By Professor Bruce Neal

Journal articles

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

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

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