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chapters
- The Role of the Polypill in Hypertension. 279-294. 2012
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conferences
- OP05 Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from the prospective urban rural epidemiology (PURE) study: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. S006-S006. 2021
- Association of urinary sodium excretion with blood pressure and cardiovascular clinical events in South America: The PURE study. European Heart Journal. 1186-1186. 2015
- Impact of lifestyle factors on fracture risk in older patients with cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 26,335 individuals from 40 countries. Age and Ageing. 629-635. 2014
- Urinary iodide status determination by capillary electrophoresis: A population health perspective. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2014
- 221 Elevated CETP Activity is Associated With Low Dysfunctional HDL in South Asians. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. S172-S172. 2012
- Alcohol Effect on Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease: Analysis of Data from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND Studies. Circulation. 2011
- High Urinary Calcium Excretion and Genetic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Kidney Stone Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2567-2575. 2006
- Role of the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter gene in primary hypertension associated with hypercalciuria. Hypertension. 445-445. 2003
- Alexithymia and health behaviors. Psychosomatic Medicine. 100-100. 1997
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journal articles
- Sodium Intake and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Individuals With Vascular Disease. JAMA network open. 7:e2421589-e2421589. 2024
- Associations of the glycaemic index and the glycaemic load with risk of type 2 diabetes in 127 594 people from 20 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 12:330-338. 2024
- Association of glycaemic index and glycaemic load with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of mega cohorts of more than 100 000 participants. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 12:107-118. 2024
- Potassium intake: the Cinderella electrolyte. European Heart Journal. 44:4925-4934. 2023
- Individual- and supply-level macronutrient intakes are well correlated over a 50-year period (1961–2011) in 18 countries in Asia, North America, and Europe. Progress in Food and Nutrition Science. 119:109-118. 2023
- Global mean potassium intake: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis. European Journal of Nutrition. 62:2027-2037. 2023
- Diet, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 80 countries. European Heart Journal. 44:2560-2579. 2023
- Non-communicable disease risk associated with red and processed meat consumption—magnitude, certainty, and contextuality of risk?. Animal Frontiers. 13:19-27. 2023
- Changes in energy, macronutrient, and food consumption in 47 countries over the last 70 years (1950-2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition. 108:111941-111941. 2023
- Dietary counselling to reduce moderate sodium intake: effects on cardiovascular and renal biomarkers: primary findings of the COSIP and STICK phase II feasibility randomised controlled trials. EClinicalMedicine. 57:101856-101856. 2023
- Improving precision in estimating diet–disease relationships with metabolomics. European Heart Journal. 44:570-572. 2023
- Ultra-processed foods and mortality: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 117:55-63. 2023
- DNA methylation changes in cord blood and the developmental origins of health and disease – a systematic review and replication study. BMC Genomics. 23:221. 2022
- Settling the controversy of salt substitutes and stroke: sodium reduction or potassium increase?. European Heart Journal. 43:3365-3367. 2022
- The Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Iodine Deficiency in Canadian Adults. Nutrients. 14:2570-2570. 2022
- Measuring sodium intake: research and clinical applications. Journal of Hypertension. 39:2344-2352. 2021
- Development and Comparability of a Short Food-Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Diet in Prostate Cancer Patients: The Role of Androgen Deprivation Therapy in CArdiovascular Disease – A Longitudinal Prostate Cancer Study (RADICAL PC) Substudy. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5:nzab106-nzab106. 2021
- Dietary Saturated Fats and Health: Are the U.S. Guidelines Evidence-Based?. Nutrients. 13:3305-3305. 2021
- Sodium Intake and Health: What Should We Recommend Based on the Current Evidence?. Nutrients. 13:3232-3232. 2021
- Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study]: a prospective cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114:1049-1058. 2021
- Fishing for an Association With Sudden Cardiac Death—Reply. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181:1140-1140. 2021
- Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective cohort study. The BMJ. 374:n1554-n1554. 2021
- Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake and the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: A prospective study. Clinical Nutrition. 40:4316-4323. 2021
