Arnaud Chiolero

Summary

Affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a Swiss city general population: the CoLaus study
    Nadia Danon-Hersch
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, Vascular Medicine eDepartment of Medicine, University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16:66-72. 2009
  2. ncbi Prevalence of thinness in children and adolescents in the Seychelles: comparison of two international growth references
    Pascal Bovet
    Section of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Republic of Seychelles
    Nutr J 10:65. 2011
  3. ncbi [Childhood obesity: definition, consequences, and prevalence]
    A Chiolero
    Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive IUMSP, Groupe cardiovasculaire et transition sanitaire, 1004 Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 3:1262-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Self blood pressure measurement: a promising procedure but some issues remain unanswered
    A Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    J Hum Hypertens 21:697-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Has blood pressure increased in children in response to the obesity epidemic?
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Pediatrics 119:544-53. 2007
  6. ncbi Prevalence of hypertension in schoolchildren based on repeated measurements and association with overweight
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Center, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland
    J Hypertens 25:2209-17. 2007
  7. ncbi Associations between obesity and health conditions may be overestimated if self-reported body mass index is used
    A Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Obes Rev 8:373-4. 2007
  8. ncbi Clustering of risk behaviors with cigarette consumption: A population-based survey
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Prevention Unit, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, 17, Rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Prev Med 42:348-53. 2006
  9. ncbi Consequences of smoking for body weight, body fat distribution, and insulin resistance
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Am J Clin Nutr 87:801-9. 2008
  10. ncbi [Blood pressure measurement and screening of hypertension in children]
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institut de Medecine Sociale et Preventive, Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 4:1904-6, 1908-9. 2008

