Yongze Li

Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Damian Santomauro, Amirali Aali, Yohannes Abate et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Methods +15

Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Kanyin Liane Ong, Lauryn K Stafford, Susan A. McLaughlin et al. · The Lancet · 2023 · 4.2K citations · Full text

Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention, Health Sciences +16

Prevalence of diabetes recorded in mainland China using 2018 diagnostic criteria from the American Diabetes Association: national cross sectional study

Yongze Li, Di Teng, Xiaoguang Shi et al. · BMJ · 2020 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Health Sciences +13

Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Emmanuela Gakidou, Justin Lo, Yohannes Abate et al. · The Lancet · 2025 · 828 citations · Full text

Public Health, Demography, Population Health Sciences +17

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

Kanyin Liane Ong, Damian Santomauro, A Bhoomadevi et al. · The Lancet · 2025 · 413 citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiology +16