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Dirk De Bacquer

695 Results

2022

2021 ESC guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Analysis of ergonomic occupational accidents and near misses in a large Belgian university hospital

Norbert FraeymanDirk De BacquerEls ClaysRik VerhaegheEric Mortier

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CLINICA BELGICA

Assessing the probability of risk factor control in patients with coronary heart disease : results from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Body mass index and occupational accidents among health care workers in a large university hospital

Norbert FraeymanDirk De BacquerTom FiersRik VerhaegheKristof EecklooPaul GemmelEric Mortier

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CLINICA BELGICA

Comment to : transversus abdominis release (TAR) for ventral hernia repair : open or robotic? Short-term outcomes from a systematic review with meta-analysis

Dirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

Dietary intake of methyl-group carriers and breast cancer risk : compilation of nutrient databases and findings from epidemiological studies

Heleen Van PuyveldeDirk De BacquerInge Huybrechts

Estimation of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular event risk in patients with established cardiovascular disease : the updated SMART2 algorithm

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Gender differences in health-related quality of life and psychological distress among coronary patients : does comorbidity matter? Results from the ESC EORP EUROASPIRE V registry

Pieter VynckierLisa Van WilderSofie GevaertEls ClaysDirk De BacquerDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Gender differences in lifestyle management among coronary patients and the association with education and age : results from the ESC EORP EUROASPIRE V registry

Pieter VynckierSofie GevaertDirk De BacquerDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING

Gender gap in risk factor control of coronary patients far from closing : results from the European Society of Cardiology EUROASPIRE V registry

Pieter VynckierTine De BackerSofie GevaertDirk De BacquerDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Immune Senescence Markers Predict the Cellular Immune Response to BNT162b2 Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients

Jens Van PraetDirk De BacquerAn De Vriese

U Journal Article in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Longevity and clinical effectiveness of the humoral and cellular responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in hemodialysis patients

An De VrieseJens Van PraetDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Measures of insulin resistance as a screening tool for dysglycemia in patients with coronary artery disease : a report from the EUROASPIRE V population

Dirk De Bacquer

U Journal Article in DIABETES CARE

Poor adherence to lifestyle recommendations in patients with coronary heart disease : results from the EUROASPIRE surveys

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Potential for optimizing management of obesity in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-QUALITY OF CARE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES

Prediction of recurrent event in patients with coronary heart disease : the EUROASPIRE Risk Model : results from a prospective study in 27 countries in the WHO European region-The EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Dirk De BacquerJohan De SutterDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Sex and gender differences in the management and outcome of coronary heart disease patients

Pieter VynckierDelphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerSofie Gevaert

Sources of occupational stress among office workers : a focus group study

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

The association between day-to-day stress experiences and work-life interference among office workers in academia : an ecological momentary assessment study

Larissa BolligerGillian DebraEllen BaeleDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population : results of the Belgian Health Interview Survey

Lisa Van WilderBrecht DevleesschauwerEls ClaysStefanie De BuyserJohan Van der HeydenPauline BoeckxstaensDirk De BacquerSophie VandepitteDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Treatment goal attainment for secondary prevention in coronary patients with or without diabetes mellitus : Polish multicenter study POLASPIRE

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

Work environment risk factors causing day-to-day stress in occupational settings : a systematic review

Larissa BolligerNele PauwelsDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

2021

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies with the special contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Antihypertensive treatment in a general uncontrolled hypertensive population in Belgium and Luxembourg in primary care : therapeutic inertia and treatment simplification : the SIMPLIFY study

Tine De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Association of fatal myocardial infarction with past level of physical activity : a pooled analysis of cohort studies

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Dyslipidemia management in patients with coronary artery disease : data from the POLASPIRE survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE

Euthanasia in adults with psychiatric conditions : a descriptive study of the experiences of Belgian psychiatrists

Monica VerhofstadtLuc DeliensFreddy MortierDirk De BacquerKenneth Chambaere

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE PROGRESS

Factors associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms in 2775 patients with arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease : results from the COMETA multicenter study

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL HEART

Free p-cresyl sulfate shows the highest association with cardiovascular outcome in chronic kidney disease

Griet GlorieuxRaymond VanholderWim Van BiesenAnneleen PletinckEva SchepersNathalie NeirynckMarijn SpeeckaertDirk De BacquerFrancis Verbeke

A1 Journal Article in NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Gender differences in screening for glucose perturbations, cardiovascular risk factor management and prognosis in patients with dysglycaemia and coronary artery disease : results from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE surveys

Dirk De BacquerPieter Vynckier

A1 Journal Article in CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatNathalie MichelsKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in ELIFE

High awareness of diabetes as a key cardiovascular risk factor among healthcare professionals but suboptimal treatment : results from a survey of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology

Dirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

INTERASPIRE : an international survey of coronary patients : their cardiometabolic, renal and biomarker status; and the quality of preventive care delivered in all WHO regions in partnership with the World Heart Federation, European Society of Cardiology, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology, InterAmerican Society of Cardiology, and PanAfrican Society of Cardiology

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT CARDIOLOGY REPORTS

Incidence, characteristics, and outcome of COVID-19 in adults on kidney replacement therapy : a regionwide registry study

Johan De MeesterDirk De BacquerAn De VrieseWim Van Biesen

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Longevity and correlation with disease severity of the humoral and cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in haemodialysis patients

An De VrieseJens Van PraetDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL

Medical treatment in coronary patients : is there still a gender gap? Results from European Society of Cardiology EUROASPIRE V Registry

Pieter VynckierTine De BackerSofie GevaertDirk De BacquerDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS AND THERAPY

Obesity in patients with established coronary artery disease over a 20-year period (1997–2017)

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in POLISH ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE-POLSKIE ARCHIWUM MEDYCYNY WEWNETRZNEJ

Peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication in coronary heart disease patients

Johan De SutterDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Predictors and dynamics of the humoral and cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in hemodialysis patients : a multicenter observational study

Jens Van PraetDirk De BacquerAn De Vriese

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Primary prevention efforts are poorly developed in people at high cardiovascular risk : a report from the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme EUROASPIRE V survey in 16 European countries

