John Danesh

The association between psychiatric diagnosis and violent re-offending in adult offenders in the community (2008)

Grann, Martin, Danesh, John, Fazel, Seena

Abstract Background High rates of repeat offending are common across nations that are socially and culturally different. Although psychiatric disorders are believed to be risk factors for violent...

Long-Term Interleukin-6 Levels and Subsequent Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: Two New Prospective Studies and a Systematic Review (2008)

John Danesh, Stephen Kaptoge, Andrea G. Mann, Nadeem Sarwar, Angela Wood, Sara B. Angleman, ...

BackgroundThe relevance to coronary heart disease (CHD) of cytokines that govern inflammatory cascades, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), may be underestimated because such mediators are short acting and...

Seven Lipoprotein Lipase Gene Polymorphisms, Lipid Fractions, and Coronary Disease: A HuGE Association Review and Meta-Analysis (2008)

Sagoo, Gurdeep S., Tatt, Iain, Salanti, Georgia, Butterworth, Adam S., Sarwar, Nadeem, Van Maarle, Merel, ...

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a key enzyme in lipoprotein metabolism and a major candidate gene for coronary heart disease (CHD). The authors assessed associations between 7 LPL polymorphisms and lipid...

BMC Psychiatry BioMed Central (2008)

Martin Grann, John Danesh, Seena Fazel

Research article The association between psychiatric diagnosis and violent re-offending in adult offenders in the community

Circulating concentrations of insulin markers and coronary heart disease: a quantitative review of 19 Western prospective studies (2007)

Sarwar, Nadeem, Sattar, Naveed, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Danesh, John

Aims It is uncertain whether there are associations between circulating levels of insulin markers and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. We report an updated meta-analysis of studies of circulating...

Renal Function and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in General Populations: New Prospective Study and Systematic Review (2007)

Emanuele Di Angelantonio, John Danesh, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason

BackgroundEnd-stage chronic kidney disease is associated with striking excesses of cardiovascular mortality, but it is uncertain to what extent renal function is related to risk of subsequent...

Five Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Variants in 23,452 Cases of Lung Cancer and 30,397 Controls: Meta-Analysis of 130 Studies (2006)

Zheng Ye, Honglin Song, Paul Pharoah, John Danesh

Large meta-analysis finds little evidence for a link between gene variants encoding inactive or less active variants of detoxifying enzymes and lung cancer risk.

Five Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Variants in 23,452 Cases of Lung Cancer and 30,397 Controls: Meta-Analysis of 130 Studies (2006)

Zheng Ye, Honglin Song, Paul Pharoah, John Danesh

Background Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are known to abolish or reduce the activities of intracellular enzymes that help detoxify environmental carcinogens, such as those found in tobacco smoke....

Fibrinogen and coronary heart disease: test of causality by 'Mendelian randomization' (2006)

Keavney, Bernard, Danesh, John, Parish, Sarah, Palmer, Alison, Clark, Sarah, Youngman, Linda, ...

Background Blood concentrations of fibrinogen have been associated with coronary heart disease risk in epidemiological studies, but it is uncertain whether this association is causal or reflects...

Fibrinogen and coronary heart disease: test of causality by 'Mendelian randomization' (2006)

Keavney, Bernard, Danesh, John, Parish, Sarah, Palmer, Alison, Clark, Sarah, Youngman, Linda, ...

Background Blood concentrations of fibrinogen have been associated with coronary heart disease risk in epidemiological studies, but it is uncertain whether this association is causal or reflects...

Serum Uric Acid and Coronary Heart Disease in 9,458 Incident Cases and 155,084 Controls: Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis (2005)

Jeremy G. Wheeler, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, John Danesh

The largest ever prospective analysis and meta-analysis of uric acid in coronary heart disease finds no evidence that uric acid is useful in predicting coronary heart disease.

Serum Uric Acid and Coronary Heart Disease in 9,458 Incident Cases and 155,084 Controls: Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis (2005)

Jeremy G. Wheeler, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, John Danesh

Background It has been suggested throughout the past fifty years that serum uric acid concentrations can help predict the future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the epidemiological evidence...

A Network of Investigator Networks in Human Genome Epidemiology (2005)

Ioannidis, John P. A., Bernstein, Jonine, Boffetta, Paolo, Danesh, John, Dolan, Siobhan, Hartge, Patricia, ...

The task of identifying genetic determinants for complex, multigenetic diseases is hampered by small studies, publication and reporting biases, and lack of common standards worldwide. The authors...

A Network of Investigator Networks in Human Genome Epidemiology (2005)

Ioannidis, John P. A., Bernstein, Jonine, Boffetta, Paolo, Danesh, John, Dolan, Siobhan, Hartge, Patricia, ...

The task of identifying genetic determinants for complex, multigenetic diseases is hampered by small studies, publication and reporting biases, and lack of common standards worldwide. The authors...

A Network of Investigator Networks in Human Genome Epidemiology (2005)

Ioannidis, John P. A., Bernstein, Jonine, Boffetta, Paolo, Danesh, John, Dolan, Siobhan, Hartge, Patricia, ...

The task of identifying genetic determinants for complex, multigenetic diseases is hampered by small studies, publication and reporting biases, and lack of common standards worldwide. The authors...

Associations between differential leucocyte count and incident coronary heart disease: 1764 incident cases from seven prospective studies of 30 374 individuals (2004)

Wheeler, Jeremy G, Mussolino, Michael E, Gillum, Richard F, Danesh, John

Aims We aimed to assess potential associations between different leucocyte components and coronary heart disease (CHD) in a prospective cohort study, and to put these findings in context of other...

Lipid-related genes and myocardial infarction in 4685 cases and 3460 controls: discrepancies between genotype, blood lipid concentrations, and coronary disease risk (2004)

Keavney, Bernard, Palmer, Alison, Parish, Sarah, Clark, Sarah, Youngman, Linda, Danesh, John, ...

Background Blood lipid concentrations are causally related to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Various associations between CHD risk and genes that moderately affect plasma lipid levels have...

Lipid-related genes and myocardial infarction in 4685 cases and 3460 controls: discrepancies between genotype, blood lipid concentrations, and coronary disease risk (2004)

Keavney, Bernard, Palmer, Alison, Parish, Sarah, Clark, Sarah, Youngman, Linda, Danesh, John, ...

Background Blood lipid concentrations are causally related to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Various associations between CHD risk and genes that moderately affect plasma lipid levels have...

Serious mental disorders in 23 000 prisoners: a systematic review of 62 surveys (2002)

Fazel, Seena, Danesh, John

Background: About 9 million people are imprisoned worldwide, but the number with serious mental disorders (psychosis, major depression, and antisocial personality disorder) is unknown. We did a...

Chronic infection and coronary heart disease / (1999)

Danesh, John.

Work carried out in The Dept. of Clinical Medicine.

Risk factors for coronary heart disease and infection with Helicobacter pylori: meta-analysis of 18 studies

Danesh, John, Peto, Richard

Objective: To find out if chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori is correlated with risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Serum Uric Acid and Coronary Heart Disease in 9,458 Incident Cases and 155,084 Controls: Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis

Wheeler, Jeremy G, Juzwishin, Kelsey D. M, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Danesh, John

The largest ever prospective analysis and meta-analysis of uric acid in coronary heart disease finds no evidence that uric acid is useful in predicting coronary heart disease

Five Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Variants in 23,452 Cases of Lung Cancer and 30,397 Controls: Meta-Analysis of 130 Studies

Ye, Zheng, Song, Honglin, Higgins, Julian P. T, Pharoah, Paul, Danesh, John

Large meta-analysis finds little evidence for a link between gene variants encoding inactive or less active variants of detoxifying enzymes and lung cancer risk.

Risk factors for coronary heart disease and infection with Helicobacter pylori: meta-analysis of 18 studies

Danesh, John, Peto, Richard

Objective: To find out if chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori is correlated with risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Serum Uric Acid and Coronary Heart Disease in 9,458 Incident Cases and 155,084 Controls: Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis

Wheeler, Jeremy G, Juzwishin, Kelsey D. M, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Danesh, John

The largest ever prospective analysis and meta-analysis of uric acid in coronary heart disease finds no evidence that uric acid is useful in predicting coronary heart disease

Five Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Variants in 23,452 Cases of Lung Cancer and 30,397 Controls: Meta-Analysis of 130 Studies

Ye, Zheng, Song, Honglin, Higgins, Julian P. T, Pharoah, Paul, Danesh, John

Large meta-analysis finds little evidence for a link between gene variants encoding inactive or less active variants of detoxifying enzymes and lung cancer risk.

Renal Function and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in General Populations: New Prospective Study and Systematic Review

Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Danesh, John, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Gudnason, Vilmundur

John Danesh and colleagues conclude there may be a moderate increase in risk of coronary heart disease associated with very low estimated glomerular filtration rate.

Long-Term Interleukin-6 Levels and Subsequent Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: Two New Prospective Studies and a Systematic Review

Danesh, John, Kaptoge, Stephen, Mann, Andrea G, Sarwar, Nadeem, Wood, Angela, Angleman, Sara B, ...

John Danesh and colleagues show that long-term IL-6 levels are associated with coronary heart disease risk, thus highlighting the potential relevance of IL-6−mediated pathways to coronary heart...