Browsing Medicine by Author "Ferguson, John"

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    • Joint association of urinary sodium and potassium excretion with cardiovascular events and mortality: prospective cohort study 

      O’Donnell, Martin; Mente, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; McQueen, Matthew J.; O’Leary, Neil; Yin, Lu; Liu, Xiaoyun; Swaminathan, Sumathi; Khatib, Rasha; Rosengren, Annika; Ferguson, John; Smyth, Andrew; PURE Investigators (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-03-13)
      Abstract Objective To evaluate the joint association of sodium and potassium urinary excretion (as surrogate measures of intake) with cardiovascular events and mortality, in the context of current World Health Organization ...

    • Lipid lowering therapy, low-density lipoprotein level and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage – a meta-analysis 

      Judge, Conor; Ruttledge, Sarah; Costello, Maria; Murphy, Robert; Loughlin, Elaine; Alvarez-Iglesias, Alberto; Ferguson, John; Gorey, Sarah; Nolan, Aoife; Canavan, Michelle; O'Halloran, Martin; O'Donnell, Martin J. (Elsevier, 2019-03-14)
      The association of lipid lowering therapy and intracerebral hemorrhage risk is controversial. We performed a cumulative meta-analysis of lipid lowering trials that reported intracerebral hemorrhage. Statin, fibrate, ...

    • Urinary sodium and potassium, and risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke (INTERSTROKE): A case–control study 

      Judge, Conor; O'Donnell, Martin J.; Hankey, Graeme J.; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Chin, Siu Lim; Rao-Melacini, Purnima; Ferguson, John; Smyth, Andrew; Xavier, Denis; Lisheng, Liu; Zhang, Hongye; Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Damasceno, Albertino; Langhorne, Peter; Rosengren, Annika; Dans, Antonio L.; Elsayed, Ahmed; Avezum, Alvaro; Mondo, Charles; Ryglewicz, Danuta; Czlonkowska, Anna; Pogosova, Nana; Weimar, Christian; Diaz, Rafael; Yusoff, Khalid; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Oguz, Aytekin; Wang, Xingyu; Lanas, Fernando; Ogah, Okechukwu S.; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Iversen, Helle K.; Malaga, German; Rumboldt, Zvonko; Oveisgharan, Shahram; Hussain, Fawaz Al; Yusuf, Salim (Oxford University Press, 2020-11-16)
      Although low sodium intake (3·5g/day) are proposed as public health interventions to reduce stroke risk, there is uncertainty about the benefit and feasibility of this combined recommendation on prevention of stroke and ...