Leptin and coronary heart disease: prospective study and systematic review

N Sattar, G Wannamethee, N Sarwar… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to better determine the link between leptin and coronary heart
disease (CHD). Background: Circulating leptin is considered a risk factor for CHD but larger …

Carotid plaque, intima media thickness, cardiovascular risk factors, and prevalent cardiovascular disease in men and women: the British Regional Heart Study

S Ebrahim, O Papacosta, P Whincup, G Wannamethee… - Stroke, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—B-mode ultrasound is a noninvasive method of examining the
walls of peripheral arteries and provides measures of the intima-media thickness (IMT) at …

[HTML][HTML] Global distributions of age-and sex-related arterial stiffness: systematic review and meta-analysis of 167 studies with 509,743 participants

Y Lu, SJ Kiechl, J Wang, Q Xu, S Kiechl, R Pechlaner… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Arterial stiffening is central to the vascular ageing process and a powerful
predictor and cause of diverse vascular pathologies and mortality. We investigated age and …

Alcohol and mortality in British men: explaining the U-shaped curve

AG Shaper, G Wannamethee, M Walker - The Lancet, 1988 - Elsevier
In a prospective study of 7735 middle-aged 7 British men, 504 of whom died in a follow-up
period of 7· 5 years, there was a U-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and total …

Adiponectin and coronary heart disease: a prospective study and meta-analysis

N Sattar, G Wannamethee, N Sarwar, J Tchernova… - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—There is uncertainty about the association between circulating concentrations
of adiponectin and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. We report new data from a …

Gamma-glutamyltransferase: determinants and association with mortality from ischemic heart disease and all causes

G Wannamethee, S Ebrahim… - American journal of …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The association of serum levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) with cardiovascular
disease risk factors, and with mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and non …

Serum bilirubin and risk of ischemic heart disease in middle-aged British men

LH Breimer, G Wannamethee, S Ebrahim… - Clinical …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The possibility that low concentrations of serum bilirubin may be associated with increased
risk of ischemic heart disease has been examined in a prospective study of 7685 middle …

Physical activity and ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged British men.

AG Shaper, G Wannamethee, R Weatherall - Heart, 1991 - heart.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE--To assess the relation between reported physical activity and the risk of heart
attacks in middle aged British men. DESIGN--Prospective study of middle-aged men …

Physical activity and stroke in British middle aged men.

G Wannamethee, AG Shaper - British Medical Journal, 1992 - bmj.com
OBJECTIVES--To assess the relation between physical activity and stroke and to determine
the overall benefit of physical activity for all major cardiovascular events. DESIGN …

Risk factors for sudden cardiac death in middle-aged British men

G Wannamethee, AG Shaper, PW Macfarlane… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Risk factors specific to sudden cardiac death (SCD), ie, death within 1 hour after
onset of symptoms, have been poorly identified, although recent findings from the present …