Peter C Elwood

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Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The survival advantage of milk and dairy consumption: an overview of evidence from cohort studies of vascular diseases, diabetes and cancer
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, Nutritional Sciences Research Unit, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    J Am Coll Nutr 27:723S-34S. 2008
  2. ncbi Fibrinogen, viscosity and white blood cell count predict myocardial, but not cerebral infarction: evidence from the Caerphilly and Speedwell cohort
    Ian A Baker
    Avon Health Authority, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Thromb Haemost 87:421-5. 2002
  3. ncbi Is type A behavior really a trigger for coronary heart disease events?
    John E J Gallacher
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
    Psychosom Med 65:339-46. 2003
  4. ncbi Long term effect of breast feeding: cognitive function in the Caerphilly cohort
    P C Elwood
    MRC Unit, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:130-3. 2005
  5. ncbi Milk consumption, stroke, and heart attack risk: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort of older men
    P C Elwood
    University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:502-5. 2005
  6. ncbi Aspirin: past, present and future
    P C Elwood
    University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff
    Clin Med 1:132-7. 2001
  7. ncbi Time to value milk
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University. Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 34:1160-2. 2005
  8. ncbi Sleep disturbance, stroke, and heart disease events: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort
    Peter Elwood
    MRC Unit, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:69-73. 2006
  9. ncbi My health: whose responsibility? Low-dose aspirin and older people
    Peter Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
    Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 4:755-64. 2006
  10. ncbi The first randomized trial of aspirin for heart attack and the advent of systematic overviews of trials
    Peter Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    J R Soc Med 99:586-8. 2006

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Publications24

  1. ncbi The survival advantage of milk and dairy consumption: an overview of evidence from cohort studies of vascular diseases, diabetes and cancer
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, Nutritional Sciences Research Unit, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    J Am Coll Nutr 27:723S-34S. 2008
    ..Finally, published evidence on relationships with whole milk and fat-reduced milks was examined...
  2. ncbi Fibrinogen, viscosity and white blood cell count predict myocardial, but not cerebral infarction: evidence from the Caerphilly and Speedwell cohort
    Ian A Baker
    Avon Health Authority, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Thromb Haemost 87:421-5. 2002
    ..05 g/l (95% CIs -0.04-0.14); 0.008 cp (95% CIs -0.003-0.019); 0.16 x 10(9)/l (95% CIs -0.06-0.38) respectively...
  3. ncbi Is type A behavior really a trigger for coronary heart disease events?
    John E J Gallacher
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
    Psychosom Med 65:339-46. 2003
    ..The purpose of this study was to compare chronic with acute mechanisms by which Type A might predict incident coronary heart disease (CHD)...
  4. ncbi Long term effect of breast feeding: cognitive function in the Caerphilly cohort
    P C Elwood
    MRC Unit, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:130-3. 2005
    ..An opportunity arose in the Caerphilly cohort study to examine relations between cognitive function in older men and their feeding as infants, when breast feeding was usual...
  5. ncbi Milk consumption, stroke, and heart attack risk: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort of older men
    P C Elwood
    University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:502-5. 2005
    ..To examine associations between milk consumption and incident heart disease and stroke...
  6. ncbi Aspirin: past, present and future
    P C Elwood
    University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff
    Clin Med 1:132-7. 2001
    ....
  7. ncbi Time to value milk
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University. Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 34:1160-2. 2005
  8. ncbi Sleep disturbance, stroke, and heart disease events: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort
    Peter Elwood
    MRC Unit, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:69-73. 2006
    ..To test the hypothesis that sleep disorders are relevant to the risk of ischaemic stroke and ischaemic heart disease events in older men...
  9. ncbi My health: whose responsibility? Low-dose aspirin and older people
    Peter Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
    Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 4:755-64. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi The first randomized trial of aspirin for heart attack and the advent of systematic overviews of trials
    Peter Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    J R Soc Med 99:586-8. 2006
  11. ncbi Milk and dairy consumption, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: the Caerphilly prospective study
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:695-8. 2007
    ..To report a negative association between milk or dairy consumption and the metabolic syndrome and to examine associations within the Caerphilly cohort...
  12. ncbi My health: whose responsibility? A jury decides
    P Elwood
    Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, CF14 4XN, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 64:761-4. 2010
    ..professionals should play in informing, advising and encouraging healthy people on the potential benefits and possible risks of prophylactic medicines; and, ultimately, where does the responsibility for maintaining a person's health lie?..
  13. ncbi The consumption of milk and dairy foods and the incidence of vascular disease and diabetes: an overview of the evidence
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
    Lipids 45:925-39. 2010
    ..In conclusion, there appears to be an enormous mis-match between the evidence from long-term prospective studies and perceptions of harm from the consumption of dairy food items...
  14. ncbi Sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness predict vascular dementia
    Peter C Elwood
    School of Medicine, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 65:820-4. 2011
    ..The hypothesis that sleep disturbances are predictive of dementia, and in particular vascular dementia was tested in a large community-based cohort of older men...
  15. ncbi Aspirin for everyone older than 50? For
    Peter Elwood
    Welsh Aspirin Group, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XW
    BMJ 330:1440-1. 2005
  16. ncbi Platelet tests in the prediction of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke: evidence from the Caerphilly Prospective Study
    P C Elwood
    University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
    Br J Haematol 113:514-20. 2001
    ..79; 95% CI 1.06-3.00). Retention of platelets in the high-shear test was not predictive of either event...
  17. ncbi Vascular disease and cognitive function in older men in the Caerphilly cohort
    Peter C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
    Age Ageing 31:43-8. 2002
    ..We report the associations between cardiac and peripheral vascular disease and cognitive function for a large representative sample of men in Caerphilly, South Wales, UK...
  18. ncbi Bleeding time, stroke and myocardial infarction: the Caerphilly prospective study
    P C Elwood
    University of Wales College of Medicine, Wales, UK
    Platelets 14:139-41. 2003
    ..90 (0.40-2.03). For ischaemic stroke, the ROs in the third of men with the longest times were 1.42 (0.39-5.21). The stressed bleeding time does not predict either MI or ischaemic stroke. It has no place in health screening...
  19. ncbi John Pemberton and the flax industry in Northern Ireland
    P Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, CF14 4XN
    Ulster Med J 72:98-102. 2003
  20. ncbi Milk drinking, ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic stroke I. Evidence from the Caerphilly cohort
    P C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 58:711-7. 2004
    ..To test the hypothesis that milk drinking increases the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and ischaemic stroke in a prospective study...
  21. ncbi Milk drinking, ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic stroke II. Evidence from cohort studies
    P C Elwood
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 58:718-24. 2004
    ..The aim was to identify published prospective studies of milk drinking and vascular disease, and conduct an overview...
  22. ncbi Aspirin, salicylates, and cancer
    Peter C Elwood
    School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
    Lancet 373:1301-9. 2009
    ..We summarise evidence for the potential benefit of aspirin and natural salicylates in cancer prevention. Possible mechanisms of action and directions for further work are discussed, and implications for clinical practice are considered...
  23. ncbi Glucoregulation has greater impact on cognitive performance than macro-vascular disease in men with type 2 diabetes: data from the Caerphilly study
    John E J Gallacher
    Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
    Eur J Epidemiol 20:761-8. 2005
    ..To compare vascular and glucose related mechanisms of type 2 diabetes on cognitive performance...
  24. ncbi Honey, health and longevity
    Rose A Cooper
    Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff School of Health Sciences, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK
    Curr Aging Sci 3:239-41. 2010
    ..017). Because of the small number of subjects and of deaths in this study, further data from other large cohorts will be required before any effect upon mortality and other health effects of honey consumption can be adequately evaluated...