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Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes (2016)
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Torabi, A., Cleland, J. G. F., Sherwi, N., Atkin, P., Panahi, H., Kilpatrick, E., Thackray, S., Hoye, A., Alamgir, F., Goode, K., Clark, A. L., & Rigby, A. (2016). Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes. Open heart, 3(2), e000487. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000487

© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are common, but their incidence and outcome might depend greatly on how data are collected. We compared case ascertainment rates for ACS and myocardial infar... Read More about Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes.

STAAR: a randomised controlled trial of electronic adherence monitoring with reminder alarms and feedback to improve clinical outcomes for children with asthma (2016)
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Morton, R. W., Elphick, H. E., Rigby, A. S., Daw, W. J., King, D. A., Smith, L. J., & Everard, M. L. (2017). STAAR: a randomised controlled trial of electronic adherence monitoring with reminder alarms and feedback to improve clinical outcomes for children with asthma. Thorax, 72(4), 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208171

Background Suboptimal adherence to inhaled steroids is common in children with asthma and is associated with poor disease control, reduced quality of life and even death. Previous studies using feedback of electronically monitored adherence data have... Read More about STAAR: a randomised controlled trial of electronic adherence monitoring with reminder alarms and feedback to improve clinical outcomes for children with asthma.

Effect of soy in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical hypogonadism: a randomised controlled study (2016)
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Sathyapalan, T., Rigby, A. S., Bhasin, S., Thatcher, N. J., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2017). Effect of soy in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical hypogonadism: a randomised controlled study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 102(2), 425-433. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2875

Context: Isoflavones found in soy products have a chemical structure similar to estrogen, leading to concerns of an adverse estrogenic effect in men, particularly in those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have low testosterone levels due to h... Read More about Effect of soy in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical hypogonadism: a randomised controlled study.

Determination of deoxynivalenol in the urine of pregnant women in the UK (2016)
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Rigby, A., Sathyapalan, T., Wells, L., Atkin, S., Brera, C., De Santis, B., Debegnach, F., Greetham, S., Hardie, L., Liu, Y., Moretti, G., White, K., & Williams, C. (2016). Determination of deoxynivalenol in the urine of pregnant women in the UK. Toxins, 8(11), 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8110306

Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the most commonly occurring trichothecenes, produced mainly by Fusarium graminearum. Little is known about the effect of DON exposure or the levels of DON exposure that occur during pregnancy. The project aimed to provi... Read More about Determination of deoxynivalenol in the urine of pregnant women in the UK.

The repeatability of the abbreviated (4-h) Oral Fat Tolerance Test and influence of prior acute aerobic exercise (2016)
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O’Doherty, A. F., Sathyapalan, T., Rigby, A. S., Ingle, L., & Carroll, S. (2018). The repeatability of the abbreviated (4-h) Oral Fat Tolerance Test and influence of prior acute aerobic exercise. European Journal of Nutrition, 57(1), 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-016-1320-z

© 2016 The Author(s) Purpose: The Oral Fat Tolerance Test (OFTT) is regarded as a repeatable measure used to assess postprandial triglyceride (TAG) levels, with higher levels observed in cardio-metabolic disorders. Acute aerobic exercise intervention... Read More about The repeatability of the abbreviated (4-h) Oral Fat Tolerance Test and influence of prior acute aerobic exercise.

Internet-based training of coronary artery patients: the Heart Cycle Trial (2016)
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Skobel, E., Knackstedt, C., Martinez-Romero, A., Salvi, D., Vera-Munoz, C., Napp, A., Luprano, J., Bover, R., Glöggler, S., Bjarnason-Wehrens, B., Marx, N., Rigby, A., & Cleland, J. (2017). Internet-based training of coronary artery patients: the Heart Cycle Trial. Heart and vessels, 32(4), 408-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-016-0897-8

© 2016, Springer Japan. Low adherence to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) might be improved by remote monitoring systems that can be used to motivate and supervise patients and tailor CR safely and effectively to their needs. The main objective of this st... Read More about Internet-based training of coronary artery patients: the Heart Cycle Trial.

Soy reduces bone turnover markers in women during early menopause: a randomized controlled trial (2016)
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Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Fraser, W. D., Thatcher, N. J., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2017). Soy reduces bone turnover markers in women during early menopause: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 32(1), 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.2927

Menopausal estrogen loss leads to an increased bone loss. Soy isoflavones can act as selective estrogen receptor modulators, their role in bone turnover is unclear. The primary outcome was assessing changes in plasma bone turnover markers. The second... Read More about Soy reduces bone turnover markers in women during early menopause: a randomized controlled trial.

Pilot investigation of a virtual gastric band hypnotherapy intervention (2016)
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Greetham, S., Goodwin, S., Wells, L., Whitham, C., Jones, H., Rigby, A., Sathyapalan, T., Reid, M., & Atkin, S. (2016). Pilot investigation of a virtual gastric band hypnotherapy intervention. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 64(4), 419-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2016.1209037

This was a pilot investigation of 30 men and women with a BMI > 27kg/m² over a 24 week period. It aimed to determine whether virtual gastric band (VGB) hypnotherapy has an effect on weight loss in overweight adults, compared to relaxation hypnotherap... Read More about Pilot investigation of a virtual gastric band hypnotherapy intervention.

Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure (2016)
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Cleland, J. G., Zhang, J., Pellicori, P., Dicken, B., Dierckx, R., Shoaib, A., Wong, K., Rigby, A., Goode, K., & Clark, A. L. (2016). Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure. JAMA Cardiology, 1(5), 539-547. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1161

Copyright © 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance: Detailed information on the prevalence, associations, and consequences of anemia and iron deficiency in epidemiologically representative outpatients with chronic heart fa... Read More about Prevalence and outcomes of anemia and hematinic deficiencies in patients with chronic heart failure.

Effect of age and sex on efficacy and tolerability of β blockers in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: individual patient data meta-analysis (2016)
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Kotecha, D., Manzano, L., Krum, H., Rosano, G., Holmes, J., Altman, D. G., Collins, P. D., Packer, M., Wikstrand, J., Coats, A. J. S., Cleland, J. G. F., Kirchhof, P., von Lueder, T. G., Rigby, A. S., Andersson, B., Lip, G. Y., van Veldhuisen, D. J., Shibata, M. C., Wedel, H., Böhm, M., & Flather, M. D. (2016). Effect of age and sex on efficacy and tolerability of β blockers in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: individual patient data meta-analysis. BMJ, 353, i1855. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1855

© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2016. OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and tolerability of β blockers in a broad age range of women and men with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) by pooling individual patient data from placebo cont... Read More about Effect of age and sex on efficacy and tolerability of β blockers in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: individual patient data meta-analysis.

Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1 (2016)
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Shoaib, A., Farag, M., Nasir, M., John, J., Gupta, S., Pellicori, P., Antony, R., Perveen, R., Rigby, A., Goode, K. M., Yassin, A., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2016). Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1. European journal of heart failure, 18(5), 556-563. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.505

© 2016 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure. Aims Most studies on acute heart failure (HF) exploring the relationship between admissions to hospital for HF and subsequent outcomes have focused only on HF coded as the primary diagnosis, but... Read More about Is the diagnostic coding position of acute heart failure related to mortality? A report from the Euro Heart Failure Survey-1.