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A Mediterranean diet improves HbA1c but not fasting blood glucose compared to alternative dietary strategies: a network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 22 June 2013

A community based primary prevention programme for type 2 diabetes integrating identification and lifestyle intervention for prevention: the Let's Prevent Diabetes cluster randomised controlled trial

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A randomised controlled trial of triple antiplatelet therapy (aspirin, clopidogrel and dipyridamole) in the secondary prevention of stroke: safety, tolerability and feasibility

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A randomized controlled trial comparing the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide to a sulphonylurea as add on to metformin in patients with established type 2 diabetes during Ramadan: the Treat 4 Ramadan Trial

scientific article published on 26 January 2014

A randomized, open-label, active comparator trial assessing the effects of 26 weeks of liraglutide or sitagliptin on cardiovascular function in young obese adults with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of obesity

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Amphetamine increases blood pressure and heart rate but has no effect on motor recovery or cerebral haemodynamics in ischaemic stroke: a randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN 36285333).

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Analysis of the Modified Rankin Scale in Randomised Controlled Trials of Acute Ischaemic Stroke: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 20 March 2016

Analysis of the modified rankin scale in randomised controlled trials in acute stroke: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Association between hormone replacement therapy and subsequent arterial and venous vascular events: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

Association between hormone replacement therapy and subsequent stroke: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 7 January 2005

Association between undiagnosed hypertension and microalbuminuria in South Asians without known diabetes

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Association of anthropometric obesity measures with chronic kidney disease risk in a non-diabetic patient population

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Association of sedentary behaviour with metabolic syndrome: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in 2012

Associations of objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity with markers of cardiometabolic health

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Body mass index and waist circumference cut-points in multi-ethnic populations from the UK and India: the ADDITION-Leicester, Jaipur heart watch and New Delhi cross-sectional studies

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Calculating the design effect for a cluster stepped-wedge trial with varying cluster size; a case study from a trial in type 2 diabetes.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Can We Improve the Statistical Analysis of Stroke Trials?

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Cardiovascular efficacy and safety of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Changing cluster composition in cluster randomised controlled trials: design and analysis considerations

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Characteristics, complications and management of a large multiethnic cohort of younger adults with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 22 July 2011

Clinical characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome: investigating differences in White and South Asian women

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and predicted 3-year survival in treatment planning for frail patients with early breast cancer

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Compression stockings and the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism: data from the Tinzaparin in Acute Ischemic Stroke Trial

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Conduit vessel stiffness in British south Asians of Indian descent relates to 25-hydroxyvitamin D status

scientific article published in August 2012

Contrasting cardiovascular risk profiles and prescribed cardio-protective therapies in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes identified through screening and standard practice

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Corrigendum and Editorial Warning Regarding Use of the MMAS Scale (The Ready to Reduce Risk (3R) Study for a Group Educational Intervention With Telephone and Text Messaging Support to Improve Medication Adherence for the Primary Prevention of Cardi

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Cost-effectiveness of a pragmatic structured education intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes: economic evaluation of data from the Let's Prevent Diabetes cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Defining obesity cut-off points for migrant South Asians

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Detection of impaired glucose regulation and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus, using primary care electronic data, in a multiethnic UK community setting.

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Development of a lifestyle intervention using the MRC framework for diabetes prevention in people with impaired glucose regulation

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Diabetes and cardiovascular events in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a 20-year retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 6 April 2013

Diabetes in adults with intellectual disability: prevalence and associated demographic, lifestyle, independence and health factors

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Diagnostic performance of using one- or two-HbA1c cut-point strategies to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose regulation within a multi-ethnic population

scientific article published on 06 July 2012

Dipyridamole plus aspirin versus aspirin alone in secondary prevention after TIA or stroke: a meta-analysis by risk.

scientific article published on 05 June 2008

Early recovery and functional outcome are related with causal stroke subtype: data from the tinzaparin in acute ischemic stroke trial

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Effect of antihypertensive agents on cerebral blood flow and flow velocity in acute ischaemic stroke: systematic review of controlled studies

scientific article published on June 2008

Effect of nitric oxide donors on blood pressure and pulse pressure in acute and subacute stroke

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Effectiveness of a diabetes education and self management programme (DESMOND) for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: three year follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Effectiveness of interventions for reducing diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk in people with metabolic syndrome: systematic review and mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Effects of NXY-059 in experimental stroke: an individual animal meta-analysis

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Effects of glucose-lowering and multifactorial interventions on cardiovascular and mortality outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials.

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke - a randomized trial. Characteristics of patients recruited in Poland.

scientific article published in March 2008

Engagement, Retention, and Progression to Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Analysis of the Cluster-Randomised "Let's Prevent Diabetes" Trial

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Estrogens and experimental ischemic stroke: a systematic review

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Ethnicity and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

External national validation of the Leicester Self-Assessment score for Type 2 diabetes using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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External validation of two diabetes risk scores in a young UK South Asian population

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Fruit and vegetable intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fruit and vegetable intake and the association with glucose parameters: a cross-sectional analysis of the Let's Prevent Diabetes Study

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

Granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor mobilizes bone marrow stem cells in patients with subacute ischemic stroke: the Stem cell Trial of recovery EnhanceMent after Stroke (STEMS) pilot randomized, controlled trial (ISRCTN 16784092).

scientific article published on 2 November 2006

Guidelines for managing diabetes in Ramadan

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Identification and evaluation of novel methods for the analysis of ordinal data in acute stroke trials in comparison to ordinal logistic regression.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Identifying effective pathways in a successful continuous quality improvement programme: the GEDAPS study

scientific article published on 29 September 2014

Impact of metabolic indices on central artery stiffness: independent association of insulin resistance and glucose with aortic pulse wave velocity.

scientific article published on 6 March 2010

Implementation of the automated Leicester Practice Risk Score in two diabetes prevention trials provides a high yield of people with abnormal glucose tolerance

scientific article published on 22 September 2012

Incidence and severity of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes by treatment regimen: A UK multisite 12-month prospective observational study

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Incident Type 2 diabetes and the effect of early regression to normoglycaemia in a population with impaired glucose regulation

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Increasing capacity to deliver diabetes self-management education: results of the DESMOND lay educator non-randomized controlled equivalence trial.

scientific article published on 26 May 2014

Independent effect of ethnicity on glycemia in South Asians and white Europeans

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Intensive multifactorial intervention improves modelled coronary heart disease risk in screen-detected Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in April 2012

Interconversion of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Scandinavian Stroke Scale in acute stroke

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Interleukin 6 expression by Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg cells is associated with the presence of 'B' symptoms and failure to achieve complete remission in patients with advanced Hodgkin's disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Is lowering blood pressure hazardous in patients with significant ipsilateral carotid stenosis and acute ischaemic stroke? Interim assessment in the 'Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke' trial

scientific article published in February 2009

Is the number of fast-food outlets in the neighbourhood related to screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors?

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

Joint prevalence of diabetes, impaired glucose regulation, cardiovascular disease risk and chronic kidney disease in South Asians and White Europeans

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Leg ischaemia management collaboration (LIMb): study protocol for a prospective cohort study at a single UK centre

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Let's prevent diabetes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention in a multi-ethnic UK population with screen detected impaired glucose regulation

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Levels of physical activity and relationship with markers of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk in 5474 white European and South Asian adults screened for type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 19 June 2010

Multifactorial intervention in individuals with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria: The Microalbuminuria Education and Medication Optimisation (MEMO) study

scientific article published on 02 June 2011

Multimorbidity and lifestyle factors among adults with intellectual disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis of a UK cohort

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Nonexercise Equations to Estimate Fitness in White European and South Asian Men.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Ordinal reanalysis of the SHEP trial

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

PRomotion Of Physical activity through structured Education with differing Levels of ongoing Support for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (PROPELS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Predicting hospital stay, mortality and readmission in people admitted for hypoglycaemia: prognostic models derivation and validation

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

Prevalence and Incidence of Hypoglycaemia in 532,542 People with Type 2 Diabetes on Oral Therapies and Insulin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population Based Studies

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Progesterone for the treatment of experimental brain injury; a systematic review

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Progression rates from HbA1c 6.0-6.4% and other prediabetes definitions to type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 13 April 2013

Providing NHS staff with height-adjustable workstations and behaviour change strategies to reduce workplace sitting time: protocol for the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Quality of life after ischemic stroke varies in western countries: data from the tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TAIST).

