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Weight, weight gain and behavioural risk factors in women attending a breast cancer family history, risk and prevention clinic: an observational study (2024)
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Pegington, M., Belcher, J., Barrett, E., Virpal, P., Howell, A., Evans, D. G., & Harvie, M. (in press). Weight, weight gain and behavioural risk factors in women attending a breast cancer family history, risk and prevention clinic: an observational study. BJC Reports, 2(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44276-024-00039-9

Background: Weight and health behaviours impact on breast cancer risk. We describe trends in weight and health behaviours in women at entry to a specialist breast cancer family history clinic in Manchester, UK, and changes after clinic entry. Methods... Read More about Weight, weight gain and behavioural risk factors in women attending a breast cancer family history, risk and prevention clinic: an observational study.

Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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Istanbuly, O., Belcher, J., Tabinor, M., Solis-Trapala, I., Lambie, M., & Davies, S. J. (in press). Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Nephrology, 24(1), Article 312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03370-4

Background: Systemic inflammation, measured as circulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease. However, this has not been convincingly demonstrated in a systematic review o... Read More about Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bio-impedance spectroscopy added to a fluid management protocol does not improve preservation of residual kidney function in incident hemodialysis patients in a randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Davies, S. J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E. J., Keane, D., Belcher, J., Caskey, F. J., …Sim, J. (2023). Bio-impedance spectroscopy added to a fluid management protocol does not improve preservation of residual kidney function in incident hemodialysis patients in a randomized controlled trial. Kidney International, 104(3), 587-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.05.016

Avoiding excessive dialysis-associated volume depletion may help preserve residual kidney function (RKF). To establish whether knowledge of the estimated normally hydrated weight from bioimpedance measurements (BI-NHW) when setting the post-hemodialy... Read More about Bio-impedance spectroscopy added to a fluid management protocol does not improve preservation of residual kidney function in incident hemodialysis patients in a randomized controlled trial.

Novel capsaicin cough endpoints effectively discriminate between healthy controls and patients with refractory chronic cough (2023)
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Smith, J., Holt, K., & Belcher, J. (2023). Novel capsaicin cough endpoints effectively discriminate between healthy controls and patients with refractory chronic cough. Respiratory Medicine, 107142 - 107142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107142

Rationale Chronic cough is a common problem, substantially affecting quality of life. Effective treatments and diagnostic clinical tools for refractory chronic cough are lacking which remains a diagnosis of exclusion. Objectives To investigate capsai... Read More about Novel capsaicin cough endpoints effectively discriminate between healthy controls and patients with refractory chronic cough.

Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2022)
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Watson, L., Belcher, J., Nicholls, E., Chandratre, P., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Hider, S., …Roddy, E. (2022). Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care. Rheumatology, 62(8), 2748-2756. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac706

Objective To describe factors associated with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people living with gout in primary care. Methods In a UK prospective cohort study, adults with a diagnosis of gout registered with 20 general practices... Read More about Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

Monitoring residual kidney function in haemodialysis patients using timed urine collections: validation of the use of estimated blood results to calculate GFR (2022)
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Lindley, E., Keane, D., Belcher, J., Fernandes Da Silva Jeffcoat, N., Davies, S., & trial investigators, B. (2022). Monitoring residual kidney function in haemodialysis patients using timed urine collections: validation of the use of estimated blood results to calculate GFR. Physiological Measurement, 43(8), Article 08NT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ac80e8

OBJECTIVE: With growing recognition of the benefits of preserving residual kidney function (RKF) and use of incremental treatment regimes, the incentive to measure residual clearance in haemodialysis patients is increasing. Interdialytic urine collec... Read More about Monitoring residual kidney function in haemodialysis patients using timed urine collections: validation of the use of estimated blood results to calculate GFR.

Reply (2021)
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Hay, C. A., Mallen, C. D., Belcher, J., Roddy, E., & Prior, J. A. (2022). Reply. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(1), 161-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24777

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Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. (2021)
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Horsley, A. R., Belcher, J., Bayfield, K., Bianco, B., Cunningham, S., Fullwood, C., …Gilchrist, F. J. (2021). Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. Thorax, 77(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216928

BACKGROUND: Lung clearance index (LCI) is a valuable research tool in cystic fibrosis (CF) but clinical application has been limited by technical challenges and uncertainty about how to interpret longitudinal change. In order to help inform clinical... Read More about Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis..

Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (2021)
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Hay, C. A., Prior, J. A., Belcher, J., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2021). Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Arthritis Care & Research, 73(7), 1049-1054. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24205

ObjectiveUrate‐lowering therapy (predominantly allopurinol) is highly effective as a treatment for gout, but its wider long‐term effects remain unclear. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to ascertain the association between mortality and... Read More about Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis.

