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Cost-effectiveness of reducing salt intake in the Pacific Islands: protocol for a before and after intervention study
Webster, J; Snowdon, W; Moodie, M; Viali, S; Schultz, J; Bell, C; Land, MA; Downs, S; Christoforou, A; Dunford, E; Barzi, F; Woodward, M; Neal, BPublished 2014-02-04Background: There is broad consensus that diets high in salt are bad for health and that reducing salt intake is a cost-effective strategy for preventing chronic diseases. The World Health Organization has been supporting ...Open AccessArticle -
Dietary Salt Intake and Discretionary Salt Use in Two General Population Samples in Australia: 2011 and 2014
Nowson, C; Lim, K; Grimes, C; O'Halloran, S; Land, MA; Webster, J; Shaw, J; Chalmers, J; Smith, W; Flood, V; Woodward, M; Neal, BPublished 2015-12-15The limited Australian measures to reduce population sodium intake through national initiatives targeting sodium in the food supply have not been evaluated. The aim was, thus, to assess if there has been a change in salt ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of a community-based salt reduction program in a regional Australian population
Land, MA; Wu, JHY; Selwyn, A; Crino, M; Woodward, M; Chalmers, J; Webster, J; Nowson, C; Jeffery, P; Smith, W; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2016-05-11Background: Salt reduction is a public health priority but there are few studies testing the efficacy of plausible salt reduction programs. Methods: A multi-faceted, community-based salt reduction program using the ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Lv, J; Neal, B; Ehteshami, P; Ninomiya, T; Woodward, M; Rodgers, A; Wang, H; MacMahon, S; Turnbull, F; Hillis, G; Chalmers, J; Perkovic, VPublished 2012-08-21Background: Guidelines recommend intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in patients at high risk. While placebo-controlled trials have demonstrated 22% reductions in coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke associated with ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of the Endpoint Adjudication Process on the Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial: The ADVANCE Trial
Hata, J; Arima, H; Zoungas, S; Fulcher, G; Pollock, C; Adams, M; Watson, J; Joshi, R; Kengne, AP; Ninomiya, T; Anderson, C; Woodward, M; Patel, A; Mancia, G; Poulter, N; McMahon, S; Chalmers, J; Neal, BPublished 2013-02-04Background: Endpoint adjudication committees (EPAC) are widely used in clinical trials. The aim of the present analysis is to assess the effects of the endpoint adjudication process on the main findings of the ADVANCE trial ...Open AccessArticle -
The harms of smoking and benefits of smoking cessation in women compared with men with type 2 diabetes: An observational analysis of the ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron modified release Controlled Evaluation) trial
Blomster, JI; Woodward, M; Zoungas, S; Hillis, GS; Harrap, S; Neal, B; Poulter, N; Mancia, G; Chalmers, J; Huxley, RPublished 2016-01-01Objectives: In general populations, the adverse effects of smoking on coronary risk have been demonstrated to be greater in women than in men; whether this is true for individuals with diabetes is unclear. Design: Cohort ...Open AccessArticle -
Heart failure care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Callender, T; Woodward, M; Roth, G; Farzadfar, F; Lemarie, JC; Gicquel, S; Atherton, J; Rahimzadeh, S; Ghaziani, M; Shaikh, M; Bennett, D; Patel, A; Lam, CSP; Sliwa, K; Barretto, A; Siswanto, BB; Diaz, A; Herpin, D; Krum, H; Eliasz, T; Forbes, A; Kiszely, A; Khosla, R; Petrinic, T; Praveen, D; Shrivastava, R; Xin, D; McMahon, S; McMurray, J; Rahimi, KPublished 2014-08-12Background: Heart failure places a significant burden on patients and health systems in high-income countries. However, information about its burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scant. We thus set out to ...Open AccessArticle -
Protocol for developing the evidence base for a national salt reduction programme for India
Johnson, C; Mohan, S; Praveen, D; Woodward, M; Maulik, PK; Shivashankar, R; Amarchand, R; Webster, J; Dunford, E; Thout, SR; MacGregor, G; He, F; Reddy, S; Krishnan, A; Prabhakaran, D; Neal, BPublished 2014-10-24Introduction: The scientific evidence base in support of salt reduction is strong but the data required to translate these insights into reduced population salt intake are mostly absent. The aim of this research project ...Open AccessArticle -
Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based intervention seeking to reduce dietary salt intake in Lithgow, Australia
Land, MA; Jeffery, P; Webster, J; Crino, M; Chalmers, J; Woodward, M; Nowson, C; Smith, W; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2014-04-14Background: Excess dietary salt is a leading risk for health. Multiple health, government, industry and community organisations have identified the need to reduce consumption of dietary salt. This project seeks to implement ...Open AccessArticle -
Rapid Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Anderson, C; Heeley, E; Huang, Y; Wang, J; Stapf, C; Delcourt, C; Lindley, R; Robinson, T; Lavados, P; Neal, B; Hata, J; Arima, H; Parsons, M; Li, Y; Wang, J; Heritier, S; Li, Q; Woodward, M; Simes, J; Davis, SM; Chalmers, JPublished 2013-06-20BACKGROUND: Whether rapid lowering of elevated blood pressure would improve the outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is not known. METHODS: We randomly assigned 2839 patients who had had a spontaneous intracerebral ...Open AccessArticle -
Reliable Quantification of the Potential for Equations Based on Spot Urine Samples to Estimate Population Salt Intake: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Huang, L; Crino, M; Wu, JHY; Woodward, M; Land, MA; McLean, R; Webster, J; Enkhtungalag, B; Nowson, CA; Elliott, P; Cogswell, M; Toft, U; Mill, JG; Furlanetto, TW; Ilich, JZ; Hong, YH; Cohall, D; Luzardo, L; Noboa, O; Holm, E; Gerbes, AL; Senousy, B; Pinar Kara, S; Brewster, LM; Ueshima, H; Subramanian, S; Teo, BW; Allen, N; Choudhury, SR; Polonia, J; Yasuda, Y; Campbell, NR; Neal, B; Peterson, KSPublished 2016-09-21BACKGROUND: Methods based on spot urine samples (a single sample at one time-point) have been identified as a possible alternative approach to 24-hour urine samples for determining mean population salt intake. OBJECTIVE: ...Open AccessArticle -
Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Microvascular Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Hillis, GS; Hata, J; Woodward, M; Perkovic, V; Arima, H; Chow, CK; Zoungas, S; Patel, A; Poulter, NR; Mancia, G; Williams, B; Chalmers, JPublished 2012-09-26Background: A higher resting heart rate is associated with an increased probability of cardiovascular complications and premature death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The impact of heart rate on the risk of ...Open AccessArticle -
Salt intake assessed by 24 h urinary sodium excretion in a random and opportunistic sample in Australia
Land, MA; Webster, J; Christoforou, A; Praveen, D; Jeffrey, P; Chalmers, J; Smith, W; Woodward, M; Barzi, F; Nowson, C; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2014-01-16Objective: The gold standard method for measuring population sodium intake is based on a 24 h urine collection carried out in a random population sample. However, because participant burden is high, response rates are ...Open AccessArticle
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