Peer-reviewed journal articles

Statistics / biostatistics

1. Hossain MB, Sadatsafavi M, Johnston JC, Wong H, Cook VJ, Karim ME. LASSO-based survival prediction modelling with multiply imputed data: a case study in tuberculosis mortality prediction. The American Statistician. 2025; 80(1): 1-12. DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2025.2526545

2. Hossain MB, Wong H, Sadatsafavi M, Johnston JC, Cook VJ, Karim ME. Benefits of repeated matched-cohort and nested case-control analyses with time-dependent exposure in observational studies. Statistics in Biosciences. 2024; 1-29. DOI:  10.1007/s12561-024-09461-6

3. Hossain MB, Karim ME. Key considerations for choosing a statistical method to deal with incomplete treatment adherence in pragmatic trials. Pharmaceutical Statistics. 2023; 22:205-231. DOI: 10.1002/pst.2258

4. Mosquera LK, Karim ME, Hossain MB. Properties of inverse probability of adherence weighted estimator of the per-protocol effect for sustained treatment strategies under different data-generating mechanisms and adherence patterns. Journal of Statistical Research. 2023; 56(2):133-154. DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v56i2.67467

5. Karim ME, Hossain MB. Considerations for choosing an imputation method for addressing sparse measurement issues dictated by the study design - An illustration from per-protocol analysis in pragmatic trials. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences. 2022; 3(3):74-85. DOI: 10.1177%2F26320843221085649

6. Hossain MB, Mosquera LK, Karim ME. Analysis approaches to address treatment nonadherence in pragmatic trials with point-treatment settings: a simulation study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2022; 22:46. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-022-01518-8

7. Hossain MB, Hossain SS. Probabilistic estimation of seismic parameters for Bangladesh. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2020; 13:262. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-020-5250-y

8. Hossain MB, Masud MS. Performance of T2 Chart over 𝑥̅ Chart for Monitoring the Process Mean: A Simulation Study. Journal of Mathematics and Statistical Science. 2016; 2(8):498–512. Link

Epidemiology

9. Hossain MB, Ng HS, Zhu F, Tremlett H, Karim ME. Simultaneously dealing with immortal time bias and residual confounding: A case study of a high‐dimensional propensity score approach with a nested case-control framework in multiple sclerosis research. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2025; 34(7): e70174. DOI: 10.1002/pds.70174

10. Hossain MB, Sadatsafavi M, Wong H, Cook VJ, Johnston JC, Karim ME. Enhancing risk prediction base on health administrative data using high-dimensional prediction model. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2025; 184: 111857. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111857

11. Hossain MB, Wong H, Sadatsafavi M, Cook VJ, Johnston JC, Karim ME. High-dimensional disease risk score for dealing with residual confounding bias in estimating treatment effects with a survival outcome. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2025;34(7): e70172. DOI: 10.1002/pds.70172 

12. Karim ME, Hossain MB, Ng HS, Zhu F, Frank HA, Tremlett H. Evaluating the Role of High-Dimensional Proxy Data in Confounding Adjustment in Multiple Sclerosis Research: A Case Study. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2025; 34:e70112. DOI: 10.1002/pds.70112

13. Falasinnu T, Hossain MB, Weber K, Ehsan K, Mackey S. Problem of pain in the USA: evaluating the generalisability of high-impact chronic pain models over time using National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data. BMJ Public Health. 2025; 3(1): e001628. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001628

14. Karim ME, Hossain MB, Zheng C. Examining the role of race/ethnicity and sex in modifying the association between early smoking initiation and mortality: a 20-year NHANES analysis. AJPM Focus. 2025; 4(2):100282. DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2024.100282

15. Hossain MB, Johnston JC, Cook VJ, Sadatsafavi M, Wong H, Romanowski K, Karim ME. Role of latent tuberculosis infection on elevated risk of cardiovascular disease: a population-based cohort study of immigrants in British Columbia, Canada, 1985-2019. Epidemiology & Infection. 2023; 151:e68. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268823000559

16. Romanowski K, Law MR, Karim ME, Campbell JR, Hossain MB, Gilbert M, Cook VJ, Johnston JC. Healthcare utilization after respiratory tuberculosis: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023; 77(6):883–891. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad290

17. Falasinnu T, Hossain MB, Weber II KA, Helmick CG, Karim ME, Mackey S. The problem of pain in the United States: a population-based characterization of biopsychosocial correlates of high impact chronic pain using the National Health Interview Survey. The Journal of Pain. 2023; 24(6):1094-1103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.03.008

18. Hossain MB, Kopec J, Atiquzzaman M, Karim ME. The association between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease among adults in the United States during 1999-2018, and age-related effect modification in relative and absolute scales. Annals of Epidemiology. 2022; 71:23-30.  DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.03.005

19. Hossain MB, Khan JR, Adhikary AC, AHM MA, Raheem E, Siddiqee M, Hossain MS. Association of childhood overweight/obesity and urbanization in developing countries: Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Public Health; 2022; 30:2819-2828.  DOI: 10.1007/s10389-021-01560-8

20. Hossain MB, Khan JR, Gupta RD. Role of hypertension in the association of overweight and obesity with diabetes among adults in Bangladesh: a population-based cross-sectional nationally representative survey. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(7):e050493.  DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050493

21. Gupta RD, Chakraborty PA, Hossain MB. Association of household wealth and education level with hypertension and diabetes among adults in Bangladesh: a propensity score-based analysis. Tropical Medicine & International Health; 2021; 26:1047-1056.  DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13625

22. Hossain MB, Hossain MS. Demographic and socioeconomic homogeneity among districts and district towns in Bangladesh. Journal of Biomedical Analytics. 2019; 2(1):1-11. DOI: 10.30577/jba.2019.v2n1.34

23. Khanam F, Hossain MB, Mistry SK, Mitra DK, Raza WA, Rifat M, Afsana K, Rahman M. The association between daily 500 mg calcium supplementation and lower pregnancy-induced hypertension risk in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2018; 18:406. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-2046-0

Public health / clinical 

24. Kurz M, Guerra-Alejos BC, Hossain MB, Min JE, Yan R, Bruneau J, Catherine N, Greenland S, Gustafson P, Hedden L, Karim ME, McCandless L, Nolan S, Platt RW, Bach P, Seaman SR, Siebert U, Socías ME, Nosyk B. Comparative effectiveness of take-home dosing schedules for opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: A target trial emulation protocol using a population-based observational study. BMJ Open; 15(10): e098317. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098317

25. Yan R, Hossain MB, Min JE, Kurz M, Smith K, Piske M, Seaman S, Bach P, Karim E, Platt RW, Siebert U, Socias ME, Xie H, Nosyk B. Comparative effectiveness of alternative initial doses of opioid agonist treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder: a protocol for a retrospective population-based study using target trial emulation in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025; 15(9):e098990. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-098990

26. Mondol MH, Min JE, Kurz M, Zanette M, Hossain MB, Bach P, Gustafson P, Platt RW, Seaman S, Socias ME, Nosyk B, Karim ME. Comparative effectiveness of missed dose protocols of opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based target trial emulation. BMJ Open. 2025; 15:e098318. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098318 

27. Hossain MB, Guerra-Alejos BC, Kurz M, Min JE, Karim ME, Seaman S, Bach P, Platt RW, Gustafson P, Bruneau J, McCandless L, Socias ME, Nosyk B. Comparative effectiveness of methadone take-home dose initiation in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based retrospective cohort study using target trial guidelines. BMJ Open. 2025; 15:e095198. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095198 

28. GBD 2023 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet. 2025; 406(10513):1811-72. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01917-8

29. GBD 2023 Disease and Injury and Risk Factor Collaborators. Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet. 2025; 406(10513):1873-922. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01637-X

30. GBD 2023 Demographics Collaborators. Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet. 2025; 406(10513):1731-810. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3

31. GBD 2021 US Burden of Disease Collaborators. The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. 2024;404(10469):2314-40. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01446-6

32. GBD 2021 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2024; 1-28. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00007-0

