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| Saverio StrangesSummaryAffiliation: University of Warwick Country: UK Publications
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Cardiovascular disease prevention in women: a rapidly evolving scenarioS Stranges
Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Medical School Building, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 22:1013-8. 2012....
Sleep problems: an emerging global epidemic? findings from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study among more than 40,000 older adults from 8 countries across Africa and AsiaSaverio Stranges
Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Sleep 35:1173-81. 2012..To estimate the prevalence of sleep problems and the effect of potential correlates in low-income settings from Africa and Asia, where the evidence is lacking...- Urinary estrogen metabolites and prostate cancer: a case-control study and meta-analysisMaddalena Barba
Department of Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
J Exp Clin Cancer Res 28:135. 2009..To investigate prostate cancer (Pca) risk in relation to estrogen metabolism, expressed as urinary 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE1), 16alpha-hydroxyestrone (16alpha-OHE1) and 2-OHE1 to 16alpha-OHE1 ratio... 
Lifetime cumulative exposure to secondhand smoke and risk of myocardial infarction in never smokers: results from the Western New York health study, 1995-2001Saverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1961-7. 2006..Therefore, we sought to test the association between lifetime cumulative exposure to SHS and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) (as an indication of CHD) among never smokers...- Selenium status and blood lipids: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns studyS Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
J Intern Med 270:469-77. 2011..However, most of the evidence comes from selenium-replete populations such as that of the United States... - Effects of long-term selenium supplementation on the incidence of type 2 diabetes: a randomized trialSaverio Stranges
State University of New York at Buffalo and Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:217-23. 2007..Findings from animal models suggest that selenium supplementation improves glucose metabolism... - A population-based study of reduced sleep duration and hypertension: the strongest association may be in premenopausal womenSaverio Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
J Hypertens 28:896-902. 2010..We therefore examined cross-sectional sex-specific associations of sleep duration with hypertension in a large population-based sample from the Western New York Health Study (1996<2001)... - Higher selenium status is associated with adverse blood lipid profile in British adultsSaverio Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV47AL, UK
J Nutr 140:81-7. 2010..Randomized and mechanistic evidence is necessary to assess causality and to evaluate the impact of this association on cardiovascular risk... - Oxidation, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease: a complex interaction: findings from a population-based studySaverio Stranges
Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Diabetes Care 31:1864-6. 2008..The purpose of this study was to analyze the interrelationship among oxidation, myocardial infarction (MI), and type 2 diabetes in a population-based case-control study of MI... - A prospective study of dietary selenium intake and risk of type 2 diabetesSaverio Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
BMC Public Health 10:564. 2010..This study examined the prospective association between dietary selenium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes... - Selenium status and cardiometabolic health: state of the evidenceS Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 20:754-60. 2010.... - Correlates of short and long sleep duration: a cross-cultural comparison between the United Kingdom and the United States: the Whitehall II Study and the Western New York Health StudySaverio Stranges
Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, University Hospital Warwickshire and Coventry Campus, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 168:1353-64. 2008..97 (95% CI: 0.95, 0.99)). Being unmarried, being overweight, and having poor general health are associated with short sleep and may contribute to observed disease associations. Long sleep may represent an epiphenomenon of comorbidity... - Associations of selenium status with cardiometabolic risk factors: an 8-year follow-up analysis of the Olivetti Heart studySaverio Stranges
Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Atherosclerosis 217:274-8. 2011..We therefore examined cross-sectional and prospective relationships of serum selenium concentrations with cardiometabolic risk factors including blood pressure, diabetes and blood lipids in the Olivetti Heart Study... - Cross-sectional versus prospective associations of sleep duration with changes in relative weight and body fat distribution: the Whitehall II StudySaverio Stranges
Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, England
Am J Epidemiol 167:321-9. 2008..23, 1.12), nor with the incidence of obesity (odds ratio(adjusted) = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.60, 1.82). There is no temporal relation between short duration of sleep and future changes in measures of body weight and central adiposity... - Additional contribution of emerging risk factors to the prediction of the risk of type 2 diabetes: evidence from the Western New York StudySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1370-6. 2008..To examine whether several biomarkers of endothelial function and inflammation improve prediction of type 2 diabetes over 5.9 years of follow-up, independent of traditional risk factors... - Differential effects of alcohol drinking pattern on liver enzymes in men and womenSaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:949-56. 2004..g., drinking frequency during the week and in relation to food consumption)... - Gender-specific associations of short sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension: the Whitehall II StudyFrancesco P Cappuccio
Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
Hypertension 50:693-700. 2007..42 [95% CI: 0.94 to 2.16]; odds ratio: 1.31 [95% CI: 0.65 to 2.63], respectively). Sleep deprivation may produce detrimental cardiovascular effects among women... - Effects of selenium supplementation on cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality: secondary analyses in a randomized clinical trialSaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:694-9. 2006..These findings indicate no overall effect of selenium supplementation on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in this population... - Greater hepatic vulnerability after alcohol intake in African Americans compared with Caucasians: a population-based studySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room 252 B, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:1185-92. 2004.... - Body fat distribution, liver enzymes, and risk of hypertension: evidence from the Western New York StudySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Hypertension 46:1186-93. 2005.... - Relationship of alcohol drinking pattern to risk of hypertension: a population-based studySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main St, Farber Hall, Room 252 B, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Hypertension 44:813-9. 2004..In conclusion, drinking outside meals appears to have a significant effect on hypertension risk independent of the amount of alcohol consumed... - Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adultsFrancesco P Cappuccio
Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Sleep 31:619-26. 2008..Recent epidemiological studies suggest that short sleep duration may be associated with the development of obesity from childhood to adulthood... - Alcohol drinking pattern and subjective health in a population-based studySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Addiction 101:1265-76. 2006..e. drinking intensity and frequency, frequency of intoxication, drinking outside of meals, and beverage type) and subjective health was examined in a random sample of 3586 women and men... - Sex differences in endothelial function markers before conversion to pre-diabetes: does the clock start ticking earlier among women? The Western New York StudyRichard P Donahue
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 35 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Diabetes Care 30:354-9. 2007.... - Elevated cystatin C concentration and progression to pre-diabetes: the Western New York studyRichard P Donahue
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main St, Farber Hall, Room 268 F, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1724-9. 2007..We conducted a nested case-control investigation to examine whether elevated baseline concentrations of cystatin C predicted progression from normoglycemia to pre-diabetes over 6 years of follow-up from the Western New York Health Study... - Selenium supplementation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseaseKaren Rees
Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1:CD009671. 2013..However, observational studies have shown inconsistent associations between selenium intake and CVD risk; in addition, there is concern around a possible increased risk of type 2 diabetes with high selenium exposure... - Body fat distribution, relative weight, and liver enzyme levels: a population-based studySaverio Stranges
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Farber Hall Room 252 B, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Hepatology 39:754-63. 2004..In conclusion, these findings support a role for central adiposity independent from BMI in predicting increased levels of hepatic enzymes, likely as a result of unrecognized fatty liver... - Short sleep duration is associated with the development of impaired fasting glucose: the Western New York Health StudyLisa Rafalson
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:883-9. 2010..To examine whether sleep duration was associated with incident-impaired fasting glucose (IFG) over 6 years of follow-up in the Western New York Health Study... - Perinatal exposures and breast cancer risk in the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) StudyMaddalena Barba
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:395-401. 2006..There is increasing evidence that early life exposures, such as birth weight, infant feeding practices, birth rank and maternal age at delivery may play a role in breast carcinogenesis... - Is vitamin K consumption associated with cardio-metabolic disorders? A systematic reviewKaren Rees
Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Maturitas 67:121-8. 2010..None of the studies used biomarkers. Currently there is no evidence for an effect of vitamin K1, but results for vitamin K2 look promising. Further prospective studies are required to confirm these findings... - Long-term follow-up of psychological distress following earthquake experiences among working Italian males: a cross-sectional analysisSusan H Bland
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3079, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:420-3. 2005..Additionally, social network disruptions following 1983 to 1984 evacuation were associated with greater distress (not all measures). These findings suggest that psychological distress from natural disasters may be very long lasting... - Spatial analysis of risk factors for childhood morbidity in NigeriaNgianga Bakwin Kandala
Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:770-9. 2007..Our maps are a novel and relevant tool to help local governments to improve health-care interventions and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG4)... - Levels of vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysisJohanna Parker
Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Maturitas 65:225-36. 2010..If the relationship proves to be causal, interventions targeting vitamin D deficiency in adult populations could potentially slow the current epidemics of cardiometabolic disorders... - Children under pressure: an underestimated burden?Saverio Stranges
Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Arch Dis Child 92:288-90. 2007 - Geographic variation of hypertension in sub-saharan Africa: a case study of South AfricaNgianga Bakwin Kandala
Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Am J Hypertens 26:382-91. 2013..We examined the geographic variation of hypertension at the province level in South Africa, while accounting for individual-level risk factors such as sociodemographics, lifestyle, and cardiovascular comorbidities... - Genome-wide linkage analysis of age at onset of alcohol dependence: a comparison between microsatellites and single-nucleotide polymorphismsBamidele O Tayo
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
BMC Genet 6:S12. 2005.... - Estimating EQ-5D utility values for major health behavioural risk factors in EnglandHendramoorthy Maheswaran
Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 67:172-80. 2013..However, little is known about their impact on preference-based measures of health-related quality of life commonly used to inform economic evaluations... - Serum selenium and serum lipids in US adultsJoachim Bleys
Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, Madrid, Spain
Am J Clin Nutr 88:416-23. 2008..However, the effects of selenium intake on the lipid profile in selenium-replete populations, such as the United States, are largely unknown... - Association of lifetime alcohol drinking trajectories with cardiometabolic riskAmy Z Fan
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Prevention Research Center, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 450, Berkeley, California 94704, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:154-61. 2008..Prevalence of the MetS and its individual components, including obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, and high fasting glucose, were the main outcomes... - Age- and sex-related utilisation of cardiac procedures and interventions: a multicentric study in ItalyAntonio Boccia
University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Int J Cardiol 101:179-84. 2005..One possible explanation would be that these patients are being discriminated against mainly because of their age... - Dietary iron and blood pressureSaverio Stranges
BMJ 337:a547. 2008 - Cholesterol lowering and mortality: a great success story!Maurizio Trevisan
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 16:391-4. 2006