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Real-world factors affecting adherence to insulin therapy in patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review

scientific article published on May 2013

Relationship between outcome and baseline blood pressure and other haemodynamic measures in acute ischaemic stroke: data from the TAIST trial

scientific article (publication date: July 2006)

Risk assessment tools for detecting those with pre-diabetes: a systematic review

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Safety and effectiveness of non-insulin glucose-lowering agents in the treatment of people with type 2 diabetes who observe Ramadan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 12 April 2015

Screening for diabetes using an oral glucose tolerance test within a western multi-ethnic population identifies modifiable cardiovascular risk: the ADDITION-Leicester study

scientific article published on 3 June 2011

Screening for type 2 diabetes in a multiethnic setting using known risk factors to identify those at high risk: a cross-sectional study

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Searching for the right outcome? A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials using carotid intima-media thickness or pulse wave velocity to infer antiatherogenic properties of thiazolidinediones

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Sedentary time and markers of chronic low-grade inflammation in a high risk population

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sex differences in quality of life in stroke survivors: data from the Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TAIST)

scientific article (publication date: November 2007)

Should data monitoring committees assess efficacy when considering safety in trials in acute stroke?

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Should stroke trials adjust functional outcome for baseline prognostic factors?

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Significant variation in mortality and functional outcome after acute ischaemic stroke between Western countries: data from the tinzaparin in acute ischaemic stroke trial (TAIST).

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South Asian individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes have lower plasma vitamin C levels than white Europeans

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Statins and Cardiovascular Primary Prevention in CKD: A Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on April 2015

Stroke severity, early recovery and outcome are each related with clinical classification of stroke: data from the 'Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial' (TAIST)

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2007)

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Response Rates and Diagnostic Yield of Screening for Type 2 Diabetes and Those at High Risk of Diabetes

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Systematic review of the development, implementation and availability of smart-phone applications for assessing Type 2 diabetes risk

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Systematic reviews as a tool for planning and interpreting trials

scientific article published on February 2009

The Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists on Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Mixed Treatment Comparison Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

The General Practitioner Prompt Study to Reduce Cardiovascular and Renal Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Renal Complications: Protocol and Baseline Characteristics for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

The General Practitioner Prompt Study to Reduce Cardiovascular and Renal Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Renal Complications: Protocol and Baseline Characteristics for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 8 June 2018

The Kidney Failure Risk Equation for prediction of end stage renal disease in UK primary care: An external validation and clinical impact projection cohort study

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

The Leicester Risk Assessment score for detecting undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose regulation for use in a multiethnic UK setting

scientific article published on August 2010

The Microalbuminuria Education Medication and Optimisation (MEMO) study: 4 years follow-up of multifactorial intervention in high-risk individuals with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

The Ready to Reduce Risk (3R) Study for a Group Educational Intervention With Telephone and Text Messaging Support to Improve Medication Adherence for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

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The Ready to Reduce Risk (3R) Study for a Group Educational Intervention With Telephone and Text Messaging Support to Improve Medication Adherence for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Prepr

The association between anxiety and measures of glycaemia in a population-based diabetes screening programme

scientific article published in July 2011

The association between neighbourhood greenspace and type 2 diabetes in a large cross-sectional study

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The cost-effectiveness of testing strategies for type 2 diabetes: a modelling study

scientific article published on May 2015

The development and validation of the Portuguese risk score for detecting type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose.

scientific article published on 26 January 2013

The effect of antiobesity drugs on waist circumference: a mixed treatment comparison

scientific article published on 15 September 2013

The effectiveness of screening for diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a community pharmacy setting

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The effects of high-intensity interval training on glucose regulation and insulin resistance: a meta-analysis.

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The impact of an intervention to increase uptake to structured self-management education for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care (the embedding package), compared to usual care, on glycaemic control: study protocol for a mixed metho

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

The impact of diet and lifestyle management strategies for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

The potential impact and optimal cut-points of using glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c, to detect people with impaired glucose regulation in a UK multi-ethnic cohort

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

The potential impact of using glycated haemoglobin as the preferred diagnostic tool for detecting Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on July 2010

The relationship between baseline blood pressure and computed tomography findings in acute stroke: data from the tinzaparin in acute ischaemic stroke trial (TAIST).

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Type 2 diabetes in younger adults: clinical characteristics, diabetes-related complications and management of risk factors

scientific article published on 17 September 2010

Type 2 diabetes risk prediction—Do biomarkers increase detection?

scientific article published on 05 August 2013

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in young adults: the extreme phenotype with early cardiovascular dysfunction.

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Use of Dental Practices for the Identification of Adults With Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus or Nondiabetic Hyperglycemia: Protocol for a Systematic Review

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Use of ordinal outcomes in vascular prevention trials: comparison with binary outcomes in published trials

scientific article published on 31 July 2008

Walking away from type 2 diabetes: trial protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a structured education programme in those at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes

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