33. GBD 2021 Nervous System Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology. 2024; 23: 344–81. DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3

34. GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. 2024; 1-87. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8

35. Kopec JA, Pourmalek F, Adeyinka DA, Adibi A, Agarwal G, Alam S, Bhutta ZA, Butt ZA, Chattu VK, Eyawo O, Fazli G, Fereshtehnejad S, Hebert J, Hossain MB, Ilesanmi M, et al. Health trends in Canada 1990–2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2024; 15:1-12. DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00851-3

36. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators. Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023; 82(25):2350-473. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007

37. GBD 2019 Bangladesh Burden of Disease Collaborators. The burden of diseases and risk factors in Bangladesh, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Global Health. 2023; 11(12): e1931 - e1942. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00432-1

38. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Yadav UN, Huda MN, Khanam F, Kundu S, Khan JR, Hossain MB, Anwar A, Ghimire S. Change in prevalence over time and factors associated with depression among Bangladeshi older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Psychogeriatrics. 2023;23(2):230-42. DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12925

39. Gupta RD, Talukder A, Hossain MB, Akonde M, Kibria GMA. Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among South African adults: findings from the Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Journal of Public Health. 2023; 31:967-977. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-021-01607-w

40. Khan JR, Biswas RK, Hossain MB, Archie R. Residential area greenness and hypertension: A national assessment on urban adults in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2023; 33(8):796–808. DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2022.2053662

41. Mistry SK, Hossain MB, Parvez M, Gupta RD, Arora A. Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban slum dwellers in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2022; 2063:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14456-3

42. Gupta RD, Tamanna RJ, Hashan MR, Akonde M, Haider SS, Chakraborty PA, Hossain MB. Prevalence and associated factors with ideal cardiovascular health metrics in Bangladesh: Analysis of the nationally representative STEPS 2018 survey. Epidemiologia. 2022; 3(4):533-43. DOI: 10.3390/epidemiologia3040040

43. Khan JR, Ara T, Rahman MM, Hossain MB, Muurlink O. A multilevel assessment of the influence of education on women's uptake of institutional delivery services during childbirth in Bangladesh. Midwifery. 2022; 113:103425. DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103425

44. Khan JR, Hossain MB, Chakraborty PA, Mistry SK. Household drinking water E. coli contamination and its associated risk with childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2022; 29:32180–32189. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18460-9

45. Mistry SK, Hossain MB, Irfan NM, Saha M, Saberin S, Shamim AA, Arora A. Trends in complementary feeding indicators and intake from specific food groups among children aged 6–23 months in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):550. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010550

46. Mistry SK, Akter F, Hossain MB, Huda MN, Irfan NM, Yadav UN, Storisteanu DML, Arora A. Exploring factors associated with women’s willingness to provide digital fingerprints in accessing healthcare services: a cross-sectional study in urban slums of Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):40. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010040

47. Gupta RD, Tamanna RJ, Akonde M, Biswas T, Chakraborty PA, Hossain MB. Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among Bangladeshi adults: Evidence from a nation-wide survey. Diabetes Epidemiology and Management. 2022; 5(2022):100037. DOI: 10.1016/j.deman.2021.100037

48. Hossain MB, Parvez M, Islam MR, Evans H, Mistry SK. Assessment of non-communicable disease related lifestyle risk factors among adult population in Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science. 2021; 54(4):651-671. DOI: 10.1017/S0021932021000286

49. Hossain MB, Khan JR, Parvez M. Residential district multi-hazard risk is associated with childhood undernutrition: evidence from Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2021; 32(9):2005-2016. DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2021.1932766

50. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Yadav UN, Huda MN, Ghimire S, Bestman A, Hossain MB, Reza S, Qasim R, Harris M. Difficulties faced by older Rohingya (forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals) adults in accessing medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. BMJ Global Health. 2021; 6:e007051. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007051

51. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Ahmed MS, Yadav UN, Khan MS, Hossain MB, and Yunus FM. Prevalence and correlates of total sleep time among the older adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Sleep Epidemiology. 2021; 1:100008. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100008