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

STRAW Project: Disentangling the sources and context of day-to-day STRess At Work

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Saving time by replacing the standardised two-hour oral glucose tolerance test with a one-hour test : validation of a new screening algorithm in patients with coronary artery disease from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V registry

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Sexual counselling in patients with heart failure : perceptions and current practice by healthcare providers in Flanders

Anneleen BaertPieter VynckierSofie PardaensDelphine De SmedtJohan De SutterDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

Socioeconomic characteristics of patients with coronary heart disease in relation to their cardiovascular risk profile

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtPieter VynckierGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Systematic coronary risk evaluation (SCORE) : JACC Focus Seminar 4/8

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The effect of exposure to long working hours on alcohol consumption, risky drinking and alcohol use disorder : a systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerJian Li

A1 Journal Article in ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The urinary proteomics classifier chronic kidney disease 273 predicts cardiovascular outcome in patients with chronic kidney disease

Francis VerbekeWim Van BiesenAnneleen PletinckEva SchepersDirk De BacquerGriet Glorieux

A1 Journal Article in NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019 : a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatNathalie MichelsKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

2020

Alcohol consumption patterns across Europe and adherence to the European guidelines in coronary patients : findings from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Chronic medication intake in patients with stable coronary heart disease across Europe : evidence from the daily clinical practice : results from the ESC EORP European Survey of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diabetes (EUROASPIRE IV) registry

Delphine De SmedtTine De BackerMirko PetrovicGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Dietary measures among patients with coronary heart disease in Europe : ESC EORP Euroaspire V

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

EQ-5D in coronary patients: what are they suffering from? Results from the ESC EORP European Survey of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diabetes (EUROASPIRE IV) Registry

Delphine De SmedtGui De BackerLisa Van WilderDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories : a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtInge HuybrechtsPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatNathalie MichelsKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Long working hours and change in body weight : analysis of individual-participant data from 19 cohort studies

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Multicenter randomized controlled trial of vitamin K antagonist replacement by rivaroxaban with or without vitamin K2 in hemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation : the Valkyrie study

An De VrieseDirk De BacquerPiet VanhoenackerFrancis Verbeke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: a pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Percentage low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol response to a given statin dose is not fixed across the pre-treatment range : real world evidence from clinical practice : data from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V study

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtEls ClaysGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic coronary syndromes over a 20-year period (1997–2017)

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA

Protocol of the STRess at Work (STRAW) project : how to disentangle day-to-day occupational stress among academics based on EMA, physiological data, and smartphone sensor and usage data

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

Els ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatNathalie MichelsKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

Screening for glucose perturbations and risk factor management in dysglycemic patients with coronary artery disease : a persistent challenge in need of substantial improvement : a report from ESC EORP EUROASPIRE V

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in DIABETES CARE

Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease in Poland : results from the POLASPIRE survey

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CARDIOLOGY JOURNAL

The engagement of psychiatrists in the assessment of euthanasia requests from psychiatric patients in Belgium : a survey study

Monica VerhofstadtLuc DeliensFreddy MortierKoen PardonDirk De BacquerKenneth Chambaere

A1 Journal Article in BMC PSYCHIATRY

The impact of a group-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on the quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia : results from the QUALIFIBRO study

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

The relation between domain-specific physical behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness : a cross-sectional compositional data analysis on the physical activity health paradox using accelerometer-assessed data

Margo KetelsDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

2019

Assessing physiological response mechanisms and the role of psychosocial job resources in the physical activity health paradox : study protocol for the Flemish Employees' Physical Activity (FEPA) study

Margo KetelsDirk De BacquerHeidi JanssensEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Blood pressure distribution and control in coronary patients from 24 European countries in the European Society of Cardiology EURoObservational Research Programme European survey of cardiovascular disease prevention and diabetes : EUROASPIRE IV Registry

Johan De SutterDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Can 24-hour heart rate be an underlying mechanism of the occupational and leisure time physical activity paradox?

Margo KetelsDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Disentangling the Sources and Context of Daily Work Stress: Study Protocol of a Comprehensive Real Time Modelling Study Using Portable Devices

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Effect of obesity on left atrial strain in persons aged 35−55 years (The Asklepios Study)

Julio Chirinos MedinaThierry GillebertMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerPatrick SegersErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Everyday stressors causing distress in the workplace : a systematic review

Larissa BolligerNele PauwelsDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Haptoglobin polymorphism and the risk of actinic keratoses and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study

Lieve BrochezReinhart SpeeckaertDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheIsabelle Hoorens

Editorial material

Incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with stabilized coronary heart disease : the EUROASPIRE IV follow-up study

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtKornelia KotsevaJohan De SutterGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Lifestyle and impact on cardiovascular risk factor control in coronary patients across 27 countries : results from the European Society of Cardiology ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V registry

Gui De BackerDirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Lifestyle behaviour and risk factor control in coronary patients : Belgian results from the cross-sectional EUROASPIRE surveys

Delphine De SmedtJohan De SutterMichel De PauwGui De BackerSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CARDIOLOGICA

Return-to-work and associations with psychosocial well-being and health-related quality of life in coronary heart disease patients : results from EUROASPIRE IV

Joy Van de CauterDirk De BacquerEls ClaysDelphine De SmedtLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

Lutgart BraeckmanGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwEls ClaysDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatKoen Van HerckNathalie Michels

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

STRAW Project - Disentangling the sources and context of daily stress at work

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Sexual activity in heart failure patients : information needs and association with health-related quality of life

Anneleen BaertSofie PardaensDelphine De SmedtJohan De SutterDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Switch from BAK-preserved to preservative-free latanoprost decreases anterior chamber flare in POAG patients

Philippe KestelynDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

The influence of occupational physical activity and work-related stress on perceived work ability

Margo KetelsEsther Van PoelDirk De BacquerEls Clays

World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts : revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH

2018

CardioScape mapping the cardiovascular funding landscape in Europe

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Component separation technique for giant incisional hernia : a systematic review

Dirk De BacquerFrederik Berrevoet

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure : a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Cost-effectiveness of guideline adherence in coronary patients : results from the EUROASPIRE IV survey : a registry from the European Society of Cardiology

