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Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial. (2019)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Vaz, L. R., Taggar, J., Cooper, S., Lewis, S., & Coleman, T. (2019). Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(7), Article e024923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024923

Objective: To investigate relationships between maternal smoking status in pregnancy and infant development. The largest RCT of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy, the Smoking and Nicotine in Pregnancy (SNAP) trial... Read More about Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial..

Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study (2019)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Qureshi, N., Leonardi-Bee, J., Kai, J., Akyea, R. K., Roderick, P., …Weng, S. (2019). Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study. Atherosclerosis, 287, 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.05.017

Background and aims: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a known major cause of premature heart disease. However, the risks of atherosclerotic disease in other vascular regions are less known. We determined the risk of major cardiovascular disease... Read More about Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study.

Sub-optimal cholesterol response to initiation of statins and future risk of cardiovascular disease (2019)
Journal Article
Akyea, R., Kai, J., Qureshi, N., Iyen, B., & Weng, S. (2019). Sub-optimal cholesterol response to initiation of statins and future risk of cardiovascular disease. Heart, 105(13), 975-981. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314253

Objective: To assess low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) response in patients after initiation of statins, and future risk of CVD. Method: Prospective cohort study of 165,411 primary care patients, from the UK Clinical Practice Research... Read More about Sub-optimal cholesterol response to initiation of statins and future risk of cardiovascular disease.