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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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TL;DR: After a first stroke, the risk of recurrence or death within 5 years was high among this population of Chinese adults, and urgent improvements to secondary prevention of stroke in China are needed to reduce these risks.
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Utrecht University1, Geneva College2, University of Geneva3, University of Nantes4, Technische Universität München5, University College London6, University of Tokyo7, Kyushu University8, Clinical Trial Service Unit9, University of Oxford10, Peking University11, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital12, McGill University13, University of Edinburgh14, Paris Descartes University15, Oslo University Hospital16, Norwegian University of Science and Technology17, University of Oslo18, University of Michigan19, Zürcher Fachhochschule20, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics21, University of Otago22, University of Leicester23, National Institute for Health Research24, University of California, San Francisco25, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust26, King's College London27, Kaiser Permanente28, Radboud University Nijmegen29, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich30, University of Bordeaux31, University of Gothenburg32, Lille University of Science and Technology33, University of Virginia34, Jagiellonian University Medical College35, University of Helsinki36, University of Eastern Finland37, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center38
TL;DR: A cross-ancestry, genome-wide association study in 10,754 cases and 306,882 controls of European and East Asian ancestry discovered 17 risk loci, 11 of which are new, which reveal a polygenic architecture and explain over half of the disease heritability.
Abstract: Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm leads to subarachnoid hemorrhage, a severe type of stroke. To discover new risk loci and the genetic architecture of intracranial aneurysms, we performed a cross-ancestry, genome-wide association study in 10,754 cases and 306,882 controls of European and East Asian ancestry. We discovered 17 risk loci, 11 of which are new. We reveal a polygenic architecture and explain over half of the disease heritability. We show a high genetic correlation between ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. We also find a suggestive role for endothelial cells by using gene mapping and heritability enrichment. Drug-target enrichment shows pleiotropy between intracranial aneurysms and antiepileptic and sex hormone drugs, providing insights into intracranial aneurysm pathophysiology. Finally, genetic risks for smoking and high blood pressure, the two main clinical risk factors, play important roles in intracranial aneurysm risk, and drive most of the genetic correlation between intracranial aneurysms and other cerebrovascular traits.
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TL;DR: A collaborative meta-analysis was performed to clarify the relative effects on relapse and survival of different types of therapies directed at the CNS in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, finding Radiotherapy can be replaced by long-term intrathecal therapy.
Abstract: Purpose: A collaborative meta-analysis was performed to clarify the relative effects on relapse and survival of different types of therapies directed at the CNS in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Materials and Methods: Data were sought for each individual patient in all trials started in or before 1993 that included unconfounded randomized comparisons of such treatments. Log-rank survival analyses were performed for each trial, and overall results for groups of trials addressing similar questions were obtained from the totals of the observed minus expected number of events and their variances. Results: Radiotherapy and long-term intrathecal therapy gave similar outcomes, with no significant difference in event-free survival despite random assignment of treatment to 2,848 patients, 1,001 of whom suffered relapse or death. Intravenous methotrexate reduced non-CNS rather than CNS relapses, and hence, the addition of intravenous methotrexate to a treatment regimen including radiotherapy or long-term i...
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TL;DR: The prevalence and patterns of drinking in China differ greatly by age, sex and geographical region, and drinking alcohol was positively correlated with regular smoking, blood pressure and heart rate and was associated with 2 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure.
Abstract: Background Drinking alcohol has a long tradition in Chinese culture. However, data on the prevalence and patterns of alcohol consumption in China, and its main correlates, are limited.
Methods During 2004–08 the China Kadoorie Biobank recruited 512 891 men and women aged 30–79 years from 10 urban and rural areas of China. Detailed information on alcohol consumption was collected using a standardized questionnaire, and related to socio-demographic, physical and behavioural characteristics in men and women separately.
Results Overall, 76% of men and 36% of women reported drinking some alcohol during the past 12 months, with 33% of men and 2% of women drinking at least weekly; the prevalence of weekly drinking in men varied from 7% to 51% across the 10 study areas. Mean consumption was 286 g/week and was higher in those with less education. Most weekly drinkers habitually drank spirits, although this varied by area, and beer consumption was highest among younger drinkers; 37% of male weekly drinkers (12% of all men) reported weekly heavy drinking episodes, with the prevalence highest in younger men. Drinking alcohol was positively correlated with regular smoking, blood pressure and heart rate. Among male weekly drinkers, each 20 g/day alcohol consumed was associated with 2 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure. Potential indicators of problem drinking were reported by 24% of male weekly drinkers.
Conclusion The prevalence and patterns of drinking in China differ greatly by age, sex and geographical region. Alcohol consumption is associated with a number of unfavourable health behaviours and characteristics.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified prospective studies reporting associations between FGF-23 concentration and risk of cardiovascular events and calculated risk ratios for each outcome and scaled to a comparison of the top versus bottom third of the baseline FGF23 concentration, and the results aggregated.
Abstract: Background Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) has been hypothesized to play a role in the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with CKD.Methods We identified prospective studies reporting associations between FGF-23 concentration and risk of cardiovascular events. Maximally adjusted risk ratios (RRs) were extracted for each outcome and scaled to a comparison of the top versus bottom third of the baseline FGF-23 concentration, and the results aggregated.Results Depending on the assay used, median FGF-23 concentrations were 43-74 RU/ml and 38-47 pg/ml in 17 general population cohorts; 102-392 RU/ml in nine cohorts of patients with CKD not requiring dialysis; and 79-4212 RU/ml and 2526-5555 pg/ml in eight cohorts of patients on dialysis. Overall, comparing participants in the top and bottom FGF-23 concentration thirds, the summary RRs (95% confidence intervals [95% CIs]) were 1.33 (1.12 to 1.58) for myocardial infarction, 1.26 (1.13 to 1.41) for stroke, 1.48 (1.29 to 1.69) for heart failure, 1.42 (1.27 to 1.60) for cardiovascular mortality, and 1.70 (1.52 to 1.91) for all-cause mortality. The summary RR for noncardiovascular mortality, calculated indirectly, was 1.52 (95% CI, 1.28 to 1.79). When studies were ordered by average differences in FGF-23 concentration between the top and bottom thirds, there was no trend in RRs across the studies.Conclusions The similarly-sized associations between increased FGF-23 concentration and cardiovascular (atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic) and noncardiovascular outcomes, together with the absence of any exposure-response relationship, suggest that the relationship between FGF-23 and cardiovascular disease risk may be noncausal.
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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 |