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Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort (2019)
Journal Article
Chalmers, J., Ban, L., Leena, K., Edwards, K., Grove, J., Aithal, G., & Shenoy, K. (2019). Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort. BMJ Open, 9(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027244

Purpose The Trivandrum NAFLD cohort is a population-based study designed to examine the interaction between genetic and lifestyle factors and their association with increased risk of NAFLD within the Indian population. Participants Between 201... Read More about Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort.

Association between topical corticosteroid use and type 2 diabetes in two European population-based adult cohorts (2019)
Journal Article
Andersen, Y. M., Egeberg, A., Ban, L., Gran, S., Williams, H. C., Francis, N. A., …Thyssen, J. P. (2019). Association between topical corticosteroid use and type 2 diabetes in two European population-based adult cohorts. Diabetes Care, 42(6), 1095-1103. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc18-2158

Background Topical corticosteroids (CS) are commonly used to treat inflammatory skin conditions including eczema and psoriasis. While topical CS package inserts describe hyperglycaemia and glycosuria as adverse drug reactions, it is unclear whether... Read More about Association between topical corticosteroid use and type 2 diabetes in two European population-based adult cohorts.

Risk of skin cancer in people with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Ban, L., Labbouz, S., Grindlay, D. J., Batchelor, J. M., & Ratib, S. (2018). Risk of skin cancer in people with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Dermatology, 179(4), 971-972. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.16703

Vitiligo is a chronic disorder causing skin depigmentation with around 1% global prevalence, affecting people of all ages, skin types and genders.1 Due to the absence of melanin in lesional skin there is a theoretical concern that there might be a hi... Read More about Risk of skin cancer in people with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study based on hospital medical records in 10 years (2017)
Journal Article
Zou, K., Xiao, F., Li, H., Zhou, Q., Ban, L., Yang, M., …Zhang, W. (2017). Risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study based on hospital medical records in 10 years. PLoS ONE, 12(7), Article e0180376. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180376

Objective: Though the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been established in Western population, little is known about the risk in Chinese people with RA. Our objective was to estimate the risk of CVD in Chinese peo... Read More about Risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study based on hospital medical records in 10 years.

The incidence of first stroke in and around pregnancy: A population-based cohort study from Sweden (2017)
Journal Article
Ban, L., Abdul Sultan, A., Stephansson, O., Tata, L. J., Sprigg, N., Nelson-Piercy, C., …Ludvigsson, J. F. (2017). The incidence of first stroke in and around pregnancy: A population-based cohort study from Sweden. European Stroke Journal, 2(3), 250-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396987317706600

Introduction: Research has suggested that delivery is associated with an increased risk of stroke in women; however, there is a lack of contemporary estimates on the incidence of stroke in and after pregnancy compared with the baseline risk in women... Read More about The incidence of first stroke in and around pregnancy: A population-based cohort study from Sweden.

The incidence of first stroke in pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age: a population-based cohort study from England (2017)
Journal Article
Ban, L., Sprigg, N., Nelson-Piercy, C., Bath, P. M., Ludvigsson, J. F., Stephansson, O., & Tata, L. J. (2017). The incidence of first stroke in pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age: a population-based cohort study from England. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(4), Article e004601. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004601

Background: Pregnant women may have an increased risk of stroke compared to non-pregnant women of similar age, but the magnitude and the timing of such risk are unclear. We examined the risk of first stroke event in women of childbearing age and comp... Read More about The incidence of first stroke in pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age: a population-based cohort study from England.