[HTML][HTML] The role of reducing intakes of saturated fat in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: where does the evidence stand in 2010?

A Astrup, J Dyerberg, P Elwood, K Hermansen… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Current dietary recommendations advise reducing the intake of saturated fatty acids (SFAs)
to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, but recent findings question the role of SFAs …

The consumption of milk and dairy foods and the incidence of vascular disease and diabetes: an overview of the evidence

PC Elwood, JE Pickering, DI Givens, JE Gallacher - Lipids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The health effects of milk and dairy food consumption would best be determined in
randomised controlled trials. No adequately powered trial has been reported and none is …

Aspirin in the chemoprevention of colorectal neoplasia: an overview

AT Chan, N Arber, J Burn, WK Chia, P Elwood… - Cancer prevention …, 2012 - AACR
Considerable evidence supports the effectiveness of aspirin for chemoprevention of
colorectal cancer (CRC) in addition to its well-established benefits in the prevention of …

Fibrinogen, viscosity, and white blood cell count are major risk factors for ischemic heart disease. The Caerphilly and Speedwell collaborative heart disease studies.

JW Yarnell, IA Baker, PM Sweetnam, D Bainton… - Circulation, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that hemostatic factors and white blood cell
count are predictive of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The relations of fibrinogen, viscosity …

Antioxidant flavonols and ischemic heart disease in a Welsh population of men: the Caerphilly Study

MG Hertog, PM Sweetnam, AM Fehily… - The American journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Antioxidant flavonols and their major food source, black tea, have been associated with a
lower risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke in Dutch men. We investigated whether …

Birthweight, body-mass index in middle age, and incident coronary heart disease

S Frankel, P Elwood, GD Smith, P Sweetnam, J Yarnell - The Lancet, 1996 - thelancet.com
Background Several studies have shown a relation between fetal development, as shown by
birthweight, and later coronary heart disease. This study investigated whether this relation is …

A randomized controlled trial of acetyl salicyclic acid in the secondary prevention of mortality from myocardial infarction

PC Elwood, AL Cochrane, ML Burr, PM Sweetnam… - Br Med J, 1974 - bmj.com
The results of a randomized controlled trial of a single daily dose of acetyl salicylic acid
(aspirin) in the prevention of reinfarction in 1,239 men who had had a recent myocardial …

C-reactive protein: relation to total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular risk factors in men

MA Mendall, DP Strachan, BK Butland… - European heart …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background There is much interest in reported associations between serum C-reactive
protein and incident ischaemic heart disease. It is uncertain what this association …

Lack of benefit of dietary advice to men with angina: results of a controlled trial

ML Burr, PAL Ashfield-Watt, FDJ Dunstan… - European journal of …, 2003 - nature.com
Objective: To see whether mortality among men with angina can be reduced by dietary
advice. Design: A randomized controlled factorial trial. Setting: Male patients of general …

Guidelines for reading case-control studies

MJ Lichtenstein, CD Mulrow, PC Elwood - Journal of chronic diseases, 1987 - Elsevier
To develop guidelines for evaluation of case-control reports a survey of 37 experts in the
performance and evaluation of case-control studies was conducted. A majority of the …