Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

B Zhou, P Perel, GA Mensah, M Ezzati - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

[HTML][HTML] Global pandemics interconnected—obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19

N Stefan, AL Birkenfeld, MB Schulze - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
Obesity and impaired metabolic health are established risk factors for the non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease …

Risk prediction of covid-19 related death and hospital admission in adults after covid-19 vaccination: national prospective cohort study

J Hippisley-Cox, CAC Coupland, N Mehta, RH Keogh… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objectives To derive and validate risk prediction algorithms to estimate the risk of covid-19
related mortality and hospital admission in UK adults after one or two doses of covid-19 …

Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6· 9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study

M Gao, C Piernas, NM Astbury… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Obesity is a major risk factor for adverse outcomes after infection with SARS-
CoV-2. We aimed to examine this association, including interactions with demographic and …

Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study

J Hippisley-Cox, M Patone, XW Mei, D Saatci, S Dixon… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To assess the association between covid-19 vaccines and risk of
thrombocytopenia and thromboembolic events in England among adults. Design Self …

The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta …

D Simons, L Shahab, J Brown, O Perski - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association of smoking status with rates of (i) infection,(ii)
hospitalization,(iii) disease severity and (iv) mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 disease …

Global initiative for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive lung disease. The 2020 GOLD science committee report on COVID-19 and …

DMG Halpin, GJ Criner, A Papi, D Singh… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has raised
many questions about the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Association between renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Baral, V Tsampasian, M Debski, B Moran… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The chronic receipt of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and
angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has been assumed to exacerbate complications …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality and critical care unit admission associated with the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 in England: an observational cohort study

M Patone, K Thomas, R Hatch, P San Tan… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A more transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2, the variant of concern 202012/01
or lineage B. 1.1. 7, has emerged in the UK. We aimed to estimate the risk of critical care …

Comparison of medication prescribing before and after the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada

MA Campitelli, SE Bronskill, LC Maclagan… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance COVID-19 has had devastating effects on the health and well-being of older
adult residents and health care professionals in nursing homes. Uncertainty about the …