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Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand (2022)
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Orr-Walker, B., Yu, D., Wang, Z., Cai, Y., Osuagwu, U., Pickering, K., …Simmons, D. (2022). Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003077

INTRODUCTION: Insights into ethnic differences in the natural history of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) might inform clinical strategies to address disparities in hospitalization and mortality. Risks of... Read More about Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand.

Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019 (2022)
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Yu, D., Jordan, K. P., Wilkie, R., Bailey, J., Fitzpatrick, J., Ali, N., …Peat, G. (2022). Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac106

Objective To determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in primary care consultation rates for two major, disabling musculoskeletal conditions in England narrowed or widened between 2004-2019. Methods We analysed data from Clinical Practice Re... Read More about Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019.

Do Patients With Intersectional Disadvantage Have Poorer Outcomes From Osteoarthritis Management Programs? A Tapered Balancing Study of Patient Outcomes From the Good Life With Osteoarthritis in Denmark Program (2022)
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Peat, G., Yu, D., Grønne, D. T., Roos, E. M., Skou, S. T., & Marshall, M. (2023). Do Patients With Intersectional Disadvantage Have Poorer Outcomes From Osteoarthritis Management Programs? A Tapered Balancing Study of Patient Outcomes From the Good Life With Osteoarthritis in Denmark Program. Arthritis Care and Research, 75(1), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24987

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether adults with potential multiple social disadvantage have poorer outcomes following osteoarthritis management programme (OAMP) attendance and if so, what might determine this. METHODS: Among consecutive knee OA attend... Read More about Do Patients With Intersectional Disadvantage Have Poorer Outcomes From Osteoarthritis Management Programs? A Tapered Balancing Study of Patient Outcomes From the Good Life With Osteoarthritis in Denmark Program.

Patterns of Lifestyle Behaviors and Relevant Metabolic Profiles in Chinese Adults: Latent Class Analysis from Two Independent Surveys in Urban and Rural Populations (2022)
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Cui, Q., Chen, Y., Ye, X., Cai, Y., Qin, R., Chen, T., …Yu, D. (2022). Patterns of Lifestyle Behaviors and Relevant Metabolic Profiles in Chinese Adults: Latent Class Analysis from Two Independent Surveys in Urban and Rural Populations. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 51(5), 1076 - 1083. https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v51i5.9423

Background: This study was determined to describe the patterns of lifestyle behaviors and their associations with metabolic profiles among Chinese urban and rural adults. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study set in the Nanjing (5,824) and Hefei... Read More about Patterns of Lifestyle Behaviors and Relevant Metabolic Profiles in Chinese Adults: Latent Class Analysis from Two Independent Surveys in Urban and Rural Populations.

Ethnic differences in metabolic achievement between Māori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes (2022)
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Yu, D., Zhao, Z., Simmons, D., Baker, J., Cutfield, R., McKree Jansen, R., …Pickering, K. (2022). Ethnic differences in metabolic achievement between Māori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 189, 109910 - 109910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109910

Aims: To compare variations in metabolic target achievement by ethnicity (Europeans, Maori and Pasifika) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) between 1994 and 2013. Methods: 32,237 patients were enrolled. Adjust... Read More about Ethnic differences in metabolic achievement between Māori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes.

Prognostic Value of Time in Blood Pressure Target Range Among Patients With Heart Failure (2022)
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Chen, K., Li, C., Cornelius, V., Yu, D., Wang, Q., Shi, R., …Jiang, Z. (2022). Prognostic Value of Time in Blood Pressure Target Range Among Patients With Heart Failure. JACC: Heart Failure, 10(6), 369-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2022.01.010

BACKGROUND Blood pressure (BP) is a continuous and dynamic measure. However, standard BP control metrics may not reflect the variability in BP over time. OBJECTIVES This study assessed the prognostic value of time in BP target range among hypertensiv... Read More about Prognostic Value of Time in Blood Pressure Target Range Among Patients With Heart Failure.

