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Christopher J Packard

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Lloyd S, Stott D, de Craen A, Kearney P, Sattar N, Perry I, et al.
PLoS One . 2013 Sep; 8(9):e72642. PMID: 24023757
Background: The PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER), a placebo-controlled trial of pravastatin, demonstrated a 19% reduction in coronary outcomes (p=0.006) after a mean of 3.2...
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McConnachie A, Walker A, Robertson M, Marchbank L, Peacock J, Packard C, et al.
Eur Heart J . 2013 Jul; 35(5):290-8. PMID: 23839541
Aims: To assess the impact on healthcare resource utilization, costs, and quality of life over 15 years from 5 years of statin use in men without a history of myocardial...
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Poortvliet R, Ford I, Lloyd S, Sattar N, Mooijaart S, de Craen A, et al.
PLoS One . 2013 Jan; 7(12):e52438. PMID: 23285043
Variability in blood pressure predicts cardiovascular disease in young- and middle-aged subjects, but relevant data for older individuals are sparse. We analysed data from the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in...
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Shiffman D, Trompet S, Louie J, Rowland C, Catanese J, Iakoubova O, et al.
PLoS One . 2012 Jun; 7(5):e38240. PMID: 22666496
Statin therapy reduces the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), however, the person-to-person variability in response to statin therapy is not well understood. We have investigated the effect of genetic...
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Bell S, Cooney J, Packard C, Caslake M, Deighan C
Clin Nephrol . 2012 May; 77(6):445-53. PMID: 22595386
Aims: Patients with nephrotic range proteinuria are known to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease partly due to possessing the atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype. The aim of this study was...
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Kofler B, Miles E, Curtis P, Armah C, Tricon S, Grew J, et al.
Atherosclerosis . 2012 Feb; 221(2):467-70. PMID: 22365656
Here the impact of APOE genotype on CHD risk in UK adults is reported, along with an analysis of APOE genotype × BMI/age/sex interactions. APOE genotype had a significant impact...
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Durrington P, Charlton-Menys V, Packard C, Caslake M, Wang J, Bhatnagar D, et al.
J Clin Lipidol . 2011 Feb; 2(5):384-90. PMID: 21291764
Background: Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) is a co-dominant disorder associated with low circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB). A proband was identified in whom the condition...
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Li Y, Sabatine M, Tong C, Ford I, Kirchgessner T, Packard C, et al.
Hum Genet . 2010 Oct; 129(1):17-23. PMID: 20886236
A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in KIF6, a member of the KIF9 family of kinesins, is associated with differential coronary event reduction from statin therapy in four randomized controlled trials;...
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Stott D, Robertson M, Rumley A, Welsh P, Sattar N, Packard C, et al.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009 Dec; 30(3):605-11. PMID: 20032290
Objective: To determine whether activation of hemostatic function (thrombosis and fibrinolysis) is associated with cognitive decline in older people. Methods And Results: We studied 5804 people (age, 70-82 years) in...
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Bell S, Cooney J, Packard C, Caslake M, Deighan C
Atherosclerosis . 2009 Jan; 205(1):296-301. PMID: 19150063
Background: Patients with nephrotic range proteinuria have a marked increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Qualitative and quantitative changes in lipids and lipoproteins contribute to this increased risk with...