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 | Oscar H FrancoProfessor and Director Public Health, Utrecht University Verified email at umcutrecht.nl Cited by 161767 |
2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice …
…, E Di Angelantonio, OH Franco… - European journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease (ASCVD) incidence and mortality rates are
declining in many countries in Europe, but it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality …
declining in many countries in Europe, but it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality …
Association of dietary, circulating, and supplement fatty acids with coronary risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Guidelines advocate changes in fatty acid consumption to promote cardiovascular
health. Purpose: To summarize evidence about associations between fatty acids and …
health. Purpose: To summarize evidence about associations between fatty acids and …
COVID-19 in health-care workers: a living systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcomes
Health-care workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
being at a higher risk of acquiring the disease and, subsequently, exposing …
being at a higher risk of acquiring the disease and, subsequently, exposing …
[HTML][HTML] Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4· 4 million participants
Background One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025,
the rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to …
the rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to …
[HTML][HTML] Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents
Background Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta-…
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta-…
Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps
We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels. …
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels. …
Projections on the number of individuals with atrial fibrillation in the European Union, from 2000 to 2060
Aims Since atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular complications, estimations on the number of individuals with AF are relevant to …
cerebrovascular complications, estimations on the number of individuals with AF are relevant to …
Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport
…, Z Chalabi, Z Chowdhury, A Cohen, OH Franco… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
We used Comparative Risk Assessment methods to estimate the health effects of alternative
urban land transport scenarios for two settings—London, UK, and Delhi, India. For each …
urban land transport scenarios for two settings—London, UK, and Delhi, India. For each …
Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation
We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls (48.9% non…
of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls (48.9% non…
[HTML][HTML] Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
Background Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across
different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause …
different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause …