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Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes (2015)
Journal Article
Feinkohl, I., Keller, M., Robertson, C. M., Morling, J. R., McLachlan, S., Frier, B. M., Deary, I. J., Strachan, M. W., & Price, J. F. (2015). Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia, 58(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-015-3581-0

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this work was to assess the role of well-established cardiovascular risk factors in the late-life cognitive decline of patients with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS: Data from 831 participants (aged 60-75 years) attending the... Read More about Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes.

γ-Glutamyltransferase, but not markers of hepatic fibrosis, is associated with cardiovascular disease in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study (2015)
Journal Article
Morling, J. R., Fallowfield, J. A., Williamson, R. M., Robertson, C. M., Glancy, S., Guha, I. N., …Price, J. F. (2015). γ-Glutamyltransferase, but not markers of hepatic fibrosis, is associated with cardiovascular disease in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. Diabetologia, 58(7), 1484-1493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-015-3575-y

© 2015, The Author(s). Aims/hypothesis: We examined the association of prevalent and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) with chronic liver disease in a cohort of community-based people with type 2 diabetes, in order to clarify the relationship bet... Read More about γ-Glutamyltransferase, but not markers of hepatic fibrosis, is associated with cardiovascular disease in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study.

Association between psychological distress and liver disease mortality: a meta-analysis of individual study participants (2015)
Journal Article
Russ, T. C., Kivimäki, M., Morling, J. R., Starr, J. M., Stamatakis, E., & Batty, G. D. (in press). Association between psychological distress and liver disease mortality: a meta-analysis of individual study participants. Gastroenterology, 148(5), Article 958-966.e4. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2015.02.004

Background & Aims: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as obesity and hypertension, have been associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Psychological distress (symptoms of anxiety and depression) is a risk factor for cardiovascular... Read More about Association between psychological distress and liver disease mortality: a meta-analysis of individual study participants.

Using non-invasive biomarkers to identify hepatic fibrosis in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Edinburgh type 2 diabetes study (2013)
Journal Article
Morling, J. R., Fallowfield, J. A., Guha, I. N., Nee, L. D., Glancy, S., Williamson, R. M., …Price, J. F. (2014). Using non-invasive biomarkers to identify hepatic fibrosis in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Edinburgh type 2 diabetes study. Journal of Hepatology, 60(2), 384-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2013.10.017

Background & Aims
It is difficult to determine the different stages of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease without the use of invasive liver biopsy. In this study we investigated five non-invasive biomarkers used previously to detect hepatic fibrosis... Read More about Using non-invasive biomarkers to identify hepatic fibrosis in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Edinburgh type 2 diabetes study.