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Impact of impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance on arterial stiffness in an older Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD.

Xu L, Jiang CQ, Lam TH, Cheng KK, Yue XJ, Lin JM, Zhang WS, Thomas GN.

Metabolism. 2009 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19828159 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Smoking cessation and carotid atherosclerosis: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD.

Jiang CQ, Xu L, Lam TH, Lin JM, Cheng KK, Thomas GN.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19825787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

[Effect of physical activity strength on the diabetes mellitus prevalence in the elderly under the inflence of International Physical Activity Questionnaire]

Jiang CQ, Xu L, Lam TH, Zhang WS, Liu B, Lin JM, Yue XJ, Jin YL, Thomas GN.

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2009 May;30(5):462-5. Chinese. PMID: 19799141 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Explaining coronary heart disease trends in Hong Kong: creation of a model for policy and planning.

McGhee SM, So JC, Thomas GN.

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Feb;15 Suppl 2:22-5.PMID: 19258629 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Associations of polymorphisms in the apolipoprotein A1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster with familial combined hyperlipidaemia in Hong Kong Chinese.

Liu ZK, Hu M, Baum L, Thomas GN, Tomlinson B.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19732897 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

An overview of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort (GBCS-CVD): a platform for multidisciplinary collaboration.

Jiang CQ, Lam TH, Lin JM, Liu B, Yue XJ, Cheng KK, Tomlinson B, Wong KS, Cheung BM, Thomas GN.

J Hum Hypertens. 2009 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19587700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Airflow obstruction and the metabolic syndrome: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Lam KB, Jordan RE, Jiang CQ, Thomas GN, Miller MR, Zhang WS, Lam TH, Cheng KK, Adab P.

Eur Respir J. 2009 Jul 2. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19574332 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Alcohol sensitivity, alcohol use and hypertension in an older Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Zhang WS, Jiang CQ, Cheng KK, Adab P, Thomas GN, Liu B, Lam KB, Schooling CM, Lam TH.

Hypertens Res. 2009 Sep;32(9):741-7. Epub 2009 Jun 26.PMID: 19557005 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Off-pump coronary bypass grafting is safe and efficient in patients with left main disease and higher EuroScore.

Thomas GN, Martinez EC, Woitek F, Emmert MY, Sakaguchi H, Muecke S, Lee CN, Kofidis T.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Oct;36(4):616-20. Epub 2009 Jun 11.PMID: 19523845 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Generalized anxiety disorder is associated with metabolic syndrome in the Vietnam experience study.

Carroll D, Phillips AC, Thomas GN, Gale CR, Deary I, Batty GD.

Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 1;66(1):91-3. Epub 2009 Apr 2.PMID: 19344891 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Modification by influenza on health effects of air pollution in Hong Kong.

Wong CM, Yang L, Thach TQ, Chau PY, Chan KP, Thomas GN, Lam TH, Wong TW, Hedley AJ, Peiris JS.

Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Feb;117(2):248-53. Epub 2008 Oct 3.PMID: 19270795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rimonabant for the treatment of obesity.

Samat A, Tomlinson B, Taheri S, Thomas GN.

Recent Pat Cardiovasc Drug Discov. 2008 Nov;3(3):187-93. Review.PMID: 18991793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of air pollution on mortality in socially deprived urban areas in Hong Kong, China.

Wong CM, Ou CQ, Chan KP, Chau YK, Thach TQ, Yang L, Chung RY, Thomas GN, Peiris JS, Wong TW, Hedley AJ, Lam TH.

Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Sep;116(9):1189-94.PMID: 18795162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels increase with age in American women but not in Hong Kong Chinese women.

Cheung BM, Li M, Ong KL, Wat NM, Tam S, Pang RW, Thomas GN, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Apr;70(4):561-8. Epub 2008 Aug 19.PMID: 18715284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking, smoking cessation and inflammatory markers in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Lao XQ, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK, Thomas GN.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Mar;203(1):304-10. Epub 2008 Jul 6.PMID: 18692847 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is sleep duration associated with obesity-where do U stand?

Taheri S, Thomas GN.

Sleep Med Rev. 2008 Aug;12(4):299-302. No abstract available. PMID: 18603219 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Tso AW, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Tse HF, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1889-91. Epub 2008 Jun 12.PMID: 18556342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does smoking affect hospital use before death? A comparison of ever- and never-smokers in the last years of life.

