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An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrate administered for one year decreased triglycerides in simvastatin treated patients with coronary heart disease and persisting hypertriglyceridaemiaP N Durrington
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
Heart 85:544-8. 2001..These fatty acids can decrease serum triglyceride concentrations, but so far the doses used in trials examining their effects on coronary end points have had only minimal triglyceride lowering effects...
Paraoxonase and atherosclerosisP N Durrington
University of Manchester Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 21:473-80. 2001....
Human serum paraoxonaseB Mackness
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
Gen Pharmacol 31:329-36. 1998....
Triglycerides and small dense low density lipoprotein in the discrimination of coronary heart disease risk in South Asian populationsJ V Patel
Clinical Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Group, University Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
Atherosclerosis 209:579-84. 2010..Coronary heart disease (CHD) is exceptionally prevalent amongst globally dispersed migrant groups originating from the Indian subcontinent, but the contribution of dyslipidaemia to their increased risk remains poorly defined...
Low paraoxonase activity in type II diabetes mellitus complicated by retinopathyB Mackness
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
Clin Sci (Lond) 98:355-63. 2000....
Serum paraoxonase activity in patients with type 1 diabetes compared to healthy controlsB Mackness
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
Eur J Clin Invest 32:259-64. 2002....
Low paraoxonase in Persian Gulf War Veterans self-reporting Gulf War SyndromeB Mackness
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 276:729-33. 2000..2 +/- 4.1 micromol/min/ml vs 9.86 +/- 4.4, P = NS). A decreased capacity to detoxify OP insecticides resulting from low serum PON1 activity may have contributed to the development of Gulf War Syndrome...
Impact of migration on coronary heart disease risk factors: comparison of Gujaratis in Britain and their contemporaries in villages of origin in IndiaJ V Patel
University Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Division of Cardiovascular and Endocrine Science, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
Atherosclerosis 185:297-306. 2006..Strategies to improve nutrition and to identify and treat cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidaemia and hypertension are urgently required...
Familial hypercholesterolaemia commonly presents with Achilles tenosynovitisD Beeharry
University of Manchester, Division of Cardiovascular and Endocrine Science, Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13, UK
Ann Rheum Dis 65:312-5. 2006..None of the controls had consulted a doctor. CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of serum cholesterol in patients presenting with painful Achilles tendon could lead to early diagnosis of HeFH...
Relationship between serum butyrylcholinesterase activity, hypertriglyceridaemia and insulin sensitivity in diabetes mellitusC A Abbott
University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, U K
Clin Sci (Lond) 85:77-81. 1993..6. These results are consistent with the view that butyrylcholinesterase may have a role in the altered lipoprotein metabolism in hypertriglyceridaemia associated with insulin insensitivity or insulin deficiency in diabetes mellitus...
Omega-3 fatty acids: their role in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis related risk factors and complicationsD Bhatnagar
University of Manchester, Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
Int J Clin Pract 57:305-14. 2003..Omacor is also useful in the treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia, both as monotherapy and in combination with statins...
Protection Against Nephropathy in Diabetes with Atorvastatin (PANDA): a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of high- vs. low-dose atorvastatin(1)M K Rutter
Cardiovascular Medicine Research Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Diabet Med 28:100-8. 2011..To compare the renal effects of low- vs. high-dose atorvastatin in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and optimally managed early renal disease...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in hypertension: effects of lowering blood pressure and cholesterolR Green
Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
QJM 95:821-6. 2002....
Paraoxonase status in coronary heart disease: are activity and concentration more important than genotype?B Mackness
University Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 21:1451-7. 2001..These results indicate that lower PON1 activity and concentration and, therefore, the reduced ability to prevent LDL lipid peroxidation may be more important in determining the presence of CHD than paraoxonase genetic polymorphisms...
Squalene synthase inhibitorsV C Menys
Medicine and Surgery Central Clinical Academic Group, Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester Ml3 9WL
Br J Pharmacol 139:881-2. 2003
Costs of aspirin and statins in general practiceA Drummond
Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
QJM 95:23-6. 2002..7p/day. Statins were probably under-prescribed in aspirin-takers, many of whom would have been at high CHD risk...
Clinical, biochemical, and immunohistochemical features of necrobiotic xanthogranulomatosisM Jeziorska
Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
J Clin Pathol 56:64-8. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: These observations demonstrate many features similar to atherosclerosis including collagen necrosis and mast cell activation...
Prevention of cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus--proposed guidelines for risk factor managementJ Wajed
The University of Manchester, Rheumatism Research Centre, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:7-12. 2004
Paraoxonase polymorphisms and coronary heart diseaseP N Durrington
Lancet 364:579-80; author reply 580. 2004
Paraoxonase polymorphisms and self-reported chronic ill-health in farmers dipping sheepA C Povey
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 55:282-6. 2005....
The hunt for nutritional and pharmacological modulators of paraoxonaseP N Durrington
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22:1248-50. 2002
Comparison of the risk of fatal coronary heart disease in treated xanthomatous and non-xanthomatous heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry studyH A W Neil
Division Public Health and Primary Health Care, Institute for Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK
Atherosclerosis 170:73-8. 2003..The prognosis of treated non-xanthomatous (TX-) FH is uncertain and the objective of this study was to compare mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with treated TX+ (definite) and TX- (possible) heterozygous FH...
Apo B versus cholesterol in estimating cardiovascular risk and in guiding therapy: report of the thirty-person/ten-country panelP J Barter
Heart Research Institute, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Intern Med 259:247-58. 2006..The evidence also indicates that the apo B/apo A-I ratio is superior to any of the conventional cholesterol ratios in patients without symptomatic vascular disease or diabetes to evaluate the lipoprotein-related risk of vascular disease...