- Sodium and health: another challenge to the current dogma. European Heart Journal. 42:2116-2118. 2021
- 393 ASSOCIATION OF PROCESSED FOOD INTAKE WITH RISK OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: RESULTS FROM THE PROSPECTIVE URBAN RURAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (PURE) STUDY. Gastroenterology. 160:s-81. 2021
- Associations of Fish Consumption With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among Individuals With or Without Vascular Disease From 58 Countries. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181:631-631. 2021
- Error in Author Affiliation.. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181:727. 2021
- Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies (vol 388, pg 465, 2016). The Lancet. 397:1350-1350. 2021
- Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. New England Journal of Medicine. 384:1312-1322. 2021
- Associations of estimated 24-h urinary sodium excretion with mortality and cardiovascular events in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Hypertension. 39:484-493. 2021
- White Rice Intake and Incident Diabetes: A Study of 132,373 Participants in 21 Countries. Diabetes Care. 43:2643-2650. 2020
- Salt and cardiovascular disease: insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake. European Heart Journal. 41:3363-3373. 2020
- Eggs and diabetes: 1 daily egg a safe bet?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112:503-504. 2020
- Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 76:844-857. 2020
- Diet and health: the need for new and reliable approaches. European Heart Journal. 41:2641-2644. 2020
- Association of nut intake with risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 16 countries from 5 continents: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112:208-219. 2020
- Association of dairy consumption with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes in 147 812 individuals from 21 countries. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. 8:e000826-e000826. 2020
- Association of egg intake with blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 177,000 people in 50 countries. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 111:795-803. 2020
- Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 395:795-808. 2020
- Ethnic differences in maternal diet in pregnancy and infant eczema. PLoS ONE. 15:e0232170-e0232170. 2020
- Household, community, sub-national and country-level predictors of primary cooking fuel switching in nine countries from the PURE study. Environmental Research Letters. 14:085006-085006. 2019
- Letter by Mente et al Regarding Article “Urinary Sodium Excretion, Blood Pressure, and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Subjects Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease”. Hypertension. 74:e26. 2019
- Urinary sodium excretion measures and health outcomes-Authors' reply (vol 393, pg 1295, 2019). The Lancet. 393:1596-1596. 2019
- Joint association of urinary sodium and potassium excretion with cardiovascular events and mortality: prospective cohort study. The BMJ. 364:l772-l772. 2019
- Urinary sodium excretion measures and health outcomes – Authors' reply. The Lancet. 393:1295-1296. 2019
- Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 392:2288-2297. 2018
- Evolving evidence about diet and health. The Lancet Public Health. 3:e408-e409. 2018
- Urinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a community-level prospective epidemiological cohort study. The Lancet. 392:496-506. 2018
- Diet Patterns—A Neglected Aspect of Hemodialysis Care. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29:1581-1582. 2018
- Association patterns of urinary sodium, potassium, and their ratio with blood pressure across various levels of salt-diet regions in China. Scientific Reports. 8:6727. 2018
- Letter by Graudal and Mente Regarding Article, “Use of a Single Baseline Versus Multiyear 24-Hour Urine Collection for Estimation of Long-Term Sodium Intake and Associated Cardiovascular and Renal Risk”. Circulation. 137:1536-1537. 2018
- Associations of fats and carbohydrates with cardiovascular disease and mortality—PURE and simple? – Authors' reply. The Lancet. 391:1681-1682. 2018
- Response to: ‘More on dissidents and dietary sodium’. International Journal of Epidemiology. 47:673-674. 2018
- Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 390:2050-2062. 2017
- Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 390:2037-2049. 2017
- Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 5:774-787. 2017
- Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data. The Lancet Public Health. 2:e411-e419. 2017
- Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 1. Circulation Research. 121:677-694. 2017
- Low sodium intake and cardiovascular health: an unanswered question. Response to: Letter from Dr N. Campbell, ‘Dissidents and dietary sodium. Concerns about the commentary by O’Donnellet al.’. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46:dyw297-dyw297. 2017
- Dietary Sodium and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. New England Journal of Medicine. 375:2404-2408. 2016
- A randomized controlled trial of the effects of a prudent diet on cardiovascular risk factors, gene expression, and DNA methylation - the Diet and Genetic Intervention (DIGEST) Pilot study. BMC Nutrition. 2:34. 2016
