Alison Avenell
University of Aberdeen
213 Papers
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Alison Avenell is an academic researcher from University of Aberdeen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 196 publications. Previous affiliations of Alison Avenell include University of Auckland.
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Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement
Alison Avenell,John Broom,Tamara Brown,Amudha Poobalan,Lorna Aucott,Sally C. Stearns,William Cairns Stewart Smith,R. T. Jung,Marion K Campbell,A. M. Grant +9 more
TL;DR: The drugs orlistat and sibutramine appear beneficial for the treatment of adults with obesity, and metformin for obese patients with type 2 diabetes, and exercise and/or behaviour therapy appear to improve weight loss when added to diet.
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Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis
Mark J Bolland,Alison Avenell,John A. Baron,Andrew Grey,Graeme MacLennan,Greg D. Gamble,Ian R. Reid +6 more
TL;DR: Calcium supplements (without coadministered vitamin D) are associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and a reassessment of the role of calcium supplements in the management of osteoporosis is warranted.
Oral vitamin D3 and calcium for secondary prevention of low-trauma fractures in elderly people (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Adrian Grant,Alison Avenell,Marion K Campbell,Alison McDonald,Graeme MacLennan,Gladys McPherson,F H Anderson,Cyrus Cooper,Roger M. Francis,C Donaldson,William J Gillespie,C M Robinson,David J. Torgerson,W A Wallace +13 more
TL;DR: The findings do not support routine oral supplementation with calcium and vitamin D3, either alone or in combination, for the prevention of further fractures in previously mobile elderly people.
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Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition.
TL;DR: No evidence of improvement in functional benefit or reduction in length of hospital stay with supplements is found, although Mortality may be reduced in older people who are undernourished.
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Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women’s Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D modestly increase the risk of cardiovascular events, especially myocardial infarction, a finding obscured in the WHI CaD Study by the widespread use of personal calcium supplements.
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