Selected Publications of Sebastian Vollmer (Full List)

• Krämer M, Kumar S, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Improving Child Health and Cognition: Evidence from a School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India. The Review of Economics and Statistics, DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00950


• Sudharsanan N, Theilmann M, Kirschbaum T, Manne-Goehler J, Azadnajafabad S, Bovet P, Chen S, De Neve J-W, Dorobantu M, Ebert C, Farzadfar F, Gathecha G, Singh Gurung M, Jamshidi K, Jorgensen J, Labadarios D, Lemp J, Mwangi J, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Bahendeka S, Zhumadilov Z, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Atun R, Davies J, Geldsetzer P (forthcoming) Variation in the proportion of adults in need of BP-lowering medications by hypertension care guideline in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of 1,037,215 individuals from 50 nationally representative surveys. Circulation


• Peiris D, Ghosh A, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Pelam DA, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Wong-McClure R, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JM, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Damasceno A, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, McKenzie B, Webster J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Davies JI, Geldsetzer P (forthcoming) 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 from 600,484 adults. PLOS Medicine


• Sagalova V, Nanama S, Zagre NM, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Long-Term Consequences of Early Marriage and Maternity in West and Central Africa. Journal of Global Health


• Bischops AC, de Neve JW, Awasthi A, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P (2020) A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India. Nature Communications, 11: 5891


• Bommer C, Horn S, Vollmer S (2020) The effect of routine probiotics supplementation on preterm newborn health: a regression discontinuity analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5): 1219–1227


• Davies JI, Reddiar SK, Hirschhorn LR, Ebert C, Marcus M, Seiglie JA, Zhumadilov Z, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidie M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Brian G, Stokes A, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Geldsetzer R, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM (2020) Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower and middle income countries: A multi-country analysis of survey data. PLOS Medicine, 17(11): e1003268


• Lemp J, De Neve JW, Bussmann H, Chen S,Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Probst C, Tsabedze L, Sturua L, Kibachio JM, Moghaddam S, Martins JS, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Farzadfar F, Dryden-Peterson S, Davies JI, Atun R, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P (2020) Lifetime Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA, 324(15): 1532–1542


• Ogbuoji O, Vollmer S, Jamison D, Bärnighausen T (2020) Economic consequences of better health: insights from clinical data. The BMJ, 370: m2186


• Teufel F, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Karlsson O, Koncz V, Deckert A, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Seiglie J, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Hwalla N, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Msaidie M, Norov B, Sibai AB, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Davies J, Atun R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L, De Neve J-W (2020) Analysis of attained height and diabetes among 554,122 adults across 25 low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes Care, 43(10): 2403–2410


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345–366


• Li Z, Kim R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2020) Factors Associated with Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Network Open, 3(4): e203386


• Herber C, Bogler L, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2020) Association between milk consumption and child growth for children aged 6-59 months. Scientific Reports, 10: 6730


• Seiglie JA, Marcus M, Ebert C, Prodromidis N, Geldsetzer P, Theilmann M, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Bovet P, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Singh Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Msaidie M, Houe-hanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen JMA, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Atun R, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L, Meigs J, Wexler DJ, Manne-Goehler J (2020) Diabetes prevalence and its relationship with education, wealth, and body mass index in 29 low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes Care, 43(4): 767-775


• Didzun O, De Neve J-W, Awasthi A, Dubey M, Theilmann M, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P (2019) Anemia among men in India: a nationally-representative cross-sectional study of all states and Union Territories. The Lancet Global Health, 7(12): e1685-e1694


• Deichmann U, Reuter A, Vollmer S, Zhang F (2019) Relationship between Energy Intensity and Economic Growth New Evidence from a Multi‐Country Multi‐Sector Data Set. World Development, 124: 104664


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus M, Ebert C, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Dorobantu M, Damasceno A, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KA, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, Stokes A, Davies JI, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Vollmer S, Jaacks LM (2019) The state of hypertension care in 44 low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of individual-level nationally representative data from 1.1 million adults. The Lancet, 394: 652-662


• Coetzee L, Bogler L, De Neve J-W, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) HIV, antiretroviral therapy and non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence from 48 countries over the period 1990-2016. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22: e25364


• Bogler L, Jantos N, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) Estimating the effect of measles vaccination on child growth using 191 DHS from 65 low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine, 37(35): 5073-5088


• Frank SM, Webster J, McKenzie B, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Andall-Brereton G, Houehanoum C, Houinato D, Gurung MS, Bicaba BW, McClure RW, Supiyev A, Zhumadilov Z, Stokes A, Labadarios D, Sibai AM, Norov B, Aryal KK, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Jaacks L (2019) Consumption of fruits and vegetables among individuals 15 years and older in 28 low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Nutrition, 149(7): 1252–1259


• Minasyan A, Zenker J, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2019) Educational Gender Gaps and Economic Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. World Development 122: 199-217


• Prenissl J, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM, Prabhakaran D, Awasthi A, Bischops AC, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P (2019) Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control in India: A nationally representative cross-sectional study among individuals aged 15 to 49 years. PLOS Medicine, 16(5): e1002801


• Prenissl J, Jaacks LM, Mohan V, Manne-Goehler J, Davies JI, Awasthi A, Bischops AC, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P (2019) Variation in health system performance for managing diabetes among states in India: A cross-sectional study of individuals aged 15 to 49 years. BMC Medicine, 17: 92


• Manne-Goehler J, Geldsetzer P, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Bovet P, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Msaidie M, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen JMA, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwalim O, Mwangi JK, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Marcus M, Ebert C, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L (2019) Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys. PLOS Medicine, 16(3): e1002751


• Steinert JI, Cluver LD, Meinck F, Doubt J, Vollmer S (2018) Household Economic Strengthening through Financial and Psychosocial Programming: Evidence from a Field Experiment in South Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 134: 443-466


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Davies JI, Awasthi A, Danaei G, Gaziano TA, Vollmer S, Jaacks LM, Bärnighausen T, Atun R (2018) Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults. PLOS Medicine, 15(6): e1002581


• Zenker J, Wagener A, Vollmer S (2018) Better Knowledge Need Not Affect Behavior: A Randomized Evaluation of the Demand for Lottery Tickets in Rural Thailand. World Bank Economic Review, 32(3): 570–583


• Bommer C, Sagalova V, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2018) Global economic burden of diabetes in adults: projections from 2015-2030. Diabetes Care, 41(5): 963-970


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Davies JI, Awasthi A, Vollmer S, Jaacks LM, Bärnighausen T, Atun R (2018) Diabetes and hypertension in India: A nationally representative study of 1.3 million adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 178(3): 363-372


• Kuhnt J, Vollmer S (2017) Antenatal Care Services and its Implications for Vital and Health Outcomes of Children: Evidence from 193 Surveys in 69 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. BMJ Open, 7(11): e017122


• Bärnighausen T, Oldenburg C, Tugwell P, Bommer C, Ebert C, Barreto M, Djimeu E, Haber N, Waddington H, Rockers P, Sianesi B, Bor J, Fink G, Valentine J, Tanner J, Stanley T, Sierra E, Tchetgen ET, Atun R, Vollmer S (2017) Quasi-experimental study designs series: assessing the assumptions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 89: 53-66


• Atun R, Davies JI, Gale EA, Bärnighausen T, Beran D, Kengne AP, Levitt NS, Mangugu FW, Nyirenda MJ, Ogle GD, Ramaiya K, Sewankambo NK, Sobngwi E, Tesfaye S, Yudkin JS, Basu S, Bommer C, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Postolovska I, Sagalova V, Vollmer S, Abbas ZG, Ammon B, Angamo MT, Annamreddi A, Awasthi A, Besançon S, Bhadriraju S, Binagwaho A, Burgess PI, Burton MJ, Chai J, Chilunga FP, Chipendo P, Conn A, Dipesalema JR, Eagan AW, Gishoma C, Ho J, Jong S, Kakarmath SS, Khan Y, Kharel R, Kyle MA, Lee SL, Lichtman A, Malm CP, Mbaye MN, Muhimpundu MA, Mwagomba BM, Mwangi KJ, Nair M, Niyonsenga SP, Njuguna B, Okafor OL, Okunade O, Park PH, Pastakia SD, Pekny C, Reja A, Rotimi CN, Rwunganira S, Sando D, Sarriera G, Sharma A, Sidibé A, Siraj ES, Syed AS, van Acker K, Werfalli M (2017) Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa - from clinical care to health policy. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(8): 622-667


• Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Kupka R, Subramanian SV (2017) Levels and trends of childhood undernutrition by wealth and education according to a composite index of anthropometric failure: Evidence from 146 Demographic and Health Surveys from 39 countries. BMJ Global Health, 2(2): e000206


• Bommer C, Heesemann E, Sagalova V, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2017) The Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults aged 20 to 79: A Cost-of-Illness Study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(6): 423-430


• Vollmer S, Bommer C, Krishna A, Harttgen K, Subramanian SV (2017) The Association of Parental Education with Childhood Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing the Role of Paternal and Maternal Education. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(1): 312-323


• Lange S, Vollmer S (2017) The effect of economic development on population health: a review of the empirical evidence. British Medical Bulletin, 121(1): 47-60


• Fink G, Victora C, Harttgen K, Vollmer S, Vidaletti LP, Barros AJD (2017) Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities with Predicted Absolute Incomes rather than Wealth Quintiles: A Comparative Assessment using Child Stunting Data from National Surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 107(4): 550-555


• Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Stokes A, Goehler A, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidie Salimani Hambou M, Longo Mbenza B, Sobngwi E, Balde N, Kibachio Mwangi J, Gathecha G, Waweru Ngugi P, Wesseh CS, Damesceno A, Lunet N, Bovet P, Labadarios D, Zuma K, Mayige M, Kagaruki G, Ramaiya K, Agoudavi K, Guwatudde D, Bahendeka SK, Mutungi G, Geldsetzer P, Levitt NS, Salomon JA, Yudkin JS, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T (2016) Diabetes diagnosis and care in sub-Saharan Africa: pooled analysis of individual data from 12 countries. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 4(11): 903-912


• Kumar S, Molitor R, Vollmer S (2016) Drought and Early Child Health in Rural India. Population and Development Review, 42(1): 53-68


• Krämer M, Kupka R, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2016) Association between household unavailability of iodized salt and child growth: evidence from 89 demographic and health surveys. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(4): 1093-1100


• Vollmer S, Alfven T, Padayachy J, Harttgen K, Ghys P, Bärnighausen T (2015) HIV surveys in older adults: better data, better health. The Lancet HIV, 2(2): e40-e41


• Strulik H, Vollmer S (2015) The Fertility Transition around the World. Journal of Population Economics, 28(1): 31-44


• Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2014) A Reversal in the Relationship of Human Development with Fertility? Demography, 51(1): 173-184


• Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Subramanyam MA, Finlay J, Klasen S, Subramanian SV (2014) Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 2(4): e225-e234


• Fink G, McConnell M, Vollmer S (2014) Testing for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Experimental Data: False Discovery Risks and Correction Procedures. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 6(1): 44-57


• Harttgen K, Kowal P, Strulik H, Chatterji S, Vollmer S (2013) Patterns of frailty in older adults: Comparing results from higher and lower income countries using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). PLOS ONE, 8(10): e75847


• Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2013) Using an Asset Index to Simulate Household Income. Economics Letters, 121(2): 257-262


• Harttgen K, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2013) Economic Growth and Child Undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Population and Development Review, 39(3): 397-412


• Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Ketterer F, Klasen S, Canning D (2013) The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs. PLOS ONE, 8(3): e57624


• Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Schwaiger F (2013) Peaks vs Components. Review of Development Economics, 17(2): 352-364


• Harttgen K, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2013) An African Growth Miracle? Or: What do Asset Indices Tell us about Trends in Economic Performance? Review of Income and Wealth, 59(S1): S37-S61


• Strulik H, Vollmer S (2013) Long-Run Trends of Human Aging and Longevity. Journal of Population Economics, 26(4): 1303-1323


• Kumar S, Vollmer S (2013) Does Access to Improved Sanitation Reduce Childhood Diarrhea in Rural India? Health Economics, 22(4): 410-427


• Herzer D, Strulik H, Vollmer S (2012) The Long-Run Determinants of Fertility: One Century of Demographic Change 1900-1999. Journal of Economic Growth, 17(4): 357-385


• Herzer D, Vollmer S (2012) Inequality and Growth: Evidence from Panel Cointegration. Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(4): 489-503


