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Clinical Trial Service Unit
About: Clinical Trial Service Unit is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Stroke. The organization has 428 authors who have published 1387 publications receiving 181920 citations.
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Cancer Epidemiology Unit1, International Agency for Research on Cancer2, Clinical Trial Service Unit3, University of Oxford4, University of Bristol5, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust6, University of Ioannina7, Imperial College London8, University of Western Australia9, Fiona Stanley Hospital10
TL;DR: Findings implicate IGF‐I and free testosterone in prostate cancer development and/or progression and two‐sample Mendelian randomisation analysis of IGF-I and risk.
Abstract: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and testosterone have been implicated in prostate cancer aetiology. Using data from a large prospective full-cohort with standardised assays and repeat blood measurements, and genetic data from an international consortium, we investigated the associations of circulating IGF-I, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and total and calculated free testosterone concentrations with prostate cancer incidence and mortality. For prospective analyses, risk was estimated using multivariable-adjusted Cox regression in 199 698 male UK Biobank participants. Hazard ratios (HRs) were corrected for regression dilution bias using repeat hormone measurements from a subsample. Two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis of IGF-I and risk used genetic instruments identified from UK Biobank men and genetic outcome data from the PRACTICAL consortium (79 148 cases and 61 106 controls). We used cis- and all (cis and trans) SNP MR approaches. A total of 5402 men were diagnosed with and 295 died from prostate cancer (mean follow-up 6.9 years). Higher circulating IGF-I was associated with elevated prostate cancer diagnosis (HR per 5 nmol/L increment = 1.09, 95% CI 1.05-1.12) and mortality (HR per 5 nmol/L increment = 1.15, 1.02-1.29). MR analyses also supported the role of IGF-I in prostate cancer diagnosis (cis-MR odds ratio per 5 nmol/L increment = 1.34, 1.07-1.68). In observational analyses, higher free testosterone was associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer (HR per 50 pmol/L increment = 1.10, 1.05-1.15). Higher SHBG was associated with a lower risk (HR per 10 nmol/L increment = 0.95, 0.94-0.97), neither was associated with prostate cancer mortality. Total testosterone was not associated with prostate cancer. These findings implicate IGF-I and free testosterone in prostate cancer development and/or progression.
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TL;DR: Multivariable logistic analysis showed that older age, attendance at vocational high school, non-intact family, poor academic performance, bad self-reported health status, loneliness and drinking carbonated beverages ≥3 times every day were positively associated with high ST.
Abstract: Objective To investigate the prevalence and correlates of high screen time (ST) among students in Zhejiang, China. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting School-based adolescent health survey in Zhejiang Province, China. Participants 23 543 students in grades 7–12 from 442 different schools. Outcome High ST. Results The mean age of the students was 15.6 years and 49.7% of them were girls. The prevalence of high ST (screen viewing ≥2 hours per day) was 42.4% (95% CI 40.2% to 44.5%), higher in boys than in girls (45.4%(95% CI 42.8% to 48.0%) vs 39.1% (95% CI 36.6% to 41.7%)). No statistically significant difference was found between urban and rural areas (43.0% (95% CI 37.2% to 48.7%) vs 42.1% (95% CI 39.6% to 44.6%)). The prevalence of high ST among middle school, academic high school and vocational high school students was 35.3%, 30.0% and 73.5%, respectively. Multivariable logistic analysis showed that older age, attendance at vocational high school, non-intact family, poor academic performance, bad self-reported health status, loneliness and drinking carbonated beverages ≥3 times every day were positively associated with high ST. Attendance at academic high school, higher parental education and being physically active were negatively associated with high ST. Conclusions High ST was prevalent among students and associated with a cluster of sociodemographic and behavioural risk factors in Zhejiang, China.
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University of British Columbia1, Indiana University2, United States Department of Veterans Affairs3, Clinical Trial Service Unit4, University Medical Center Groningen5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg6, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia7, University of Washington8, Providence Health Care9, International Society of Nephrology10, The George Institute for Global Health11, Manipal University12, University of Tokyo13, Concord Repatriation General Hospital14, Stanford University15, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research16, Community College of Philadelphia17, Kidney Research UK18, University of New South Wales19, Johns Hopkins University20
TL;DR: Clinical trial kidney failure outcomes should be comprised of a composite that includes receipt of a kidney transplant, initiation of maintenance dialysis, and death from kidney failure; it may also include outcomes based solely on laboratory measurements of glomerular filtration rate.
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TL;DR: The risk of gastrointestinal cancers varies greatly by individual ethnic group, including within those groups that have traditionally been grouped together (South Asians and Blacks), many of these differences are not readily explained by known risk factors.
Abstract: Objective To compare the incidence of six gastrointestinal cancers (colorectal, oesophageal, gastric, liver, gallbladder and pancreatic) among the six main ‘non-White’ ethnic groups in England (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black African, Black Caribbean and Chinese) to each other and to Whites. Methods We analysed all 378 511 gastrointestinal cancer registrations from 2001–2007 in England. Ethnicity was obtained by linkage to the Hospital Episodes Statistics database and we used mid-year population estimates from 2001–2007. Incidence rate ratios adjusted for age, sex and income were calculated, comparing the six ethnic groups (and combined ‘South Asian’ and ‘Black’ groups) to Whites and to each other. Results There were significant differences in the incidence of all six cancers between the ethnic groups (all p Conclusions The risk of gastrointestinal cancers varies greatly by individual ethnic group, including within those groups that have traditionally been grouped together (South Asians and Blacks). Many of these differences are not readily explained by known risk factors and suggest that important, potentially modifiable causes of these cancers are still to be discovered.
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Tufts Medical Center1, Johns Hopkins University2, University of Salerno3, Auckland City Hospital4, University Medical Center Groningen5, University of Alabama at Birmingham6, Osaka University7, Saarland University8, Jichi Medical University9, Yonsei University10, Innsbruck Medical University11, Clinical Trial Service Unit12, Shiga University of Medical Science13, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai14, University of California, San Francisco15, University of Ulm16, Charité17, Erasmus University Medical Center18, Peking University19, Utrecht University20, Norwegian University of Science and Technology21, University of Tennessee Health Science Center22, University of British Columbia23
TL;DR: Lower eGFR was strongly associated with higher odds of multiple laboratory result abnormalities and hypertension, and knowledge of risk associations might help guide management in the heterogeneous group of patients with CKD.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Salim Yusuf | 231 | 1439 | 252912 |
Richard Peto | 183 | 683 | 231434 |
Cornelia M. van Duijn | 183 | 1030 | 146009 |
Rory Collins | 162 | 489 | 193407 |
Naveed Sattar | 155 | 1326 | 116368 |
Timothy J. Key | 146 | 808 | 90810 |
John Danesh | 135 | 394 | 100132 |
Andrew J.S. Coats | 127 | 820 | 94490 |
Valerie Beral | 114 | 471 | 53729 |
Mike Clarke | 113 | 1037 | 164328 |
Robert Clarke | 111 | 512 | 90049 |
Robert U. Newton | 109 | 753 | 42527 |
Richard Gray | 109 | 808 | 78580 |
Braxton D. Mitchell | 102 | 558 | 49599 |
Naomi E. Allen | 101 | 364 | 37057 |