• 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 ...
    • Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration 

      Lorenz, Matthias W.; Gao, Lu; Ziegelbauer, Kathrin; Norata, Giuseppe Danilo; Empana, Jean Philippe; Schmidtmann, Irene; Lin, Hung-Ju; McLachlan, Stela; Bokemark, Lena; Ronkainen, Kimmo; Amato, Mauro; Schminke, Ulf; Srinivasan, Sathanur R.; Lind, Lars; Okazaki, Shuhei; Stehouwer, Coen D.A.; Willeit, Peter; Polak, Joseph F.; Steinmetz, Helmuth; Sander, Dirk; Poppert, Holger; Desvarieux, Moise; Ikram, M. Arfan; Johnsen, Stein Harald; Staub, Daniel; Sirtori, Cesare R.; Iglseder, Bernhard; Beloqui, Oscar; Engström, Gunnar; Friera, Alfonso; Rozza, Francesco; Xie, Wuxiang; Parraga, Grace; Grigore, Liliana; Plichart, Matthieu; Blankenberg, Stefan; Su, Ta-Chen; Schmidt, Caroline; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Veglia, Fabrizio; Völzke, Henry; Nijpels, Giel; Willeit, Johann; Sacco, Ralph L.; Franco, Oscar H.; Uthoff, Heiko; Hedblad, Bo; Suarez, Carmen; Izzo, Raffaele; Zhao, Dong; Wannarong, Thapat; Catapano, Alberico; Ducimetiere, Pierre; Espinola-Klein, Christine; Chien, Kuo-Liong; Price, Jackie F.; Bergström, Göran; Kauhanen, Jussi; Tremoli, Elena; Dörr, Marcus; Berenson, Gerald; Kitagawa, Kazuo; Dekker, Jacqueline M.; Kiechl, Stefan; Sitzer, Matthias; Bickel, Horst; Rundek, Tatjana; Hofman, Albert; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Castelnuovo, Samuela; Landecho, Manuel F.; Rosvall, Maria; Gabriel, Rafael; de Luca, Nicola; Liu, Jing; Baldassarre, Damiano; Kavousi, Maryam; de Groot, Eric; Bots, Michiel L.; Yanez, David N.; Thompson, Simon G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-04-12)
      <b>Aims</b><br> Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) predicts cardiovascular (CVD) events, but the predictive value of CIMT change is debated. We assessed the relation between CIMT change and events in individuals at high cardiovascular risk.<br> <b>Methods and results</b><br> From 31 cohorts with two CIMT scans (total n = 89070) on average 3.6 years apart and clinical follow-up, subcohorts ...
    • Progression of conventional cardiovascular risk factors and vascular disease risk in individuals: insights from the PROG-IMT consortium 

      Bahls, Martin; Lorenz, Matthias W.; Dörr, Marcus; Gao, Lu; Kitagawa, Kazuo; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Agewall, Stefan; Berenson, Gerald; Catapano, Alberico L.; Norata, Guiseppe D.; Bots, Michiel L.; van Gilst, Wiek; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Brouwers, Frank P.; Uthoff, Heiko; Sander, Dirk; Poppert, Holger; Hecht Olsen, Michael; Empana, Jean Philippe; Schminke, Ulf; Baldassarre, Damiano; Veglia, Fabrizio; Franco, Oscar H.; Kavousi, Maryam; de Groot, Eric; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Grigore, Liliana; Polak, Joseph F.; Rundek, Tatjana; Stehouwer, Coen D.A.; Skilton, Michael R.; Hatzitolios, Apostolos I.; Savopoulos, Christos; Ntaios, George; Plichart, Matthieu; McLachlan, Stela; Lind, Lars; Willeit, Peter; Steinmetz, Helmuth; Desvarieux, Moise; Ikram, M. Arfan; Johnsen, Stein Harald; Schmidt, Caroline; Willeit, Johann; Ducimetière, Pierre; Price, Jackie F.; Bergström, Göran; Kauhanen, Jussi; Kiechl, Stefan; Sitzer, Matthias; Bickel, Horst; Sacco, Ralph L.; Hofman, Albert; Völzke, Henry; Thompson, Simon G. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-16)
      <i>Aims</i> - Averaged measurements, but not the progression based on multiple assessments of carotid intima-media thickness, (cIMT) are predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in individuals. Whether this is true for conventional risk factors is unclear.<p> <p><i>Methods and results</i> - An individual participant meta-analysis was used to associate the annualised progression of systolic ...
    • 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 ...