By Associate Professor Ruth Peters

Journal articles

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

Peters R; Booth A; Peters J, 2014, 'A systematic review of calciumchannel blocker use and cognitive decline/dementia in the elderly', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 1945 - 1958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000273

Peters R; Beckett N; McCormack T; Fagard R; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2014, 'Treating hypertension in the very elderly-Benefits, risks, and future directions, a focus on the hypertension in the very elderly trial', European Heart Journal, 35, pp. 1712 - 1718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/eht464

Mt-Isa S; Hallgreen CE; Wang N; Callréus T; Genov G; Hirsch I; Hobbiger SF; Hockley KS; Luciani D; Phillips LD; Quartey G; Sarac SB; Stoeckert I; Tzoulaki I; Micaleff A; Ashby D; Amzal B; Ashworth S; Asiimwe A; Bring J; Chan EK; Dierig C; Downey G; Gelb D; Goginsky A; Hermann R; Hobbiger S; Hughes D; Juhaeri J; Kuhls S; Lieftucht A; Metcalf M; Mwangi J; Nixon R; Noel R; Pears J; Peters R; Phillips L; Shepherd S; Swain J. EJ; Thomson A; Titeux L; Ham RVD; Staa TV; Waddingham E; Wise L, 2014, 'Balancing benefit and risk of medicines: A systematic review and classification of available methodologies', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 23, pp. 667 - 678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3636

Hallgreen CE; van den Ham HA; Mt-Isa S; Ashworth S; Hermann R; Hobbiger S; Luciani D; Micaleff A; Thomson A; Wang N; van Staa TP; Downey G; Hirsch I; Hockley K; Juhaeri J; Metcalf M; Mwangi J; Nixon R; Peters R; Stoeckert I; Waddingham E; Tzoulaki I; Ashby D; Wise L, 2014, 'Benefit-risk assessment in a post-market setting: A case study integrating real-life experience into benefit-risk methodology', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 23, pp. 974 - 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3676

Beckett N; Peters R; Leonetti G; Duggan J; Fagard R; Thijs L; Narkiewicz K; McCormack T; Banya W; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2014, 'Subgroup and per-protocol analyses fromthe hypertension in the very elderly trial', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 1478 - 1487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000195

Peters R, 2013, 'Limitations, including the misclassification of former drinkers', Addiction Research and Theory, 21, pp. 196 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2012.759214

Bulpitt CJ; Beckett N; Peters R; Staessen JA; Wang JG; Comsa M; Fagard RH; Dumitrascu D; Gergova V; Antikainen RL; Cheek E; Rajkumar C, 2013, 'Response to HYVET ambulatory blood pressure substudy', Hypertension, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00897

Peters R; Beckett N; Poulter R; Burch L; Narkiewicz K; Fagard R; Nitsch D; Wang N; Li M; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2013, 'Kidney function in the very elderly with hypertension: Data from the hypertension in the very elderly (HYVET) trial', Age and Ageing, 42, pp. 253 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs109

Peters R; Beckett N, 2013, 'Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of cognitive and functional decline', Evidence-Based Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/eb-2012-100809

Bulpitt CJ; Beckett N; Peters R; Staessen JA; Wang JG; Comsa M; Fagard RH; Dumitrascu D; Gergova V; Antikainen RL; Cheek E; Rajkumar C, 2013, 'Does white coat hypertension require treatment over age 80?: Results of the hypertension in the very elderly trial ambulatory blood pressure side project', Hypertension, 61, pp. 89 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.191791

Peters R; Wells F; Bulpitt C; Beckett N, 2013, 'Impact of transiently elevated diastolic pressure on cause of death: 29-year follow-up from the General Practice Hypertension Study Group', Journal of Hypertension, 31, pp. 71 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835a4dd8

Peters R; Beckett N; Fagard R; Thijs L; Wang JG; Forette F; Pereira L; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2013, 'Increased pulse pressure linked to dementia: Further results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial - HYVET', Journal of Hypertension, 31, pp. 1868 - 1875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283622cc6