Delphine De SmedtLieven AnnemansGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Cost-effectiveness of optimized adherence to prevention guidelines in European patients with coronary heart disease : results from the EUROASPIRE IV survey

Delphine De SmedtLieven AnnemansGui De BackerKornelia KotsevaJohan De SutterDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Determinants of participation and risk factor control according to attendance in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in coronary patients in Europe : EUROASPIRE IV survey

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Disentangling the sources and context of daily work stress: study protocol of a comprehensive real-time modelling study using portable devices

Larissa BolligerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Effect of obesity on left atrial strain in middle age : the Asklepios study

Julio Chirinos MedinaMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertErnst Rietzschel

Factors associated with health-related quality of life in stable ambulatory congestive heart failure patients : systematic review

Anneleen BaertDelphine De SmedtJohan De SutterDirk De BacquerEls ClaysSofie Pardaens

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Immunogenicity and safety of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine-naive and pre-immunized patients under treatment with chronic haemodialysis : a longitudinal quasi-experimental phase IV study

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Leukocyte telomere length and diet in the apparently healthy, middle-aged Asklepios population

Tim De MeyerSofie BekaertMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisThierry GillebertErnst RietzschelInge Huybrechts

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Prognostic value of masked uncontrolled hypertension : systematic review and meta-analysis

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Reversal of aging-induced increases in aortic stiffness by targeting cytoskeletal protein-protein interfaces

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersSofie BekaertDirk De BacquerTim De MeyerThierry GillebertLucas Van BortelGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Sex-specific relevance of diabetes to occlusive vascular and other mortality : a collaborative meta-analysis of individual data from 980 793 adults from 68 prospective studies

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY

Smoking cessation in European patients with coronary heart disease : results from the EUROASPIRE IV survey : a registry from the European Society of Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerKornelia Kotseva

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Undetected dysglycaemia common in primary care patients treated for hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia : on the need for a screening strategy in clinical practice : a report from EUROASPIRE IV a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerKornelia KotsevaGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY

2017

Additional weighting for education affects estimates from a National Health Interview Survey

Johan Van der HeydenDirk De BacquerHerman Van OyenKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Comorbidities and psychosocial characteristics as determinants of dropout in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

Sofie PardaensDelphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING

European Association of Preventive Cardiology country of the month initiative : Belgium

Johan De SutterDelphine De SmedtDirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

Hair cortisol in relation to job stress and depressive symptoms

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysAlain VerstraeteDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD

Is type 1 diabetes mellitus more prevalent than expected in transgender persons? A local observation

Justine DefreyneDirk De BacquerSamiah ShadidBruno LapauwGuy T'Sjoen

A1 Journal Article in SEXUAL MEDICINE

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its determinants in coronary heart disease patients in 24 European countries : insights from the EUROASPIRE IV survey of the European Society of Cardiology

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Psychosocial risk factors in relation to other cardiovascular risk factors in coronary heart disease : results from the EUROASPIRE IV survey : a registry from the European Society of Cardiology

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerDelphine De Smedt

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Regular exercise behaviour and intention and symptoms of anxiety and depression in coronary heart disease patients across Europe : results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtGui De BackerKornelia Kotseva

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Sexual activity in patients with heart failure

Anneleen BaertSofie PardaensDelphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Ten-year results of aortic valve replacement with first-generation Mitroflow bioprosthesis : is early degeneration a structural or a technical issue?

Jonas VerbekeYves Van BelleghemGuido Van NootenDirk De BacquerThierry Bové

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

The prognostic value of fasting plasma glucose, two-hour postload glucose, and HbA1c in patients with coronary artery disease : a report from EUROASPIRE IV : a survey from the European Society of Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerKornelia Kotseva

A1 Journal Article in DIABETES CARE

The relation between indicators of low employment quality and attendance behavior in countries of the European Union

Heidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Time trends in lifestyle, risk factor control, and use of evidence-based medications in patients with coronary heart disease in Europe : results from 3 EUROASPIRE surveys, 1999-2013

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL HEART

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is more prevalent than expected in transgender patients : a local observation

Justine DefreyneDirk De BacquerSamiah ShadidBruno LapauwGuy T'Sjoen

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is more prevalent than expected in transgender patients; a local observation

Justine DefreyneDirk De BacquerSamiah ShadidBruno LapauwGuy T'Sjoen

Validity of the assessment of population health and use of health care in a national health interview survey

Johan Van der HeydenKoen Van HerckDirk De Bacquer

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015 : a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016 : a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128.9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatNathalie MichelsKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

2016

A century of trends in adult human height

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in eLIFE

A happy valve in a happy patient? : serotonergic antidepressants and the risk of valvular heart disease (SERVAL): a case-control study

Tine De BackerMirko PetrovicKurt AudenaertMathieu CoemanDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CLINICA BELGICA

Achievement of lifestyle, blood pressure, lipids and diabetes goals for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease across Europe: results of EUROASPIRE IV survey

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Association between psychosocial characteristics of work and presenteeism: a cross-sectional study

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Cardiovascular risk estimation in older persons: SCORE O.P.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Do psychosocial job resources buffer the relation between physical work demands and coronary heart disease?: a prospective study among men

Els ClaysKoen Van HerckDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

EUROASPIRE IV : a European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerGui De BackerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Educational level and risk profile and risk control in patients with coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerDelphine De SmedtKornelia Kotseva

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Gastrointestinal risk assessment in patients requiring non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for osteoarthritis: the Girano study

Guy VanderstraetenDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Lifestyle and risk factor management in people at high cardiovascular risk from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom who participated in both the EUROASPIRE III and IV primary care surveys

Gui De BackerDirk De BacquerKornelia Kotseva

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Lifestyle and risk factor management in people at high risk of cardiovascular disease : a report from the European Society of Cardiology European Action on Secondary and Primary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events (EUROASPIRE) IV cross-sectional survey in 14 European regions

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Lipid lowering drug therapy in patients with coronary heart disease from 24 European countries: findings from the EUROASPIRE IV survey

Gui De BackerKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Management of overweight and obesity in patients at high cardiovascular risk across Europe : results from EUROASPIRE IV survey

Dirk De Bacquer

Measuring health-related quality of life in cardiac patients

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysDirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