Detail Information

Publications42

  1. ncbi Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a Swiss city general population: the CoLaus study
    Nadia Danon-Hersch
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, Vascular Medicine eDepartment of Medicine, University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16:66-72. 2009
    ..This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure (HBP) and associated factors in a Swiss city...
  2. ncbi Prevalence of thinness in children and adolescents in the Seychelles: comparison of two international growth references
    Pascal Bovet
    Section of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Republic of Seychelles
    Nutr J 10:65. 2011
    ..The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of thinness using two recently developed growth references, among children and adolescents living in the Seychelles, an economically rapidly developing country in the African region...
  3. ncbi [Childhood obesity: definition, consequences, and prevalence]
    A Chiolero
    Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive IUMSP, Groupe cardiovasculaire et transition sanitaire, 1004 Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 3:1262-9. 2007
    ..g. diabetes) and it tracks form childhood throughout adulthood. This emphasizes the need for programs and polices aimed at preventing paediatric obesity...
  4. ncbi Self blood pressure measurement: a promising procedure but some issues remain unanswered
    A Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    J Hum Hypertens 21:697-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Has blood pressure increased in children in response to the obesity epidemic?
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Pediatrics 119:544-53. 2007
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  6. ncbi Prevalence of hypertension in schoolchildren based on repeated measurements and association with overweight
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Center, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland
    J Hypertens 25:2209-17. 2007
    ..We determined the prevalence of hypertension measured on up to three visits in a Swiss pediatric population and examined the association between hypertension and overweight and selected other factors...
  7. ncbi Associations between obesity and health conditions may be overestimated if self-reported body mass index is used
    A Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Obes Rev 8:373-4. 2007
  8. ncbi Clustering of risk behaviors with cigarette consumption: A population-based survey
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Prevention Unit, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, 17, Rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Prev Med 42:348-53. 2006
    ..This study assessed clustering of multiple risk behaviors (i.e., low leisure-time physical activity, low fruits/vegetables intake, and high alcohol consumption) with level of cigarette consumption...
  9. ncbi Consequences of smoking for body weight, body fat distribution, and insulin resistance
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Am J Clin Nutr 87:801-9. 2008
    ..In the context of the worldwide obesity epidemic and a high prevalence of smoking, the greater risk of (central) obesity and insulin resistance among smokers is a matter of major concern...
  10. ncbi [Blood pressure measurement and screening of hypertension in children]
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institut de Medecine Sociale et Preventive, Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 4:1904-6, 1908-9. 2008
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  11. ncbi Association of cigarettes smoked daily with obesity in a general adult population
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1311-8. 2007
    ..We analyzed the cross-sectional association between obesity and smoking habits, taking into account diet, physical activity, and educational level...
  12. ncbi Expectation to improve cardiovascular risk factors control in participants to a health promotion program
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Ligues de la Santé du Canton de Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
    J Gen Intern Med 23:615-8. 2008
    ..We assessed expectations to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVD-RF) in participants to a health promotion program...
  13. ncbi Discordant secular trends in elevated blood pressure and obesity in children and adolescents in a rapidly developing country
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Circulation 119:558-65. 2009
    ..We analyzed BP and body mass index secular trends between 1998 and 2006 in children and adolescents of the Seychelles, a rapidly developing island state in the African region...
  14. ncbi Dose-dependent positive association between cigarette smoking, abdominal obesity and body fat: cross-sectional data from a population-based survey
    Carole Clair
    Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Public Health 11:23. 2011
    ..To our knowledge, no population-based studies have assessed the relationship between smoking and body fat composition. We assessed the association between cigarette smoking and waist circumference, body fat, and body-mass index...
  15. ncbi Overweight in Swiss children and associations with children's and parents' characteristics
    Aurélie M Lasserre
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2912-9. 2007
    ..The objective was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in a canton of Switzerland and the association with various characteristics of the parents and the children...
  16. ncbi Changes of overweight and obesity in the adult Swiss population according to educational level, from 1992 to 2007
    Pedro Marques-Vidal
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, University Hospital Center CHUV and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Public Health 10:87. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to assess trends in body mass index (BMI) and in prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with educational level in the adult Swiss population...
  17. ncbi Decreasing association between body mass index and blood pressure over time
    Nadia Danon Hersch
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine IUMSP, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Epidemiology 18:493-500. 2007
    ..Our purpose was to assess blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with body mass index (BMI) over a 15-year interval in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the African region...
  18. ncbi Difference in blood pressure readings with mercury and automated devices: Impact on hypertension prevalence estimates in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Eur J Epidemiol 21:427-33. 2006
    ..This suggests that automated devices used in epidemiological studies should be validated with particular care...
  19. ncbi Obesity in Switzerland: do estimates depend on how body mass index has been assessed?
    David Faeh
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 138:204-10. 2008
