2022

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors in Nepal: findings from a nationwide population-based survey. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Prevalence and risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in Nepal: evidence from a nationally representative population-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Use of statins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in 41 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data. (external link)
• B. Koirala; S.R. Adhikari; A. Shrestha et al. (2022). A National Equity Initiative to Address Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries: Findings and Recommendation from the Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Burden of Diabetes Mellitus in Nepal: An Analysis of Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Data Resource Profile: The Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Cardiometabolic Diseases (HPACC). (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). Rural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2022). The socioeconomic gradient of alcohol use: an analysis of nationally representative survey data from 55 low-income and middle-income countries. (external link)

2023

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2023). Improving health outcomes of people with diabetes: target setting for the WHO Global Diabetes Compact. (external link)
• Anu Mishra; Bin Zhou; Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez et al. (2023). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development. (external link)
• Bin Zhou; Kate E. Sheffer; James E. Bennett et al. (2023). Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. (external link)
• Nicholas Errol Rahim; David Flood; Maja E Marcus et al. (2023). Diabetes risk and provision of diabetes prevention activities in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative, individual-level survey data. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2023). Free Basic Healthcare in Nepal: Can the Dream be Turned into Reality in the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage?. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2023). Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in Nepal from 1990 to 2019: The Global Burden of Disease Study, 2019. (external link)
• Sang Gune K Yoo; Grace S. Chung; Silver K. Bahendeka et al. (2023). Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries. (external link)
• Tiffany K. Gill; Manasi Murthy Mittinty; Lyn M March et al. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of other musculoskeletal disorders, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (external link)
• Jasmine Maharjan; Sagar Pandit; Kjell Arne Johansson et al. (2023). Effectiveness of interventions for emergency care of hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis: A systematic review. (external link)
• Raja Ram Dhungana; Achyut Raj Pandey; Suira Joshi et al. (2023). The burden of mental disorders in Nepal between 1990 and 2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Sophie Ochmann; Isabelle von Polenz; Maja-Emilia Marcus et al. (2023). Diagnostic testing for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of data for 994 185 individuals from 57 nationally representative surveys. (external link)

2025

• Pratik Khanal; Suman Sapkota; Nirmal Poudel et al. (2025). Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related quality of life among patients receiving cancer treatment: a cross-sectional study from Nepal. (external link)
• Pratik Khanal; Kjell Arne Johansson; Achyut Raj Pandey et al. (2025). Financial burden of cancer in Nepal: Factors associated with annual cost and catastrophic health expenditure. (external link)
• Yves Miel H. Zuniga; Alimuddin Zumla; Liesl J. Zuhlke et al. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)

2019

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Factors associated with suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts among adolescent students in Nepal: Findings from Global School-based Students Health Survey. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Noncommunicable disease risk factors among older adults aged 60-69 years in Nepal: findings from the STEPS survey 2013. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Smokeless Tobacco Use is "Replacing" the Smoking Epidemic in the South-East Asia Region. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Prevalence of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Nepal. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables Among Individuals 15 Years and Older in 28 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2019). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)

2018

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Prevalence and correlates of anemia among adolescents in Nepal: Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. (external link)
• Gregory A. Roth; Degu Abate; Kalkidan Hassen Abate et al. (2018). Erratum: Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1736–1788)(S0140673618322037)(10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7)). (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Nancy Fullman; Jamal Yearwood; Solomon M. Abay et al. (2018). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal; Astrid Alvik; Narbada Thapa et al. (2018). Anxiety and Depression among Pregnant Women and Mothers of Children Under one Year in Sindupalchowk District.. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2018). Anxiety and Depression among Pregnant Women and Mothers of Children Under one Year in Sindupalchowk District. (external link)

