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Colin I Johnston

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Chowdhury E, Nelson M, Ernst M, Margolis K, Beilin L, Johnston C, et al.
Am J Hypertens . 2019 Dec; 33(4):350-361. PMID: 31807750
Background: Despite readily available treatments, control of blood pressure (BP) with population aging remains suboptimal. Further, there are gaps in the understanding of the management of high BP in the...
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McNeil J, Woods R, Nelson M, Murray A, Reid C, Kirpach B, et al.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci . 2019 Jan; 74(5):748. PMID: 30668672
No abstract available.
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McNeil J, Wolfe R, Woods R, Tonkin A, Donnan G, Nelson M, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2018 Sep; 379(16):1509-1518. PMID: 30221597
Background: Aspirin is a well-established therapy for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. However, its role in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is unclear, especially in older persons, who...
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McNeil J, Woods R, Nelson M, Reid C, Kirpach B, Wolfe R, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2018 Sep; 379(16):1499-1508. PMID: 30221596
Background: Information on the use of aspirin to increase healthy independent life span in older persons is limited. Whether 5 years of daily low-dose aspirin therapy would extend disability-free life...
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McNeil J, Nelson M, Woods R, Lockery J, Wolfe R, Reid C, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2018 Sep; 379(16):1519-1528. PMID: 30221595
Background: In the primary analysis of the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial, now published in the Journal, we report that the daily use of aspirin did...
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Evans R, Johnston C
Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol . 2017 Aug; 44(11):1075-1076. PMID: 28802061
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Johnston C
Blood Press . 2017 Apr; 9(sup1):9-13. PMID: 28425795
Angiotensin II type 1 (AT 1 ) receptor blockers, such as candesartan, are attractive alternatives to ACE inhibitors in the treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Although angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)...
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McNeil J, Woods R, Nelson M, Murray A, Reid C, Kirpach B, et al.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci . 2017 Mar; 72(11):1586-1593. PMID: 28329340
Background: There are no primary prevention trials of aspirin with relevant geriatric outcomes in elderly people. ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) is a placebo-controlled trial of low-dose...
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Chowdhury E, Owen A, Ademi Z, Krum H, Johnston C, Wing L, et al.
Am J Hypertens . 2013 Nov; 27(2):199-206. PMID: 24249722
Background: We sought to determine the incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes in treated elderly hypertensive patients and the prognostic impact of diabetes on long-term survival. Methods: The Second Australian National...
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Burrell L, Risvanis J, Dean R, Patel S, Velkoska E, Johnston C
J Am Soc Hypertens . 2012 Dec; 7(1):3-13. PMID: 23246465
The role of arginine vasopressin (AVP) as a hypertensive hormone remains controversial. We have previously reported that intervention with a V(1A) receptor antagonist in 6-week-old prehypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)...