Physical activity status in patients with coronary heart disease : results from the cross-sectional EUROASPIRE surveys

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysJohan De SutterGui De BackerAnneleen BaertKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH

Principal results of the EUROASPIRE IV survey of CVD prevention and diabetes : lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management in patients at high risk of developing CVD from 14 European regions

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Regional differences in the validity of self-reported use of health care in Belgium: selection versus reporting bias

Johan Van der HeydenDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Return to work in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE IV study

Els ClaysDelphine De SmedtKornelia KotsevaLutgart BraeckmanDirk De Bacquer

Secondary prevention in CHD patients in Belgium: long-term time trends based on the EUROASPIRE surveys

Delphine De SmedtJohan De SutterMichel De PauwGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Simplifying the audit of risk factor recording and control: a report from an international study in 11 countries

Dirk De BacquerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

The gender gap in risk factor control: effects of age and education on the control of cardiovascular risk factors in male and female coronary patients: the EUROASPIRE IV study by the European Society of Cardiology

Delphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerJohan De SutterSofie GevaertGui De BackerKornelia KotsevaEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The indirect association of job strain with long-term sickness absence through bullying : a mediation analysis using structural equation modeling

Heidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

The use of HeartQoL in patients with coronary heart disease : association with risk factors and European reference values: the EUROASPIRE IV study of the European Society of Cardiology

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Time-saving screening for diabetes in patients with coronary artery disease : a report from EUROASPIRE IV

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in BMJ OPEN

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Lutgart BraeckmanEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwDelphine De SmedtPatrick KolsterenCarl LachatKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Validity and reliability of the HeartQol questionnaire in a large sample of stable coronary patients: the EUROASPIRE IV Study of th European Society of Cardiology

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Vitamin K antagonists for stroke prevention in hemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation : a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

2015

Acceptability and feasibility of potential intervention strategies for influencing sedentary time at work : focus group interviews in executives and employees

Katrien De CockerCharlene VeldemanDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanGreet CardonIlse De Bourdeaudhuij

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Activity limitations predict health care expenditures in the general population in Belgium

Johan Van der HeydenHerman Van OyenDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Adverse lifestyle trends counter improvements in cardiovascular risk factor management in coronary patients

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerGui De BackerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Do psychosocial job resources buffer the relation between physical work demands and coronary events?

Els ClaysKoen Van HerckDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Does pharmacologic treatment in patients with established coronary artery disease and diabetes fulfil guideline recommended targets?: a report from the EuroAspire III cross-sectional study

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Dose-finding study of rivaroxaban in hemodialysis patients

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

EURObservational research programme: EUROASPIRE: the Euroaspire survey of cardiovascular prevention and diabetes in 24 countries in Europe

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Effectiveness of the EUROACTION PLUS (EA plus) preventive cardiology programme for high CVD risk smokers in modifying dietary habits and anthropometric indices

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

European HeartQoL reference values in patients with coronary heart disease

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Female gender in acute cardiac care

Sofie GevaertDirk De BacquerJohan De Sutter

Gender differences in European patients with coronary heart disease

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysJohan De SutterSofie GevaertKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Health behaviours as a mechanism in the prospective relation between workplace reciprocity and absenteeism: a bridge too far?

Bart De ClercqEls ClaysHeidi JanssensDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

In reply to 'Hemodialysis catheters: which design is more cost-effective?' and 'Use of an uncensored primary outcome in a catheter design trial?'

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Lifestyle, blood pressure, lipids and diabetes management in patients with coronary heart disease from 24 countries in Europe

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL

Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke : a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Management of overweight and obesity in patients with coronary heart disease across Europe: results from EUROASPIRE IV survey

Kornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes need improved management: a report from the EUROASPIRE IV survey: a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerKornelia KotsevaJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY

Prevalence and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in coronary patients: an analysis of EUROASPIRE IV, a study of the European Society of Cardiology

Gui De BackerKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Prevalence and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in the EUROASPIRE IV project

Gui De BackerKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Readiness for smoking cessation in coronary heart disease patients across Europe: results from the EuroAspire III survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Risk stratification and risk assessment

Dirk De Bacquer

Bookchapter in The ESC textbook of preventive cardiology

Screening for dysglycaemia in patients with coronary artery disease as reflected by fasting glucose, oral glucose tolerance test, and HbA1c: a report from EUROASPIRE IV, a survey from the European Society of Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Self-reported health status in coronary heart disease patients: a comparison with the general population

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING

The relation of ambulatory heart rate with all-cause mortality among middle-aged men : a prospective cohort study

Koen Van HerckGui De BackerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

The relation of ambulatory heart rate with all-cause mortality among middle-aged men: a prospective cohort study

Els ClaysKoen Van HerckGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Validity and reliability of the HeartQoL questionnaire based on the EUROASPIRE IV study

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Validity and reliability of the HeartQol questionnaire based on the EUROASPIRE IV study

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysKornelia KotsevaDirk De Bacquer

Validity of self-reported use of health care in the European Health Interview Survey

Johan Van der HeydenDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

2014

Association between psychosocial risk factors and presenteeism : results from the Belstress III study

Heidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Association between variables used in the field substitution and post-stratification adjustment in the Belgian health interview survey and non-response

Johan Van der HeydenKoen Van HerckDirk De BacquerHerman Van Oyen

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Cardiovascular risk factors: Belgian target achievement

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CARDIOLOGICA

Clinical impact of direct HDLc and LDLc method bias in hypertriglyceridemia: a simulation study of the EAS-EFLM Collaborative Project Group

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

EQ-5D versus SF-12 in coronary patients: are they interchangeable?

