Search Results - "Teo, Koon"
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Prevention: A Perspective From Developing Countries
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-05-2021)“…By the beginning of the 21st century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) had become the leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity worldwide, with 80%…”
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Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (18-07-2015)“…Summary Background Reduced muscular strength, as measured by grip strength, has been associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular…”
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Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (07-03-2020)“…Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on cardiovascular disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using…”
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Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (07-03-2020)“…To our knowledge, no previous study has prospectively documented the incidence of common diseases and related mortality in high-income countries (HICs),…”
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Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients: results from ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (03-06-2017)“…Summary Background Studies have challenged the appropriateness of accepted blood pressure targets. We hypothesised that different levels of low blood pressure…”
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Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 2: Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Published in Circulation research (01-09-2017)“…In this second part of a 2-part series on the global burden of cardiovascular disease, we review the proven, effective approaches to the prevention and…”
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Oxidized Phospholipids, Lipoprotein(a), and Progression of Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (15-09-2015)“…Abstract Background Elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is associated with aortic stenosis (AS). Oxidized phospholipids (OxPL) are key mediators of calcification…”
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Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events
Published in The New England journal of medicine (14-08-2014)“…In a large study in 17 countries, an estimated sodium intake that was either higher or lower than the average estimated sodium intake was associated with an…”
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Variations between women and men in risk factors, treatments, cardiovascular disease incidence, and death in 27 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (11-07-2020)“…Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do…”
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Association of Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion with Blood Pressure
Published in The New England journal of medicine (14-08-2014)“…In a large study in 18 countries, sodium and potassium intake were estimated from urine samples and correlated with blood pressure. The correlations were…”
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Achieved diastolic blood pressure and pulse pressure at target systolic blood pressure (120–140 mmHg) and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients: results from ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials
Published in European heart journal (01-09-2018)“…Abstract Aims Current guidelines of hypertensive management recommend upper limits for systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). J-curve associations…”
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Polypill with or without Aspirin in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease
Published in The New England journal of medicine (21-01-2021)“…Participants without cardiovascular disease who were at increased risk were randomly assigned to receive a polypill (containing a statin and three…”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Rural and Urban Communities in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (04-09-2013)“…IMPORTANCE Hypertension is the most important preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally, yet there are relatively few data collected using…”
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Ferroelectric memory field-effect transistors using CVD monolayer MoS2 as resistive switching channel
Published in Applied physics letters (21-01-2020)“…Ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFETs) have been considered as promising electrically switchable nonvolatile data storage elements due to their fast…”
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Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality: a prospective cohort study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (14-11-2015)“…Summary Background Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifiable risk factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption…”
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Hypertension management in patients with cardiovascular comorbidities
Published in European heart journal (20-06-2023)“…Abstract Arterial hypertension is a leading cause of death globally. Due to ageing, the rising incidence of obesity, and socioeconomic and environmental…”
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The Polypill in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Key Concepts, Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions
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Practical and valid approaches in quantifying sodium intake in population studies
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The association of red and processed meat with gestational diabetes mellitus: Results from 2 Canadian birth cohort studies
Published in PloS one (30-05-2024)“…Red and processed meat is considered risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but the evidence is inconclusive. We aimed to examine the association…”
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Renal outcomes with telmisartan, ramipril, or both, in people at high vascular risk (the ONTARGET study): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (16-08-2008)“…Summary Background Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are known to reduce proteinuria. Their combination…”
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