Nirantharakumar K

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus
qualitative 2026
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy ·doi:10.1111/hex.70583

INTRODUCTION: One in five women enters pregnancy with multiple long-term health conditions, which is associated with increased risks of adverse maternal and child outcomes. There is a lack of research exploring individuals' experiences of p…

meta-analysis 2026
BMC medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12916-026-04844-6

BACKGROUND: Among women in the UK, over 186,000 new cancer diagnoses and around 78,000 cancer deaths occurred annually from 2017 to 2019. Evidence suggests that pregnancy complications are linked to mortality and morbidity risks in later li…

observational 2025
BMC medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04229-1

BACKGROUND: Each year, over 700,000 pregnancies occur in the UK, with up to 10% affected by complications such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus. Pregnancy-related complications and reproductive factor…

observational 2024
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry ·doi:10.1136/jnnp-2024-333530

BACKGROUND: Migraine is common in women of reproductive age. This study aimed to (1) describe the prevalence of migraine in pregnant women in the UK, (2) identify drugs commonly prescribed for migraine during pregnancy and (3) identify char…

observational 2023
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02214-5

INTRODUCTION: To describe the incidence and prevalence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and to estimate the risk of cardiometabolic outcomes among women with PID compared to women without PID. METHODS: A UK retrospective matched cohort…

observational 2023
BMC medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12916-023-02794-x

BACKGROUND: Female reproductive factors are gaining prominence as factors that enhance cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; nonetheless, menstrual cycle characteristics are under-recognized as a factor associated with CVD. Additionally, there…

observational 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1343889/v1

Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) infection is frequently associated with a wide range of persistent symptoms, now referred to as post-COVID-19 condition, or Long COVID. The objectives of this study were…

other 2022
Diagnostic and prognostic research ·doi:10.1186/s41512-022-00137-7

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death among women. CVD is associated with reduced quality of life, significant treatment and management costs, and lost productivity. Estimating the risk of CVD would help patie…

observational 2021
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/1471-0528.16692

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis and to estimate the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study using The Health Improvement Network database. SET…