• Kröhnert S, Vollmer S (2012) Gender-Specific Migration from Eastern to Western Germany: Where Have All the Young Women Gone? International Migration, 50(5): 95-112


• Holzmann H, Vollmer S (2008) A Likelihood Ratio Test for Bimodality in Two-Component Mixtures with Application to Regional Income Distribution in the EU. AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 92(1): 57-69 [R Package]


• Nowak-Lehmann F, Herzer D, Martínez-Zarzoso I, Vollmer S (2007) The Impact of a Customs Union between Turkey and the EU on Turkey's Exports to the EU. Journal of Common Market Studies, 45(3): 719-743

• Weber A-C, Kapeu AS, Bogler L, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE, Zagre NM (forthcoming) Household wealth as a risk factor of diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria over time. Journal of Global Health


• Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Kapeu AS, Zagre NM, Ekpini RE, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Determinants of health-care seeking in Western and Central Africa: a descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from 23 low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Health


• Herber C, Bogler L, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2020) Association between milk consumption and child growth for children aged 6-59 months. Scientific Reports, 10: 6730


• Coetzee L, Bogler L, De Neve J-W, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) HIV, antiretroviral therapy and non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence from 48 countries over the period 1990-2016. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22: e25364


• Bogler L, Jantos N, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) Estimating the effect of measles vaccination on child growth using 191 DHS from 65 low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine, 37(35): 5073-5088

• Bommer C, Vollmer S, Zagre NM (forthcoming) Determinants of HIV seropositivity in young West and Central African women: a pooled analysis of 17 Demographic and Health Surveys. Journal of Global Health


• Bommer C, Horn S, Vollmer S (2020) The effect of routine probiotics supplementation on preterm newborn health: a regression discontinuity analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5): 1219–1227


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345-366


• Williams R, Karuranga S, Malanda B, Saeedi P, Basit A, Besançon S, Bommer C, Esteghamati A, Ogurtsova K, Zhang P, Collagiuri S (2020) Global and regional estimates and projections of diabetes-related health expenditure: results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108072


• Bommer C, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2019) The role of household socioeconomic status for the stunting-age pattern. BMJ Global Health, 4: e001175


• Bommer C, Sagalova V, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Vollmer S (2018) Global economic burden of diabetes in adults: projections from 2015-2030. Diabetes Care, 41(5): 963-970


• Atun R, Davies JI, Gale EA, Bärnighausen T, Beran D, Kengne AP, Levitt NS, Mangugu FW, Nyirenda MJ, Ogle GD, Ramaiya K, Sewankambo NK, Sobngwi E, Tesfaye S, Yudkin JS, Basu S, Bommer C, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Postolovska I, Sagalova V, Vollmer S, Abbas ZG, Ammon B, Angamo MT, Annamreddi A, Awasthi A, Besançon S, Bhadriraju S, Binagwaho A, Burgess PI, Burton MJ, Chai J, Chilunga FP, Chipendo P, Conn A, Dipesalema JR, Eagan AW, Gishoma C, Ho J, Jong S, Kakarmath SS, Khan Y, Kharel R, Kyle MA, Lee SL, Lichtman A, Malm CP, Mbaye MN, Muhimpundu MA, Mwagomba BM, Mwangi KJ, Nair M, Niyonsenga SP, Njuguna B, Okafor OL, Okunade O, Park PH, Pastakia SD, Pekny C, Reja A, Rotimi CN, Rwunganira S, Sando D, Sarriera G, Sharma A, Sidibé A, Siraj ES, Syed AS, van Acker K, Werfalli M (2017) Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa - from clinical care to health policy: Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission Report. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(8): 622-67


• Bommer C, Heesemann E, Sagalova V, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2017) The Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults aged 20 to 79: A Cost-of-Illness Study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(6): 423-30.


