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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Colin Baigent is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily within medicine, with a focus on cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, and health economics. The scientist's publication record includes contributions to 197 works categorized under Medicine and significant involvement in several subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (48 publications), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (33), Surgery (28), Nephrology (25), and Economics and Econometrics (24).

The research topics covered in Baigent's work include:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Frequently published venues for Baigent include:

  • European Heart Journal (18 publications)
  • The Lancet (10 publications)
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (5 publications)
  • Kidney International (4 publications)
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (4 publications)

Their notable recent papers are:

  • Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Pharmacological blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease across different levels of blood pressure: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet
  • Impact of diabetes on the effects of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on kidney outcomes: collaborative meta-analysis of large placebo-controlled trials, 2022, The Lancet
  • COVID-19 pandemic and admission rates for and management of acute coronary syndromes in England, 2020, The Lancet
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the detection and management of colorectal cancer in England: a population-based study, 2021, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Jonathan Emberson
  • Richard Haynes
  • William G. Herrington
  • Natalie Staplin
  • Martin Landray

Colin Baigent is recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients

    C Baigent;C Sudlow;R Collins;R Peto

  • Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins.

    C Baigent;A Keech;P M Kearney;L Blackwell

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular riskThe Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

    François Mach;Colin Baigent;Alberico L Catapano;Konstantinos C Koskinas

  • Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials.

    C Baigent;L Blackwell;J Emberson

  • COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY .1. PREVENTION OF DEATH, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, AND STROKE BY PROLONGED ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS

    R Altman;L Carreras;R Diaz;E Figueroa

  • Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both, or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction: ISIS-2. ISIS-2 (Second International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

    R B Sleight;P. Sleight;S Parish;P Appleby

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

    A Halliday;C Baigent;F Mach;B Mihaylova;B Mihaylova

  • Aspirin in the primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease: collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials.

    Colin Baigent;Lisa Blackwell;Rory Collins

  • Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

    Jonathan Emberson;Kennedy R Lees;Patrick Lyden;Lisa Blackwell

  • The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with simvastatin plus ezetimibe in patients with chronic kidney disease (Study of Heart and Renal Protection): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Colin Baigent;Martin J Landray;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson

  • The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease: Meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials

    B Mihaylova;J Emberson;L Blackwell

  • ISIS-4: a randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58,050 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. ISIS-4 (Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

    R Collins;R Peto;M Flather;S Parish

  • Do selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors and traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increase the risk of atherothrombosis? Meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Patricia M Kearney;Colin Baigent;Jon Godwin;Heather Halls

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Efficacy of cholesterol-lowering therapy in 18,686 people with diabetes in 14 randomised trials of statins: a meta-analysis.

    P M Kearney;L Blackwell;R Collins

  • Efficacy and safety of LDL-lowering therapy among men and women: Meta-analysis of individual data from 174 000 participants in 27 randomised trials

    J Fulcher;R O'Connell;M Voysey

  • Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Colin Baigent;N. Bhala;J. Emberson;A. Merhi

  • Low-Dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Atherothrombosis

    Carlo Patrono;Luis A. García Rodríguez;Raffaele Landolfi;Colin Baigent

  • Revascularization versus medical therapy for renal-artery stenosis.

    K Wheatley;N Ives;R Gray

  • Aspirin in the primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease: collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials

    G.L. Moneta

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Emberson
Jonathan Emberson University of Oxford
Rory Collins
Rory Collins University of Oxford
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London
Carlo Patrono
Carlo Patrono Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Anthony C. Keech
Anthony C. Keech University of Sydney
Terje R. Pedersen
Terje R. Pedersen Oslo University Hospital
Peter Sandercock
Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh
John Simes
John Simes University of Sydney
Peter Sleight
Peter Sleight John Radcliffe Hospital

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