Antikainen RL; Beckett N; Peters R; Fagard R; Rajkumar C; Wang J; Stoyanovsky V; Barrowdale D; Bulpitt CJ, 2013, 'Prevalence and covariates of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial', Journal of Hypertension, 31, pp. 1224 - 1232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32836040a4

Peters R, 2012, 'Blood pressure, smoking and alcohol use, association with vascular dementia', Experimental Gerontology, 47, pp. 865 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.018

Bulpitt CJ; Beckett NS; Peters R; Leonetti G; Gergova V; Fagard R; Burch LA; Banya W; Fletcher AE, 2012, 'Blood pressure control in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)', Journal of Human Hypertension, 26, pp. 157 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2011.10

Beckett N; Peters R; Tuomilehto J; Swift C; Sever P; Potter J; McCormack T; Forette F; Gil-Extremera B; Dumitrascu D; Staessen JA; Thijs L; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2012, 'Immediate and late benefits of treating very elderly people with hypertension: Results from active treatment extension to hypertension in the very elderly randomised controlled trial', BMJ (Online), 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7541

Wilson D; Ritchie CW; Peters R; Ritchie K, 2011, 'Latest advances on interventions that may prevent, delay or ameliorate dementia', Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 2, pp. 161 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622310397636

Peters R; Beckett N; Beardmore R; Peña-Miller R; Rockwood K; Mitnitsk A; Mt-Isa S; Bulpitt C, 2010, 'Modelling cognitive decline in the hypertension in the very elderly trial [HYVET] and proposed risk tables for population use', PLoS ONE, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011775

Antikainen RL; Kastarinen MJ; Jousilahti P; Peltonen M; Laatikainen T; Beckett N; Peters R; Jokelainen J; Barengo NC; Tuomilehto JO, 2010, 'Despite evidence-based guidelines, systolic blood pressure remains inadequately controlled in older hypertensive adults', Journal of Human Hypertension, 24, pp. 439 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2009.85

, 2010, 'News and Reviews', Age and Ageing, 39, pp. 424 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq058

Peters R; Beckett N; Burch L; de Vernejoul MC; Liu L; Duggan J; Swift C; Gil-Extremera B; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2010, 'The effect of treatment based on a diuretic (indapamide) ± ACE inhibitor (perindopril) on fractures in the hypertension in the very elderly trial (HYVET)', Age and Ageing, 39, pp. 609 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq071

Peters R; Pinto E; Beckett N; Swift C; Potter J; McCormack T; Nunes M; Grimley-Evans J; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2010, 'Association of depression with subsequent mortality, cardiovascular morbidity and incident dementia in people aged 80 and over and suffering from hypertension. Data from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)', Age and Ageing, 39, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq042

Peters R, 2009, 'Antihypertensive treatment after diagnosis of alzheimer's disease', American Journal of Hypertension, 22, pp. 1031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2009.152

Peters R; Beckett N; Geneva M; Tzekova M; Lu FH; Poulter R; Gainsborough N; Williams B; de Vernejoul MC; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2009, 'Sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors for incident dementia and cognitive decline in the HYVET', Age and Ageing, 38, pp. 521 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp094

Peters R; Beckett N, 2009, 'Hypertension, dementia, and antihypertensive treatment: Implications for the very elderly', Current Hypertension Reports, 11, pp. 277 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-009-0047-0

Bulpitt CJ; Beckett NS; Peters R; Banya W; Liu L; Wang JG; Stoyanovsky V; Dumitrascu D; Nikitin Y; Staessen JA; Burch L; Fletcher AE, 2009, 'Baseline characteristics of participants in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)', Blood Pressure, 18, pp. 17 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037050902836779

Peters R, 2009, 'The prevention of Dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24, pp. 452 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.2153

Peters R; Beckett N; Forette F; Tuomilehto J; Ritchie C; Walton I; Waldman A; Clarke R; Poulter R; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2009, 'Vascular risk factors and cognitive function among 3763 participants in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET): A cross-sectional analysis', International Psychogeriatrics, 21, pp. 359 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610208008302

Pinto E; Peters R, 2009, 'Literature review of the Clock Drawing Test as a tool for cognitive screening', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 27, pp. 201 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000203344

