Publication

The publications listed below used data from the Birbhum Population Project -

Ghosh A, Barik A, Rai RK, Wall JD, Chowdhury A, Majumder PP. Analysis of whole-exome data of nonobese NAFLD patients from India reveals association with new markers on functionally relevant genes and pathways. Journal of Genetics. 2025; 104: 11.
Rai RK, Bromage S, De Neve JW, Barik A. Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2025; 14: e18.
Rai RK, Barik A, Bromage S, Dhali GK, Chowdhury A. Cohort Profile Update: Birbhum Health and Demographic Surveillance System, India. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2025; 54 (1): dyae172.
Spake L, Hassan A, Schaffnit SB, Alam N, Amoah AS, Badjie J, Cerami C, Crampin A, Dube A, Kaye MP, Kotch R, Liew F, McLean E, Munthali-Mkandawire S, Mwalwanda L, Petersen AC, Prentice AM, Zohora FT, Watts J, Sear R, Shenk MK, Sosis R, Shaver JH. A practical guide to cross-cultural and multi-sited data collection in the biological and behavioural sciences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2024; 291(2021): 20231422.
Wall JD, Sathirapongsasuti JF, Gupta R, Rasheed A, Venkatesan R, Belsare S, Menon R, Phalke S, Mittal A, Fang J, Tanneeru D, Deshmukh M, Bassi A, Robinson J, Chaudhary R, Murugan S, Ul-Asar Z, Saleem I, Ishtiaq U, Fatima A, Sheikh SS, Hameed S, Ishaq M, Rasheed SZ, Memon FU, Jalal A, Abbas S, Frossard P, Fuchsberger C, Forer L, Schoenherr S, Bei Q, Bhangale T, Tom J, Gadde SGK, B V P, Naik NK, Wang M, Kwok PY, Khera AV, Lakshmi BR, Butterworth AS, Chowdhury R, Danesh J, di Angelantonio E, Naheed A, Goyal V, Kandadai RM, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Mukherjee A, Wadia PM, Yadav R, Desai S, Kumar N, Biswas A, Pal PK, Muthane UB, Das SK, Ramprasad VL, Kukkle PL, Seshagiri S, Kathiresan S, Ghosh A, Mohan V, Saleheen D, Stawiski EW, Peterson AS. South Asian medical cohorts reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity. Nature Communications. 2023; 14(1): 3377.
Hussam R, Rabbani A, Reggiani G, Rigol N. Rational habit formation: experimental evidence from handwashing in India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2022; 14 (1): 1- 41.
Chakraborty S, Rai RK, Biswas AK, Barik A, Gurung P, Praveen D. Health care seeking behaviour and financial protection of patients with hypertension: A cross-sectional study in rural West Bengal, India. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2): e0264314.
Rai RK, Barik A, Chowdhury A. Use of antenatal and delivery care services and their association with maternal and infant mortality in rural India. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1): 16490.
Darling AM, Fawzi WW, Barik A, Chowdhury A, Rai RK. Double burden of malnutrition among adolescents in rural West Bengal, India. Nutrition. 2020; 79-80: 110809.
Rai RK, Barik A, Mazumdar S, Chatterjee K, Kalkonde YV, Mathur P, Chowdhury A, Fawzi WW. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in rural Birbhum, West Bengal, India: a sex-stratified analysis of verbal autopsies from a prospective cohort, 2012-2017. BMJ Open. 2020; 10(10): e036578.
Rai RK, Kumar C, Singh PK, Singh L, Barik A, Chowdhury A. Incidence of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Rural India, 2012-2018: A Sex-Stratified Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Hypertension. 2020; 33(6): 552-562.
Sudfeld CR, Rai RK, Barik A, Valadez JJ, Fawzi WW. Population-level effective coverage of adolescent weekly iron and folic acid supplementation is low in rural West Bengal, India. Public Health Nutrition. 2020; 23(15): 2819-2823.
Rai RK, Sudfeld CR, Barik A, Fawzi WW, Chowdhury A. Sociodemographic Determinants of Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age in Rural West Bengal, India. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2019; 65(6): 537-546
Barik A, Das K, Chowdhury A, Rai RK. Metabolic syndrome among rural Indian adults. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 2018; 23: 129-135.
Rai RK, Jaacks LM, Bromage S, Barik A, Fawzi WW, Chowdhury A. Prospective cohort study of overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: sociodemographic predictors of prevalence, incidence and remission. BMJ Open. 2018; 8(8): e021363.
Rai RK, Fawzi WW, Bromage S, Barik A, Chowdhury A. Underweight among rural Indian adults: burden, and predictors of incidence and recovery. Public Health Nutrition. 2018; 21(4): 669-678.
Gorain A, Barik A, Chowdhury A, Rai RK. Preference in place of delivery among rural Indian women. PLoS One. 2017; 12(12): e0190117.
Barik A, Sarkhel S, Basu S, Chowdhury A, Rai RK. Probable psychiatric disorder in a rural community of West Bengal, India. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2017; 52(12): 1495-1500
Barik A, Rai RK, Gorain A, Majumdar S, Chowdhury A. Socio-economic disparities in tobacco consumption in rural India: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system. Perspectives in Public Health. 2016; 136(5): 278-287.
Barik A, Rai RK, Chowdhury A. Tobacco use and self-reported morbidity among rural Indian adults. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2016; 17(5): 514-523.
Barik A, Mazumdar S, Chowdhury A, Rai RK. Physiological and behavioral risk factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural India. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2016; 4(1): e000255.
Barik A, Rai RK, Chowdhury A. Alcohol Use-Related Problems Among a Rural Indian Population of West Bengal: An Application of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2016; 51(2): 215-223.
Barik A, Shah RV, Spahillari A, Murthy VL, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Rai RK, Das K, Santra A, Hembram JR, Bhattacharya D, Freedman JE, Lima J, Das R, Bhattacharyya P, Das S, Chowdhury A. Hepatic steatosis is associated with cardiometabolic risk in a rural Indian population: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cardiology. 2016; 225: 161-166.
Ghosh S, Mukhopadhyay S, Barik A. Sex differences in the risk profile of hypertension: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(7): e010085.
Ghosh S, Barik A, Majumder S, Gorain A, Mukherjee S, Mazumdar S, Chatterjee K, Bhaumik SK, Bandyopadhyay SK, Satpathi B, Majumder PP, Chowdhury A. Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Birbhum population project (Birbhum HDSS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015; 44(1): 98-107.
Ghosh S, Siddiqui MZ, Barik A, Bhaumik S. Determinants of Skilled Delivery Assistance in a Rural Population: Findings from an HDSS Site of Rural West Bengal, India. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2015; 19(11): 2470-2479.
Mukherjee S, Chaudhuri A, Barik A. New health policy and chronic disease: analysis of data and evidence. Economic & Political Weekly. 2015; 50(37): 21-24.
Ghosh TS, Gupta SS, Bhattacharya T, Yadav D, Barik A, Chowdhury A, Das B, Mande SS, Nair GB. Gut microbiomes of Indian children of varying nutritional status. PLoS One. 2014; 9(4): e95547.