Roger Chun Man Ho

Summary

Affiliation: National University of Singapore
Country: Singapore

Publications

  1. ncbi Polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene and post-stroke depression: a meta-analysis
    Kwok Kei Mak
    Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 84:322-8. 2013
  2. ncbi Is high homocysteine level a risk factor for cognitive decline in elderly? A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:607-17. 2011
  3. ncbi Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with depression and anxiety in Singaporean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Rheum Dis 14:37-47. 2011
  4. ncbi How to critically appraise and apply meta-analyses in clinical practice
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Rheum Dis 13:294-9. 2010
  5. ncbi The influence of childhood atopic dermatitis on health of mothers, and its impact on Asian families
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:501-7. 2010
  6. ncbi Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and depressive symptoms in Chinese elderly: a population-based study
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:401-8. 2008
  7. ncbi Pulmonary hypertension in first episode infective endocarditis among intravenous buprenorphine users: case report
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 35:199-202. 2009
  8. ncbi Cutaneous complications among i.v. buprenorphine users
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    J Dermatol 36:22-9. 2009
  9. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and cognitive decline in chinese older adults: results from the singapore longitudinal ageing studies
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:519-22. 2008
  10. ncbi Depression and chronic medical illnesses in Asian older adults: the role of subjective health and functional status
    Matthew Niti
    Gerontological Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1087-94. 2007

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene and post-stroke depression: a meta-analysis
    Kwok Kei Mak
    Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 84:322-8. 2013
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  2. ncbi Is high homocysteine level a risk factor for cognitive decline in elderly? A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:607-17. 2011
    ..It remains unclear whether the findings can be generalized across studies...
  3. ncbi Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with depression and anxiety in Singaporean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Rheum Dis 14:37-47. 2011
    ..To assess the frequency of, and factors associated with, depression and anxiety in Singaporean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
  4. ncbi How to critically appraise and apply meta-analyses in clinical practice
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Rheum Dis 13:294-9. 2010
    ..Prompted by a clinical question, we critically appraised a meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) versus cyclophosphamide (CYC) in the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis...
  5. ncbi The influence of childhood atopic dermatitis on health of mothers, and its impact on Asian families
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:501-7. 2010
    ..Further research will be welcomed as the results of this study mainly applied to Asian society which could be different to populations from other geographic areas...
  6. ncbi Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and depressive symptoms in Chinese elderly: a population-based study
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:401-8. 2008
    ..The use of BMI fails to account for varying proportions of muscle, fat and bone, and few studies have used other measures of central obesity, such as waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC)...
  7. ncbi Pulmonary hypertension in first episode infective endocarditis among intravenous buprenorphine users: case report
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 35:199-202. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi Cutaneous complications among i.v. buprenorphine users
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    J Dermatol 36:22-9. 2009
    ..A high index of suspicion coupled with a correct choice of antibiotics based on local bacteriological surveillance is necessary in an attempt to reduce cutaneous complications and length of hospitalization...
  9. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and cognitive decline in chinese older adults: results from the singapore longitudinal ageing studies
    Roger C M Ho
    Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:519-22. 2008
    ..To determine the association of the metabolic syndrome (MS) with cognitive decline in a Chinese older population...
  10. ncbi Depression and chronic medical illnesses in Asian older adults: the role of subjective health and functional status
    Matthew Niti
    Gerontological Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1087-94. 2007
    ..Whether each of these co-morbid associations results uniquely from disease-specific psychobiological responses or is mediated by non-specific factors like subjective health and functional status is unclear...
  11. ncbi The role of interleukin (IL)-17 in anxiety and depression of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Yang Liu
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Int J Rheum Dis 15:183-7. 2012
    ..We used rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an inflammatory disease model to explore such relationships...
  12. ncbi Damage accrual, cumulative glucocorticoid dose and depression predict anxiety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
    Clin Rheumatol 30:795-803. 2011
    ..Logistic regression model showed that higher damage accrual, higher cumulative glucocorticoid dose, depression and fewer regular medications predicted anxiety in SLE patients, with an accuracy of 90% by the ROC analysis...
  13. ncbi Global trend of survival and damage of systemic lupus erythematosus: meta-analysis and meta-regression of observational studies from the 1950s to 2000s
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Semin Arthritis Rheum 41:830-9. 2012
    ..To assess systemically with meta-analysis the trend of survival and its determinants, which are hindering further improvement of survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) over the past 5 decades...
  14. ncbi Significantly higher estimated 10-year probability of fracture in lupus patients with bone mineral density comparable to that of healthy individuals
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, University Medicine Cluster, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Level 10, NUHS Tower Block, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore
    Rheumatol Int 33:299-307. 2013
    ..Advanced age, lower hip BMD, cumulative glucocorticoid and higher anti-dsDNA level independently predicted higher 10-year fracture risk amongst SLE patients...
  15. ncbi Bisphosphonates and atrial fibrillation: Bayesian meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and observational studies
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:113. 2009
    ..We performed a Bayesian meta-analysis to address the possible association between the occurrence of AF and bisphosphonate use and estimated the posterior probability of development of AF with bisphosphonate use...
  16. ncbi Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with asthma: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
    Yanxia Lu
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 23:707-15. 2012
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  17. ncbi Interleukin (IL)-6, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) are elevated in patients with major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
    Yang Liu
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    J Affect Disord 139:230-9. 2012
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  18. ncbi A prospective functional MRI study for executive function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus without neuropsychiatric symptoms
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Semin Arthritis Rheum 41:849-58. 2012
    ..To study the functional brain activation signals before and after sufficient disease control in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without clinical neuropsychiatric symptoms...
  19. ncbi Combination of heparin and aspirin is superior to aspirin alone in enhancing live births in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and positive anti-phospholipid antibodies: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and meta-regression
    Anselm Mak
    Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Medical Cluster, National University Health System, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 49:281-8. 2010
    ..We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess whether this combination works better than aspirin alone...
  20. ncbi Endothelium-dependent but not endothelium-independent flow-mediated dilation is significantly reduced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus without vascular events: a metaanalysis and metaregression
    Anselm Mak
    Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    J Rheumatol 38:1296-303. 2011
    ....