User profiles for Jayneel Limbachia

Jayneel Limbachia

MD candidate, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
Verified email at uwo.ca
Cited by 75

The genetic risk of gestational diabetes in South Asian women

A Lamri, J Limbachia, KM Schulze, D Desai, B Kelly… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as hyperglycemia first diagnosed during
pregnancy. This abnormal increase in blood glucose levels is associated with an increased risk …

Seropositivity and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a South Asian community in Ontario: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study

…, F Khan, Z Khan, MA Langlois, J Limbachia… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Asian community in the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA) was identified as having risk factors for exposure and specific barriers to …

Effects of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors in South Asians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Limbachia, M Ajmeri, BJ Keating, RJ de Souza… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background The cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden among South Asians is high. Lifestyle
interventions have been effective in the primary prevention of CVD, but this has not been …

Effects of Sahaj Samadhi meditation on heart rate variability and depressive symptoms in patients with late-life depression–RETRACTED

E Ionson, J Limbachia, S Rej, K Puka… - The British Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLate-life depression (LLD) is a disabling disorder and antidepressants are ineffective
in as many as 60% of cases. Converging evidence shows a strong correlation between …

Studies to improve perinatal health through diet and lifestyle among South Asian women living in Canada: A brief history and future research directions

D Desai, S Kandasamy, J Limbachia, MA Zulyniak… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
South Asians (ie, people who originate from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh)
have higher cardiovascular disease rates than other populations, and these differences …

What factors converged to create a COVID-19 hot-spot? Lessons from the South Asian community in Ontario

…, F Khan, Z Khan, MA Langlois, J Limbachia… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background South Asians represent the largest non-white ethnic group in Canada. The
Greater Toronto Area (GTA), home to a high proportion of South Asians, emerged as a COVID-…

[PDF][PDF] Organizing a mass gathering amidst a rising COVID-19 public health crisis: lessons learned from a Chinese public health forum in Vancouver, bc

J Limbachia, H Owens, M Matean, SS Khan… - Cureus, 2020 - cureus.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) evolved from a rising public health concern to a
pandemic over mere weeks. Before March 11, 2020, the Public Health Agency of Canada …

South Asian Youth as Vaccine Agents of Change (SAY-VAC): evaluation of a public health programme to mobilise and empower South Asian youth to foster COVID …

S Kandasamy, A Ariyarajah, J Limbachia, D An… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives There have been substantial amounts of misinformation surrounding the importance,
safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. The impacts of this misinformation …

[HTML][HTML] The Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance ATLAS on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—Chapter 8 …

…, Z Gomes, N Adreak, L Keeping-Burke, J Limbachia… - CJC Open, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite significant progress in medical research and public health efforts, gaps in knowledge
of women’s heart health remain across epidemiology, presentation, management, …

The Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance ATLAS on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease in women—Chapter 8: Knowledge …

…, Z Gomes, N Adreak, L Keeping-Burke, J Limbachia… - CJC open, 2024 - cjcopen.ca
Despite significant progress in medical research and public health efforts, gaps in knowledge
of women's heart health remain across epidemiology, presentation, management, …