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Kirsten J. Ward

Researcher at King's College London

Publications -  28
Citations -  5605

Kirsten J. Ward is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: DNA methylation & Epigenetics. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 28 publications receiving 5184 citations. Previous affiliations of Kirsten J. Ward include University of Exeter & Pasteur Institute.

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Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: Reductions in all-cause mortality, major vascular events and revascularisations were found with no excess of adverse events among people without evidence of CVD treated with statins, and evidence available to date showed that primary prevention with statin is likely to be cost-effective and may improve patient quality of life.

The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

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TL;DR: The contribution of rare and low-frequency variants to human traits is largely unexplored as mentioned in this paper, but the contribution of these variants to the human traits has not yet been fully explored.
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Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease

TL;DR: Interventions using counselling and education aimed at behaviour change do not reduce total or CHD mortality or clinical events in general populations but may be effective in reducing mortality in high-risk hypertensive and diabetic populations.