52. Ahmed MS, Yunus FM, Hossain MB, Sarker KK, Khan S. Association between menstrual hygiene management and school performance among the school-going girls in rural Bangladesh. Adolescents. 2021; 1(3):335-347. DOI: 10.3390/adolescents1030025

53. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Yadav UN, Ghimire S, Hossain MB, Shuvo SD, Saha M, Sarwar S, Nirob MMH, Sekaran VC, Harris MF. Older adults with non-communicable chronic conditions and their health care access amid COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7): e0255534. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255534

54. Yunus FM, Ahmed MS, Hossain MB, Sarker KK, Khan S. Gender variation of total sleep time and association with academic achievement among the school going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in rural Bangladesh. Sleep Epidemiology. 2021; 1(2021):1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100001

55. Khan JR, Hossain MB, Gupta RD. Household cooking fuels associated with elevated blood pressure among adult women: A national-wide assessment in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; 28:67814–67821. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15344-w

56. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Yadav UN, Ghimire S, Hossain MB, Saha M, Reza S, Bakshi P, Bhuiyan AT, Harris M. Misconceptions about COVID-19 among older Rohingya (Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals) adults in Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(5):e050427. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050427

57. Mistry SK, Akter F, Yadav UN, Hossain MB, Sichel A, Labrique AB, Storisteanu DM. Factors associated with mobile phone usage to access maternal and child healthcare among women of urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(4):e043933. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043933

58. Mistry SK, Ali AM, Hossain MB, Yadav UN, Ghimire S, Rahman MA, Irfan NM, Huque R. Exploring depressive symptoms and its associates among Bangladeshi older adults amid COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2021; 56:1487–1497. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-021-02052-6

59. Hossain MB, Khan JR. Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – a spatial analysis. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2020; 66(3):248-256. DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmz061

60. Khan JR, Hossain MB, Mistry SK. Breastfeeding is a protective factor for overweight/obesity among young children in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide data. Children and Youth Services Review. 2020; 119:105525. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105525

61. Khan JR, Hossain MB, Awan N. Community-level environmental characteristics predictive of childhood stunting in Bangladesh – a study based on the repeated cross-sectional surveys. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2020; 32(3):473-486. DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2020.1777947

62. Hossain MB, Mistry SK, Mohsin M, Khan MHR. Trends and determinants of perinatal mortality in Bangladesh. PloS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221503. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221503

63. Mistry SK, Hossain MB, Arora A. Maternal nutrition counselling is associated with reduced stunting prevalence and improved feeding practices in early childhood: a post-program comparison study. Nutrition Journal. 2019; 18:47. DOI: 10.1186/s12937-019-0473-z

64. Khanam F, Hossain MB, Mistry SK, Afsana K, Rahman M. Prevalence and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among Bangladeshi adults: findings from a cross-sectional study. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 2019; 9(3):176-184. DOI: 10.2991/jegh.k.190531.001

65. Hossain MB, Khan MHR. Role of parental education in reduction of prevalence of childhood undernutrition in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition. 2018; 21(10):1845–54. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018000162

66. Hossain MB, Khan MHR, Ababneh F, Shaw JEH. Identifying factors influencing contraceptive use in Bangladesh: evidence from BDHS 2014 data. BMC Public Health. 2018; 18:192. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5098-1

67. Khanam F, Hossain MB, Chowdhury TR, Rahman S, Kabir M, Naher S, Islam MA, Rahman M. Exploring the gap between coverage, access, and utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) among the households of malaria endemic districts in Bangladesh. Malaria Journal. 2018; 17:455. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2610-0

68. Mistry SK, Hossain MB, Khanam F, Akter F, Yunus FM, Afsana K, Rahman M. Individual-, maternal- and household-level factors associated with stunting among children aged 0–23 months in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition. 2018; 22(1):85-94. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018002926

69. Mistry SK, Jhohura FT, Khanam F, Akter F, Khan S, Yunus FM, Hossain MB, Afsana K, Haque MR, Rahman M. An outline of anemia among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional study. BMC Hematology. 2017; 17:13. DOI: 10.1186/s12878-017-0084-x