By Associate Professor Ruth Peters

Journal articles

Peters R; Breitner J; James S; Jicha GA; Meyer PF; Richards M; Smith AD; Yassine HN; Abner E; Hainsworth AH; Kehoe PG; Beckett N; Weber C; Anderson C; Anstey KJ; Dodge HH, 2021, 'Dementia risk reduction: why haven't the pharmacological risk reduction trials worked? An in-depth exploration of seven established risk factors', Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 7, pp. e12202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12202

Juraschek SP; Hu JR; Cluett JL; Ishak A; Mita C; Lipsitz LA; Appel LJ; Beckett NS; Coleman RL; Cushman WC; Davis BR; Grandits G; Holman RR; Miller ER; Peters R; Staessen JA; Taylor AA; Thijs L; Wright JT; Mukamal KJ, 2021, 'Effects of intensive blood pressure treatment on orthostatic hypotension a systematic review and individual participant-based meta-analysis', Annals of Internal Medicine, 174, pp. 58 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M20-4298

Anstey KJ; Ehrenfeld L; Mortby ME; Cherbuin N; Peters R; Kiely KM; Eramudugolla R; Huque MH, 2021, 'Gender Differences in Cognitive Development in Cohorts of Young, Middle, and Older Adulthood Over 12 Years', Developmental Psychology, 57, pp. 1403 - 1410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001210

Maccora J; Peters R; Anstey KJ, 2020, 'What does (low) education mean in terms of dementia risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis highlighting inconsistency in measuring and operationalising education', SSM - Population Health, 12, pp. 100654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100654

Juraschek SP; Hu J-R; Cluett J; Ishak A; Mita C; Lipsitz L; Appel LJ; Beckett N; Coleman RL; Cushman W; Davis BR; Grandits G; Holman RR; Miller ER; Peters R; Staessen JA; Taylor A; Thijs L; Wright JT; Mukamal KJ, 2020, 'Effects Of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment On Orthostatic Hypotension: An Individual-level Meta-analysis.', HYPERTENSION, 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.76.suppl_1.MP36

Antikainen RL; Peters R; Beckett NS; Rajkumar C; Bulpitt CJ, 2020, 'Atrial fibrillation and the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial', Journal of Hypertension, 38, pp. 839 - 844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002346

Lee CMY; Woodward M; Batty GD; Beiser AS; Bell S; Berr C; Bjertness E; Chalmers J; Clarke R; Dartigues JF; Davis-Plourde K; Debette S; Di Angelantonio E; Feart C; Frikke-Schmidt R; Gregson J; Haan MN; Hassing LB; Hayden KM; Hoevenaar-Blom MP; Kaprio J; Kivimaki M; Lappas G; Larson EB; LeBlanc ES; Lee A; Lui LY; Moll van Charante EP; Ninomiya T; Nordestgaard LT; Ohara T; Ohkuma T; Palviainen T; Peres K; Peters R; Qizilbash N; Richard E; Rosengren A; Seshadri S; Shipley M; Singh-Manoux A; Strand BH; van Gool WA; Vuoksimaa E; Yaffe K; Huxley RR, 2020, 'Association of anthropometry and weight change with risk of dementia and its major subtypes: A meta-analysis consisting 2.8 million adults with 57 294 cases of dementia', Obesity Reviews, 21, pp. e12989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12989

Tully PJ; Yano Y; Launer LJ; Kario K; Nagai M; Mooijaart SP; Claassen JAHR; Lattanzi S; Vincent AD; Tzourio C; Anstey KJ; Beckett N; Beiser AS; Birns J; Brickman AM; Burns NR; Cengiz M; Cosh S; de Heus RAA; de Leeuw PW; Dorstyn D; Elias MF; Jukema JW; Kikuya M; Kroon AA; Mahajan R; McGrath ER; Moll van Charante EP; Ninomiya T; Ohara T; Ohkubo T; Oishi E; Peters R; Richard E; Satoh M; Selvayanagam J; Seshadri S; Stott DJ; Trompet S; van Gool WA; van Middelaar T; Turnbull DA, 2020, 'Association Between Blood Pressure Variability and Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of the American Heart Association, 9, pp. e013841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.013841

Peters R; Anderson CS, 2020, 'Advancing dementia prevention through effective blood pressure control', The Lancet Neurology, 19, pp. 25 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30407-7

Rivers-Auty J; Mather AE; Peters R; Lawrence CB; Brough D, 2020, 'Anti-inflammatories in Alzheimer's disease-potential therapy or spurious correlate?', Brain Communications, 2, pp. fcaa109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaa109

Anstey KJ; Peters R; Zheng L; Barnes DE; Brayne C; Brodaty H; Chalmers J; Clare L; DIxon RA; Dodge H; Lautenschlager NT; Middleton LE; Qiu C; Rees G; Shahar S; Yaffe K, 2020, 'Future Directions for Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention Research: An International Research Network on Dementia Prevention Consensus', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 78, pp. 3 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200674

Peters R; Peters J; Booth A; Anstey KJ, 2020, 'Trajectory of blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol and incident dementia: Systematic review', British Journal of Psychiatry, 216, pp. 16 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2019.156

Peters R; Yasar S; Anderson CS; Andrews S; Antikainen R; Arima H; Beckett N; Beer JC; Bertens AS; Booth A; van Boxtel M; Brayne C; Brodaty H; Carlson MC; Chalmers J; Corrada M; DeKosky S; Derby C; Dixon RA; Forette F; Ganguli M; van Gool WA; Guaita A; Hever AM; Hogan DB; Jagger C; Katz M; Kawas C; Kehoe PG; Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S; Kenny RA; Köhler S; Kunutsor SK; Laukkanen J; Maxwell C; McFall GP; van Middelaar T; Moll van Charante EP; Ng T-P; Peters J; Rawtaer I; Richard E; Rockwood K; Rydén L; Sachdev PS; Skoog I; Skoog J; Staessen JA; Stephan BCM; Sebert S; Thijs L; Trompet S; Tully PJ; Tzourio C; Vaccaro R; Vaaramo E; Walsh E; Warwick J; Anstey KJ, 2020, 'An investigation of antihypertensive class, dementia, and cognitive decline', Neurology, 94, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000008732

Zheng L; Godbee K; Steiner G; Daylight G; Ee C; Hill TY; Hohenberg M; Lautenschlager N; McDonald K; Pond D; Radford K; Anstey K; Peters R, 2020, 'Dementia Risk Reduction in Practice: The Knowledge, Opinions and Perspectives of Australian Healthcare Providers', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.01.20144550

Peters R; Warwick J; Anstey KJ; Anderson CS; Peters R, 2019, 'Blood pressure and dementia: What the SPRINT-MIND trial adds and what we still need to know', Neurology, 92, pp. 1017 - 1018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007543

Peters R; Beckett N; Antikainen R; Rockwood K; Bulpitt CJ; Anstey KJ, 2019, 'Subjective memory complaints and incident dementia in a high risk older adult hypertensive population', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. 253 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy193

Tully PJ; Helmer C; Peters R; Tzourio C, 2019, 'Exploiting Drug-Apolipoprotein E Gene Interactions in Hypertension to Preserve Cognitive Function: The 3-City Cohort Study', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20, pp. 188 - 194.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.08.002

Anstey KJ; Ee N; Eramudugolla R; Jagger C; Peters R, 2019, 'A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses that Evaluate Risk Factors for Dementia to Evaluate the Quantity, Quality, and Global Representativeness of Evidence', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70, pp. S165 - S186, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190181

Peters R; Ee N; Peters J; Booth A; Mudway I; Anstey KJ, 2019, 'Air Pollution and Dementia: A Systematic Review', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70, pp. S145 - S163, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180631

Peters R; Booth A; Rockwood K; Peters J; D'Este C; Anstey KJ, 2019, 'Combining modifiable risk factors and risk of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 9, pp. bmjopen-2018-022846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022846

Peters R; Ee N; Peters J; Beckett N; Booth A; Rockwood K; Anstey KJ, 2019, 'Common risk factors for major noncommunicable disease, a systematic overview of reviews and commentary: the implied potential for targeted risk reduction', Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622319880392

Anstey KJ; Peters R, 2019, 'Dementia, Risk, Risk Reduction, and Translation into Practice: An International Research Network for Dementia Prevention (IRNDP) Special Issue', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70, pp. S1 - S3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190506

Peters R, 2019, 'No clear relationship between antihypertensive class and cognitive function over 12 months in a cohort study of community-dwelling adults aged 80 and over', Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 10, pp. 2040622318820849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622318820849

Anstey KJ; Ee N; Eramudugolla R; Peters R, 2019, 'P3‐599: LIMITED GLOBAL REPRESENTATIVENESS OF EVIDENCE ON RISK FACTORS FOR DEMENTIA: A CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPING RISK REDUCTION GUIDELINES', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 15, pp. p1205 - p1206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3636

Hosking DE; Ayton S; Beckett N; Booth A; Peters R, 2018, 'More evidence is needed. Iron, incident cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review', Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 9, pp. 241 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622318788485

Anstey KJ; Peters R, 2018, 'Alcohol and dementia — risk or protective factor?', Nature Reviews Neurology, 14, pp. 635 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0073-0

Tully PJ; Turnbull DA; Anstey KJ; Beckett N; Beiser AS; Birns J; Brickman AM; Burns NR; Cosh S; De Leeuw PW; Dorstyn D; Elias MF; Wouter Jukema J; Kario K; Kikuya M; Kroon AA; Launer LJ; Mahajan R; McGrath ER; Mooijaart SP; Moll Van Charante EP; Nagai M; Ninomiya T; Ohara T; Ohkubo T; Oishi E; Peters R; Richard E; Satoh M; Seshadri S; Stott DJ; Van Gool WA; Van Middelaar T; Trompet S; Giles K; Drioli-Phillips P; Aaimir U; Connolly F; Tzourio C, 2018, 'The association between blood pressure variability (BPV) with dementia and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol', Systematic Reviews, 7, pp. 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0811-9

Tully PJ; Peters R; Pérès K; Anstey KJ; Tzourio C, 2018, 'Effect of SSRI and calcium channel blockers on depression symptoms and cognitive function in elderly persons treated for hypertension: Three city cohort study', International Psychogeriatrics, 30, pp. 1345 - 1354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217002903

Peters R; Anstey KJ; Booth A; Beckett N; Warwick J; Antikainen R; Rockwood K; Peters J; Bulpitt CJ, 2018, 'Orthostatic hypotension and symptomatic subclinical orthostatic hypotension increase risk of cognitive impairment: An integrated evidence review and analysis of a large older adult hypertensive cohort', European Heart Journal, 39, pp. 3135 - 3143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy418

Mortby ME; Peters R, 2018, 'Greater cognitive decline relative to normal ageing occurs at least 10 years prior to clinical dementia diagnosis', Evidence-Based Medicine, 23, pp. 79 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2017-110876

Anstey KJ; Peters R, 2018, 'oversimplification of dementia risk reduction messaging is a threat to knowledge translation in dementia prevention research', The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 5, pp. 2 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2017.27

Peters R; Beckett N; Anstey KJ; Bulpitt C, 2018, 'P3‐589: HIGH URIC ACID ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED RISK OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN HYPERTENSIVE OLDER ADULTS', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1955

Skrobot OA; Black SE; Chen C; DeCarli C; Erkinjuntti T; Ford GA; Kalaria RN; O'Brien J; Pantoni L; Pasquier F; Roman GC; Wallin A; Sachdev PS; Skoog I; Ben-Shlomo Y; Passmore AP; Love S; Kehoe PG, 2018, 'Progress toward standardized diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment: Guidelines from the Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study', Alzheimer's and Dementia, 14, pp. 280 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.09.007

Anstey KJ; Peters R; Clare L; Lautenschlager NT; Dodge HH; Barnes DE; Shahar S; Brodaty H; Rees G, 2017, 'Joining forces to prevent dementia: The International Research Network on Dementia Prevention (IRNDP)', International Psychogeriatrics, 29, pp. 1757 - 1760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217001685

Malhotra R; Nguyen HA; Benavente O; Mete M; Howard BV; Mant J; Odden MC; Peralta CA; Cheung AK; Nadkarni GN; Coleman RL; Holman RR; Zanchetti A; Peters R; Beckett NMD; Staessen JA; Ix JH, 2017, 'Association between more intensive vs less intensive blood pressure lowering and risk of mortality in chronic kidney disease stages 3 to 5: A systematic review and meta-analysis', JAMA Internal Medicine, 177, pp. 1498 - 1505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4377

Skrobot OA; Love S; Kehoe PG; O'Brien J; Black S; Chen C; DeCarli C; Erkinjuntti T; Ford GA; Kalaria RN; Pantoni L; Pasquier F; Roman GC; Wallin A; Sachdev P; Kril J; Skoog I; Ben-Shlomo Y; Passmore AP; Engelborghs S; Lafosse C; Bertolucci PH; Brucki S; Caramelli P; de Toledo Ferraz Alves TC; Bocti C; Fulop T; Hogan DB; Hsiung GR; Kirk A; Leach L; Robillard A; Sahlas DJ; Guo Q; Tian J; Hokkanen L; Jokinen H; Benisty S; Deramecourt V; Hauw J; Lenoir H; Tsatali M; Tsolaki M; Sundar U; Coen RF; Korczyn AD; Altieri M; Baldereschi M; Caltagirone C; Caravaglios G; Di Carlo A; DI Piero V; Gainotti G; Galluzzi S; Logroscino G; Mecocci P; Moretti DV; Padovani A; Fukui T; Ihara M; Mizuno T; Kim SY; Akinyemi R; Baiyewu O; Ogunniyi A; Szczudlik A; Bastos-Leite AJ; Firmino H; Massano J; Verdelho A; Kruglov LS; Ikram MK; Kandiah N; Arana E; Barroso-Ribal J; Calatayud T; Cruz-Jentoft AJ; López-Pousa S; Martinez-Lage P; Mataro M; Börjesson-Hanson A; Englund E; Laukka EJ; Qiu C; Viitanen M; Biessels GJ; de Leeuw FE; den Heijer T; Exalto LG; Kappelle LJ; Prins ND; Richard E; Schmand B; van den Berg E; van der Flier WM; Bilgic B; Allan LM; Archer J; Attems J; Bayer A, 2017, 'The Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study', Alzheimer's and Dementia, 13, pp. 624 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.10.007

