Bibliography

Research using CPRD data has informed drug safety guidance and clinical practice and resulted in over 2,700 peer-reviewed publications. The CPRD bibliography is updated on a monthly basis (last updated 5 February 2021) and papers are listed below and in the PDF below.

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K. E. Mansfield, Douglas, I. J., Nitsch, D., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., and Tomlinson, L. A., “Acute kidney injury and infections in patients taking antihypertensive drugs: a self-controlled case series analysis”, Clin Epidemiol, vol. 10, pp. 187-202, 2018.
C. Minassian, Thomas, S. L., Williams, D. J., Campbell, O., and Smeeth, L., “Acute maternal infection and risk of pre-eclampsia: a population-based case-control study”, PLoS One, vol. 8, p. e73047, 2013.
E. C. Somers, Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., and Hall, A. J., “Are individuals with an autoimmune disease at higher risk of a second autoimmune disorder?”, Am J Epidemiol, vol. 169, pp. 749-55, 2009.
A. Leite, Andrews, N. J., and Thomas, S. L., “Assessing recording delays in general practice records to inform near real-time vaccine safety surveillance using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)”, Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, vol. 26, pp. 437-445, 2017.
J. L. Walker, Zhao, H., Dabrera, G., Andrews, N., Thomas, S. L., Tsang, C., Ellis, J., Donati, M., and Pebody, R. G., “Assessment of Effectiveness of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy in Preventing Influenza Infection in Infants in England, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015”, J Infect Dis, 2019.
M. Pujades-Rodriguez, Duyx, B., Thomas, S. L., Stogiannis, D., Smeeth, L., and Hemingway, H., “Associations between polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis and 12 cardiovascular diseases”, Heart, vol. 102, pp. 383-9, 2016.
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V. Navaratnam, Millett, E. R., Hurst, J. R., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Hubbard, R. B., Brown, J., and Quint, J. K., “Bronchiectasis and the risk of cardiovascular disease: a population-based study”, Thorax, vol. 72, pp. 161-166, 2017.
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J. K. Quint, Millett, E. R., Joshi, M., Navaratnam, V., Thomas, S. L., Hurst, J. R., Smeeth, L., and Brown, J. S., “Changes in the incidence, prevalence and mortality of bronchiectasis in the UK from 2004 to 2013: a population-based cohort study”, Eur Respir J, vol. 47, pp. 186-93, 2016.
S. L. Thomas, Minassian, C., Ganesan, V., Langan, S. M., and Smeeth, L., “Chickenpox and risk of stroke: a self-controlled case series analysis”, Clin Infect Dis, vol. 58, pp. 61-8, 2014.
H. I. McDonald, Thomas, S. L., Millett, E. R., and Nitsch, D., “CKD and the risk of acute, community-acquired infections among older people with diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records”, Am J Kidney Dis, vol. 66, pp. 60-8, 2015.
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A. Leite, Thomas, S. L., and Andrews, N. J., “Do delays in data availability limit the implementation of near real-time vaccine safety surveillance using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink?”, Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, vol. 27, pp. 25-29, 2018.
H. I. McDonald, Thomas, S. L., Millett, E. R. C., Quint, J., and Nitsch, D., “Do influenza and pneumococcal vaccines prevent community-acquired respiratory infections among older people with diabetes and does this vary by chronic kidney disease? A cohort study using electronic health records”, BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, vol. 5, p. e000332, 2017.
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J. L. Walker, Andrews, N. J., Amirthalingam, G., Forbes, H., Langan, S. M., and Thomas, S. L., “Effectiveness of herpes zoster vaccination in an older United Kingdom population”, Vaccine, vol. 36, pp. 2371-2377, 2018.
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P. N. Taylor, Iqbal, A., Minassian, C., Sayers, A., Draman, M. S., Greenwood, R., Hamilton, W., Okosieme, O., Panicker, V., Thomas, S. L., and Dayan, C., “Falling threshold for treatment of borderline elevated thyrotropin levels-balancing benefits and risks: evidence from a large community-based study”, JAMA Intern Med, vol. 174, pp. 32-9, 2014.
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S. L. Thomas, Edwards, C. J., Smeeth, L., Cooper, C., and Hall, A. J., “How accurate are diagnoses for rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the general practice research database?”, Arthritis Rheum, vol. 59, pp. 1314-21, 2008.
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A. Jain, van Hoek, A. J., Walker, J. L., Mathur, R., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Identifying social factors amongst older individuals in linked electronic health records: An assessment in a population based study”, PLoS One, vol. 12, p. e0189038, 2017.
S. L. Thomas, Walker, J. L., Fenty, J., Atkins, K. E., Elliot, A. J., Hughes, H. E., Stowe, J., Ladhani, S., and Andrews, N. J., “Impact of the national rotavirus vaccination programme on acute gastroenteritis in England and associated costs averted”, Vaccine, vol. 35, pp. 680-686, 2017.
A. Leite, Thomas, S. L., and Andrews, N. J., “Implementing near real-time vaccine safety surveillance using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)”, Vaccine, vol. 35, pp. 6885-6892, 2017.
E. R. Millett, Quint, J. K., De Stavola, B. L., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Improved incidence estimates from linked vs. stand-alone electronic health records”, J Clin Epidemiol, vol. 75, pp. 66-9, 2016.
E. R. Millett, Quint, J. K., Smeeth, L., Daniel, R. M., and Thomas, S. L., “Incidence of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia among older adults in the United Kingdom: a population-based study”, PLoS One, vol. 8, p. e75131, 2013.
E. C. Somers, Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Schoonen, W. M., and Hall, A. J., “Incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus in the United Kingdom, 1990-1999”, Arthritis Rheum, vol. 57, pp. 612-8, 2007.
J. Granerod, Davies, N. W., Ramanuj, P. P., Easton, A., Brown, D. W., and Thomas, S. L., “Increased rates of sequelae post-encephalitis in individuals attending primary care practices in the United Kingdom: a population-based retrospective cohort study”, J Neurol, vol. 264, pp. 407-415, 2017.
A. Jain, van Hoek, A. J., Walker, J. L., Forbes, H. J., Langan, S. M., Root, A., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Inequalities in zoster disease burden: a population-based cohort study to identify social determinants using linked data from the U.K. Clinical Practice Research Datalink”, Br J Dermatol, vol. 178, pp. 1324-1330, 2018.
C. Warren-Gash, Hayward, A. C., Hemingway, H., Denaxas, S., Thomas, S. L., Timmis, A. D., Whitaker, H., and Smeeth, L., “Influenza infection and risk of acute myocardial infarction in England and Wales: a CALIBER self-controlled case series study”, J Infect Dis, vol. 206, pp. 1652-9, 2012.
V. Prasad, Kendrick, D., Sayal, K., Thomas, S. L., and West, J., “Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy”, Pediatrics, vol. 133, pp. 827-35, 2014.
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C. Minassian, Williams, R., Meeraus, W. H., Smeeth, L., Campbell, O. M. R., and Thomas, S. L., “Methods to generate and validate a Pregnancy Register in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink primary care database”, Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, vol. 28, pp. 923-933, 2019.
S. A. J. Schmidt, Langan, S. M., Pedersen, H. S., Schonheyder, H. C., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Mansfield, K. E., Sorensen, H. T., Forbes, H. J., and Vestergaard, M., “Mood Disorders and Risk of Herpes Zoster in 2 Population-Based Case-Control Studies in Denmark and the United Kingdom”, Am J Epidemiol, vol. 187, pp. 1019-1028, 2018.
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H. I. McDonald, Nitsch, D., Millett, E. R., Sinclair, A., and Thomas, S. L., “New estimates of the burden of acute community-acquired infections among older people with diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health records”, Diabet Med, vol. 31, pp. 606-14, 2014.
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S. A. Schmidt, Vestergaard, M., Pedersen, H. S., Schonheyder, H. C., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Mansfield, K. E., Sorensen, H. T., Forbes, H. J., and Langan, S. M., “Partner Bereavement and Risk of Herpes Zoster: Results from Two Population-Based Case-Control Studies in Denmark and the United Kingdom”, Clin Infect Dis, vol. 64, pp. 572-579, 2017.
