Esther Cheng

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 burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Kanyin Liane Ong, Amirali Aali, Hazim Ababneh et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.5K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Demography, Population Health Sciences +17

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Gregory A. Roth, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Policy, Public Health Practice +17

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

Synergistic effects of common schizophrenia risk variants

Nadine Schrode, Seok‐Man Ho, Kazuhiko Yamamuro et al. · Nature Genetics · 2019 · 258 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14