Balakrishna Nagalla
Scientist
BIO- STATISTICS
National Institute of Nutrition
India
Biography
Dr. N.Balakrishna obtained Ph.D. from Osmania University in Statistics in 1993. He joined the institute as Research Assistant in 1983. Involved in various research projects related to nutrition studies for the divisions like community, clinical, Maternal & Child health, Ocular Chemistry, Micronutrient research, Work physiology for the past33 years. He is associated with organizations like WHO, UNICEF, IDRC, SmithKline Beecham, Universities of Mary Land, USA & Loughborough, UK and Sanath Products. He is guiding research scholars, scientists in planning of a study, calculation of sample size, analysis and interpretation of data. He has scientific publications in national and international journals in the fields of Nutritional anthropometry, diet, demography,ophthalmology, and Maternal & Child health.
Research Interest
planning of a study, calculation of sample size, analysis and interpretation of data.
Publications
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Yakoob MY, Micha R, Khatibzadeh S, Singh GM, Shi P, Ahsan H, Balakrishna N, Brahmam GN, Chen Y, Afshin A, Fahimi S, Danaei G, Powles JW, Ezzati M, Mozaffarian D; Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors: Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Expert Group, and Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group. Impact of Dietary and Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular and Diabetes Mortality in South Asia: Analysis From the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study. Am J Public Health. 2016 Dec;106(12):2113-2125.Epub 2016 Oct 13. PubMed PMID: 27736219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5104988.
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC).. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19•1 million participants. Lancet. 2017 Jan 7;389(10064):37-55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31919-5. Epub 2016 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 27863813; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5220163
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Meshram II, Kodavanti MR, Rachkulla HK, Nagalla B, Kakani SR; National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau Study Group.. Trends in nutrient intakes, nutritional status, and correlates of undernutrition among rural children below 5 years of age: The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau Survey 2012. J Postgrad Med. 2017 Apr-Jun;63(2):84-91. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.201426. PubMed PMID: 28272078.
