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Diederick E. Grobbee
Researcher at Utrecht University
Publications - 1108
Citations - 136069
Diederick E. Grobbee is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 155, co-authored 1051 publications receiving 122748 citations. Previous affiliations of Diederick E. Grobbee include National Heart Foundation of Australia & Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre.
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Breast Cancer Risk After Caloric Restriction During the 1944–1945 Dutch Famine
TL;DR: The risk of breast cancer was increased in women who were severely exposed to a short but severe famine decades earlier, compatible with data from the few animal studies investigating effects of short-term, transient caloric restriction.
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Serum ferritin and risk of myocardial infarction in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study
Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,Johan F Koster,Diederick E. Grobbee,Jan Lindemans,Heiner Boeing,Albert Hofman,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman +6 more
TL;DR: In the presence of other risk factors, serum ferritin may adversely affect ischemic heart disease risk in the elderly.
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Confounding and indication for treatment in evaluation of drug treatment for hypertension
TL;DR: The results of a recently published study which suggested that hypertension should not be lowered too far by treatment and the subsequent debate provide an example of problems that may arise in validating the conclusions of such studies.
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Cardiovascular disease and cognitive performance in middle-aged and elderly men
TL;DR: The results of this study support a relation of sub-clinical CVD with cognitive functioning in middle-aged and elderly men and suggest that actions to prevent cognitive decline by preventing atherosclerosis should be taken before middle age.
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The (mis)use of overlap of confidence intervals to assess effect modification
TL;DR: This article focuses on an invalid method to assess effect modification, which is often used in articles in health sciences journals, namely concluding that there is no effect modification if the confidence intervals of the subgroups are overlapping.