• 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 ...
    • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies 

      Wood, Angela M.; Kaptoge, Stephen; Butterworth, Adam S.; Willeit, Peter; Warnakula, Samantha; Bolton, Thomas; Paige, Ellie; Paul, Dirk S.; Sweeting, Michael; Burgess, Stephen; Bell, Steven; Astle, William; Stevens, David; Koulman, Albert; Selmer, Randi; Verschuren, W.M. Monique; Sato, Shinichi; Njølstad, Inger; Woodward, Mark; Salomaa, Veikko; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Yeap, Bu B.; Fletcher, Astrid; Melander, Olle; Kuller, Lewis H.; Balkau, Beverley; Marmot, Michael; Koenig, Wolfgang; Casiglia, Edoardo; Cooper, Cyrus; Arndt, Volker; Franco, Oscar H.; Wennberg, Patrik; Gallacher, John; de la Cámara, Agustín Gómez; Völzke, Henry; Dahm, Christina C.; Dale, Caroline E.; Bergmann, Manuela M.; Crespo, Carlos J.; van der Schouw, Yvonne T.; Kaaks, Rudolf; Simons, Leon A.; Lagiou, Pagona; Schoufour, Josje D.; Boer, Jolanda M.A.; Key, Timothy J.; Rodriguez, Beatriz; Moreno-Iribas, Conchi; Davidson, Karina W.; Taylor, James O.; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Wallace, Robert B.; Quiros, J. Ramon; Tumino, Rosario; Blazer, Dan G.; Linneberg, Allan; Daimon, Makoto; Panico, Salvatore; Howard, Barbara; Skeie, Guri; Strandberg, Timo; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Nietert, Paul J.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Kromhout, Daan; Salamanca-Fernández, Elena; Kiechl, Stefan; Krumholz, Harlan M.; Grioni, Sara; Palli, Domenico; Huerta, Jose M.; Price, Jackie; Sundström, Johan; Arriola, Larraitz; Arima, Hisatomi; Travis, Ruth C.; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.; Karakatsani, Anna; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Kühn, Tilman; Grobbee, Diederick E.; Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth; van Schoor, Natasja; Boeing, Heiner; Overvad, Kim; Kauhanen, Jussi; Wareham, Nick; Langenberg, Claudia; Forouhi, Nita; Wennberg, Maria; Despres, Jean-Pierre; Cushman, Mary; Cooper, Jackie A.; Rodriguez, Carlos J.; Sakurai, Masaru; Shaw, Jonathan E.; Knuiman, Matthew; Voortman, Trudy; Meisinger, Christa; Tjønneland, Anne; Brenner, Hermann; Palmieri, Luigi; Dallongeville, Jean; Brunner, Eric J.; Assmann, Gerd; Trevisan, Maurizio; Gillum, Richard F.; Ford, Ian; Sattar, Naveed; Lazo, Mariana; Thompson, Simon G.; Ferrari, Pietro; Leon, David A.; Smith, George Davey; Peto, Richard; Jackson, Rod; Banks, Emily; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Danesh, John (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-12)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. <p><i>Methods - </i>We did a combined analysis of ...
    • Use of repeated blood pressure and cholesterol measurements to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction: an individual-participant-data meta-analysis 

      Paige, Ellie; Barrett, Jessica; Pennells, Lisa; Sweeting, Michael; Willeit, Peter; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Goldbourt, Uri; Best, Lyle G.; Assmann, Gerd; Salonen, Jukka T.; Nietert, Paul J.; Verschuren, W.M. Monique; Brunner, Eric J.; Kronmal, Richard A.; Salomaa, Veikko; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Dagenais, Gilles R.; Sato, Shinichi; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; Willeit, Johann; Onat, Altan; De La Cámara, Agustin Gómez; Roussel, Ronan; Völzke, Henry; Dankner, Rachel; Tipping, Robert W.; Meade, Tom W.; Donfrancesco, Chiara; Kuller, Lewis H.; Peters, Annette; Gallacher, John; Kromhout, Daan; Iso, Hiroyasu; Knuiman, Matthew; Casiglia, Edoardo; Kavousi, Maryam; Palmieri, Luigi; Sundström, Johan; Davis, Barry R.; Njølstad, Inger; Couper, David; Danesh, John; Thompson, Simon G.; Wood, Angela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-13)
      The added value of incorporating information from repeated blood pressure and cholesterol measurements to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has not been rigorously assessed. We used data on 191,445 adults from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (38 cohorts from 17 countries with data encompassing 1962–2014) with more than 1 million measurements of systolic blood pressure, total ...