Reasons for performing study: Information is scarce as to how horses are kept and managed
in the general horse population of Great Britain. Objectives: To characterise the …

Reasons for performing study: Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) is a commonly
encountered respiratory condition of horses. Despite this, the epidemiology of this …

Herein we describe the surface modification of gold nanorods via the postpolymerization
immobilization of polymers prepared by reversible addition− fragmentation chain transfer …

Objective To quantify the contributions of prevention and treatment to the trends in mortality
due to coronary heart disease in Scotland. Design Retrospective analysis using IMPACT …

Objectives To examine secular and socio-economic changes in cardiovascular disease risk
factor prevalences in the Scottish population. This could contribute to a better understanding …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist
circumference (WC) or waist–hip ratio (WHR) and all-cause mortality or cause-specific …

Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) death rates have fallen across most of Europe in
recent decades. However, substantial risk factor reductions have not been achieved across …

The analysis of exhaled breath is a potentially useful method for application in veterinary
diagnostics. Breath samples can be easily collected from animals by means of a face mask …

Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) is an environmental respiratory disease affecting
horses. A risk-screening questionnaire (RSQ) for RAO would provide a useful tool to …

Objective: Investigation of the association of excess adiposity with three different outcomes:
all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and incident CHD. Design: Cross …