Background Women with gestational diabetes are at increased risk of developing type 2
diabetes, but the risk and time of onset have not been fully quantified. We therefore did a …

Objective To quantify the risk of future cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and mortality after
pre-eclampsia. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Embase and …

… The trials dated from 1994 to 2006 and were conducted world‐wide, mainly in industrially
developed countries (Japan, USA and Europe). Twelve trials recruited patients with specific …

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated
with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate …

Background One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025,
the rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to …

Background Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean …

Background— High-throughput profiling of circulating metabolites may improve cardiovascular
risk prediction over established risk factors. Methods and Results— We applied …

Background Statin treatment and variants in the gene encoding HMG-CoA reductase are
associated with reductions in both the concentration of LDL cholesterol and the risk of coronary …

Background Physical activity (PA) levels in older adults decline with age. The prevalence
and correlates of adherence to current UK PA guidelines in older adults has not been studied …

Blood lipids are important cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors with both genetic and
environmental determinants. The Whitehall II study (n = 5592) was genotyped with the gene-…