• Association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and the risk of asthma, eczema and allergies in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Conlan, Nicola; Maher, Gillian M.; Al Khalaf, Sukainah Y.; McCarthy, Fergus P.; Khashan, Ali S. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-10-09)

  Objective: Conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and risk of asthma, eczema, food allergies and allergic rhinitis in the offspring. Design: ...
• Protective lifestyle behaviours and lipoprotein particle subclass profiles in a middle-to older-aged population 

  Millar, Seán R.; Harrington, Janas M.; Perry, Ivan J.; Phillips, Catherine M. (Elsevier B.V., 2020-10-08)

  Background and aims: Lipoprotein particle size is associated with increased atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease risk. Certain lifestyle behaviours may be cardioprotective. We examined lipoprotein particle size and ...
• A prospective study of placental growth factor in twin pregnancy and development of a dichorionic twin pregnancy specific reference range 

  Hayes-Ryan, Deirdre; Meaney, Sarah; Fitzgerald, Anthony P.; O'Mahony, E.; Normile, C.; Kenny, Louise C.; O'Donogue, Keelin (Wiley, 2020-09-18)

  Objective: To develop a dichorionic twin pregnancy specific reference range for placental growth factor (PlGF), and to compare gestation‐specific placental growth factor levels in twin pregnancies later complicated by ...
• A qualitative process evaluation of the introduction of procalcitonin testing as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention 

  O'Riordan, Frank; Shiely, Frances; Byrne, Stephen; Fleming, Aoife (Springer, 2020-10-01)

  Background Successful antimicrobial stewardship interventions are imperative in today’s environment of antimicrobial resistance. New antimicrobial stewardship interventions should include qualitative analysis such as a ...
• Gut microbiota composition correlates with diet and health in the elderly 

  Claesson, Marcus J.; Jeffery, Ian B.; Conde, Susana; Power, Susan E.; O'Connor, Eibhlí­s M.; Cusack, Siobhán; Harris, Hugh M. B.; Coakley, Mairead; Lakshminarayanan, Bhuvaneswari; O'Sullivan, Orla; Fitzgerald, Gerald F.; Deane, Jennifer; O'Connor, Michael; Harnedy, Norma; O'Connor, Kieran; O'Mahony, Denis; van Sinderen, Douwe; Wallace, Martina; Brennan, Lorraine; Stanton, Catherine; Marchesi, Julian R.; Fitzgerald, Anthony P.; Shanahan, Fergus; Hill, Colin; Ross, R. Paul; O'Toole, Paul W. (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2012-07-13)

  Alterations in intestinal microbiota composition are associated with several chronic conditions, including obesity and inflammatory diseases. The microbiota of older people displays greater inter-individual variation than ...

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