McGhee SM, Schooling CM, Wong LC, Leung GM, Ho LM, Thomas GN, Ho DS, Lam TH, Hedley AJ.

Med Care. 2008 Jun;46(6):614-9.PMID: 18520316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking, smoking cessation and aortic arch calcification in older Chinese: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Jiang CQ, Lao XQ, Yin P, Thomas GN, Zhang WS, Liu B, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Feb;202(2):529-34. Epub 2008 Mar 14.PMID: 18436226 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A new horizon in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, can we prevent heart attack by "heart polypill"?

Rastegarpanah M, Malekzadeh F, Thomas GN, Mohagheghi A, Cheng KK, Marshall T.

Arch Iran Med. 2008 May;11(3):306-13. No abstract available. PMID: 18426322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Middle cerebral artery stenosis increased the risk of vascular disease mortality among type 2 diabetic patients.

Thomas GN, Chen XY, Lin JW, Tomlinson B, Lam WW, Liu R, Yeung VT, Chan JC, Wong KS.

Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008;25(3):261-7. Epub 2008 Feb 13.PMID: 18270486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of macrovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients: blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.

Thomas GN, Tomlinson B.

Curr Diabetes Rev. 2008 Feb;4(1):63-78. Review.PMID: 18220697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reliability and validity of the IPAQ-Chinese: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort study.

Deng HB, Macfarlane DJ, Thomas GN, Lao XQ, Jiang CQ, Cheng KK, Lam TH.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Feb;40(2):303-7.PMID: 18202571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking without exception adversely affects vascular structure and function in apparently healthy Chinese: implications in global atherosclerosis prevention.

Thomas GN, Chook P, Yip TW, Kwong SK, Chan TY, Qiao M, Huang XS, Guo DS, Feng JZ, Chan SW, Leong HC, Celermajer DS, Woo KS.

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Aug 18;128(2):172-7. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18199502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is leg length a biomarker of childhood conditions in older Chinese women? The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Schooling CM, Jiang CQ, Heys M, Zhang WS, Lao XQ, Adab P, Cowling BJ, Thomas GN, Cheng KK, Lam TH, Leung GM.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 Feb;62(2):160-6.PMID: 18192605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Components of the metabolic syndrome predictive of its development: a 6-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2008 May;68(5):730-7. Epub 2007 Nov 2.PMID: 17980012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk.

Schooling CM, Lam TH, Thomas GN, Cowling BJ, Heys M, Janus ED, Leung GM; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

PLoS One. 2007 Oct 24;2(10):e1070.PMID: 17957253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Age of menarche and the metabolic syndrome in China.

Heys M, Schooling CM, Jiang C, Cowling BJ, Lao X, Zhang W, Cheng KK, Adab P, Thomas GN, Lam TH, Leung GM.

Epidemiology. 2007 Nov;18(6):740-6.PMID: 17917601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implications of increased weight and waist circumference on vascular risk in an older Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Thomas GN, Lao XQ, Jiang CQ, McGhee SM, Zhang WS, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK; Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study Steering Committee.

Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb;196(2):682-8. Epub 2007 Sep 4.PMID: 17765903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Passive smoking exposure and risk of COPD among adults in China: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Yin P, Jiang CQ, Cheng KK, Lam TH, Lam KH, Miller MR, Zhang WS, Thomas GN, Adab P.

Lancet. 2007 Sep 1;370(9589):751-7.PMID: 17765524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Height, its components, and cardiovascular risk among older Chinese: a cross-sectional analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Schooling CM, Jiang C, Lam TH, Thomas GN, Heys M, Bmbs, Lao X, Zhang W, Adab P, Cheng KK, Leung GM.

Am J Public Health. 2007 Oct;97(10):1834-41. Epub 2007 Aug 29.PMID: 17761579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The relation of chronic cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus to perceived health, and the moderating effects of sex and age.

Ho SY, Mak KK, Thomas GN, Schooling M, Fielding R, Janus ED, Lam TH.

Soc Sci Med. 2007 Oct;65(7):1386-96. Epub 2007 Jun 26.PMID: 17597275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overview of dietary influences on atherosclerotic vascular disease: epidemiology and prevention.

Thomas GN, Cheung BM, Ho SY, Macfarlane DJ, Deng HB, McGhee SM, Woo J, Lam TH, Tomlinson B.

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2007 Jun;7(2):87-97. Review.PMID: 17584043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The metabolic syndrome and vascular disease in Asia.