- Harmonization of Food-Frequency Questionnaires and Dietary Pattern Analysis in 4 Ethnically Diverse Birth Cohorts. Journal of Nutrition. 146:2343-2350. 2016
- Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. The Lancet Global Health. 4:e695-e703. 2016
- How Robust Is the Evidence for Recommending Very Low Salt Intake in Entire Populations? ∗. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68:1618-1621. 2016
- Sodium and cardiovascular disease – Authors' reply. The Lancet. 388:2113-2114. 2016
- A Digital Health Intervention to Lower Cardiovascular Risk. JAMA cardiology. 1:601-601. 2016
- Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion With Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Clinical Events in 17,033 Latin Americans. American Journal of Hypertension. 29:796-805. 2016
- Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies. The Lancet. 388:465-475. 2016
- OC06_01 Association of Nutrients With Blood Lipids in 19 Countries and 5 Continents: The Pure Study. Global Heart. 11:e6-e6. 2016
- PT046 Urinary Sodium Excretion Versus Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Those With and Without Hypertension. Global Heart. 11:e134. 2016
- PT077 Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion With Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Clinical Events in 17,033 Latin Americans. Global Heart. 11:e139. 2016
- Assessment of Dietary Sodium and Potassium in Canadians Using 24-Hour Urinary Collection. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32:319-326. 2016
- Commentary: Accepting what we don’t know will lead to progress. International Journal of Epidemiology. 45:260-262. 2016
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of nut consumption and incident risk of CVD and all-cause mortality. British Journal of Nutrition. 115:212-225. 2016
- Measuring Sodium Intake in Populations: Simple Is Best?. American Journal of Hypertension. 28:1303-1305. 2015
- Correction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66:1948-1948. 2015
- Food Consumption and its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease: Importance of Solutions Focused on the Globalized Food System. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66:1590-1614. 2015
- The Relationship Between Trimethylamine-N-Oxide and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in a Multiethnic Population Living in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 31:1189-1194. 2015
- Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. The BMJ. 351:h3978-h3978. 2015
- Healthy eating and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Neurology. 84:2258-2265. 2015
- Dietary Sodium and Cardiovascular Disease. Current Hypertension Reports. 17:559. 2015
- Elevated cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity, a major determinant of the atherogenic dyslipidemia, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in South Asians. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC). 22:468-477. 2015
- Response to ‘Estimation of sodium excretion should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Journal of Hypertension. 33:887-890. 2015
- Sodium Intake and Cardiovascular Health. Circulation Research. 116:1046-1057. 2015
- Reply to both letters. Journal of Hypertension. 32:2501-2503. 2014
- Sodium and Cardiovascular Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 371:2134-2139. 2014
- Sodium and cardiovascular disease.. New England Journal of Medicine. 371:2134. 2014
- A Robust Method for Iodine Status Determination in Epidemiological Studies by Capillary Electrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry. 86:10010-10015. 2014
- Evidence Relating Sodium Intake to Blood Pressure and CVD. Current Cardiology Reports. 16:529. 2014
- Impact of lifestyle factors on fracture risk in older patients with cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 26,335 individuals from 40 countries. Age and Ageing. 43:629-635. 2014
- Insights and Perspectives on Dietary Modifications to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Advances in Nutrition. 5:553-555. 2014
- Validation and comparison of three formulae to estimate sodium and potassium excretion from a single morning fasting urine compared to 24-h measures in 11 countries (vol 32, pg 1005, 2014). Journal of Hypertension. 32:1915-1915. 2014
- Association of Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion with Blood Pressure. New England Journal of Medicine. 371:601-611. 2014
- Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events. New England Journal of Medicine. 371:612-623. 2014
- Blood pressure reduction by reducing sodium intake in the population. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 29:331-335. 2014
- The Population Risks of Dietary Salt Excess Are Exaggerated. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 30:507-512. 2014
- Validation and comparison of three formulae to estimate sodium and potassium excretion from a single morning fasting urine compared to 24-h measures in 11 countries. Journal of Hypertension. 32:1005-1015. 2014
- Combination pharmacotherapy to prevent cardiovascular disease: present status and challenges. European Heart Journal. 35:353-364. 2014
