List of works - Miles D. Witham

A comparison of the Endurance Shuttle Walk test and the Six Minute Walk test for assessment of exercise capacity in older people

scientific article published on 26 September 2011

A prospective, physician self-reported adverse incident audit on a general medical unit

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

ACE inhibitors for sarcopenia--as good as exercise training?

scientific article published on 30 May 2008

ACE inhibitors, statins and thiazides: no association with change in grip strength among community dwelling older men and women from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

Adenocarcinoma of the duodenum with liver metastases. Complete remission and long-term survival with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy--a case report

scientific article published in June 1996

Adherence to angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and illness beliefs in older heart failure patients

scientific article

Age is not a significant risk factor for failed trial of beta-blocker therapy in older patients with chronic heart failure

scientific article

Allopurinol and oxypurinol promote osteoblast differentiation and increase bone formation

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Allopurinol use is associated with greater functional gains in older rehabilitation patients

scientific article

An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) instrument

scientific article

Association Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Opioid, Hypnotic, or Anticholinergic Medication Use in Older People: Data from the Physical Activity Cohort Scotland Study

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Association between GDF-15 levels and changes in vascular and physical function in older patients with hypertension

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Association between allopurinol use and hip fracture in older patients.

scientific article

Association between bisphosphonate therapy and outcomes from rehabilitation in older people.

scientific article published on 11 February 2017

Association between kidney function, rehabilitation outcome, and survival in older patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation.

scientific article published on 2 June 2015

Association between mitochondrial function measured by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy and physical performance in older people with functional impairment

scientific article published in 2021

Association between statin medication use and improved outcomes during inpatient rehabilitation in older people

scientific article published on 08 December 2011

Association of day length and weather conditions with physical activity levels in older community dwelling people.

scientific article

Associations and consequences of hypophosphataemia in older hospitalised women

scientific article published on 04 November 2008

Autonomic effects of spironolactone and MR blockers in heart failure

scientific article

B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with mortality in older functionally impaired patients

scientific article published in November 2005

Bridging the gap between the laboratory and the clinic for patients with sarcopenia

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Can vitamin D deficiency cause diabetes and cardiovascular diseases? Present evidence and future perspectives

scientific article published on 21 January 2012

Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis

scientific article

Changes in serum magnesium and phosphate in older hospitalised patients--correlation with muscle strength and risk factors for refeeding syndrome

scientific article published in December 2010

Cholecalciferol treatment to reduce blood pressure in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension: the VitDISH randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on October 2013

Controversy in the link between vitamin D supplementation and hypertension

scientific article published on 7 July 2015

Day length and weather conditions profoundly affect physical activity levels in older functionally impaired people

scientific article published on 11 December 2008

Defining cachexia in a renal population

scientific article published in June 2015

Defining the nutritional status and dietary intake of older heart failure patients.

scientific article

Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

scientific article published on 22 December 2020

Development of a risk score to guide brain imaging in older patients admitted with falls and confusion.

scientific article

Do ACE inhibitors improve the response to exercise training in functionally impaired older adults? A randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients?

scientific article

Does oral sodium bicarbonate therapy improve function and quality of life in older patients with chronic kidney disease and low-grade acidosis (the BiCARB trial)? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published in August 2015

Dog ownership and physical activity in later life: a cross-sectional observational study

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Drug trials and older people: time to embrace the complexity of age.

scientific article published in August 2011

Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Incorporating Individual Patient Data

scientific article

Effect of Vitamin K2 on Postural Sway in Older People Who Fall: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Effect of perindopril on physical function in elderly people with functional impairment: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Effect of short-term vitamin D supplementation on markers of vascular health in South Asian women living in the UK--a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Effect of spironolactone on physical performance in older people with self-reported physical disability

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Effect of two different participant information sheets on recruitment to a falls trial: An embedded randomised recruitment trial

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Effect of vitamin D on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in October 2009

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control and insulin resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on orthostatic hypotension: data from the vitamin D in isolated systolic hypertension randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Effects of an exercise intervention for older heart failure patients on caregiver burden and emotional distress

scientific article published on June 2006

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on markers of vascular function after myocardial infarction--a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Efficacy and cost of an exercise program for functionally impaired older patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Efficacy of treatments for orthostatic hypotension: a systematic review

scientific article

Ensuring that COVID-19 research is inclusive: guidance from the NIHR INCLUDE project

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Epidemiology of multimorbidity in conditions of extreme poverty: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Establishing a clinical phenotype for cachexia in end stage kidney disease - study protocol

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Evidence of net benefit of proton pump inhibitors with clopidogrel is lacking in older patients

scientific article published on 04 September 2012

Exercise training and heart failure.

scientific article published in May 2002

Exercise training as a therapy for chronic heart failure: can older people benefit?

scientific article

Factors associated with change in objectively measured physical activity in older people - data from the physical activity cohort Scotland study

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Family caregiving and congestive heart failure. Review and analysis.

scientific article

Frailty and physical performance in the context of extreme poverty: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Gastric acid suppressants--too much of a good thing?

