Ralph Kwame Akyea

Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Simon I Hay, Kanyin Liane Ong, Damian Santomauro et al. · The Lancet · 2025 · 125 citations · Full text

Sub-optimal cholesterol response to initiation of statins and future risk of cardiovascular disease

Ralph Kwame Akyea, Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi et al. · Heart · 2019 · 114 citations · Full text

Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Mohsen Naghavi, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, A Bhoomadevi et al. · The Lancet · 2025 · 85 citations · Full text

Sex, Age, and Socioeconomic Differences in Nonfatal Stroke Incidence and Subsequent Major Adverse Outcomes

Ralph Kwame Akyea, Yana Vinogradova, Nadeem Qureshi et al. · Stroke · 2021 · 78 citations · Full text

Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK

Barbara Iyen, Stephen Weng, Yana Vinogradova et al. · BMC Public Health · 2021 · 61 citations · Full text