Non-invasive ventilation is associated with long-term improvements in lung function and gas exchange in cystic fibrosis adults with hypercapnic respiratory failure (2021)
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Wadsworth, L., Belcher, J., & Bright-Thomas, R. (2021). Non-invasive ventilation is associated with long-term improvements in lung function and gas exchange in cystic fibrosis adults with hypercapnic respiratory failure. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 20(5), e40-e45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.05.011

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an established treatment option for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with type 2 respiratory failure but the benefits of this therapy remain unclear. This study examined the long-term outcomes and response to NIV in a l... Read More about Non-invasive ventilation is associated with long-term improvements in lung function and gas exchange in cystic fibrosis adults with hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Mechanisms Underlying the Association of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Heart Failure (2021)
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Lagan LEKARZ, J., Schelbert, E. B., Naish, J. H., Vestbo, J., Fortune, C., Bradley, J., …Miller, C. A. (2021). Mechanisms Underlying the Association of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Heart Failure. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 14(10), 1963-1973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.03.026

OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to determine why chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with heart failure (HF). Specific objectives included whether COPD is associated with myocardial fibrosis, whether myocardial fibr... Read More about Mechanisms Underlying the Association of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Heart Failure.

Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care (2020)
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Muller, Watson, Belcher, Mallen, Roddy, & Nicholls. (2020). Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72(11), 1928-1935. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41476

Objective To investigate the existence of distinct classes of gout flare trajectories and compare their gout-specific, comorbid, and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods In a prospective cohort study, adults with gout who were registered wi... Read More about Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care.

The Effect of Pain Conditioning on Experimentally Evoked Cough: Evidence of Impaired Endogenous Inhibitory Control Mechanisms in Refractory Chronic Cough (2020)
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Hilton, E., Satia, I., Holt, K., Woodcock, A. A., Belcher, J., & Smith, J. A. (2020). The Effect of Pain Conditioning on Experimentally Evoked Cough: Evidence of Impaired Endogenous Inhibitory Control Mechanisms in Refractory Chronic Cough. European Respiratory Journal, 56(6), 2001387 - 2001387. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01387-2020

Background: The pathophysiology of refractory chronic cough (RCC) is unclear. We hypothesised that endogenous inhibitory control mechanisms, such as those activated by painful stimuli (conditioned pain modulation (CPM)), may be capable of inhibiting... Read More about The Effect of Pain Conditioning on Experimentally Evoked Cough: Evidence of Impaired Endogenous Inhibitory Control Mechanisms in Refractory Chronic Cough.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (2020)
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Clarson, L. E., Bajpai, R., Whittle, R., Belcher, J., Abdul Sultan, A., Kwok, C. S., …Mallen, C. D. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, 106(12), 916-922. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (2020)
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Elise Clarson, L., Bajpai, R., Whittle, R., Belcher, J., Abdul Sultan, A., Shing Kwok, C., …Mallen, C. D. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. (2020)
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Mallen, C., Belcher, J., Mamas, M., Clarson, L., Welsh, V., & Bajpai, R. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, 916-922. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

OBJECTIVES: Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction..

P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2020)
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Watson, L., Belcher, J., Nicholls, E., Chandratre, P., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Hider, S., …Roddy, E. (2020). P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care. Rheumatology, 59(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa111.137

Background Gout affects 2.5% of adults in the UK but is often poorly managed. It can impair health-related quality of life (HRQOL), yet little is known about which people with gout are at risk of worse outcomes. We investigated factors associated wi... Read More about P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial” (2020)
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Harvie, M., Pegington, M., Bundred, N., Campbell, A., Belcher, J., Howell, S., & Howell, A. (2020). Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial”. British Journal of Cancer, 122(6), 925-926. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0715-z

Our programme aimed to prevent weight gain in healthy weight women and reduce weight in women who were overweight/obese since both may improve outcome and well-being after a diagnosis of breast cancer (BC).1,2 Women in the community arm received init... Read More about Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial”.

Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR Cohort Study (2019)
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Muller, S., Whittle, R., Hider, S. L., Belcher, J., Helliwell, T., Morton, C., …Mallen, C. D. (2020). Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR Cohort Study. Rheumatology, 59(8), 1906-1915. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez533

Objectives. To investigate potential subgroups of primary care diagnosed patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) based on self-reported pain and stiffness severity over time. Methods. 652 people with an incident PMR diagnosis were recruited fro... Read More about Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR Cohort Study.