• Alcohol consumption and common carotid intima-media thickness: The USE-IMT study 

      Britton, Annie R.; Grobbee, Diederick E.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Anderson, Todd J.; Desvarieux, Moise; Engström, Gunnar; Evans, Greg W.; Hedblad, Bo; Kauhanen, Jussi; Kurl, Sudhir; Lonn, Eva M.; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Polak, Joseph F.; Price, Jacqueline F.; Rembold, Christopher M.; Rosvall, Maria; Rundek, Tatjana; Salonen, Jukka T.; Stehouwer, Coen; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Bots, Michiel L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-19)
    • Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness: The USE-IMT study 

      Wang, Xin; Dalmeijer, Geertje W.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Anderson, Todd J.; Britton, Annie R.; Dekker, Jacqueline; Engström, Gunnar; Evans, Greg W.; De Graaf, Jacqueline; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Hedblad, Bo; Holewijn, Suzanne; Ikeda, Ai; Kauhanen, Jussi; Kitagawa, Kazuo; Kitamura, Akihiko; Kurl, Sudhir; Lonn, Eva M.; Lorenz, Matthias W.; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Nijpels, Giel; Okazaki, Shuhei; Polak, Joseph F.; Price, Jacqueline F.; Rembold, Christopher M.; Rosvall, Maria; Rundek, Tatjana; Salonen, Jukka T.; Sitzer, Matthias; Stehouwer, Coen D.A.; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Peters, Sanne A.E.; Bots, Michiel L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-21)
      Background:<br>The relation of a single risk factor with atherosclerosis is established. Clinically we know of risk factor clustering within individuals. Yet, studies into the magnitude of the relation of risk factor clusters with atherosclerosis are limited. Here, we assessed that relation.<br>Methods:<br>Individual participant data from 14 cohorts, involving 59,025 individuals were used in this ...
    • Race/ethnic differences in the associations of the Framingham risk factors with carotid IMT and cardiovascular events 

      Gijsberts, Crystel M.; Groenewegen, Karlijn A.; Hoefer, Imo E.; Eijkemans, Marinus J.C.; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Anderson, Todd J.; Britton, Annie R.; Dekker, Jacqueline M.; Engström, Gunnar; Evans, Greg W.; de Graaf, Jacqueline; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Hedblad, Bo; Holewijn, Suzanne; Ikeda, Ai; Kitagawa, Kazuo; Kitamura, Akihiko; De Kleijn, Dominique P.V.; Lonn, Eva M.; Lorenz, Matthias W.; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Nijpels, Giel; Okazaki, Shuhei; O'Leary, Daniel H.; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Peters, Sanne A.E.; Polak, Joseph F.; Price, Jacqueline F.; Rembold, Christopher M.; Rosvall, Maria; Rundek, Tatjana; Salonen, Jukka T.; Sitzer, Matthias; Stehouwer, Coen D.A.; Bots, Michiel L.; Den Ruijter, Hester M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-02)
      Background Clinical manifestations and outcomes of atherosclerotic disease differ between ethnic groups. In addition, the prevalence of risk factors is substantially different. Primary prevention programs are based on data derived from almost exclusively White people. We investigated how race/ethnic differences modify the associations of established risk factors with atherosclerosis and ...
    • Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis 

      Nonterah, Engelbert A.; Crowther, Nigel J.; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Oduro, Abraham R.; Kavousi, Maryam; Agongo, Godfred; Anderson, Todd J.; Asiki, Gershim; Boua, Palwendé R.; Choma, Solomon S. R.; Couper, David J.; Engström, Gunnar; de Graaf, Jacqueline; Kauhanen, Jussi; Lonn, Eva M.; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Micklesfield, Lisa K.; Okazaki, Shuhei; Polak, Joseph F.; Rundek, Tatjana; Salonen, Jukka T.; Tollman, Stephen M.; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Ramsay, Michéle; Bots, Michiel L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-25)
      BACKGROUND: The major risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease differ by race or ethnicity but have largely been defined using populations of European ancestry. Despite the rising prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Africa there are few related data from African populations. Therefore, we compared the association of established cardiovascular risk factors with carotid-intima ...