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Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017 (2021)
Journal Article
Clift, A. K., Coupland, C. A., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2021). Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017. British Journal of General Practice, 71(703), e157-e165. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713957

Background: Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death. Interpretation of results from trials of screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) are complex in terms of defining optimal prostate cancer screening policy.

Aims: Assess... Read More about Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017.

Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol (2020)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Watson, M., Hayes, M., Patel, T., Jones, M., Coupland, C., …Kendrick, D. (2020). Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol. Injury Prevention, 26(6), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043877

Background: Unintentional injuries in children under the age of 5 years commonly occur in the home and disproportionately affect those living in disadvantaged circumstances. Targeted home safety promotion should be offered to families most at risk bu... Read More about Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol.

Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: cohort study including 8.3 million people (2020)
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Hippisley-Cox, J., Young, D., Coupland, C., Channon, K. M., Tan, P. S., Harrison, D. A., …Watkinson, P. J. (2020). Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: cohort study including 8.3 million people. Heart, 106(19), 1503-1511. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317393

Background: There is uncertainty about the associations of angiotensive enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs with COVID-19 disease. We studied whether patients prescribed these drugs had altered risks of contracting sev... Read More about Risk of severe COVID-19 disease with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: cohort study including 8.3 million people.

Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Hollis, C., Coupland, C., Morriss, R., Knaggs, R. D., Butler, D., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2020). Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 17(7), Article e1003215. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003215

BACKGROUND: The use of antidepressants in children and adolescents remains controversial. We examined trends over time and variation in antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England and whether the drugs prescribed reflected UK l... Read More about Incidence and prevalence of primary care antidepressant prescribing in children and young people in England, 1998-2017: A population-based cohort study.

Real-world effect of antidepressants for depressive disorder in primary care: protocol of a population-based cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
De Crescenzo, F., Garriga, C., Tomlinson, A., Coupland, C., Efthimiou, O., Fazel, S., …Cipriani, A. (2020). Real-world effect of antidepressants for depressive disorder in primary care: protocol of a population-based cohort study. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 23(3), 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2020-300149

Introduction: Clinical guidelines recommend antidepressants as the first line of treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe depression. Randomised trials provide the best evidence on the comparative effectiveness of antidepressants for depression,... Read More about Real-world effect of antidepressants for depressive disorder in primary care: protocol of a population-based cohort study.

Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases (2019)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2019). Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases. BMJ, 364, Article k4810. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4810

Objectives: To assess risk of venous thromboembolism associated with different types of hormone replacement therapy.

Design: Two nested case-control studies.

Setting: UK general practices contributing to QResearch or Clinical Practice Research... Read More about Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases.