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Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2018)
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Al-Qaissi, A., Papageorgiou, M., Javed, Z., Heise, T., Rigby, A. S., Garrett, A. T., …Sathyapalan, T. (2019). Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(3), 569-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13555

Objective This study aimed to explore the effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes. Research Design A 3‐way, cross‐over, randomised study was performed in adults with type 1 diab... Read More about Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS (2018)
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Aye, M. M., Butler, A. E., Kilpatrick, E. S., Kirk, R., Vince, R., Rigby, A. S., …Atkin, S. L. (2018). Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(OCT), Article 592. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00592

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is the hallmark of PCOS and it is known that exercise may decrease it. What is unknown is whether exercise may mechanistically alter the underlying IR, attenuating the dynamic lipid induced IR in insulin resistant... Read More about Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS.

The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study (2018)
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Sathyapalan, T., Dawson, A. J., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(SEP), Article 531. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00531

Objective: Soy phytoestrogens are suggested to impair thyroid function but the effects of pharmacological doses of soy phytoestrogens are unknown; therefore, this study was performed to determine the effect of high dose soy phytoestrogens (66 mg) on... Read More about The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians (2018)
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Gopal-Kothandapani, J. S., Evans, L. F., Walsh, J. S., Gossiel, F., Rigby, A. S., Eastell, R., & Bishop, N. J. (2019). Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians. Clinical Endocrinology, 90(1), 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.13825

Objectives It is well established that UK Asians typically have lower vitamin D levels than Caucasians. It is also known that vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is lower in some races than Caucasians. To investigate how ethnicity, skin colour and geneti... Read More about Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians.

Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan (2018)
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Nagai, T., Sundaram, V., Rothnie, K., Quint, J. K., Shoaib, A., Shiraishi, Y., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan. Open heart, 5(2), e000811. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000811

Objective Mortality amongst patients hospitalised for heart failure (HHF) in Western and Asian countries may differ, but this has not been investigated using individual patient-level data (IPLD). We sought to remedy this through rigorous statistical... Read More about Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan.

Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance (2018)
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Cuthbert, J. J., Pellicori, P., Rigby, A., Pan, D., Kazmi, S., Shah, P., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance. European journal of heart failure, 20(10), 1426-1435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1247

© 2018 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure © 2018 European Society of Cardiology Background: Low serum chloride is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with worse outcomes. We investigated the clinical and... Read More about Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance.

Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure (2018)
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Nagai, T., Sundaram, V., Shoaib, A., Shiraishi, Y., Kohsaka, S., Rothnie, K. J., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 20(8), 1179-1190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1210

Aims: Prognostic models for hospitalised heart failure (HHF) were developed predominantly for patients of European origin in the United States of America; it is unclear whether they perform similarly in other health-care systems or for different ethn... Read More about Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan: Validation of risk models in decompensated heart failure.

Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction (2018)
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Shah, P., Pellicori, P., Rimmer, S., Rigby, A. S., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction. International journal of cardiology, 268, 166-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.029

Introduction: We investigated whether increased concentrations of inspired oxygen (FiO2) affects exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction (HeFNEF). Methods: 46 patients (mean age 75 years (63% male) and median NT... Read More about Effect of increased inspired oxygen on exercise performance in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction.

Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (2018)
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Shiraishi, Y., Nagai, T., Kohsaka, S., Goda, A., Nagatomo, Y., Mizuno, A., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 107(12), 1103-1110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1283-6

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Background: Mortality subsequent to a hospitalisation for heart failure is reported to be much lower in Japan than in the United Kingdom (UK). This could reflect differences in disease se... Read More about Outcome of hospitalised heart failure in Japan and the United Kingdom stratified by plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide.

Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index (2018)
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Sze, S., Pellicori, P., Kazmi, S., Rigby, A., Cleland, J. G., Wong, K., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index. JACC: Heart Failure, 6(6), 476-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.02.018

Objectives The authors sought to report the prevalence, clinical associations, and prognostic consequences of malnutrition in outpatients with heart failure (HF). Background Malnutrition may be common in HF and associated with adverse outcomes, but... Read More about Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index.

Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes (2018)
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Kahal, H., Aburima, A., Spurgeon, B., Wraith, K. S., Rigby, A. S., Sathyapalan, T., …Atkin, S. L. (2018). Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes & metabolism, 44(5), 431-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabet.2018.04.004

Aim Strict glycaemic control has been associated with an increased mortality rate in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Here we examined platelet function immediately and 24 hours following induced hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes comp... Read More about Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes.

Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1 (2018)
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Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Dargham, S. R., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 28(7), 691-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2018.03.007

Background Hormone replacement therapy may be beneficial for cardiovascular disease risk (CVR) in post-menopausal women. Soy isoflavones may act as selective estrogen receptor modulators. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether soy isoflavones... Read More about Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1.

Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause (2018)
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Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Dargham, S. R., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 28(7), 691-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2018.03.007

© 2018 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Background: Hormone replacement thera... Read More about Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause.

Asthma phenotypes: Do cough and wheeze predict exacerbations in persistent asthma? (2017)
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Morjaria, J. B., Rigby, A. S., & Morice, A. H. (2017). Asthma phenotypes: Do cough and wheeze predict exacerbations in persistent asthma?. European respiratory journal, 50(6), Article 1701366. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01366-2017

Copyright © ERS 2017. Little is known of the long-term symptom profile in uncontrolled asthma and whether symptoms can predict distinct phenotypes. The primary objective of these analyses was to assess diurnal profile of cough and wheeze in an uncont... Read More about Asthma phenotypes: Do cough and wheeze predict exacerbations in persistent asthma?.

Effect of soy on bone turn-over markers in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism - A randomised controlled study (2017)
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Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Fraser, W. D., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2017). Effect of soy on bone turn-over markers in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism - A randomised controlled study. Scientific reports, 7(1), Article ARTN 15366. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15402-9

© 2017 The Author(s). Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is associated with increased risk of fractures. Soy supplementation has been shown to have a beneficial effect on bone turnover markers (BTM) in postmenopausal women. However, the effect of soy supplementa... Read More about Effect of soy on bone turn-over markers in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism - A randomised controlled study.

Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials (2017)
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Cleland, J. G., Bunting, K. V., Flather, M., Altman, D. G., Holmes, J., Coats, A. J., …Beta-blockers in Heart Failure Collaborative Group. (2018). Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials. European Heart Journal, 39(1), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx564

Aims: Recent guidelines recommend that patients with heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 40-49% should be managed similar to LVEF ≥50%. We investigated the effect of beta-blockers according to LVEF in double-blind, randomised,... Read More about Beta-blockers for heart failure with reduced, mid-range, and preserved ejection fraction: An individual patient-level analysis of double-blind randomized trials.

Deoxynivalenol biomarkers in the urine of UK vegetarians (2017)
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Wells, L., Hardie, L., Williams, C., White, K., Liu, Y., De Santis, B., …Sathyapalan, T. (2017). Deoxynivalenol biomarkers in the urine of UK vegetarians. Toxins, 9(7), 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9070196

Deoxynivalenol (DON) is produced by Fusarium graminearum and is one of the most commonly occurring trichothecenes. Vegetarians are alleged to be a high-risk group for DON exposure due to high intakes of cereals susceptible to the growth of the mycoto... Read More about Deoxynivalenol biomarkers in the urine of UK vegetarians.

Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure (2017)
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Kotecha, D., Flather, M. D., Altman, D. G., Holmes, J., Rosano, G., Wikstrand, J., …Cleland, J. G. (2017). Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69(24), 2885-2896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.001

Background The relationship between mortality and heart rate remains unclear for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in either sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation (AF). Objectives This analysis explored the prognostic importan... Read More about Heart rate and rhythm and the benefit of beta-blockers in patients with heart failure.

Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study (2017)
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Sathyapalan, T., Javed, Z., Rigby, A. S., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2017). Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 1(5), 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2016-1068

© 2017 Endocrine Society. Background: Soy protein with isoflavones appears to have an adverse effect on thyroid function, but it is not known whether it is the protein or isoflavone component that is deleterious. The effect of isoflavone-free soy on... Read More about Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study.

Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study (2017)
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Matthews, Y., Dean, F., Lim, M. J., Mclachlan, K., Rigby, A. S., Solanki, G. A., …Kennedy, C. R. (2017). Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(8), 715-721. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-312238

Aim To investigate the epidemiology, clinical profile and risk factors of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children aged 1-16 years. Methods A national prospective population-based cohort study over 25 months. Newly diagnosed PTCS cases notifie... Read More about Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study.