-2.PMID: 33038319
PURE: Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147812 individuals from 21 countries
B. Bhavadharini, M. Dehgjan, A. Mente, S. Rangarajan, P. Sheridan, V.Monhan, R. Iqbal, R.Gupta, S. Lear, E. Wentzel-Viljoen, A. Avezum, P. Lopez-Jaramillo, P. Mony, R. Varma, R. Kumar, J. Chifamba, K. Yusoff, L. Tsolkile, A. Dans, A. Yusufali, A. Orlandini, P. Poirier, R. Khatib, B. Hu, L. Wei, L. Yin, A. Deeraili, K. Yeates, R. Yusuf, N. Ismail, D. Mozaffarian, K. Teo, S. Anand, S. Yusuf  BMJ OPEN DIABETES RESEARCH & CARE MAY 2020
Long-term exposure to outdoor and household air pollution and blood pressure in the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study
Arku RE, Brauer M, Ahmed SH, AlHabib KF, Avezum Á, Bo J, Choudhury T, Dans AM, Gupta R, Iqbal R, Ismail N, Kelishadi R, Khatib R, Koon T, Kumar R, Lanas F, Lear SA, Wei L, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Mohan V, Poirier P, Puoane T, Rangarajan S, Rosengren A, Soman B, Caklili OT, Yang S, Yeates K, Yin L, Yusoff K, Zato?ski T, Yusuf S, Hystad P.Environ Pollut. 2020 Jul;262:114197. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114197. Epub 2020 Feb 24.PMID: 32146361
Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study.
Dagenais GR, Leong DP, Rangarajan S, Lanas F, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Gupta R, Diaz R, Avezum A, Oliveira GBF, Wielgosz A, Parambath SR, Mony P, Alhabib KF, Temizhan A, Ismail N, Chifamba J, Yeates K, Khatib R, Rahman O, Zatonska K, Kazmi K, Wei L, Zhu J, Rosengren A, Vijayakumar K, Kaur M, Mohan V, Yusufali A, Kelishadi R, Teo KK, Joseph P, Yusuf S.Lancet. 2020 Mar 7;395(10226):785-794. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32007-0. Epub 2019 Sep 3.PMID: 31492501
Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157?436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Hystad P, Larkin A, Rangarajan S, AlHabib KF, Avezum Á, Calik KBT, Chifamba J, Dans A, Diaz R, du Plessis JL, Gupta R, Iqbal R, Khatib R, Kelishadi R, Lanas F, Liu Z, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Nair S, Poirier P, Rahman O, Rosengren A, Swidan H, Tse LA, Wei L, Wielgosz A, Yeates K, Yusoff K, Zato?ski T, Burnett R, Yusuf S, Brauer M.Lancet Planet Health. 2020 Jun;4(6):e235-e245. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30103-0.PMID: 32559440