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in VALUE IN HEALTH

Effective arterial elastance is insensitive to pulsatile arterial load

Julio Chirinos MedinaErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereTom ClaessensDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Effectiveness of a preventive cardiology programme for high CVD risk persistent smokers: the EUROACTION PLUS varenicline trial

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Gender differences in the management and outcome of atrial fibrillation complicating acute heart failure

Sofie GevaertDirk De BacquerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE

Gender, TIMI risk score and in-hospital mortality in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI : results from the Belgian STEMI registry

Sofie GevaertDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROINTERVENTION

Health-related quality of life and psychological distress in patients with coronary heart disease

Delphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Hemodialysis catheter design and catheter performance: a randomized controlled trial

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES

Introduction of a heart failure nurse for the support of in-hospital management of mainly elderly patients with acute HF results in a shorter hospitalisation duration, a higher prescription of evidence based medication and a better outcome after 1 year follow-up

Johan De SutterSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

Job strain indirectly affects long-term sickness absence through bullying : a mediation analysis using structural equation modeling

Heidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerEls Clays

Job-related stress and sickness absence among Belgian nurses: a prospective study

Jeroen TrybouHeidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP

Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1.8 million participants

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Niveaux d'atteinte des valeurs thérapeutiques pour des facteurs majeurs modifiables du risque cardiovasculaire en Belgique

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in REVUE MÉDICALE DE LIÈGE

On cross-sectional associations of leukocyte telomere length with cardiac systolic, diastolic and vascular function: the Asklepios study

Simon DenilErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereCaroline Van daelePatrick SegersDirk De BacquerWim Van CriekingeSofie BekaertThierry GillebertTim De Meyer

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Passive smoking and smoking cessation among patients with coronary heart disease across Europe: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Presenteïsme : een voorspeller voor ziekteverzuim

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

Editorial material

Principal results of the EUROASPIRE IV survey of CVD prevention and diabetes: lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management in coronary patients from 24 European regions

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Propionyl-L-carnitine for intermittent claudication: a cochrane review

Tine De BackerVictor KamoenRobert Vander SticheleLaurence CampensDirk De BacquerLucas Van Bortel

Reliability and validity of a global question on self-reported chronic morbidity

Johan Van der HeydenDirk De BacquerKoen Van Herck

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (BERLIN)

Risk factor awareness in a coronary population and the association with health-related quality of life outcomes

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Risk factor awareness in a coronary population and the association with health-related quality of life outcomes

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansDirk De Bacquer

SURF - SUrvey of Risk Factor management: first report of an international audit

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Seasonality of cardiovascular risk factors: an analysis including over 230 000 participants in 15 countries

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Self-operated endovaginal telemonitoring versus traditional monitoring of ovarian stimulation in assisted reproduction: an RCT

Jan GerrisFrank VandekerckhoveEllen DeschepperDirk De BacquerLore PilLieven AnnemansPetra De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The association between self-reported lifestyle changes and health-related quality of life in coronary patients: the EUROASPIRE III survey

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansHedwig BoudrezJohan De SutterSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

The combined relation of occupational and leisure time physical activity with allcause mortality accounting for physcial fitness among men

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckGui De Backer

The combined relationship of occupational and leisure-time physical activity with all-cause mortality among men, accounting for physical fitness

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The indirect effect of job strain on long-term sickness absence through bullying : a mediation analysis using structural equation modeling

Heidi JanssensLutgart BraeckmanBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerEls Clays

The relation between psychosocial risk factors and cause-specific long-term sickness absence

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Validation of standard times and influencing factors during the development of the Workload Indicator for Nursing

Dries MynyDirk De BacquerAnn Van HeckeDimitri BeeckmanSofie VerhaegheDirk Van Goubergen

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

Validity of instruction leaflets for parents to measure their child's weight and height at home: results obtained from a randomised controlled trial

Inge HuybrechtsTineke De VriendtDirk De BacquerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in BMJ OPEN

2013

Addition of a novel, protective family history category allows better profiling of cardiovascular risk and atherosclerotic burden in the general population: the Asklepios study

Caroline Van daeleTim De MeyerMarc De BuyzereThierry GillebertSimon DenilSofie BekaertJulio Chirinos MedinaPatrick SegersGui De BackerDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Arterial stiffness and subclinical inflammation in the general population: the Asklepios study

Julio Chirinos MedinaThierry GillebertMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Central pulse pressure and its hemodynamic determinants in middle-aged adults with impaired fasting glucose and diabetes

Patrick SegersThierry GillebertMarc De BuyzereCaroline Van daeleDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in DIABETES CARE

Central pulse pressure and its hemodynamic determinants in middle-aged adults with impaired fasting glucose and diabetes mellitus: the Asklepios study

Julio Chirinos MedinaPatrick SegersThierry GillebertMarc De BuyzereCaroline Van daeleDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

Comparing effort-reward imbalance versus job strain in predicting sick leave

Els ClaysHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanDirk De Bacquer

Comparing the health-related quality of life status between coronary patients and the general population in 11 European countries

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansDirk De Bacquer

Depression, anxiety, and risk factor control in patients after hospitalization for coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE III Study.

Delphine De SmedtDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Early and late systolic wall stress differentially relate to myocardial contraction and relaxation in middle-aged adults: the Asklepios study

Julio Chirinos MedinaPatrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereTom ClaessensDirk De BacquerThierry Gillebert

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Evaluation of commercially available ELISA assays as a tool for monitoring and managing pemphigus patients: a prospective study

Stefanie BrackeReinhart SpeeckaertNanja van GeelDirk De BacquerJo Lambert

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Family history of cardiovascular disease and offspring echocardiographic left ventricular structure and function: the Asklepios study

Caroline Van daeleTim De MeyerMarc De BuyzereThierry GillebertSimon DenilSofie BekaertJulio Chirinos MedinaGui De BackerDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Health promotion in individuals with mental disorders: a cluster preference randomized controlled trial

Nick VerhaegheEls ClaysCarine VereeckenJan De MaeseneerLea MaesCornelis Van HeeringenDirk De BacquerLieven Annemans

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Health related quality of life in coronary patients and its association with their cardiovascular risk profile: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysLieven AnnemansDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Introduction of a heart failure nurse for the support of in-hospital management of mainly elderly patients with acute HF results in a better outcome after 1 year follow-up

Johan De SutterSofie PardaensDirk De Bacquer

Job strain and cardiovascular disease risk factors : meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 47,000 men and women

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Job strain and health-related lifestyle: findings from an individual-participant meta-analysis of 118 000 working adults

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Omalizumab is effective in allergic and nonallergic patients with nasal polyps and asthma