Opioid use prior to total knee replacement: comparative analysis of trends in England and Sweden (2022)
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Yu, D., Hellberg, C., Appleyard, T., Dell'Isola, A., Thomas, G. E. R., Turkiewicz, A., …Peat, G. (2022). Opioid use prior to total knee replacement: comparative analysis of trends in England and Sweden. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30(6), 815-822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.02.621

Objectives To describe and compare trends in the frequency of opioid prescribing/dispensing in English and Swedish patients with osteoarthritis prior to total knee replacement (TKR). Methods 49,043 patients from an English national database (Clinical... Read More about Opioid use prior to total knee replacement: comparative analysis of trends in England and Sweden.

The impact of nursing staff education on diabetes inpatient glucose management: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Piya, M., Zarora, R., Yu, D., Fletcher, T., Myint, K., & Simmons, D. (2022). The impact of nursing staff education on diabetes inpatient glucose management: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 22, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-00975-y

Background: An increasing number of patients in hospital have diabetes, with most of them cared for by non-specialist staff. The effect of diabetes education for staff on patient outcomes, as well as the most effective method of staff education is un... Read More about The impact of nursing staff education on diabetes inpatient glucose management: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Do recommended interventions widen or narrow inequalities in musculoskeletal health? An equity-focussed systematic review of differential effectiveness (2022)
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Peat, G., Jordan, K., Wilkie, R., Corp, N., Van Der Windt, D., Yu, D., …Ali, N. (2022). Do recommended interventions widen or narrow inequalities in musculoskeletal health? An equity-focussed systematic review of differential effectiveness. Journal of Public Health, 44(3), e376–e387. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac014

Background It is unclear whether seven interventions recommended by Public Health England for preventing and managing common musculoskeletal conditions reduce or widen health inequalities in adults with musculoskeletal conditions. Methods We used cit... Read More about Do recommended interventions widen or narrow inequalities in musculoskeletal health? An equity-focussed systematic review of differential effectiveness.

Trends in the Annual Consultation Incidence and Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Osteoarthritis in England from 2000 to 2019: Comparative Estimates from Two Clinical Practice Databases (2022)
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Yu, D., Missen, M., P Jordan, K., Edwards, J., Bailey, J., Wilkie, R., …Peat, G. (2022). Trends in the Annual Consultation Incidence and Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Osteoarthritis in England from 2000 to 2019: Comparative Estimates from Two Clinical Practice Databases. Clinical Epidemiology, 14, 179-189. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S337323

Purpose: To compare estimates of annual person-consulting incidence and prevalence of low back pain (LBP) and osteoarthritis for two national English electronic health record databases (Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum and CPRD GOLD).... Read More about Trends in the Annual Consultation Incidence and Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Osteoarthritis in England from 2000 to 2019: Comparative Estimates from Two Clinical Practice Databases.

Ethnic Differences in Cancer Rates Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand From 1994 to 2018 (2022)
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Yu, D., Wang, Z., Cai, Y., McBride, K., Osuagwu, U. L., Pickering, K., …Simmons, D. (2022). Ethnic Differences in Cancer Rates Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand From 1994 to 2018. Jama Network Open, 5(2), Article e2147171. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47171

Importance People with type 2 diabetes have greater risk for some site-specific cancers, and risks of cancers differ among racial and ethnic groups in the general population of Aotearoa New Zealand. The extent of ethnic disparities in cancer risks a... Read More about Ethnic Differences in Cancer Rates Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand From 1994 to 2018.

Geographical distribution of trace elements (selenium, zinc, iron, copper) and case fatality rate of COVID-19: a national analysis across conterminous USA (2022)
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Chen, Y., Ma, Z., Yu, D., Jiang, Z., Wang, B., & Yuan, L. (2022). Geographical distribution of trace elements (selenium, zinc, iron, copper) and case fatality rate of COVID-19: a national analysis across conterminous USA. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 44, 4423–4436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01204-0

Severe outcome particularly death is the largest burden of COVID-19. Clinical observations showed preliminary data that deficiency in certain trace elements, essential for the normal activity of immune system, may be associated with worse COVID-19 ou... Read More about Geographical distribution of trace elements (selenium, zinc, iron, copper) and case fatality rate of COVID-19: a national analysis across conterminous USA.