    ..This approach may lead to misclassification of obese subjects and misinterpretation of obesity prevalence and trends. In order to explore this potential bias, we compared studies with measured and self-reported data...
  20. ncbi Clustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly developing country
    David Faeh
    University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
    BMC Public Health 6:169. 2006
    ..This study aims at examining the joint prevalence of these behaviors in adolescents in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the Indian Ocean...
  21. ncbi Cardiovascular risk estimation and eligibility for statins in primary prevention comparing different strategies
    David Nanchen
    Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Am J Cardiol 103:1089-95. 2009
    ..Following the International Atherosclerosis Society and the Adult Treatment Panel III recommendations might prevent more CHD deaths at the cost of higher numbers needed to treat compared with European Society of Cardiology guidelines...
  22. ncbi [Epidemiology and prevention of obesity in children and adolescents]
    Pascal Bovet
    Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive IUMSP, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 4:650-2, 654-6. 2008
    ..To be effective, prevention must include both individual-centered approaches and multisectoral interventions that address the societal roots of the obesity epidemic...
  23. ncbi Association between maternal smoking and low birth weight in Switzerland: the EDEN study
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 135:525-30. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: Maternal smoking during pregnancy was closely associated with LBW, SGA and preterm birth. A large proportion of these perinatal outcomes could have been prevented in Switzerland if maternal smoking had been avoided...
  24. ncbi No further decrease in blood pressure when the interval between readings exceeds one hour
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Community Prevention Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Center, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Blood Press Monit 13:85-9. 2008
    ..We examined if increasing intervals between BP readings on one visit would have an impact on the BP estimates...
  25. ncbi Discordant prevalence of hypertension using two different automated blood pressure measurement devices: a population-based study in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Blood Press Monit 9:59-64. 2004
    ..We compared blood pressure readings obtained with an automated oscillometric arm-cuff device and with an automated oscillometric wrist-cuff device and then assessed the prevalence of defined blood pressure categories...
  26. ncbi Homocysteine as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: should we (still) worry about?
    David Faeh
    University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Swiss Med Wkly 136:745-56. 2006
    ..Until new evidence is available, clinicians should focus on better control of the "classical" risk factors for CVD...
  27. ncbi Participation in a population-based physical activity programme as an aid for smoking cessation: a randomised trial
    Raphael Bize
    Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Tob Control 19:488-94. 2010
    ..In a randomised controlled trial, we tested whether a population-based moderate-intensity physical activity programme increases quit rates among sedentary smokers receiving nicotine therapy...
  28. ncbi [Statin prescription in primary prevention: which cardiovascular risk score should be used in Switzerland?]
    David Nanchen
    PMU, Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse 6:488-90, 492-3. 2010
    ..The consequences and potential benefits of applying these scores in Switzerland are also discussed...
  29. ncbi Predictive accuracy of original and recalibrated Framingham risk score in the Swiss population
    Pedro Marques-Vidal
    Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, CardioMet, Switzerland
    Int J Cardiol 133:346-53. 2009
    ..To compare the predictive accuracy of the original and recalibrated Framingham risk function on current morbidity from coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality data from the Swiss population...
  30. ncbi Prevalence of elevated blood pressure and association with overweight in children of a rapidly developing country
    A Chiolero
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    J Hum Hypertens 21:120-7. 2007
    ..Further studies should examine the impact of the relationship between BMI and elevated BP on the burden of hypertension in the context of the epidemic of paediatric obesity...
  31. ncbi Proximal sodium reabsorption: An independent determinant of blood pressure response to salt
    A Chiolero
    Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, , Lausanne, Switzerland
    Hypertension 36:631-7. 2000
    ..These results suggest that proximal sodium reabsorption is an independent determinant of the BP response to salt in hypertension...
  32. ncbi Marked increase in the prevalence of obesity in children of the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country, between 1998 and 2004
    Pascal Bovet
    Ministry of Health and Social Services, Non Communicable Diseases Section, Victoria, Seychelles
    Int J Pediatr Obes 1:120-8. 2006
    ..Such data are important to guide public health policy. We assessed trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from the Seychelles, a middle-income island state in the Indian Ocean...
  33. ncbi Pre-hypertension and hypertension among adolescents of Switzerland
    Arnaud Chiolero
    J Pediatr 151:e24-5. 2007
  34. ncbi Repeated self-reported injuries and substance use among young adolescents: the case of Switzerland
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems (SIPA, Lausanne
    Soz Praventivmed 47:289-97. 2002
    ..99, CI: 0.81-1.20). CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of repeated injuries is frequent among adolescents, and is associated with use of alcohol, illegal drugs, and intense sporting activity...
  35. ncbi Cardiovascular hazard of selective COX-2 inhibitors: myth or reality?
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, CHUV, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Expert Opin Drug Saf 1:45-52. 2002
    ..Meanwhile, it is crucial to emphasise that neither selective COX-2 inhibitors nor conventional NSAIDs replace aspirin in patients with a high cardiovascular risk...
  36. ncbi [Hypertension -- therapeutic observation: the medical impression of telemetry]
    Michel Burnier
    , CHUV
    Rev Med Suisse Romande 122:467-70. 2002
  37. ncbi Arteriolar narrowing as predictor of hypertension: blood pressure and weight gain are better
    Arnaud Chiolero
    BMJ 329:514; author reply 514-5. 2004
  38. ncbi Changes in BMI: an important metric for obesity prevention
    Arnaud Chiolero
    Pediatrics 122:683; author reply 684. 2008
  39. ncbi [Treatment compliance, key element in the management of arterial hypertension]
    Arnaud Chiolero
    , , 1005 Lausanne
    Rev Med Suisse Romande 122:237-40. 2002
  40. ncbi A cautionary note on the use of Mendelian randomization to infer causation in observational epidemiology
    Murielle Bochud
    Int J Epidemiol 37:414-6; author reply 416-7. 2008