• Bärnighausen T, Oldenburg C, Tugwell P, Bommer C, Ebert C, Barreto M, et al. (2017) Quasi-experimental study designs series: assessing the assumptions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 89: 53-66


• Vollmer S, Bommer C, Krishna A, Harttgen K, Subramanian SV (2017) The Association of Parental Education with Childhood Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing the Role of Paternal and Maternal Education. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(1): 312-23

• Peiris D, Ghosh A, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Pelam DA, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Wong-McClure R, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JM, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Damasceno A, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, McKenzie B, Webster J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Davies JI, Geldsetzer P (forthcoming) 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 from 600,484 adults. PLOS Medicine


• Davies JI, Reddiar SK, Hirschhorn LR, Ebert C, Marcus M, Seiglie JA, Zhumadilov Z, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidie M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Brian G, Stokes A, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Geldsetzer R, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM (2020) Association between country preparedness indicators and quality clinical care for cardiovascular disease risk factors in 44 lower and middle income countries: A multi-country analysis of survey data. PLOS Medicine, 17(11): e1003268


• Lemp J, De Neve JW, Bussmann H, Chen S,Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Probst C, Tsabedze L, Sturua L, Kibachio JM, Moghaddam S, Martins JS, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Farzadfar F, Dryden-Peterson S, Davies JI, Atun R, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P (2020) Lifetime Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA, 324(15): 1532–1542


• Teufel F, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Karlsson O, Koncz V, Deckert A, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Seiglie J, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Hwalla N, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Msaidie M, Norov B, Sibai AB, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Davies J, Atun R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L, De Neve J-W (forthcoming) Analysis of attained height and diabetes among 554,122 adults across 25 low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes Care, 43(10): 2403–2410


• Seiglie JA, Marcus M, Ebert C, Prodromidis N, Geldsetzer P, Theilmann M, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Bovet P, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Singh Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Msaidie M, Houe-hanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen JMA, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Atun R, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L, Meigs J, Wexler DJ, Manne-Goehler J (2020) Diabetes prevalence and its relationship with education, wealth, and body mass index in 29 low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes Care, 43(4): 767-775


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus M, Ebert C, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Dorobantu M, Damasceno A, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KA, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, Stokes A, Davies JI, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Vollmer S, Jaacks LM (2019) The state of hypertension care in 44 low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of individual-level nationally representative data from 1.1 million adults. The Lancet, 394: 652-662


• Manne-Goehler J, Geldsetzer P, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Bovet P, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Msaidie M, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen JMA, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwalim O, Mwangi JK, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Marcus M, Ebert C, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks L (2019) Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys. PLOS Medicine, 16(3): e1002751

• Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Bangalore, India. In: Biesalski HK (Ed.), Hidden Hunger and the Transformation of Food Systems. How to Combat the Double Burden of Malnutrition? Karger: Basel, pp 138–148


• Mittal N, Viswanath R, Vollmer S (2020) Covid-19 in Ländern mit niedrigem oder mittlerem Einkommen: Das Beispiel Indien. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 21(3): 301-310


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-110519-093256


• Mittal N, Meenakshi JV (2019) Does the ICDS Improve Children’s Diets? Some Evidence from Rural Bihar. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11): 2424-2439


• Gupta P, Mittal N, Kulkarni A, Meenakshi J V, Bhatia V (2015) Secular trend, obesity and the growth of the middle socio-economic group children in Lucknow, India. National Medical Journal of India, 28(1): 4-7


• Meenakshi J V, Banerji A, Manyong V, Tomlins K, Mittal N, Hamukwala P (2012) Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia. Journal of Health Economics, 31(1): 62-71

• Monfared I, Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2020) Individual and social predictors of smoking and obesity: a panel study in Germany. SSM Population Health, 10: 100558


• Doria S, Diba F, Susanti S, Vollmer S, Monfared I (2019) Mothers’ experiences of quality of care and potential benefits of implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: A case study of Aceh Indonesia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19: 461


• Diba F, Ichsan, Muhsin, Marthoenis, Sofyan H, Andalas M, Monfared I, Richert K, Kaplan L, Rogge L, Doria S, Samadi, Vollmer S (2019) Healthcare providers’ perception of the referral system in maternal care facilities in Aceh, Indonesia: a cross- sectional study. BMJ Open, 9(12): e031484


• Brückmann P, Hashmi A, Kuch M, Kuhnt J, Monfared I, Vollmer S (2019) Public provision of emergency obstetric care services in two districts of Pakistan. BMJ Open, 9(5): e027187


• Monfared I G, Sharples, S (2011) Occupants’ Perceptions and Expectations of a Green Office Building: a Longitudinal Case Study. Architectural Science Review, 54 (4), 344- 355

Publications of Muhammad Jawad Noon

• Siddiqui M, Noon MJ, Mehboob N, Khalid R, Mansoor S, Khan HH (2016) Smokeless tobacco use and ischemic stroke: a cross-sectional study. Annals of Global Health 82(5): 768–769


• Noon MJ, Khawaja HA, Ishtiaq O, Khawaja Q, Minhas S, Niazi AK, Minhas AM, Malhi UR (2016) Fasting with diabetes: a prospective observational study. BMJ Global Health 1(2): e000009


• Wright SM, Noon MJ, Greenough WB III (2016) Oral rehydration therapy and feeding replaces total parenteral nutrition: a clinical vignette. Journal of General Internal Medicine 31(2): 255-257


• Nadeem M, Noon MJ, Khan RM, Khan I (2014) Surgical management of odontoid fracture in elderly. Journal of Nepal Medical Association 52(193):733-735


• Niazi AK, Noon MJ (2013) Obstacles to the psychosocial management of diabetes in Pakistan. Journal of Social Health and Diabetes 1(2): 100-101


• Ahmed W, Noon MJ, Haq A, Mustafa B (2012) Angiographic estimation of culprit vessel disease severity in acute ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction after thrombolysis. Journal of Nepal Medical Association 52(188): 162-166


• Saleem S, Noon MJ (2011) Nurpur Shahan - A tear on the cheek of time- Observations by 1st year medical students. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 61(2): 207
  

• Vamos, E. P., U. J. Pape, V. Curcin, M. J. Harris, J. Valabhji, A. Majeed, and C. Millett (2016) Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine in Preventing Admission to Hospital and Death in People with Type 2 Diabetes. CMAJ, 188(14): E242-E251


• Greaves, F., A. A. Laverty, U. J. Pape, A. Ratneswaren, A. Majeed, and C. Millett (2014) Primary Care Competition and the Effect of New Providers on Quality of Care in England. The Lancet, 384: S15


• Huang, Y., L. Chavez, X. Chang, X. Wang, W. A. Pastor, J. Kang, J. A. Zepeda-Martínez, et al (2014) Distinct Roles of the Methylcytosine Oxidases Tet1 and Tet2 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(4): 1361–1366


• Pape, U. J., C. Millett, J. T. Lee, J. Car, and A. Majeed (2013) Disentangling Secular Trends and Policy Impacts in Health Studies: Use of Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 106(4): 124–29


• Greaves, F., U. J. Pape, H. Lee, D. M. Smith, A. Darzi, A. Majeed, and C. Millett (2012) Patients’ Ratings of Family Physician Practices on the Internet: Usage and Associations With Conventional Measures of Quality in the English National Health Service. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 14(5): e146


• Benson, M. J., T. Äijö, X. Chang, J. Gagnon, U. J. Pape, V. Anantharaman, L. Aravind, et al (2012) Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L-like (HnRNPLL) and Elongation Factor, RNA Polymerase II, 2 (ELL2) Are Regulators of MRNA Processing in Plasma Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(40): 16252–16257


• Vamos, E. P., M. Harris, C. Millett, U. J. Pape, K. Khunti, V. Curcin, M. Molokhia, and A. Majeed (2012) Association of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and All Cause Mortality in People with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Retrospective Cohort Study. BMJ, 345: e5567


• Greaves, F., U. J. Pape, D. King, A. Darzi, A. Majeed, R. M. Wachter, and C. Millett (2012) Associations between Internet-Based Patient Ratings and Conventional Surveys of Patient Experience in the English NHS: An Observational Study. BMJ Quality & Safety, 21(7): 600–605


• Greaves, F., U. J. Pape, D. King, A. Darzi, A. Majeed, R. M. Wachter, and C. Millett (2012) Associations Between Web-Based Patient Ratings and Objective Measures of Hospital Quality. Archives of Internal Medicine, 172(5): 435–436


• Laverty, A. A., P. C. Smith, U. J. Pape, A. Mears, R. M. Wachter, and C. Millett (2012) High-Profile Investigations Into Hospital Safety Problems In England Did Not Prompt Patients To Switch Providers. Health Affairs, 31(3): 593–601


• Vamos, E. P., U. J. Pape, A. Bottle, F. L. Hamilton, V. Curcin, A. Ng, M. Molokhia, J. Car, A. Majeed, and C. Millett (2011) Association of Practice Size and Pay-for-Performance Incentives with the Quality of Diabetes Management in Primary Care. CMAJ , 183(12): E809–E816


