Schoor, N. Van, Ewing, S., O’Neill, T., Lunt, M., Smit, J., Lips, P.
Data are scarce on the impact of vertebral fractures (VFX) on utility. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of prevalent and incident VFX on utility in both a patient-based and...
Kaptoge, S., Armbrecht, G., Felsenberg, D., Lunt, M., Weber, K., Boonen, S., ...
INTRODUCTION: Vertebral fracture is a strong risk factor for future spine and hip fractures; yet recent data suggest that only 5-20% of subjects with a spine fracture are identified in primary care....
Health-related quality of life and radiographic vertebral fracture (2004)
Cockerill, W., Lunt, M., Silman, A.J., Cooper, C., Lips, P., Bhalla, A.K., ...
Background: Vertebral fractures are associated with back pain and disability; however, relatively little is known about the impact of radiographic vertebral fractures on quality of life in population...
O'Neill, T.W., Cockerill, W., Matthis, C., Raspe, H.H., Lunt, M., Cooper, C., ...
Vertebral fractures are associated with back pain and disability. There are, however, few prospective data looking at back pain and disability following identification of radiographic vertebral...
Predictors of hip joint replacement in new attenders in primary care with hip pain (2003)
Birrell, F., Afzal, C., Nahit, E., Lunt, M., Macfarlane, G.J., Cooper, C., ...
Background: Studies investigating the factors associated with need for total hip replacement should ideally be based on prospective investigation of new attenders in primary care. Aim: To determine...
Pye, S.R., O'Neill, T.W., Lunt, M., Kanis, J.A., Cooper, C., Johnell, O., ...
The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of constitutional and lifestyle variables on the subsequent risk of distal forearm (Colles') fracture in a multinational, multicenter,...
Roy, D.K., O'Neill, T.W., Finn, J.D., Lunt, M., Silman, A.J., Felsenberg, D., ...
The aim of this analysis was to determine the influence of lifestyle, anthropometric and reproductive factors on the subsequent risk of incident vertebral fracture in men and women aged 50-79 years....
Falls explain between-center differences in the incidence of limb fracture across Europe (2002)
Roy, D.K., Pye, S.R., Lunt, M, O'Neill, T.W., Todd, C., Raspe, H., ...
There is important geographic variation in the occurrence of the major osteoporotic fractures across Europe. The aim of this study was to determine whether between-center variation in limb fracture...
The relationship between bone density and incident vertebral fracture in men and women (2002)
O'Neill, T.W., Cooper, C., Lunt, M., Silman, A.J., Felsenberg, D., Benevolenskaya, L.I., ...
Bone mineral density (BMD) is an important predictor of future fracture risk in women; however, there are few prospective data in men. The aim of this analysis was to determine whether there are...
Lunt, M., Ismail, A.A., Felsenberg, D., Cooper, C., Kanis, J.A., Reeve, J., ...
Various morphometric criteria have been used to define incident vertebral deformity. The aim of this analysis was to compare the relative validity of two established criteria and a novel method in...
Ismail, A.A., Pye, S.R., Cockerill, W.C., Lunt, M., Silman, A.J., Reeve, J., ...
The aim of this population-based prospective study was to determine the incidence of limb fracture by site and gender in different regions of Europe. Men and women aged 50-79 years were recruited...
Ismail, A.A., Cockerill, W., Cooper, C., Finn, J.D., Abendroth, K., Parisi, G., ...
The presence of a vertebral deformity increases the risk of subsequent spinal deformities. The aim of this analysis was to determine whether the presence of vertebral deformity predicts incident hip...
Incidence of distal forearm fracture in British men and women (2001)
O'Neill, T.W., Cooper, C., Finn, J.D., Lunt, M., Purdie, D., Reid, D.M., ...
Fracture of the distal forearm is one of the most frequent osteoporotic fractures. However, there are few data concerning its incidence in Britain. The aim of this study was to determine the...
Contribution of patient related differences to multidrug resistance in rheumatoid arthritis
Morgan, C, Lunt, M, Brightwell, H, Bradburn, P, Fallow, W, Lay, M, ...
Background: There is a wide variation in responses to standard disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whether multidrug resistance, failure to respond to...
Predictors of end stage lung disease in a cohort of patients with scleroderma
Morgan, C, Knight, C, Lunt, M, Black, C, Silman, A
Objectives: To estimate the incidence of severe lung disease in patients with scleroderma and identify the combination(s) of features present at first assessment which would be useful to predict...
Nahit, E, Hunt, I, Lunt, M, Dunn, G, Silman, A, Macfarlane, G
Objective: To determine whether adverse psychosocial and individual psychological factors increase the risk of pain across regional sites.
Barton, A, Platt, H, Salway, F, Symmons, D, Barrett, E, Bukhari, M, ...
Background: Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is a powerful inflammatory mediator in rheumatoid and other types of inflammatory arthritis. Polymorphisms within the TNFα gene have previously been...
Pattison, D, Silman, A, Goodson, N, Lunt, M, Bunn, D, Luben, R, ...
Objective: To investigate whether, there is an association between consumption of fruit and vegetables and dietary antioxidants and the risk of developing inflammatory polyarthritis (IP).
Defining hip pain for population studies
Birrell, F, Lunt, M, Macfarlane, G, Silman, A
Background: Identifying pain as coming from the hip joint is more complex than for other large joint sites. There is no accepted best approach to defining hip pain for use in clinical and...
Incidence of cancer among UK Gulf war veterans: cohort study
Macfarlane, G., Biggs, A., Maconochie, N., Hotopf, M., Doyle, P., Lunt, M.
Thornton, J., Lunt, M., Ashcroft, D. M., Baildam, E., Foster, H., Davidson, J., ...
Objectives. There are few data on the treatment patterns and associated cost of treating children with inflammatory arthritis including juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), in the short or long term....
Hyrich, K. L., Lunt, M., Dixon, W. G., Watson, K. D., Symmons, D. P. M.
Objectives. Small studies have shown an improvement in disease activity in patients with RA who have switched between anti-TNF therapies for reasons of inefficacy. However, it is not clear whether...
Adib, N., Hyrich, K., Thornton, J., Lunt, M., Davidson, J., Gardner-Medwin, J., ...
Objectives. To study the association between disease severity at first presentation to paediatric rheumatology (PRh) and length of time since symptom onset in children recruited to the Childhood...
Goodson, N, Marks, J, Lunt, M, Symmons, D
Background: There is increased cardiovascular disease mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. This may reflect an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease or an increased case fatality in patients...