Philippe GevaertLien CalusThibaut Van ZeleNatalie De RuyckGuy BrusselleDirk De BacquerPaul Van CauwenbergeClaus Bachert

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease : systematic review and meta-analysis

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL

Physical work demands and leisure time physical activity in relation to risk for coronary heart disease

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

Physical work demands and leisure time physical activity in relation to risk for coronary heart disease

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

Population-level changes to promote cardiovascular health

Dirk De BacquerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Reciprocity and depressive symptoms in Belgian workers: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Bart De ClercqEls ClaysHeidi JanssensDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Reducing sedentary behavior at the workplace: exploring employers' and employees' perceptions of intervention strategies through focus group interviews

Charlene VeldemanKatrien De CockerDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanGreet CardonIlse De Bourdeaudhuij

Reference intervals for common carotid intima-media thickness measured with echotracking: relation with risk factors

Ernst RietzschelSebastian VermeerschPatrick SegersLucas Van BortelDirk De BacquerCaroline Van daeleMarc De Buyzere

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Registration of acute coronary events in Flanders, Belgium comparing the MONICA and the Universal case definition of myocardial infarction

Koen Van HerckPatrick VannooteEls ClaysTineke De VriendtIna DeVreeseStefaan De HenauwGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Relationship between effective arterial elastance and specific measures of arterial properties in middle age: the Asklepios study

Julio Chirinos MedinaErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPatrick Segers

Renal dysfunction in STEMI-patients undergoing primary angioplasty : higher prevalence but equal prognostic impact in female patients: an observational cohort study from the Belgian STEMI registry

Sofie GevaertDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in BMC NEPHROLOGY

Residual risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE Risk Categories

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the general population of Ghent, Belgium: awareness and treatment for hypertension and/or hypercholesterolemia

Koen Van HerckEls ClaysGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Seasonality of cardiovascular risk factors: an analysis including over 100,000 participants in seven countries

Dirk De Bacquer

Self-operated endo-vaginal tele-monitoring (SOET) as an alternative for traditional monitoring of the stimulation phase of IVF/ICSI cycles: preliminary results of a randomized comparison

Jan GerrisFrank VandekerckhoveEwout VansteenkisteEllen DeschepperLore PilDirk De BacquerLieven AnnemansPetra De Sutter

The association between leisure time physical activity and coronary heart disease among men with different physical work demands: a prospective cohort study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The interaction between physical and psychosocial risk factors at work in relation to coronary heart disease

Els ClaysKoen Van HerckGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

The interplay between physical activity at work and during leisure time in relation to coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality: findings from two Belgian cohorts

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

The relation between presenteeism and different types of future sickness absence

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Treatment potential for dyslipidaemia management in patients with coronary heart disease across Europe: findings from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Unanswered questions in including HDL-cholesterol in the cardiovascular risk estimation: is time still on our side?

Michel LangloisJoris DelangheMarc De BuyzereErnst RietzschelDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Use and effects of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

Validity and reliability of three commonly used quality of life measures in a large European population of coronary heart disease patients

Delphine De SmedtEls ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Validity of instruction leaflets for parents to measure their child's weight and height at home

Inge HuybrechtsTineke De VriendtDirk De BacquerStefaan De Henauw

2012

A Dutch version of the Modified Reasons for Smoking scale: factorial structure, reliability and validity

Hedwig BoudrezDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Accuracy of oscillometric determination of the ankle-brachial index as screening method for peripheral artery disease

Laurence CampensTine De BackerFrank VermassenMathieu CoemanMichel De PauwDirk De Bacquer

Arterial properties as determinants of time-varying myocardial stress in humans

Julio Chirinos MedinaPatrick SegersThierry GillebertMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Behavioural and psychosocial correlates of nondipping blood pressure pattern among middle-aged men and women at work

Els ClaysKoen Van HerckMarc De BuyzereGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION

Benzalkonium chloride induces anterior chamber inflammation in previously untreated patients with ocular hypertension as measured by flare meter : a randomized clinical trial

Dirk De BacquerPhilippe Kestelyn

A1 Journal Article in ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA

Cardiovascular risk age: concepts and practicalities

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Common genetic variation in the 3'-BCL11B gene desert is associated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and excess cardiovascular disease risk: the AortaGen Consortium

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersSofie BekaertDirk De BacquerTim De MeyerThierry GillebertLucas Van BortelGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS

Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies : the IPD-Work consortium

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Cost-effectiveness of optimizing prevention in patients with coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE III health economics project

Delphine De SmedtDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLieven Annemans

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Determining a set of measurable and relevant factors affecting nursing workload in the acute care hospital setting: a cross-sectional study

Dries MynyAnn Van HeckeDirk De BacquerSofie VerhaegheTom DefloorDirk Van Goubergen

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

Do workers with high occupational physical activity have an elevated daily ambulatory blood pressure?

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckGui De Backer

EUROACTION PLUS: a randomised controlled trial on preventive cardiology programme plus intensive smoking cessation with varenicline for vascular and high CVD risk smokers and their partners: principal results

Dirk De Bacquer

Endogenous oestradiol and cardiovascular disease in healthy men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Dirk De BacquerPatrick CaldersJean KaufmanJohannes Ruige

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Euroaction preventive cardiology programme plus intensive smoking cessation with varenicline

Dirk De Bacquer

Health promotion intervention in mental health care : design and baseline findings of a cluster preference randomized controlled trial

Nick VerhaegheJan De MaeseneerLea MaesCornelis Van HeeringenVeerle BogaertEls ClaysDirk De BacquerLieven Annemans

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Job strain and alcohol intake : a collaborative meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 140 000 men and women

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Job strain and tobacco smoking : an individual-participant data meta-analysis of 166 130 adults in 15 European studies

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Job strain as a risk factor for leisure-time physical inactivity: an individual-participant meta-analysis of up to 170,000 men and women

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Job strain in relation to body mass index : pooled analysis of 160.000 adults from 13 cohort studies

Dirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

No shorter telomeres in subjects with a family history of cardiovascular disease in the Asklepios Study

Tim De MeyerCaroline Van daeleMarc De BuyzereSimon DenilDirk De BacquerPatrick SegersGui De BackerThierry GillebertSofie BekaertErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Nurse LED smoking cessation as part of a preventive cardiology Programme: The Euroaction Plus (EA plus ) RCT

Dirk De Bacquer

Nurses meet the challenge of helping high CVD risk smokers to quit with the help of varenicline in a preventive cardiology programme

Dirk De Bacquer

Occupation-differential construct validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) psychological job demands scale with physical job demands items: a mixed methods research

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ERGONOMICS

Occupational and leisure time physical activity in contrasting relation to ambulatory blood pressure

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Omalizumab is effective in allergic and non-allergic patients with nasal polyps and asthma

Philippe GevaertLien CalusThibaut Van ZeleNatalie De RuyckDirk De BacquerGuy BrussellePaul Van CauwenbergeClaus Bachert

Open preperitoneal techniques versus Lichtenstein repair for elective inguinal hernias

Wouter WillaertDirk De BacquerXavier RogiersRoberto TroisiFrederik Berrevoet

A1 Journal Article in COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Propionyl-L-carnitine for intermittent claudication (protocol)

Tine De BackerLaurence CampensRobert Vander SticheleLucas Van BortelDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Psychosocial characteristics at work as risk factors for long-term cause-specific sick leave

Els ClaysHeidi JanssensBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanDirk De Bacquer

Quality of life and its association with prevalences and therapeutic control of cardiovascular risk factors in CHD patients

Delphine De SmedtLieven AnnemansDirk De Bacquer

Relation between job strain, bullying and depression

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanDirk De Bacquer

The association between body mass index class, sickness absence, and presenteeism

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

The prospective relation between presenteeism and different types of sickness absence

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysBart De ClercqLutgart BraeckmanDirk De Bacquer

Topical ciclosporin in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in Rwanda, Central Africa: a prospective, randomised, double-masked, controlled clinical trial

Dirk De BacquerPhilippe Kestelyn

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Utility of self-reported diagnosis and electrocardiogram Q-waves for estimating myocardial infarction prevalence: an international comparison study

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Workplace social capital and depressive symptoms in Belgian companies : a multilevel analysis

Bart De ClercqEls ClaysHeidi JanssensDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

2011

Blood pressure control and knowledge of target blood pressure in coronary patients across Europe: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Consistency between the measurements of chronic morbidity in a health interview survey and a population census

Dirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckHerman Van Oyen

Current and projected prevalence of arterial hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa by sex, age and habitat: an estimate from population studies

Marc TwagirumukizaDirk De BacquerJan KipsGui De BackerRobert Vander SticheleLucas Van Bortel

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Donor haptoglobin phenotype determines outcome following liver transplantation

Reinhart SpeeckaertHans Van VlierbergheRoberto TroisiDirk De BacquerMarijn SpeeckaertMarc De BuyzereBernard de HemptinneJoris Delanghe

A1 Journal Article in TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL

Effect of a tailored behavior change program on a composite lifestyle change score: a randomized controlled trial

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De BackerIlse De Bourdeaudhuij

A1 Journal Article in HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH

Endogenous testosterone and cardiovascular disease in healthy men: a meta-analysis

Johannes RuigeAhmed MahmoudDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Estimation of population percentiles

Frank SchoonjansDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EPIDEMIOLOGY

Factors associated with cardiac rehabilitation attendance in patients with coronary heart disease in Europe: results from EUROASPIRE III survey

Dirk De Bacquer

Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Dirk De BacquerErnst RietzschelGui De BackerLucas Van BortelMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersSofie BekaertThierry GillebertTim De Meyer

A1 Journal Article in NATURE GENETICS

Implementation of a dose calculator for vancomycin to achieve target trough levels of 15-20 µg/mL in persons undergoing hemodialysis

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Modest opposite associations of endogenous testosterone and oestradiol with left ventricular remodelling and function in healthy middle-aged men

Johannes RuigeErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSofie BekaertPatrick SegersDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Occupation-differential construct validity of the JCQ psychological job demands scale with physical job demands items

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

Prevalence and correlates of poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in Belgian truck drivers

Lutgart BraeckmanRini VerpraetMarleen Van RisseghemDirk PevernagieDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Relationships between body mass index, cardiovascular mortality, and risk factors: a report from the SCORE investigators

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Response to method errors or unexplained biological information?

Julio Chirinos MedinaThierry GillebertPatrick SegersMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the general population of Ghent: awareness and treatment for elevated blood pressure and/or cholesterol

Koen Van HerckEls ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

The association between organizational support climate and individual worker's health

Els ClaysLutgart BraeckmanHeidi JanssensGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

The association between overweight, sickness absence and presenteeism among men and women

Heidi JanssensEls ClaysDirk De BacquerLutgart Braeckman

The effect of using assessment instruments on substance-abuse outpatients' adherence to treatment: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

Veerle RaesDirk De BacquerEric BroekaertJan De Maeseneer

A1 Journal Article in BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

The perception of work stressors is related to reduced parasympathetic activity

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

The perception of work stressors is related to reduced parasympathetic activity

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The relationship between diet and subclinical atherosclerosis : results from the Asklepios study

Ernst RietzschelMichel LangloisMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLea MaesThierry GillebertInge Huybrechts

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Validity of parent-reported weight and height of preschool children measured at home or estimated without home measurement : a validation study

Inge HuybrechtsCharlene OttevaereTineke De VriendtWillem De KeyzerDirk De BacquerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in BMC PEDIATRICS

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in school children in Rwanda and its association with socio-economic status: a population-based survey

Dirk De BacquerJoris DelanghePhilippe Kestelyn

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

2010

Birth weight in relation to sex steroid status and body composition in young healthy male siblings

Griet VanbillemontBruno LapauwVeerle BogaertHélène De NaeyerDirk De BacquerJohannes RuigeJean KaufmanYouri Taes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Correlates of nondipping blood pressure pattern among middle-aged men and women

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerKoen Van HerckMarc De Buyzere

Donor haptoglobin phenotype determines iron status and outcome following liver transplantation

Reinhart SpeeckaertHans Van VlierbergheRoberto TroisiMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerMarijn SpeeckaertBernard de HemptinneJoris Delanghe

EUROASPIRE III: lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management in people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional survey in 12 European countries

