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Reeta Gobin

Researcher at University of Guyana

Publications -  10
Citations -  4749

Reeta Gobin is an academic researcher from University of Guyana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 3780 citations. Previous affiliations of Reeta Gobin include University of Cambridge.

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Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of individual records of diabetes, fasting blood glucose concentration, and other risk factors in people without initial vascular disease from studies in the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration found diabetes confers about a two-fold excess risk for a wide range of vascular diseases, independently from other conventional risk factors.
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B-Type Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiovascular Risk Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 40 Prospective Studies

TL;DR: Assay of BNP or NT-proBNP in addition to measurement of conventional CVD risk factors yielded generally modest improvements in risk discrimination, and available prospective studies indicate strong associations between circulating concentration of natriuretic peptides and CVDrisk under a range of different circumstances.
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Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

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TL;DR: Adult height has directionally opposing relationships with risk of death from several different major causes of chronic diseases.
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Markers of dysglycaemia and risk of coronary heart disease in people without diabetes: Reykjavik prospective study and systematic review.

TL;DR: In the Reykjavik Study and a meta-analysis of other Western prospective studies, fasting and post-load glucose levels were modestly associated with CHD risk in people without diabetes and a somewhat stronger association between HbA1c levels andCHD risk was suggested.