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Long-term oral prednisolone exposure in primary care for bullous pemphigoid: population-based study (2021)
Journal Article
Persson, M. S., Harman, K. E., Thomas, K. S., Chalmers, J. R., Vinogradova, Y., Langan, S. M., …Gran, S. (2021). Long-term oral prednisolone exposure in primary care for bullous pemphigoid: population-based study. British Journal of General Practice, 71(713), e904-e911. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2020.0870

Background: Oral prednisolone is the mainstay treatment for bullous pemphigoid, an autoimmune blistering skin disorder affecting older people. Treatment with moderate-to-high doses is often initiated in secondary care, but then continued in primary c... Read More about Long-term oral prednisolone exposure in primary care for bullous pemphigoid: population-based study.

Use of menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: Nested case-control studies using QResearch and CPRD databases (2021)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Dening, T., Hippisley-Cox, J., Taylor, L., Moore, M., & Coupland, C. (2021). Use of menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: Nested case-control studies using QResearch and CPRD databases. British Medical Journal, 374, Article n2182. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2182

Objective To assess the risks of developing dementia associated with different types and durations of menopausal hormone therapy. Design Two nested case-control studies. Setting UK general practices contributing to QResearch or the Clinical Practice... Read More about Use of menopausal hormone therapy and risk of dementia: Nested case-control studies using QResearch and CPRD databases.

Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Weng, S., Vinogradova, Y., Akyea, R. K., Qureshi, N., & Kai, J. (2021). Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK. BMC Public Health, 21, Article 576. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10606-1

Background: Although obesity is a well-recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the impact of long-term body mass index (BMI) changes in overweight or obese adults, on the risk of heart failure, CVD and mortality has not been quantifi... Read More about Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK.

Hormone replacement therapy and dementia risk: nested case-control studies using CPRD and QResearch (2021)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Dening, T., Hippisley-Cox, J., Taylor, L., Moore, M., & Coupland, C. (2021). Hormone replacement therapy and dementia risk: nested case-control studies using CPRD and QResearch. East Midlands Research into Ageing Network (EMRAN) Discussion Paper Series, 38, 1-16

Introduction: Research from clinical trials of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has produced conflicting findings about possible risks of dementia after receiving these treatments, and further research on HRT and dementia risk has been identified as... Read More about Hormone replacement therapy and dementia risk: nested case-control studies using CPRD and QResearch.