• Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: Meta-analysis of Individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium 

      Mons, Ute; Muezzinler, Aysel; Gellert, Carolin; Schöttker, Ben; Abnet, Christian C.; Bobak, Martin; de Groot, Lisette; Freedman, Neal D.; Jansen, Eugène; Kee, Frank; Kromhout, Daan; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Laatikainen, Tiina; O’Doherty, Mark G.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Orfanos, Philippos; Peters, Annette; van der Schouw, Yvonne T.; Wilsgaard, Tom; Wolk, Alicja; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Boffetta, Paolo; Brenner, Hermann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-20)
      Objective To investigate the impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular mortality, acute coronary events, and stroke events in people aged 60 and older, and to calculate and report risk advancement periods for cardiovascular mortality in addition to traditional epidemiological relative risk measures.<p> <p>Design Individual participant meta-analysis using data from 25 cohorts ...
    • Long-term trends in blood pressure and hypertension in Russia: an analysis of data from 14 health surveys conducted in 1975–2017 

      Churilova, Elena; Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.; Shalnova, Svetlana A.; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Malyutina, Sofia; Nilssen, Odd-Ragnar; Laatikainen, Tiina; Leon, David A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-07)
      Background - Hypertension is recognized as an important contributor to high cardiovascular mortality in Russia. A comprehensive analysis of data from Russian studies that measured blood pressure in population-based samples has not been previously undertaken. This study aims to identify trends and patterns in mean blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension in Russia over the most recent ...