2020

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Determinants of home delivery in Nepal - A disaggregated analysis of marginalised and non-marginalised women from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. (external link)
• Robert C. Reiner; Kirsten E. Wiens; Aniruddha Deshpande et al. (2020). Department of Error: Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2020) 395(10239) (1779–1801), (S0140673620301148), (10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30114-8)). (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Mortality and risk factors of disease in Nepal: Trend and projections from 1990 to 2040. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Evaluation of sex differences in dietary behaviours and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys in seven low- and middle-income countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2020). Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower- and middle-income countries: A multicountry analysis of survey data. (external link)

2016

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2016). Alcohol Consumption Practices among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Nepal: A Population Based Household Survey. (external link)
• Narbada Thapa; Krishna Kumar Aryal; Rupendra Puri et al. (2016). Alcohol consumption practices among married women of reproductive age in Nepal: A population based household survey. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2016). Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and Postpartum Period and its Predictors in Sindhupalchowk District, Nepal. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2016). Prevalence and Predictors of Alcohol Consumption among the Squatter of Kathmandu Valley. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal; N Thapa; Suresh Mehata et al. (2016). Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and Postpartum Period and its Predictors in Sindhupalchowk District, Nepal. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2016). Utilization of Health Research Recommendation in Policy and Planning in Nepal. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2016). Oral hygiene practices and their socio-demographic correlates among Nepalese adult: evidence from non communicable diseases risk factors STEPS survey Nepal 2013. (external link)

2017

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Factors determining satisfaction among facility-based maternity clients in Nepal. (external link)
• Simon I. Hay; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir; Kalkidan Hassen Abate et al. (2017). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Emmanuela Gakidou; Ashkan Afshin; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir et al. (2017). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Nancy Fullman; Ryan M. Barber; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir et al. (2017). Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Theo Vos; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir; Cristiana Abbafati et al. (2017). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Trends and Inequalities in Use of Maternal Health Care Services in Nepal: Strategy in the Search for Improvements. (external link)
• Mohsen Naghavi; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir; Cristiana Abbafati et al. (2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Haidong Wang; Amanuel Alemu Abajobir; Kalkidan Hassen Abate et al. (2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (external link)

2015

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2015). Women's Satisfaction of Maternity Care in Nepal and Its Correlation with Intended Future Utilization. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2015). The Burden and Determinants of Non Communicable Diseases Risk Factors in Nepal: Findings from a Nationwide STEPS Survey. (external link)
• N. Thapa; Krishna Kumar Aryal; M. Paudel et al. (2015). Nepalese Homebrewed Alcoholic Beverages: Types, Ingredients, and Ethanol Concentration from a Nation Wide Survey. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2015). Trends of Smokeless Tobacco use among Adults (Aged 15-49 Years) in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. (external link)

2024

• Bin Zhou; Mariachiara Di Cesare; Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas et al. (2024). General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. (external link)
• Bin Zhou; Archie W. Rayner; Edvard W Gregg et al. (2024). Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants.. (external link)
• Leila Ghalichi; Dina Goodman-Palmer; John Whitaker et al. (2024). Individual characteristics associated with road traffic collisions and healthcare seeking in low- and middle-income countries and territories. (external link)
• Sergej Ostojic; Nowell H. Phelps; Rosie K. Singleton et al. (2024). Worldwide trends in the underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3,633 population-representative studies with 222 million school-aged children, adolescents, and adults. (external link)
• Sang Gune K Yoo; Grace S. Chung; Silver K. Bahendeka et al. (2024). Global Prevalence of Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nationally Representative, Individual-Level Data. (external link)
• Dorit Talia Stein; Marissa B. Reitsma; Pascal Geldsetzer et al. (2024). Hypertension care cascades and reducing inequities in cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries. (external link)

2021

• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 680 102 adults. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685 616 adults. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Factors Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Nepal: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Population-Based Study. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Progress in Reducing Inequalities in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services in Nepal. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Targeting Hypertension Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 1.2 Million Adults in 56 Countries. (external link)
• Krishna Kumar Aryal (2021). Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries. (external link)

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