- Total and high molecular weight adiponectin and ethnic-specific differences in adiposity and insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 12:170. 2013
- Extreme Sodium Reductions for the Entire Population: Zealotry or Evidence Based?. American Journal of Hypertension. 26:1187-1190. 2013
- Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries. American Heart Journal. 166:636-646.e4. 2013
- South Asian Heart Risk Assessment (SAHARA): Randomized Controlled Trial Design and Pilot Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 2:e33-e33. 2013
- Mortality Benefits From US Population-Wide Reduction in Sodium Consumption: Projections From 3 Modeling Approaches. Hypertension. 61:e59. 2013
- Salt intake and cardiovascular disease: why are the data inconsistent?. European Heart Journal. 34:1034-1040. 2013
- Albuminuria and Rapid Loss of GFR and Risk of New Hip and Pelvic Fractures. American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal. 8:233-240. 2013
- Causal Relationship between Adiponectin and Metabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study in a Multiethnic Population. PLoS ONE. 8:e66808-e66808. 2013
- Relationship Between Healthy Diet and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients on Drug Therapies for Secondary Prevention. Circulation. 126:2705-2712. 2012
- An ecological quantification of the relationships between water, sanitation and infant, child, and maternal mortality. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. 11:4. 2012
- Contextual determinants of health behaviours in an aboriginal community in Canada: pilot project. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 12:952. 2012
- Alcohol consumption and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation among people with cardiovascular disease. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 184:E857-E866. 2012
- Development, reproducibility and validity of the food frequency questionnaire in the Poland arm of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 25:225-232. 2012
- Reducing cardiovascular mortality through lifestyle change in Japan. European Heart Journal. 33:428-429. 2012
- Effects of higher-versus lower-protein diets on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 66:780-780. 2012
- Reply to higher-versus lower-protein diets. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 66:1375-1375. 2012
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Variant (MTHFR C677T) and Migraine: A Case Control Study and Meta-analysis. BMC Neurology. 11:66. 2011
- Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion and Risk of Cardiovascular Events. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 306:2229-2238. 2011
- Abstract 8500: Alcohol Effect on Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease: Analysis of Data from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND Studies. Circulation. 124. 2011
- Adipocyte Hypertrophy, Fatty Liver and Metabolic Risk Factors in South Asians: The Molecular Study of Health and Risk in Ethnic Groups (mol-SHARE). PLoS ONE. 6:e22112-e22112. 2011
- NEW EVIDENCE REVEALS THAT SATURATED FAT DOES NOT INCREASE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 71:179-179. 2010
- Reply. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56:1356-1356. 2010
- Ethnic Variation in Adiponectin and Leptin Levels and Their Association With Adiposity and Insulin Resistance. Diabetes Care. 33:1629-1634. 2010
- Ethnic Variation in Adiponectin and Leptin Levels and Their Association With Adiposity and Insulin Resistance. Diabetes Care. 33:1629-1634. 2010
- Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55:2390-2398. 2010
- A Mediterranean-style diet reduced need for glucose-lowering drugs more than a low-fat diet in type 2 diabetes. ACP journal club. 151:JC6-JC6. 2009
- A Systematic Review of the Evidence Supporting a Causal Link Between Dietary Factors and Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA Internal Medicine. 169:659-659. 2009
- Urinary Potassium Is a Clinically Useful Test to Detect a Poor Quality Diet. Journal of Nutrition. 139:743-749. 2009
- Relationship of the ApoE polymorphism to plasma lipid traits among South Asians, Chinese, and Europeans living in Canada. Atherosclerosis. 203:192-200. 2009
- Re: Ethnic differences in relative risk of idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis in North America - Reply. Journal of Urology. 180:413-413. 2008
- Ethnic Differences in Relative Risk of Idiopathic Calcium Nephrolithiasis in North America. Investigative Urology. 178:1992-1997. 2007
- OR-17: Obstructive sleep apnea and sleep efficiency in patients with and without refractory hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension. 15:8a-8a. 2002
- P-497: Biochemical profile of severe obstructive sleep apnea can mimic primary aldosteronism. American Journal of Hypertension. 15:212a-213a. 2002
- High prevalence of unrecognized sleep apnoea in drug-resistant hypertension. Journal of Hypertension. 19:2271-2277. 2001
- Alexithymia and health behaviors in healthy male volunteers. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 47:635-645. 1999
- Defensive hostility and cardiovascular responses to stress in young men. Personality and Individual Differences. 27:683-694. 1999
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