Bulpitt CJ; Webb R; Beckett N; Peters R; Cheek E; Anderson C; Antikainen R; Staessen JA; Rajkumar C, 2017, 'Antihypertensive treatment decreases arterial stiffness at night but not during the day. Results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial', Blood Pressure, 26, pp. 109 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2016.1219222

Anstey KJ; Ashby-Mitchell K; Peters R, 2017, 'Updating the evidence on the association between serum cholesterol and risk of late-life dementia: Review and meta-analysis', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 56, pp. 215 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-160826

Pedditzi E; Peters R; Beckett N, 2016, 'Corrigendum: 'The risk of overweight/obesity in mid-life and late life for the development of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies' [Age and Ageing, 45, (2016), (14)]. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv151', Age and Ageing, 45, pp. 737 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw095

Yasar S; Schuchman M; Peters J; Anstey KJ; Carlson MC; Peters R, 2016, 'Relationship Between Antihypertensive Medications and Cognitive Impairment: Part I. Review of Human Studies and Clinical Trials', Current Hypertension Reports, 18, pp. 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-016-0674-1

Peters R; Schuchman M; Peters J; Carlson MC; Yasar S, 2016, 'Relationship Between Antihypertensive Medications and Cognitive Impairment: Part II. Review of Physiology and Animal Studies', Current Hypertension Reports, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-016-0673-2

Hallgreen CE; Mt-Isa S; Lieftucht A; Phillips LD; Hughes D; Talbot S; Asiimwe A; Downey G; Genov G; Hermann R; Noel R; Peters R; Micaleff A; Tzoulaki I; Ashby D, 2016, 'Literature review of visual representation of the results of benefit-risk assessments of medicinal products', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 238 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3880

Chatterjee S; Peters SAE; Woodward M; Arango SM; Batty GD; Beckett N; Beiser A; Borenstein AR; Crane PK; Haan M; Hassing LB; Hayden KM; Kiyohara Y; Larson EB; Li CY; Ninomiya T; Ohara T; Peters R; Russ TC; Seshadri S; Strand BH; Walker R; Xu W; Huxley RR, 2016, 'Type 2diabetes as a risk factor for dementia in women compared with men: A pooled analysis of 2.3 million people comprising more than 100,000 cases of dementia', Diabetes Care, 39, pp. 300 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc15-1588

Antikainen RL; Peters R; Beckett NS; Fagard RH; Wang JG; Rajkumar C; Bulpitt CJ, 2016, 'Left ventricular hypertrophy is a predictor of cardiovascular events in elderly hypertensive patients: Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial', Journal of Hypertension, 34, pp. 2280 - 2286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001073

Pedditizi E; Peters R; Beckett N, 2016, 'The risk of overweight/obesity in mid-life and late life for the development of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies', Age and Ageing, 45, pp. 14 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv151

Peters R; Peters J; Booth A; Mudway I, 2015, 'Is air pollution associated with increased risk of cognitive decline? A systematic review', Age and Ageing, 44, pp. 755 - 760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv087

Warwick J; Falaschetti E; Rockwood K; Mitnitski A; Thijs L; Beckett N; Bulpitt C; Peters R, 2015, 'No evidence that frailty modifies the positive impact of antihypertensive treatment in very elderly people: An investigation of the impact of frailty upon treatment effect in the HYpertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of antihypertensives in people with hypertension aged 80 and over', BMC Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0328-1

Peters R; Beckett N; Pereira L; Poulter R; Pinto E; Ma S; Dumitrascu D; Barrowdale D; Butler M; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2015, 'The clock drawing test, mortality, incident cardiovascular events and dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30, pp. 416 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.4153

Peters R; Collerton J; Granic A; Davies K; Kirkwood T; Jagger C, 2015, 'Antihypertensive drug use and risk of cognitive decline in the very old: An observational study - The Newcastle 85+ Study', Journal of Hypertension, 33, pp. 2156 - 2164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000653

Peters J; Booth A; Peters R, 2015, 'Potential for specific dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers to have a positive impact on cognitive function in humans: A systematic review', Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 6, pp. 160 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622315582353

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