Peters R; Poulter R; Beckett N; Forette F; Fagard R; Potter J; Swift C; Anderson C; Fletcher A; Bulpitt CJ, 2009, 'Cardiovascular and biochemical risk factors for incident dementia in the hypertension in the very elderly trial', Journal of Hypertension, 27, pp. 2055 - 2062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832f4f02

Peters R; Poulter R; Warner J; Beckett N; Burch L; Bulpitt C, 2008, 'Smoking, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review', BMC Geriatrics, 8, pp. 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-8-36

Peters R; Pinto EM, 2008, 'Predictive value of the clock drawing test: A review of the literature', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 26, pp. 351 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000162261

Peters R; Peters J; Warner J; Beckett N; Bulpitt C, 2008, 'Alcohol, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly: A systematic review', Age and Ageing, 37, pp. 505 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afn095

Peters R; Burch L; Warner J; Beckett N; Poulter R; Bulpitt C, 2008, 'Haemoglobin, anaemia, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review', BMC Geriatrics, 8, pp. 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-8-18

Liu LS; Wang JG; Ma SQ; Wang W; Lu FH; Zhang LQ; Banya W; Peters R; Beckett N; Fletcher A; Bulpitt CJ, 2008, 'Characteristics of the Chinese subjects entered the hypertension in the very elderly trial', Chinese Medical Journal, 121, pp. 1509 - 1512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00029330-200808020-00002

Peters R; Beckett N; Forette F; Tuomilehto J; Clarke R; Ritchie C; Waldman A; Walton I; Poulter R; Ma S; Comsa M; Burch L; Fletcher A; Bulpitt C, 2008, 'Incident dementia and blood pressure lowering in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial cognitive function assessment (HYVET-COG): a double-blind, placebo controlled trial', The Lancet Neurology, 7, pp. 683 - 689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70143-1

Beckett NS; Peters R; Fletcher AE; Staessen JA; Liu L; Dumitrascu D; Stoyanovsky V; Antikainen RL; Nikitin Y; Anderson C; Belhani A; Forette F; Rajkumar C; Thijs L; Banya W; Bulpitt CJ, 2008, 'Treatment of hypertension in patients 80 years of age or older', New England Journal of Medicine, 358, pp. 1887 - 1898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0801369

Peters R; Martin-Marero C; Pinto E; Beckett N, 2007, 'Hypertension in the very elderly', Future Medicine, 3, pp. 517 - 525

Beckett N; Peters R, 2007, 'Diagnosis and treatment of stable angina in older people', Prescriber, 18, pp. 38 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psb.46

Bulpitt CJ; Peters R; Staessen JA; Thijs L; De Vernejoul MC; Fletcher AE; Beckett NS, 2006, 'Fracture risk and the use of a diuretic (indapamide sr) ± perindopril: A substudy of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)', Trials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-7-33

Peters R; Beckett N; Nunes M; Fletcher A; Forette F; Bulpitt C, 2006, 'A substudy protocol of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial assessing cognitive decline and dementia incidence (HYVET-COG): An ongoing randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial', Drugs and Aging, 23, pp. 83 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00002512-200623010-00008

Peters R, 2006, 'Ageing and the brain', Postgraduate Medical Journal, 82, pp. 84 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2005.036665

Pinto E; Bulpitt C; Beckett N; Peters R; Staessen JA; Rajkumar C, 2006, 'Rationale and methodology of monitoring ambulatory blood pressure and arterial compliance in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial', Blood Pressure Monitoring, 11, pp. 3 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.mbp.0000184965.30220.10

Dumitraşcui D; Comşa M; Enăchescu V; Jianu D; Lazăr DJ; Moisin MD; David L; Winston B; Peters R; Beckett N; Fletcher A; Bulpitt CJ, 2006, 'Romanian subjects entered in the hypertension in the very elderly trial (HYVET)', Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, 44, pp. 389 - 396

Peters R, 2005, 'A longevidade e o cérebro (longevity and the brain)', O Mundo da Saúde, 29, pp. 547 - 555

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