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Grossly elevated serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activities are still suppressible with ACE inhibitor therapy

scientific article published in June 2002

Health and welfare of older people in care homes.

scientific article published on May 2007

Hospital-acquired pneumonia incidence and diagnosis in older patients

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

How to get older people included in clinical studies

scientific article published on January 2007

Hypothetical economic analysis of screening for left ventricular hypertrophy in high-risk normotensive populations

scientific article published in February 2004

Improving recruitment of older people to clinical trials: use of the cohort multiple randomised controlled trial design ⬇️

scientific article

Including older people in clinical research

scientific article published on November 2005

Interventions to achieve long-term weight loss in obese older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Interventions to enhance adherence to medications in patients with heart failure: a systematic review

scientific article

Knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Sierra Leone: a qualitative study of patients' and community leaders' perceptions

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

Long-term follow-up of very old heart failure patients enrolled in a trial of exercise training

scientific article published in July 2007

Meta-analysis of B-type natriuretic peptide's ability to identify stress induced myocardial ischemia

scientific article published on 22 December 2010

Milk for Skeletal Muscle Health and Sarcopenia in Older Adults: A Narrative Review

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Pilot study of an exercise intervention suitable for older heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

Predicting mortality using two renal function estimation methods in hospitalised stroke patients.

scientific article published on 4 November 2008

Predictors of exercise capacity and everyday activity in older heart failure patients

scientific article published on 25 July 2005

Psychological theory in an interdisciplinary context: psychological, demographic, health-related, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a representative cohort of community-dwelling older adults

scientific article published on 08 September 2013

Research capacity building-obligations for global health partners

scientific article

Selecting Potential Pharmacological Interventions in Sarcopenia

scientific article

Self-Reported Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Levels and Correlates

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Should chronic metabolic acidosis be treated in older people with chronic kidney disease?

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Should we be giving enhanced vitamin D intakes to all?

scientific article published in December 2011

Slower Decline in C-Reactive Protein after an Inflammatory Insult Is Associated with Longer Survival in Older Hospitalised Patients.

scientific article

Social, environmental and psychological factors associated with objective physical activity levels in the over 65s

scientific article

Sodium bicarbonate to improve physical function in patients over 60 years with advanced chronic kidney disease: the BiCARB RCT

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Spironolactone for People Age 70 Years and Older With Osteoarthritic Knee Pain: A Proof-of-Concept Trial

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Targeting, Monitoring and Effect of Oral Iron Therapy on Haemoglobin Levels in Older Patients Discharged to Primary Care from Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Cohort Study Using Routinely Collected Data.

scientific article

Teaching junior doctors. Not for the want of trying

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

The effect of different doses of vitamin D(3) on markers of vascular health in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 2 July 2010

The effects of vitamin D supplementation on physical function and quality of life in older patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 26 January 2010

The role of perceived barriers and objectively measured physical activity in adults aged 65-100.

scientific article published on 17 February 2015

The under-representation of older people in clinical trials: barriers and potential solutions.

scientific article published on March 2008

Tolerability of spironolactone in patients with chronic heart failure -- a cautionary message

scientific article published in November 2004

Trends in function and postdischarge mortality in a medicine for the elderly rehabilitation center over a 10-year period

scientific article published in August 2011

Trials must enrol people with multiple problems

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

Turning old age into a disease? Better evidence is the answer

scientific article published on 23 March 2009

Unnecessary ward moves

scientific article published on 28 July 2013

Use of hand-held echocardiography to facilitate the management of cardiac disease in older people

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Using a sentinel adverse incident audit on a Medicine for the Elderly ward

scientific article

Using an individualised quality of life measure in older heart failure patients

scientific article

Using the demand-control model of job strain to predict caregiver burden and caregiver satisfaction in the informal caregivers of heart failure patients

scientific article published on 17 April 2007

Validation of an individualised quality of life measure in older day hospital patients

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

Validation of the AX3 triaxial accelerometer in older functionally impaired people

scientific article

Variations in disability and quality of life with age and sex between eight lower income and middle-income countries: data from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Vitamin D and cardiovascular prevention

scientific article published on 11 June 2010

Vitamin D and the cardiovascular system

scientific article published on 07 March 2013

Vitamin D deficiency: More evidence is needed before general supplementation

scientific article published in June 2008

Vitamin D improves endothelial function in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and low vitamin D levels.

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

Vitamin D in Chronic Heart Failure ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Vitamin D supplementation did not prevent influenza-like illness as diagnosed retrospectively by questionnaires in subjects participating in randomized clinical trials

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

Vitamin D therapy to reduce blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in resistant hypertension: randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

We need to evaluate each component of clinical examination like any other diagnostic test

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

List of works by Miles D. Witham

A comparison of the Endurance Shuttle Walk test and the Six Minute Walk test for assessment of exercise capacity in older people

A prospective, physician self-reported adverse incident audit on a general medical unit

ACE inhibitors for sarcopenia--as good as exercise training?

ACE inhibitors, statins and thiazides: no association with change in grip strength among community dwelling older men and women from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

Adenocarcinoma of the duodenum with liver metastases. Complete remission and long-term survival with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy--a case report

Adherence to angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and illness beliefs in older heart failure patients

Age is not a significant risk factor for failed trial of beta-blocker therapy in older patients with chronic heart failure

Allopurinol and oxypurinol promote osteoblast differentiation and increase bone formation

Allopurinol use is associated with greater functional gains in older rehabilitation patients

An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) instrument

Association Between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Opioid, Hypnotic, or Anticholinergic Medication Use in Older People: Data from the Physical Activity Cohort Scotland Study

Association between GDF-15 levels and changes in vascular and physical function in older patients with hypertension

Association between allopurinol use and hip fracture in older patients.

Association between bisphosphonate therapy and outcomes from rehabilitation in older people.

Association between kidney function, rehabilitation outcome, and survival in older patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation.

Association between mitochondrial function measured by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy and physical performance in older people with functional impairment

Association between statin medication use and improved outcomes during inpatient rehabilitation in older people

Association of day length and weather conditions with physical activity levels in older community dwelling people.

Associations and consequences of hypophosphataemia in older hospitalised women

Autonomic effects of spironolactone and MR blockers in heart failure

B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with mortality in older functionally impaired patients

Bridging the gap between the laboratory and the clinic for patients with sarcopenia

Can vitamin D deficiency cause diabetes and cardiovascular diseases? Present evidence and future perspectives

Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis

Changes in serum magnesium and phosphate in older hospitalised patients--correlation with muscle strength and risk factors for refeeding syndrome

Cholecalciferol treatment to reduce blood pressure in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension: the VitDISH randomized controlled trial

Controversy in the link between vitamin D supplementation and hypertension

Day length and weather conditions profoundly affect physical activity levels in older functionally impaired people

Defining cachexia in a renal population

Defining the nutritional status and dietary intake of older heart failure patients.

Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

Development of a risk score to guide brain imaging in older patients admitted with falls and confusion.

Do ACE inhibitors improve the response to exercise training in functionally impaired older adults? A randomized controlled trial

Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients?

Does oral sodium bicarbonate therapy improve function and quality of life in older patients with chronic kidney disease and low-grade acidosis (the BiCARB trial)? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Dog ownership and physical activity in later life: a cross-sectional observational study

Drug trials and older people: time to embrace the complexity of age.

Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Incorporating Individual Patient Data

Effect of Vitamin K2 on Postural Sway in Older People Who Fall: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure

Effect of perindopril on physical function in elderly people with functional impairment: a randomized controlled trial

Effect of short-term vitamin D supplementation on markers of vascular health in South Asian women living in the UK--a randomised controlled trial

Effect of spironolactone on physical performance in older people with self-reported physical disability

Effect of two different participant information sheets on recruitment to a falls trial: An embedded randomised recruitment trial

Effect of vitamin D on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control and insulin resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on orthostatic hypotension: data from the vitamin D in isolated systolic hypertension randomized controlled trial

Effects of an exercise intervention for older heart failure patients on caregiver burden and emotional distress

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on markers of vascular function after myocardial infarction--a randomised controlled trial.

Efficacy and cost of an exercise program for functionally impaired older patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

Efficacy of treatments for orthostatic hypotension: a systematic review

Ensuring that COVID-19 research is inclusive: guidance from the NIHR INCLUDE project

Epidemiology of multimorbidity in conditions of extreme poverty: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

Establishing a clinical phenotype for cachexia in end stage kidney disease - study protocol

Evidence of net benefit of proton pump inhibitors with clopidogrel is lacking in older patients

Exercise training and heart failure.

Exercise training as a therapy for chronic heart failure: can older people benefit?

Factors associated with change in objectively measured physical activity in older people - data from the physical activity cohort Scotland study

Family caregiving and congestive heart failure. Review and analysis.

Frailty and physical performance in the context of extreme poverty: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso

Gastric acid suppressants--too much of a good thing?

Grossly elevated serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activities are still suppressible with ACE inhibitor therapy

Health and welfare of older people in care homes.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia incidence and diagnosis in older patients

How to get older people included in clinical studies

Hypothetical economic analysis of screening for left ventricular hypertrophy in high-risk normotensive populations

Improving recruitment of older people to clinical trials: use of the cohort multiple randomised controlled trial design ⬇️

Including older people in clinical research

Interventions to achieve long-term weight loss in obese older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Interventions to enhance adherence to medications in patients with heart failure: a systematic review

Knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Sierra Leone: a qualitative study of patients' and community leaders' perceptions

Long-term follow-up of very old heart failure patients enrolled in a trial of exercise training

Meta-analysis of B-type natriuretic peptide's ability to identify stress induced myocardial ischemia

Milk for Skeletal Muscle Health and Sarcopenia in Older Adults: A Narrative Review

Pilot study of an exercise intervention suitable for older heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Predicting mortality using two renal function estimation methods in hospitalised stroke patients.

Predictors of exercise capacity and everyday activity in older heart failure patients

Psychological theory in an interdisciplinary context: psychological, demographic, health-related, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a representative cohort of community-dwelling older adults

Research capacity building-obligations for global health partners