• Liu, T., J. A. Ortiz, L. Taing, C. A. Meyer, B. Lee, Y. Zhang, H. Shin, et al (2011) Cistrome: An Integrative Platform for Transcriptional Regulation Studies. Genome Biology, 12(8): R83


• Pastor, W. A., U. J. Pape, Y. Huang, H. R. Henderson, R. Lister, M. Ko, E. M. McLoughlin, et al (2011) “Genome-Wide Mapping of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Embryonic Stem Cells. Nature, 473: 394–397


• Ko, M., Y. Huang, A. M. Jankowska, U. J. Pape, M. Tahiliani, H. S. Bandukwala, J. An, et al (2010) Impaired Hydroxylation of 5-Methylcytosine in Myeloid Cancers with Mutant TET2. Nature, 468: 839–843


• Wang, H., Q. Wang, U. J. Pape, B. Shen, J. Huang, B. Wu, and X. Li (2010) Systematic Investigation of Global Coordination among MRNA and Protein in Cellular Society. BMC Genomics, 11(1): 364


• Pape, U. J., H. Klein, and M. Vingron (2009) Statistical Detection of Cooperative Transcription Factors with Similarity Adjustment. Bioinformatics, 25(16): 2103


• Pape, U. J., S. Rahmann, and M. Vingron (2008) Natural Similarity Measures between Position Frequency Matrices with an Application to Clustering. Bioinformatics, 24(3): 350–357


• Schmid, M., T. S. Davison, S. R. Henz, U. J. Pape, M. Demar, M. Vingron, B. Schölkopf, D. Weigel, and J. U. Lohmann (2005) A Gene Expression Map of Arabidopsis Thaliana Development. Nature Genetics, 37(5): 501–506

• Singh PK, Singh L, Kumar C, Dubey R, Rai RK, Singh S (2020) Examining public health interventions to improve maternal nutrition during pregnancy: a nationally representative study of Iron Folic Acid consumption and food supplementation in India. Public Health Nutrition. (accepted for publication)


• Sudfeld CR, Rai RK, Barik A, Valadez JJ, Fawzi WW (2020) Population-level effective coverage of adolescent weekly iron folic acid supplementation is low in rural West Bengal, India. Public Health Nutrition. (accepted for publication)


• Darling AM, Fawzi WW, Barik A, Chowdhury A, Rai RK (2020) Double burden of malnutrition among adolescents in rural West Bengal, India. Nutrition, DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2020.110809


• Rai RK, Kumar C, Singh PK, Singh L, Barik A, Chowdhury A (2020) Incidence of prehypertension and hypertension in rural India, 2012-2018: a sex-stratified population-based prospective cohort study. American Journal of Hypertension, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa034


• Rai RK, Sudfeld CR, Barik A, Fawzi WW, Chowdhury A (2019) Socio-demographic determinants of preterm birth and small-for-gestational age in rural West Bengal, India. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 65(6): 537-546


• Rai RK, Jaacks LM, Bromage S, Barik A. Fawzi WW, Chowdhury A (2018) Prospective cohort study of overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: socio-demographic predictors of prevalence, incidence, and remission. BMJ Open, 8(8): e021363


• Rai RK, Fawzi WW, Bromage S, Barik A. Chowdhury A (2018) Underweight among rural Indian adults: burden, and predictors of incidence and recovery. Public Health Nutrition, 21(4):669-678


• Gorain A, Barik A, Chowdhury A, Rai RK (2017) Preference in place of delivery among rural Indian women. PLoS One, 12(12): e0190117


• Sekher M, Parasuraman S, Pritchard B, Kumar SS, Rai RK (2017) Empowering people to power the Public Distribution System: a process mapping analysis of six Indian states. Economic & Political Weekly, 52 (51): 97-107


• Barik A, Sarkhel S, Basu S, Chowdhury A, Rai RK (2017) Probable psychiatric disorder in a rural community of West Bengal, India. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52 (12): 1495-1500


• Rai RK, Singh L, Singh PK (2017) Is maternal body mass index associated with neonatal mortality? a pooled analysis of nationally representative data from nine Asian countries. Nutrition, 41: 68-72


• Barik A, Shah R, Spillahari A, Murthy VL, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Rai RK, Das K, Santra A, Hembram JR, Bhattacharya D, Freedman J, Lima J, Das R, Bhattacharyya P, Das S, Chowdhury A (2016) Hepatic steatosis is associated with cardiometabolic risk in a rural Indian population: a prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cardiology, 225:161-166


• Lytton ME, Collin RW, Rai RK (2016) Ambient air pollution from urban transport in India. Economic & Political Weekly, 51 (41): 46-53


• Kumar C. Singh PK, Singh L, Rai RK (2016) Socioeconomic disparities in coverage of full immunization among children of adolescent mothers in India, 1990-2006: a repeated cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open, 6(8): e009768


• Barik A, Mazumdar S, Chowdhury A, Rai RK (2016) Physiological and behavioural risk factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in rural India. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 4(1): e000255


• Rai RK, Singh PK, Kumar C (2016) Is the use of maternal healthcare among prospective mothers higher in households that have experienced maternal death? Evidence from India. Health Policy & Planning, 31(7): 844-852


• Barik A, Rai RK, Chowdhury A (2016) Alcohol use-related problems among a rural Indian population of West Bengal: an application of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol & Alcoholism, 51 (2): 215-223


• Rai RK, Kumar S, Sekher M, Pritchard B, Rammohan A (2015) A life-cycle approach to food and nutrition security in India. Public Health Nutrition, 18(5): 944-949


• Rai RK, Singh PK, Singh L, Kumar C (2014) Individual characteristics and use of maternal and child health services by adolescent mothers in Niger. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 18(3): 592-603


• Singh PK, Kumar C, Rai RK, Singh L (2014) Factors associated with maternal healthcare service utilization in nine high focus states in India: a multilevel analysis based on 14385 communities in 292 districts. Health Policy & Planning, 29(5): 242-259


• Singh PK, Rai RK, Kumar C (2013) Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health care coverage in India. Global Health Action, 6: 22217


• Kumar C, Singh PK, Rai RK (2013) Coverage gap in maternal and child health services in India: assessing trends and regional deprivation during 1992-2006. Journal of Public Health, 35(4): 598-606


• Kumar C, Singh PK, Rai RK (2012) Under-five mortality in high focus states in India: a district level geospatial analysis. PLoS One, 7(5): e37515


• Singh L, Rai RK, Singh PK (2012) Assessing the utilization of maternal and child health care among married adolescent women: evidence from India. Journal of Biosocial Science 44(1): 1-26

• Reuter A, Vollmer S, Aiyub, Susanti S, Marthoenis (2020) Mental distress and its association with sociodemographic and economic characteristics: community-based household survey in Aceh, Indonesia. BJPsych Open, 6(6): e134


• Deichmann U, Reuter A, Vollmer S, Zhang F (2019) The Relationship between Energy Intensity and Economic Growth New Evidence from a Multi‐Country Multi‐Sector Data Set. World Development, 124: 104664

• Seuring T, Marthoenis, Rhode S, Rogge L, Rau H, Besançon S, Zufry H, Sofyan H, Vollmer S (2019) The suitability of peer education to improve diabetes management and outcomes in a low-income setting: A randomized controlled trial. Trials, 20: 548

• Seuring T, Marthoenis, Rhode S, Rogge L, Rau H, Besançon S, Zufry H, Sofyan H, Vollmer S (2019) The suitability of peer education to improve diabetes management and outcomes in a low-income setting: A randomized controlled trial. Trials, 20: 548


• Diba F, Ichsan, Muhsin, Marthoenis, Sofyan H, Andalas M, Monfared I, Richert K, Kaplan L, Rogge L, Doria S, Samadi, Vollmer S (2019) Healthcare providers’ perception of the referral system in maternal care facilities in Aceh, Indonesia: a cross- sectional study. BMJ Open, 9(12): e031484

• Weber A-C, Kapeu AS, Bogler L, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE, Zagre NM (forthcoming) Household wealth as a risk factor of diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria over time. Journal of Global Health


• Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Kapeu AS, Zagre NM, Ekpini RE, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Determinants of health-care seeking in Western and Central Africa: a descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from 23 low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Health