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Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Although obesity is a well-recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the impact of long-term body mass index (BMI) changes in overweight or obese adults, on the risk of heart failure, CVD and mortality has not been quantified ...
Barbara Iyen, Stephen Weng, Yana Vinogradova, Ralph K. Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai   +5 more
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Comparing the performance of the novel FAMCAT algorithms and established case-finding criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care

Open Heart, 2021
Objective Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder causing premature coronary heart disease (CHD) and death. We have developed the novel Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Case Ascertainment Tool (FAMCAT 1) case-finding algorithm ...
Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Stephen Weng, Ralph K Akyea, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Steve E Humphries, Brittany Dutton   +6 more
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Obesity and long‐term outcomes after incident stroke: a prospective population‐based cohort study

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2021
Background The association between obesity, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and mortality in patients with incident stroke is not well established.
Ralph K. Akyea, Wolfram Doehner, Barbara Iyen, Stephen F. Weng, Nadeem Qureshi, George Ntaios   +5 more
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Multipronged Programmatic Strategy for Preventing Secondary Fracture and Facilitating Functional Recovery in Older Patients after Hip Fractures: Our Experience in Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: The study assessed the effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) after 1 year of implementation in improving the outcomes of hip fracture surgery in older adult patients at Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital.
Yu-Pin Chen, Wei-Chun Chang, Tsai-Wei Wen, Pei-Chun Chien, Shu-Wei Huang, Yi-Jie Kuo   +5 more
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Performance and clinical utility of supervised machine-learning approaches in detecting familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care

npj Digital Medicine, 2020
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder, causing lifelong elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Most individuals with FH remain undiagnosed, precluding opportunities to prevent premature heart disease and death.
Ralph K. Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai, Stephen F. Weng   +3 more
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Evaluating a clinical tool (FAMCAT) for identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an inherited lipid disorder causing premature heart disease, which is severely underdiagnosed. Improving the identification of people with FH in primary care settings would help to reduce avoidable heart
Ralph K Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai, Simon de Lusignan, Julian Sherlock, Christopher McGee, Stephen Weng   +6 more
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The Interdependency and Co-Regulation of the Vitamin D and Cholesterol Metabolism

Cells, 2021
Vitamin D and cholesterol metabolism overlap significantly in the pathways that contribute to their biosynthesis. However, our understanding of their independent and co-regulation is limited.
Tara Warren, Roisin McAllister, Amy Morgan, Taranjit Singh Rai, Victoria McGilligan, Matthew Ennis, Christopher Page, Catriona Kelly, Aaron Peace, Bernard M. Corfe, Mark Mc Auley, Steven Watterson   +11 more
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Foundations of Convection with Density Stratification [PDF]

, 2022
The phenomenon of thermal and compositional (chemical) convection is very common in nature and therefore of great importance from the point of view of understanding of many fundamental aspects of the environment and universe. A number of books have been written on the topic, such as e.g.
arxiv   +1 more source

Statin treatment and LDL-cholesterol treatment goal attainment among individuals with familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care

Open Heart, 2021
Objectives Guidance recommends statin treatment in familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) to achieve at least a 50% reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).
Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Barbara Iyen, Stephen Weng, Ralph K Akyea   +4 more
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The impact of hearing impairment and hearing aid use on progression to mild cognitive impairment in cognitively healthy adults: An observational cohort study

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2022
Introduction We assessed the association of self‐reported hearing impairment and hearing aid use with cognitive decline and progression to mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Magda Bucholc, Sarah Bauermeister, Daman Kaur, Paula L. McClean, Stephen Todd   +4 more
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