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Young‐Ho Khang

Researcher Next ID · RN-024110

Researcher · Social Sciences

Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
325
Citation count
231,174
H-index
98
i10-index
214

Research interests

Social Sciences
Health Professions
Medicine
Health disparities and outcomes
Global Health Care Issues
Global Maternal and Child Health
Health and Wellbeing Research
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Publications

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

    The Lancet · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants

    The Lancet · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02317-1

  • 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

    The Lancet · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01330-1

  • Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

    eLife · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.60060

  • 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

    The Lancet · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31859-6

  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x

  • The global burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30685-6

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    The Lancet · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30041-8

  • Global, regional, and national burden of brain and other CNS cancer, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    The Lancet Neurology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30468-x

  • Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    The Lancet Neurology · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30387-9

  • Global, regional, and national burden of Parkinson's disease, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    The Lancet Neurology · 2018 · 10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30295-3

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30362-1

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016

    JAMA Oncology · 2018 · 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2706

  • Mortality, morbidity, and hospitalisations due to influenza lower respiratory tract infections, 2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2018 · 10.1016/s2213-2600(18)30496-x

  • Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis, 1990–2016: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2016 Study

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30625-x

  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.052

  • Global, Regional, and National Prevalence, Incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Oral Conditions for 195 Countries, 1990–2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Journal of Dental Research · 2017 · 10.1177/0022034517693566

  • Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2017 · 10.1016/s2213-2600(17)30293-x

  • Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    The Lancet · 2017 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30819-x

  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    The Lancet Neurology · 2017 · 10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30299-5

  • Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015

    JAMA · 2017 · 10.1001/jama.2016.19043

  • The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level

    JAMA Oncology · 2017 · 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.3055

  • Data Resource Profile: The National Health Information Database of the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea

    International Journal of Epidemiology · 2016 · 10.1093/ije/dyw253

  • Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331 288 participants

    The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(15)00129-1

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    The Lancet · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60460-8

  • Data Resource Profile: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)

    International Journal of Epidemiology · 2014 · 10.1093/ije/dyt228

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    The Lancet · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61766-8

  • 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

    The Lancet · 2011 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60679-x

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