selected publications academic article Normative reference values and predicting factors of handgrip strength for dominant and non-dominant hands among healthy Malay adults in Malaysia. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24:74. 2023 Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective cohort study. BMJ. n1554. 2021 White Rice Intake and Incident Diabetes: A Study of 132,373 Participants in 21 Countries. Diabetes Care. 43:2643-2650. 2020 Development, Testing, and Implementation of a Training Curriculum for Nonphysician Health Workers to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease. Global Heart. 13:93. 2018 Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 5:774-787. 2017 Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 390:2050-2062. 2017 Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data. The Lancet Public Health. 2:e411-e419. 2017 Developing consensus measures for global programs: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension research program. Globalization and Health. 13:17. 2017 Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 390:2037-2049. 2017 Relationship between coping styles and lipid profile among public university staff. Lipids in Health and Disease. 16:50. 2017 Effectiveness of the EMPOWER-PAR Intervention in Improving Clinical Outcomes of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. BMC Family Practice. 17:157. 2016 Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and socio demographic determinants of hypertension in Malaysian adults. BMC Public Health. 16:351. 2016 Understanding the modifiable health systems barriers to hypertension management in Malaysia: a multi-method health systems appraisal approach. BMC Health Services Research. 15:254. 2015 Study protocol of EMPOWER Participatory Action Research (EMPOWER-PAR): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of multifaceted chronic disease management strategies to improve diabetes and hypertension outcomes in primary care. BMC Family Practice. 15:151. 2014 JIS Definition Identified More Malaysian Adults with Metabolic Syndrome Compared to the NCEP-ATP III and IDF Criteria. BioMed Research International. 2013:1-10. 2013