By Professor Bruce Neal

Journal articles

Haynes R; Lewis D; Emberson J; Reith C; Agodoa L; Cass A; Craig JC; De Zeeuw D; Feldt-Rasmussen B; Fellstr'm B; Levin A; Wheeler DC; Walker R; Herrington WG; Baigent C; Landray MJ, 2014, 'Effects of lowering LDL cholesterol on progression of kidney disease', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 25, pp. 1825 - 1833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2013090965

Haynes R; Staplin N; Emberson J; Herrington WG; Tomson C; Agodoa L; Tesar V; Levin A; Lewis D; Reith C; Baigent C; Landray MJ, 2014, 'Evaluating the Contribution of the Cause of Kidney Disease to Prognosis in CKD: Results From the Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP)', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 64, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.12.013

Dunford E; Trevena H; Goodsell C; Ng KH; Webster J; Millis A; Goldstein S; Hugueniot O; Neal B, 2014, 'FoodSwitch: A mobile phone app to enable consumers to make healthier food choices and crowdsourcing of national food composition data', JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.3230

Affan ET; Praveen D; Chow CK; Neal BC, 2014, 'Comparability of HbA1c and lipids measured with dried blood spot versus venous samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Clinical Pathology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-14-21

van Dieren S; Kengne AP; Chalmers J; Beulens JWJ; Davis TME; Fulcher G; Heller SR; Patel A; Coagiuri S; Hamet P; Mancia G; Marre M; Neal B; Williams B; Peelen LM; van der Schouw YT; Woodward M; Zoungas S, 2014, 'Intensification of medication and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes - the ADVANCE trial', DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM, 16, pp. 426 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.12238

Lincoff AM; Tardif JC; Schwartz GG; Nicholls SJ; Rydén L; Neal B; Malmberg K; Wedel H; Buse JB; Henry RR; Weichert A; Cannata R; Svensson A; Volz D; Grobbee DE, 2014, 'Effect of aleglitazar on cardiovascular outcomes after acute coronary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The AleCardio randomized clinical trial', JAMA, 311, pp. 1515 - 1525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.3321

Land MA; Jeffery P; Webster J; Crino M; Chalmers J; Woodward M; Nowson C; Smith W; Flood V; Neal B, 2014, 'Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based intervention seeking to reduce dietary salt intake in Lithgow, Australia', BMC Public Health, 14, pp. 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-357

Yan LL; Fang W; Delong E; Neal B; Peterson ED; Huang Y; Sun N; Yao C; Li X; Macmahon S; Wu Y, 2014, 'Population impact of a high cardiovascular risk management program delivered by village doctors in rural China: Design and rationale of a large, cluster-randomized controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-345

Garcia J; Dunford EK; Sundstrom J; Neal BC, 2014, 'Changes in the sodium content of leading Australian fast-food products between 2009 and 2012', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 340 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10049

Land MA; Webster J; Christoforou A; Johnson C; Trevena H; Hodgins F; Chalmers J; Woodward M; Barzi F; Smith W; Flood V; Jeffery P; Nowson C; Neal B, 2014, 'The association of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to salt with 24-hour urinary sodium excretion', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11, pp. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-11-47

Webster J; Snowdon W; Moodie M; Viali S; Schultz J; Bell C; Land MA; Downs S; Christoforou A; Dunford E; Barzi F; Woodward M; Neal B, 2014, 'Cost-effectiveness of reducing salt intake in the Pacific Islands: Protocol for a before and after intervention study', BMC Public Health, 14, pp. 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-107

Elliott T; Trevena H; Sacks G; Dunford E; Martin J; Webster J; Swinburn B; Moodie AR; Neal BC, 2014, 'A systematic interim assessment of the Australian Government's food and health dialogue', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 92 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.11240

Land MA; Webster J; Christoforou A; Praveen D; Jeffery P; Chalmers J; Smith W; Woodward M; Barzi F; Nowson C; Flood V; Neal B, 2014, 'Salt intake assessed by 24 h urinary sodium excretion in a random and opportunistic sample in Australia', BMJ Open, 4, pp. e003720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003720

Murray CJL; Lozano R; Flaxman AD; Serina P; Phillips D; Stewart A; James SL; Vahdatpour A; Atkinson C; Freeman MK; Ohno SL; Black R; Ali SM; Baqui AH; Dandona L; Dantzer E; Darmstadt GL; Das V; Dhingra U; Dutta A; Fawzi W; Gómez S; Hernández B; Joshi R; Kalter HD; Kumar A; Kumar V; Lucero M; Mehta S; Neal B; Praveen D; Premji Z; Ramírez-Villalobos D; Remolador H; Riley I; Romero M; Said M; Sanvictores D; Sazawal S; Tallo V; Lopez AD, 2014, 'Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: The comparative performance of existing methods', BMC Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-5

Campbell NRC; Appel LJ; Cappuccio FP; Correa-Rotter R; Hankey GJ; Lackland DT; Macgregor G; Neal B; Niebylski ML; Webster J; Willis KJ; Woodward M, 2014, 'A Call for Quality Research on Salt Intake and Health: From the World Hypertension League and Supporting Organizations', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 16, pp. 469 - 471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12364

Bell KJL; Beller E; Sundström J; McGeechan K; Hayen A; Irwig L; Neal B; Glasziou P, 2014, 'Ambulatory blood pressure adds little to Framingham Risk Score for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older men: Secondary analysis of observational study data', BMJ Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006044

Laba TL; Hayes A; Lo S; Peiris DP; Usherwood T; Hillis GS; Rafter N; Reid CM; Tonkin AM; Webster R; Neal BC; Cass A; Patel A; Rodgers A; Jan S, 2014, 'An economic case for a cardiovascular polypill? A cost analysis of the Kanyini GAP trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 671 - 673, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00266

Manning L; Hirakawa Y; Arima H; Wang X; Chalmers J; Wang J; Lindley R; Heeley E; Delcourt C; Neal B; Lavados P; Davis SM; Tzourio C; Huang Y; Stapf C; Woodward M; Rothwell PM; Robinson TG; Anderson CS, 2014, 'Blood pressure variability and outcome after acute intracerebral haemorrhage: A post-hoc analysis of INTERACT2, a randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Neurology, 13, pp. 364 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70018-3

Neal B, 2014, 'Dietary salt is a public health hazard that requires vigorous attack', Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 30, pp. 502 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2014.02.005

Webster J; Dunford E; Kennington S; Neal B; Chapman S, 2014, 'Drop the Salt! Assessing the impact of a public health advocacy strategy on Australian government policy on salt', Public health nutrition, 17, pp. 212 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012004806

van Dieren S; Kengne AP; Chalmers J; Beulens JWJ; Davis TME; Fulcher G; Heller SR; Patel A; Colagiuri S; Hamet P; Mancia G; Marre M; Neal B; Williams B; Peelen LM; van der Schouw YT; Woodward M; Zoungas S, 2014, 'Intensification of medication and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes-The ADVANCE trial', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 16, pp. 426 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.12238

Johnson C; Mohan S; Praveen D; Woodward M; Maulik PK; Shivashankar R; Amarchand R; Webster J; Dunford E; Thout SR; MacGregor G; He F; Srinath Reddy K; Krishnan A; Prabhakaran D; Neal B, 2014, 'Protocol for developing the evidence base for a national salt reduction programme for India', BMJ Open, 4, pp. e006629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006629

Trevena H; Dunford E; Neal B; Webster J, 2014, 'The Australian Food and Health Dialogue - The implications of the sodium recommendation for pasta sauces', Public Health Nutrition, 17, pp. 1647 - 1653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001791

Herrington W; Emberson J; Staplin N; Blackwell L; Fellström B; Walker R; Levin A; Hooi LS; Massy ZA; Tesar V; Reith C; Haynes R; Baigent C; Landray MJ; Wheeler DC; Tomson C; Wanner C; Krane V; Cass A; Craig J; Neal B; Jiang L; Agodoa L; Gaziano M; Kasiske B; Feldt-Rasmussen B; Krairittichai U; Ophascharoensuk V; Holdaas H; Wiecek A; Grobbee D; De Zeeuw D; Gronhagen-Riska C; Dasgupta T; Lewis D; Mafham M; Majoni W; Wallendszus K; Grimm R; Pedersen T; Tobert J; Armitage J; Baxter A; Bray C; Chen Y; Chen Z; Hill M; Knott C; Parish S; Simpson D; Sleight P; Young A; Collins R, 2014, 'The effect of lowering LDL cholesterol on vascular access patency: Post hoc analysis of the study of heart and renal protection', Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 9, pp. 914 - 919, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.10371013

Blomster JI; Zoungas S; Chalmers J; Li Q; Chow CK; Woodward M; Mancia G; Poulter N; Williams B; Harrap S; Neal B; Patel A; Hillis GS, 2014, 'The relationship between alcohol consumption and vascular complications and mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes', Diabetes Care, 37, pp. 1353 - 1359, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc13-2727

Hillis GS; Welsh P; Chalmers J; Perkovic V; Chow CK; Li Q; Jun M; Neal B; Zoungas S; Poulter N; Mancia G; Williams B; Sattar N; Woodward M, 2014, 'The relative and combined ability of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin t and n-terminal pro-b-type natriuretic peptide to predict cardiovascular events and death in patients with type 2 diabetes', Diabetes Care, 37, pp. 295 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc13-1165

Volkova E; Neal B; Rayner M; Swinburn B; Eyles H; Jiang Y; Michie J; Mhurchu CN, 2014, 'Effects of interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels on food purchases: Starlight randomised controlled trial', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 8, pp. 110 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2014.10.199

Bell KJL; Beller E; Sundström J; McGeechan K; Hayen A; Irwig L; Neal B; Glasziou P, 2014, 'PT266 The Incremental Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure For The Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease In Older Men', Global Heart, 9, pp. e218 - e218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.2013

Anderson CS; Heeley E; Huang Y; Wang J; Stapf C; Delcourt C; Lindley R; Robinson T; Lavados P; Neal B; Hata J; Arima H; Parsons M; Li Y; Wang J; Heritier S; Li Q; Woodward M; Simes RJ; Davis SM; Chalmers J, 2014, 'Rapid Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients With Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage', Survey of Anesthesiology, 58, pp. 24 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.sa.0000440999.12291.ab

Johnson C; Dunford E; Guggilla R; Neal B, 2014, 'The compliance of packaged food products in India with national and international nutritional labelling standards', Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 1, pp. 29 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnim.2014.10.101

Webster R; Patel A; Billot L; Cass A; Burch C; Neal B; Usherwood T; Thom S; Poulter N; Stanton A; Bots ML; Grobbee DE; Prabhakaran D; Reddy KS; Field J; Bullen C; Elley CR; Selak V; Rafter N; Wadham A; Berwanger O; Rodgers A, 2013, 'Prospective meta-analysis of trials comparing fixed dose combination based care with usual care in individuals at high cardiovascular risk: The SPACE Collaboration', International Journal of Cardiology, 170, pp. 30 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.10.007

Neal B; Land MA; Woodward M, 2013, 'An update on the salt wars - Genuine controversy, poor science, or vested interest?', Current Hypertension Reports, 15, pp. 687 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-013-0389-5

Li N; Yan LL; Niu W; Labarthe D; Feng X; Shi J; Zhang J; Zhang R; Zhang Y; Chu H; Neiman A; Engelgau M; Elliott P; Wu Y; Neal B, 2013, 'A large-scale cluster randomized trial to determine the effects of community-based dietary sodium reduction - The China Rural Health Initiative Sodium Reduction Study', American Heart Journal, 166, pp. 815 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.07.009

