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Age at menopause and the risk of stroke

In this study, we investigated the relationship between age at menopause and different types of stroke in >200,000 postmenopausal women using data from the EPIC-CVD study and the UK Biobank. We obtained observational associations and performed Mendelian Randomisation analysis to study causality. We found a significant association between earlier menopause and higher risk of stroke […]

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Design and rationale of the Proof-ATHERO consortium

  • January 5, 2021
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This paper – published in Gerontology – outlines the broad aims of the Proof-ATHERO consortium and describes the principal methodology of data management and analysis of study data. The Proof-ATHERO consortium collates individual-participant data of studies with information on atherosclerosis measures, risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and incident cardiovascular events. More details about the consortium […]

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Carotid intima-media thickness progression as surrogate marker for cardiovascular risk

  • January 5, 2021
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In this paper – published in Circulation – we quantified the association between the intervention effects on carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) progression and the intervention effect on cardiovascular risk. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature and collected aggregated literature based data and individual participant data from 119 randomised controlled trials involving a total of […]

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