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What characteristics of primary care and patients are associated with early death in patients with lung cancer in the UK? (2014)
Journal Article
O'Dowd, E. L., McKeever, T. M., Baldwin, D. R., Anwar, S., Powell, H. A., Gibson, J. E., …Hubbard, R. B. (2015). What characteristics of primary care and patients are associated with early death in patients with lung cancer in the UK?. Thorax, 70(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205692

Background: The UK has poor lung cancer survival rates and high early mortality, compared to other countries. We aimed to identify factors associated with early death, and features of primary care that might contribute to late diagnosis. Methods: Al... Read More about What characteristics of primary care and patients are associated with early death in patients with lung cancer in the UK?.

Increasing global mortality from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the twenty-first century (2014)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, J. P., McKeever, T. M., Fogarty, A. W., Navaratnam, V., & Hubbard, R. B. (2014). Increasing global mortality from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the twenty-first century. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-145OC

Rationale: Recent evidence from the United Kingdom suggests that the number of deaths from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is increasing, although comparable international data are limited. Objectives: We aimed to collate death certification data f... Read More about Increasing global mortality from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the twenty-first century.

Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction (2014)
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Wain, L. V., Sayers, I., Soler Artigas, M., Portelli, M. A., Zeggini, E., Obeidat, M., …Tobin, M. D. (2014). Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction. PLoS Genetics, 10(5), Article e1004314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004314

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality and, whilst smoking remains the single most important risk factor, COPD risk is heritable. Of 26 independent genomic regions showing association with l... Read More about Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction.

Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, E. E., McKeever, T. M., Lobb, C., Sherriff, T., Gupta, L., Hearson, G., …Shaw, D. E. (2014). Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(9), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092523

Background: Inspiratory muscle training has been shown to improve performance in elite swimmers, when used as part of routine training, but its use as a respiratory warm-up has yet to be investigated. Aim: To determine the influence of inspiratory m... Read More about Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance.

Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study (2014)
Journal Article
Hurley, M., McKeever, T. M., Prayle, A. P., Smyth, A. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2014). Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2013.12.002

Background: It is unclear why cystic fibrosis (CF) survival has improved. We wished to quantify increases in CF median age of death in the context of general population survival improvement. Method: Death registration data analysis (US, England & Wa... Read More about Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study.

Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Wain, L. V., Odenthal-Hesse, L., Abujaber, R., Sayers, I., Beardsmore, C., Gaillard, E. A., …Hollox, E. J. (2014). Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e84192. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084192

Lung function measures are heritable, predict mortality and are relevant in diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD and asthma are diseases of the airways with major public health impacts and each have a heritable component. G... Read More about Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma.