By Professor Bruce Neal

Journal articles

Ziauddeen N; Fitt E; Edney L; Dunford E; Neal B; Jebb SA, 2015, 'Variability in the reported energy, total fat and saturated fat contents in fast-food products across ten countries', Public Health Nutrition, 18, pp. 2962 - 2969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015000336

Trieu K; Neal B; Hawkes C; Dunford E; Campbell N; Rodriguez-Fernandez R; Legetic B; Mclaren L; Barberio A; Webster J, 2015, 'Salt reduction initiatives around the world-A systematic review of progress towards the global target', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0130247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130247

Patel A; Cass A; Peiris D; Usherwood T; Brown A; Jan S; Neal B; Hillis GS; Rafter N; Tonkin A; Webster R; Billot L; Bompoint S; Burch C; Burke H; Hayman N; Molanus B; Reid CM; Shiel L; Togni S; Rodgers A, 2015, 'A pragmatic randomized trial of a polypill-based strategy to improve use of indicated preventive treatments in people at high cardiovascular disease risk', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 22, pp. 920 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487314530382

Sundström J; Neal B, 2015, 'Effects of blood pressure reduction in mild hypertension [2]', Annals of Internal Medicine, 163, pp. 67 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/L15-5103-2

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, 2015, 'Erratum. The relationship between alcohol consumption and vascular complications and mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2014;37:1353-1359', Diabetes Care, 38, pp. 1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc15-er07a

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, 2015, 'Erratum. 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 2014;37:295-303', Diabetes Care, 38, pp. 1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc15-er07

Sundström J; Neal B, 2015, 'Replacing the hypertension control paradigm with a strategy of cardiovascular risk reduction', European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 1, pp. 17 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcv007

Liyanage T; Ninomiya T; Jha V; Neal B; Patrice HM; Okpechi I; Zhao MH; Lv J; Garg AX; Knight J; Rodgers A; Gallagher M; Kotwal S; Cass A; Perkovic V, 2015, 'Worldwide access to treatment for end-stage kidney disease: A systematic review', The Lancet, 385, pp. 1975 - 1982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61601-9

Kent S; Schlackow I; Lozano-Kuehne J; Reith C; Emberson J; Haynes R; Gray A; Cass A; Baigent C; Landray MJ; Herrington W; Mihaylova B, 2015, 'What is the impact of chronic kidney disease stage and cardiovascular disease on the annual cost of hospital care in moderate-to-severe kidney disease?', BMC NEPHROLOGY, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0054-0

Campbell NRC; Correa-Rotter R; Cappuccio FP; Webster J; Lackland DT; Neal B; Macgregor GA, 2015, 'Proposed nomenclature for salt intake and for reductions in dietary salt', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 17, pp. 247 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12442

Agodoa L; Estacio R; Schrier R; Lubsen J; Chalmers J; Cutler J; Davis B; Wing L; Poulter NR; Sever P; Remuzzi G; Ruggenenti P; Nissen S; Lindholm LH; Fukui T; Ogihara T; Saruta T; Black H; Sleight P; Lievre M; Suzuki H; Fox K; Lisheng L; Ohkubo T; Imai Y; Yusuf S; Bulpitt CJ; Lewis E; Brown M; Palmer C; Wang J; Pepine C; Ishii M; Yui Y; Kuramoto K; Pfeff Er M; Asselbergs FW; Van Gilst WH; Byington B; Pitt B; Brenner B; Remme WJ; De Zeeuw D; Rahman M; Viberti G; Teo K; Zanchetti A; Malacco E; Mancia G; Staessen J; Fagard R; Holman R; Hansson L; Kostis J; Kanno Y; Lueders S; Matsuzaki M; Poole-Wilson P; Schrader J; Rahimi K; Anderson C; Chapman N; Collins R; MacMahon S; Neal B; Rodgers A; Whelton P; Woodward M, 2015, 'Effects of blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular risk according to baseline body-mass index: A meta-analysis of randomised trials', The Lancet, 385, pp. 867 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61171-5

Neal B; Perkovic V; De Zeeuw D; Mahaffey KW; Fulcher G; Ways K; Desai M; Shaw W; Capuano G; Alba M; Jiang J; Vercruysse F; Meininger G; Matthews D, 2015, 'Efficacy and safety of canaglif lozin, an inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2, when used in conjunction with insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes', Diabetes Care, 38, pp. 403 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-1237

Priglinger M; Arima H; Anderson C; Krause M; Chalmers J; Huang Y; Wang JG; Bath P; Davis S; Kim J; Lindley R; Neal B; Morgenstern LB; MacMahon S; Woodward M; Butcher K; Chambers B; Donnan G; Levi C; Parsons MW; Dorsch N; Huang Y; Wang JG; Lu C; Chen S; Jiang JD; Liu Z; Zhang J; Kong L; Song Y; Wang Z; Wang W; Wu F; Yuan Y; Kim JS; Kim J; Simes J; Hankey G; Jamrozik K; Johnston S; Shunwei L; Skulina C; Peng B; Billot L; Li Q; Su S; Heritier S; Heeley E; Capper H; Chisholm J; Currie R; Fathers J; Hackett M; Homewood S; Jane K; Jones K; Leksuwat S; Mullane B; Pandey S; Patel A; Quilkey A; Scott J; Starzec G; Wadham A; Zeckendorf S; Han D; Ying S; Xu W; Zhang LJ; Huang Q; Li Y; Yan L; Kyung S, 2015, 'No relationship of lipid-lowering agents to hematoma growth: Pooled analysis of the intensive blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral hemorrhage trials studies', Stroke, 46, pp. 857 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007664

Crino M; Sacks G; Vandevijvere S; Swinburn B; Neal B, 2015, 'The Influence on Population Weight Gain and Obesity of the Macronutrient Composition and Energy Density of the Food Supply', Current obesity reports, 4, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-014-0134-7

Emdin CA; Rahimi K; Neal B; Callender T; Perkovic V; Patel A, 2015, 'Blood pressure lowering in type 2 diabetes : A systematic review and meta-analysis', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 313, pp. 603 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.18574

Sundström J; Arima H; Jackson R; Turnbull F; Rahimi K; Chalmers J; Woodward M; Neal B, 2015, 'Effects of blood pressure reduction in mild hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Annals of Internal Medicine, 162, pp. 184 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M14-0773

Huang L; Li N; Barzi F; Ma G; Trevena H; Dunford E; Land MA; Neal B, 2015, 'A systematic review of the prevalence of nutrition labels and completeness of nutrient declarations on pre-packaged foods in China', Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom), 37, pp. 649 - 658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu091

Peiris D; Usherwood T; Panaretto K; Harris M; Hunt J; Redfern J; Zwar N; Colagiuri S; Hayman N; Lo S; Patel B; Lyford M; Macmahon S; Neal B; Sullivan D; Cass A; Jackson R; Patel A, 2015, 'Effect of a computer-guided, quality improvement program for cardiovascular disease risk management in primary health care: The treatment of cardiovascular risk using electronic decision support cluster-randomized trial', Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 8, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001235

Vandevijvere S; Swinburn B, 2015, 'Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments', BMJ OPEN, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006194

Dunford EK; Guggilla RK; Ratneswaran A; Webster JL; Maulik PK; Neal BC, 2015, 'The adherence of packaged food products in Hyderabad, India with nutritional labelling guidelines', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 24, pp. 540 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2015.24.3.08

Sundström J; Jackson R; Woodward M; Baigent C; Neal B, 2014, 'Blood pressure lowering and cardiovascular risk - Authors' reply', The Lancet, 384, pp. 1746 - 1747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62070-5

Webster J; Land MA; Christoforou A; Eastman CJ; Zimmerman M; Campbell NRC; Neal BC, 2014, 'Reducing dietary salt intake and preventing iodine deficiency: Towards a common public health agenda', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 507 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00818

Arima H; Anderson C; Omae T; Woodward M; MacMahon S; Mancia G; Bousser MG; Tzourio C; Harrap S; Liu L; Neal B; Chalmers J, 2014, 'Degree of blood pressure reduction and recurrent stroke: The PROGRESS trial', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85, pp. 1284 - 1285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2014-307856

Jun M; Neal B, 2014, 'Low dietary sodium in heart failure: A need for scientific rigour', Heart, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303266

Jun M; Neal B, 2014, 'Low dietary sodium in heart failure: a need for scientific rigour', HEART, 100, pp. E1 - E2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303266

Zoungas S; Chalmers J; Neal B; Billot L; Li Q; Biostat M; Hirakawa Y; Arima H; Monaghan H; Joshi R; Colagiuri S; Cooper ME; Glasziou P; Grobbee D; Hamet P; Harrap S; Heller S; Lisheng L; Mancia G; Marre M; Matthews DR; Mogensen CE; Perkovic V; Poulter N; Rodgers A; Williams B; MacMahon S; Patel A; Woodward M, 2014, 'Follow-up of blood-pressure lowering and glucose control in type 2 diabetes', New England Journal of Medicine, 371, pp. 1392 - 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1407963

Corsi DJ; Subramanian SV; Lear SA; Teo KK; Boyle MH; Raju PK; Joshi R; Neal B; Chow CK, 2014, 'Tobacco use, smoking quit rates, and socioeconomic patterning among men and women: A cross-sectional survey in rural Andhra Pradesh, India', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 21, pp. 1308 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487313491356

Trevena H; Neal B; Dunford E; Wu JHY, 2014, 'An evaluation of the effects of the australian food and health dialogue targets on the sodium content of bread, Breakfast cereals and processed meats', Nutrients, 6, pp. 3802 - 3817, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu6093802

Volkova E; Neal B; Rayner M; Swinburn B; Eyles H; Jiang Y; Michie J; Ni Mhurchu C, 2014, 'Effects of interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels on food purchases: Protocol for the Starlight randomised controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-968

Eyles H; McLean R; Neal B; Doughty RN; Jiang Y; Mhurchu CN, 2014, 'Using mobile technology to support lower-salt food choices for people with cardiovascular disease: Protocol for the SaltSwitch randomized controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-950

Sundström J; Arima H; Woodward M; Jackson R; Karmali K; Lloyd-Jones D; Baigent C; Emberson J; Rahimi K; Macmahon S; Patel A; Perkovic V; Turnbull F; Neal B; Agodoa L; Estacio R; Schrier R; Lubsen J; Chalmers J; Cutler J; Davis B; Wing L; Poulter NR; Sever P; Remuzzi G; Ruggenenti P; Nissen S; Lindholm LH; Fukui T; Ogihara T; Saruta T; Black H; Sleight P; Lievre M; Suzuki H; Fox K; Lisheng L; Ohkubo T; Imai Y; Yusuf S; Bulpitt CJ; Lewis E; Brown M; Palmer C; Wang J; Pepine C; Ishii M; Yui Y; Kuramoto K; Pfeffer M; Asselbergs FW; van Gilst WH; Byington B; Pitt B; Brenner B; Remme WJ; de Zeeuw D; Rahman M; Viberti G; Teo K; Zanchetti A; Malacco E; Mancia G; Staessen J; Fagard R; Holman R; Hansson L; Kostis J; Kanno Y; Lueders S; Matsuzaki M; Poole-Wilson P; Schrader J; Anderson C; Chapman N; Collins R; Rodgers A; Whelton P, 2014, 'Blood pressure-lowering treatment based on cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis of individual patient data', The Lancet, 384, pp. 591 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61212-5

Mozaffarian D; Fahimi S; Singh GM; Micha R; Khatibzadeh S; Engell RE; Lim S; Danaei G; Ezzati M; Powles J, 2014, 'Global Sodium Consumption and Death from Cardiovascular Causes', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 371, pp. 624 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1304127

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

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