Eyles H; Webster J; Jebb S; Capelin C; Neal B; Ni Mhurchu C, 2013, 'Impact of the UK voluntary sodium reduction targets on the sodium content of processed foods from 2006 to 2011: Analysis of household consumer panel data', Preventive Medicine, 57, pp. 555 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.024

Perkovic V, 2013, 'Blood pressure lowering and major cardiovascular events in people with and without chronic kidney disease: Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', BMJ (Online), 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5680

Sacks G; Swinburn B; Kraak V; Downs S; Walker C; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Rayner M; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Vandevijvere S, 2013, 'A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 38 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12074

Swinburn B; Sacks G; Vandevijvere S; Kumanyika S; Lobstein T; Neal B; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Rayner M; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Walker C, 2013, 'INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): Overview and key principles', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12087

Swinburn B; Vandevijvere S; Kraak V; Sacks G; Snowdon W; Hawkes C; Barquera S; Friel S; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Rayner M; Sanders D; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: A proposed government healthy food environment policy index', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 24 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12073

Vandevijvere S; Monteiro C; Krebs-Smith SM; Lee A; Swinburn B; Kelly B; Neal B; Snowdon W; Sacks G, 2013, 'Monitoring and benchmarking population diet quality globally: A step-wise approach', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 135 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12082

Kelly B; King L; Baur L; Rayner M; Lobstein T; Monteiro C; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kumanyika S; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Ma J; Neal B; Sacks G; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Swinburn B; Vandevijvere S; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 59 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12076

L'Abbé M; Schermel A; Minaker L; Kelly B; Lee A; Vandevijvere S; Twohig P; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kumanyika S; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Rayner M; Sacks G; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Swinburn B; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 96 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12079

Brinsden H; Lobstein T; Landon J; Kraak V; Sacks G; Kumanyika S; Swinburn B; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Ma J; Macmullen J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Rayner M; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Vandevijvere S; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: Rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 13 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12072

Rayner M; Wood A; Lawrence M; Mhurchu CN; Albert J; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Sacks G; Sanders D; Snowdon W; Swinburn B; Vandevijvere S; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 70 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12077

Friel S; Hattersley L; Snowdon W; Thow AM; Lobstein T; Sanders D; Barquera S; Mohan S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; L'Abbe M; Lee A; Ma J; Macmullan J; Monteiro C; Neal B; Rayner M; Sacks G; Swinburn B; Vandevijvere S; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 120 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12081

Neal B; Sacks G; Swinburn B; Vandevijvere S; Dunford E; Snowdon W; Webster J; Barquera S; Friel S; Hawkes C; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; L'Abbé M; Lee A; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Rayner M; Sanders D; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 49 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12075

Lee A; Mhurchu CN; Sacks G; Swinburn B; Snowdon W; Vandevijvere S; Hawkes C; L'Abbé M; Rayner M; Sanders D; Barquera S; Friel S; Kelly B; Kumanyika S; Lobstein T; Ma J; Macmullan J; Mohan S; Monteiro C; Neal B; Walker C, 2013, 'Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally', Obesity Reviews, 14, pp. 82 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12078

Dunford E, 2013, 'Progress with a global branded food composition database', Food Chemistry, 140, pp. 451 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065

Hata J; Arima H; Rothwell PM; Woodward M; Zoungas S; Anderson C; Patel A; Neal B; Glasziou P; Hamet P; Mancia G; Poulter N; Williams B; MacMahon S; Chalmers J, 2013, 'Effects of visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure on macrovascular and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The advance trial', Circulation, 128, pp. 1325 - 1334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002717

Land MA; Christoforou A; Downs S; Webster J; Billot L; Li M; Peña-Rosas JP; Neal B, 2013, 'Iodine fortification of foods and condiments, other than salt, for preventing iodine deficiency disorders', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010734

Cappuccio FP; Neal B; Campbell NR; MacGregor GA, 2013, 'Salt: friend or foe?', The Lancet, 382, pp. 683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61775-4

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