H. J. Forbes, Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., and Langan, S. M., “Prescription of antiviral therapy after herpes zoster in general practice: who receives therapy?”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 62, pp. e808-14, 2012.
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H. J. Forbes, Bhaskaran, K., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Clayton, T., and Langan, S. M., “Quantification of risk factors for herpes zoster: population based case-control study”, Bmj, vol. 348, p. g2911, 2014.
H. J. Forbes, Bhaskaran, K., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Clayton, T., Mansfield, K., Minassian, C., and Langan, S. M., “Quantification of risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia in herpes zoster patients: A cohort study”, Neurology, vol. 87, pp. 94-102, 2016.
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K. J. Rothnie, Mullerova, H., Thomas, S. L., Chandan, J. S., Smeeth, L., Hurst, J. R., Davis, K., and Quint, J. K., “Recording of hospitalizations for acute exacerbations of COPD in UK electronic health care records”, Clin Epidemiol, vol. 8, pp. 771-782, 2016.
M. Pujades-Rodriguez, Duyx, B., Thomas, S. L., Stogiannis, D., Rahman, A., Smeeth, L., and Hemingway, H., “Rheumatoid Arthritis and Incidence of Twelve Initial Presentations of Cardiovascular Disease: A Population Record-Linkage Cohort Study in England”, PLoS One, vol. 11, p. e0151245, 2016.
A. Jain, McDonald, H. I., Nitsch, D., Tomlinson, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Risk factors for developing acute kidney injury in older people with diabetes and community-acquired pneumonia: a population-based UK cohort study”, BMC Nephrol, vol. 18, p. 142, 2017.
E. R. Millett, De Stavola, B. L., Quint, J. K., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Risk factors for hospital admission in the 28 days following a community-acquired pneumonia diagnosis in older adults, and their contribution to increasing hospitalisation rates over time: a cohort study”, BMJ Open, vol. 5, p. e008737, 2015.
L. Smeeth, Thomas, S. L., Hall, A. J., Hubbard, R., Farrington, P., and Vallance, P., “Risk of myocardial infarction and stroke after acute infection or vaccination”, N Engl J Med, vol. 351, pp. 2611-8, 2004.
S. M. Langan, Minassian, C., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Risk of stroke following herpes zoster: a self-controlled case-series study”, Clin Infect Dis, vol. 58, pp. 1497-503, 2014.
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M. Peppa, Thomas, S. L., Minassian, C., Walker, J. L., McDonald, H. I., Andrews, N. J., Kempley, S. T., and Mangtani, P., “Seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations in live-born infants: A 2010-2016 historical cohort study”, Clin Infect Dis, 2020.
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J. L. Walker, Andrews, N. J., Mathur, R., Smeeth, L., and Thomas, S. L., “Trends in the burden of varicella in UK general practice”, Epidemiol Infect, vol. 145, pp. 2678-2682, 2017.
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E. Herrett, Thomas, S. L., Schoonen, W. M., Smeeth, L., and Hall, A. J., “Validation and validity of diagnoses in the General Practice Research Database: a systematic review”, Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 69, pp. 4-14, 2010.
K. J. Rothnie, Mullerova, H., Hurst, J. R., Smeeth, L., Davis, K., Thomas, S. L., and Quint, J. K., “Validation of the Recording of Acute Exacerbations of COPD in UK Primary Care Electronic Healthcare Records”, PLoS One, vol. 11, p. e0151357, 2016.
E. L. Herrett, Thomas, S. L., and Smeeth, L., “Validity of diagnoses in the general practice research database”, Br J Gen Pract, vol. 61, pp. 438-9, 2011.
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A. Jain, Walker, J. L., Mathur, R., Forbes, H. J., Langan, S. M., Smeeth, L., van Hoek, A. J., and Thomas, S. L., “Zoster vaccination inequalities: A population based cohort study using linked data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink”, PLoS One, vol. 13, p. e0207183, 2018.
[Page last reviewed 4 February 2021]