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Tjeerd van Staa

University of Manchester
Verified email at manchester.ac.uk
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The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women

JA Kanis, A Odén, O Johnell, H Johansson… - Osteoporosis …, 2007 - Springer
BMD and clinical risk factors predict hip and other osteoporotic fractures. The combination of
clinical risk factors and BMD provide higher specificity and sensitivity than either alone …

Recent advances in the utility and use of the General Practice Research Database as an example of a UK Primary Care Data resource

T Williams, T van Staa, S Puri… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Since its inception in the mid-1980s, the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) has
undergone many changes but remains the largest validated and most utilised primary care …

5-Aminosalicylate use and colorectal cancer risk in inflammatory bowel disease: a large epidemiological study

TP van Staa, T Card, RF Logan, HGM Leufkens - Gut, 2005 - gut.bmj.com
Background and aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of colorectal
cancer (CRC) in patients taking aminosalicylates (5-ASA) for inflammatory bowel disease …

Data resource profile: clinical practice research datalink (CPRD)

E Herrett, AM Gallagher, K Bhaskaran… - International journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is an ongoing primary care
database of anonymised medical records from general practitioners, with coverage of over …

Epidemiology of childhood fractures in Britain: a study using the general practice research database

C Cooper, EM Dennison, HGM Leufkens… - Journal of bone and …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A population‐based British cohort study, including∼ 6% of the population, was used to
derive age‐and sex‐specific incidence rates of fractures during childhood. Fractures were …

Use of oral corticosteroids in the United Kingdom

TP Van Staa, HGM Leufkens, L Abenhaim, B Begaud… - Qjm, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Administration of oral corticosteroids is associated with the development of osteoporosis and
an increased risk of fractures. However, the size of the treated sub‐population who would …

Risks of stroke and mortality associated with suboptimal anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients

AM Gallagher, E Setakis, JM Plumb… - Thrombosis and …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) carries an increased risk of ischaemic stroke, and oral anticoagulation
with warfarin can reduce this risk. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association …

Epidemiology of fractures in the United Kingdom 1988–2012: variation with age, sex, geography, ethnicity and socioeconomic status

EM Curtis, R van der Velde, RJ Moon… - Bone, 2016 - Elsevier
Rates of fracture worldwide are changing. Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
(CPRD), age, and gender, geographical, ethnic and socioeconomic trends in fracture rates …

Use of statins and risk of fractures

TP van Staa, S Wegman, F de Vries, B Leufkens… - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextPrevious studies have reported lower fracture risks in patients taking 3-hydroxy-3-
methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins). ObjectiveTo investigate risk of …

Completeness and diagnostic validity of recording acute myocardial infarction events in primary care, hospital care, disease registry, and national mortality records …

E Herrett, AD Shah, R Boggon, S Denaxas, L Smeeth… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the completeness and diagnostic validity of myocardial infarction
recording across four national health record sources in primary care, hospital care, a …