Cheung BM, Thomas GN.

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2007 Jun;7(2):79-85. Review.PMID: 17584042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolic syndrome increases all-cause and vascular mortality: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, Schooling CM, McGhee SM, Ho SY, Cheung BM, Wat NM, Janus ED, Lam KS, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2007 May;66(5):666-71. Epub 2007 Mar 23.PMID: 17381490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of diabetes in Chinese with the metabolic syndrome: a 6-year prospective study.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Man YB, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Jun;30(6):1430-6. Epub 2007 Mar 2. Erratum in: Diabetes Care. 2008 Jan;31(1):187. PMID: 17337491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Is height associated with cardiovascular risk in Chinese adults?

Schooling CM, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Ho SY, Janus ED, Lam TH.

Epidemiology. 2007 Mar;18(2):274-8.PMID: 17259904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of the metabolic syndrome with vascular disease in an older Chinese population: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Lao XQ, Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Yin P, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK.

J Endocrinol Invest. 2006 Dec;29(11):989-96.PMID: 17259796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

c-Reactive protein and the metabolic syndrome in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Lao XQ, Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Yin P, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK.

Atherosclerosis. 2007 Oct;194(2):483-9. Epub 2006 Sep 28.PMID: 17010351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of factors differentially associated with isolated impaired fasting glucose and isolated post-load impaired glucose tolerance: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, Schooling CM, McGhee SM, Ho SY, Cheung BM, Wat NM, Janus ED, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Eur J Endocrinol. 2006 Oct;155(4):623-32.PMID: 16990663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Parity and the metabolic syndrome in older Chinese women: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Lao XQ, Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Yin P, Schooling M, Heys M, Leung GM, Adab P, Cheng KK, Lam TH.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006 Oct;65(4):460-9.PMID: 16984238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Snoring and vascular risk factors and disease in a low-risk Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, Lao XQ, McGhee SM, Zhang WS, Schooling CM, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK.

Sleep. 2006 Jul 1;29(7):896-900.PMID: 16895256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of smoking with increasing vascular involvement in type 2 diabetic Chinese patients.

Thomas GN, Tomlinson B, McGhee SM, Lam TH, Abdullah AS, Yeung VT, Wong KS, Chan JC.

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2006 Jun;114(6):301-5.PMID: 16868888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cohort profile: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Birmingham collaboration.

Jiang C, Thomas GN, Lam TH, Schooling CM, Zhang W, Lao X, Adab P, Liu B, Leung GM, Cheng KK.

Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Aug;35(4):844-52. Epub 2006 Jul 14. No abstract available. PMID: 16844769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Determinants of normoglycemia and contribution to cardiovascular risk factors in a Chinese population: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, McGhee SM, Schooling CM, Ho SY, Lam KS, Janus ED, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

J Endocrinol Invest. 2006 Jun;29(6):528-35.PMID: 16840831 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of vascular risk factors with increasing glycemia even in normoglycemic subjects in an older Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, McGhee SM, Zhang WS, Lao XQ, Schooling M, Adab P, Lam TH, Cheng KK; Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study Steering Committee.

Metabolism. 2006 Aug;55(8):1035-41.PMID: 16839838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Innate and adaptive cellular immunity in flavivirus-naïve human recipients of a live-attenuated dengue serotype 3 vaccine produced in Vero cells (VDV3).

Sanchez V, Gimenez S, Tomlinson B, Chan PK, Thomas GN, Forrat R, Chambonneau L, Deauvieau F, Lang J, Guy B.

Vaccine. 2006 Jun 5;24(23):4914-26. Epub 2006 Apr 4.PMID: 16632108 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of sex-specific body composition on cardiovascular risk factors: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, McGhee SM, Schooling M, Ho SY, Lam KS, Janus ED, Lam TH; for the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Metabolism. 2006 May;55(5):563-9.PMID: 16631430 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists in elderly patients with hypertension.

Thomas GN, Chan P, Tomlinson B.

Drugs Aging. 2006;23(2):131-55. Review.PMID: 16536636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations of apolipoprotein E exon 4 and lipoprotein lipase S447X polymorphisms with acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

Baum L, Ng HK, Wong KS, Tomlinson B, Rainer TH, Chen X, Cheung WS, Tang J, Tam WW, Goggins W, Tong CS, Chan DK, Thomas GN, Chook P, Woo KS.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2006;44(3):274-81.PMID: 16519597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles