About NCD-RisC
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) is a network of health scientists around the world that provides rigorous and timely data on major risk factors for non-communicable diseases for all of the world’s countries.
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- 2023 Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in China, 2004-18: findings from six rounds of a national survey. BMJ
- 2022 Association of socioeconomic position and childhood obesity in Finland: a registry-based study. BMJ Open
- 2022 Towards standardised and valid anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in middle childhood and adolescence. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- 2022 Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital. Lancet
NCD-RisC in the News
- August 31, 2021 Le Monde - Dans le monde, seule une hypertension artérielle sur cinq est correctement traitée
- August 25, 2021 CNN - Number of people with high blood pressure has doubled globally, large study finds
- August 25, 2021 The Indian Express - People living with hypertension doubled worldwide in 30 years to more than 1.2 billion: Study
- August 24, 2021 Reuters - High blood pressure driven by obesity, poverty - WHO study