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

EUROASPIRE III: management of cardiovascular risk factors in asymptomatic high-risk patients in general practice: cross-sectional survey in 12 European countries

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Early smoking is associated with peak bone mass and prevalent fractures in young, healthy men

Youri TaesBruno LapauwGriet VanbillemontDirk De BacquerStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Gender differences in the implementation of cardiovascular prevention measures after an acute coronary event

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

High dietary supplement intakes among Flemish preschoolers

Inge HuybrechtsLea MaesCarine VereeckenWillem De KeyzerDirk De BacquerGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in APPETITE

Investigation of early suicide-related symptoms in a non-suicidal depressed patient population after Escitalopram administration: a pilot study

Uus KnopsGilbert LemmensCornelis Van HeeringenKurt AudenaertEllen DeschepperDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in INTERNET JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH

Job stress in relation to heart rate variability

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Left ventricular mass: allometric scaling, normative values, effect of obesity, and prognostic performance

Julio Chirinos MedinaPatrick SegersMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerTom ClaessensThierry GillebertErnst Rietzschel

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Management of overweight and obese patients with coronary heart disease across Europe

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Noninvasive assessment of central and peripheral arterial pressure (waveforms): implications of calibration methods

Dries MahieuJan KipsErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereFrancis VerbekeThierry GillebertGui De BackerDirk De BacquerPascal VerdonckLucas Van BortelPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Noninvasive assessment of diastolic intraventricular pressure gradients in a large general population (the Asklepios study)

Benjamin Van Der SmissenTom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPeter Van RansbeeckPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Predictive ability of the SCORE Belgium risk chart for cardiovascular mortality

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Pressure ulcers and incontinence-associated dermatitis : effectiveness of the Pressure Ulcer CLASsification education tool on classification by nurses

Dimitri BeeckmanDirk De BacquerTom Defloor

A1 Journal Article in QUALITY & SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE

Prevalent fractures are related to cortical bone geometry in young healthy men at age of peak bone mass

Youri TaesBruno LapauwGriet VanbillemontDirk De BacquerStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Psychometric evaluation of the Dutch resilience scale RS-nl on 3265 healthy participants: a confirmation of the association between age and resilience found with the Swedish version

Dirk De BacquerKurt Audenaert

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES

Psychosocial risk factors for sick leave at the individual and organizational level : a multilevel analysis

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

Psychosocial work and home stressors predict sickness absence from work

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanGui De Backer

Reproducibility and validity of a diet quality index for children assessed using a FFQ

Inge HuybrechtsCarine VereeckenDirk De BacquerHerman Van OyenLea MaesGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the general population of Ghent, Belgium: status praesens and comparison to the historical MONICA surveys

Koen Van HerckEls ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

2009

Amplification of the Pressure Pulse in the Upper Limb in Healthy, Middle-Aged Men and Women

Patrick SegersDries MahieuJan KipsErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckLucas Van Bortel

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Arterial load and ventricular-arterial coupling: physiologic relations with body size and effect of obesity

Julio Chirinos MedinaErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPatrick Segers

Arterial load and ventricular-arterial coupling: physiologic relations with body size and effect of obesity

Julio Chirinos MedinaErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900.000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in Lancet

Cardiovascular prevention guidelines in daily practice: a comparison of EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys in eight European countries

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in The Lancet

Chromosome 9p21 Polymorphism Interacts With Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Carotid Plaque

Ernst RietzschelSofie BekaertPatrick SegersTim De MeyerDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertMarc De Buyzere

Circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein : a biomarker of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk?

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereThierry GillebertDirk De BacquerGui De BackerSofie BekaertPatric Van OostveldtPatrick SegersPascal Verdonck

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

Comparison of the prognostic value of dipyridamole and dobutamine myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in hemodialysis patients

Dirk De BacquerFrancis VerbekeJohan De Sutter

A1 Journal Article in KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Cross-Language Differential Item Functioning of the Job Content Questionnaire Among European Countries: The JACE Study

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

Determinants of ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors as iron status parameters in young adult women

Dirk De BacquerChristophe MatthysJoris DelangheMarleen TemmermanGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Development and validation of a model for prediction of mortality in patients with acute burn injury

Stijn BlotNele BrusselaersStan MonstreyKoenraad VandewoudeJan De WaeleKirsten ColpaertJohan DecruyenaereDirk De BacquerEric Hoste

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

ESTIMATED CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE: IMPORTANCE OF RADIAL ARTERY PRESSURE WAVEFORM CALIBRATION

Dries MahieuErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereFrancis VerbekeThierry GillebertGui De BackerDirk De BacquerPascal VerdonckLucas Van BortelPatrick Segers

EUROASPIRE III: a survey on the lifestyle, risk factors and use of cardioprotective drug therapies in coronary patients from 22 European countries

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

EUROASPIRE III: lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management in people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease from 12 European countries

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Fat Mass Is Negatively Associated with Cortical Bone Size in Young Healthy Male Siblings

Youri TaesBruno LapauwGriet VanbillemontVeerle BogaertDirk De BacquerHans-Georg ZmierczakStefan GoemaereJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

HDL cholesterol protects against cardiovascular disease in both genders, at all ages and at all levels of risk

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

HYPERTENSION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA): LOW PREVALENCE, BUT HIGH RISK

Marc TwagirumukizaDirk De BacquerJan KipsRobert Vander SticheleGui De BackerLucas Van Bortel

How evidence-based is venous leg ulcer care ? A survey in community settings.

Ann Van HeckeMaria GrypdonckHilde BeeleDirk De BacquerTom Defloor

A1 Journal Article in Journal of Advanced Nursing

How much does HDL cholesterol add to risk estimation? A report from the SCORE investigators

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Lifestyle related cardiovascular risk factors are predictors of sickness absence from work

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Measures of work-family conflict predict sickness absence from work

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Night-day blood pressure ratio and dipping pattern as predictors of death and cardiovascular events in hypertension

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION

Polymorphisms of the SHBG gene contribute to the interindividual variation of sex steroid hormone blood levels in young, middle-aged and elderly men

Griet VanbillemontVeerle BogaertDirk De BacquerBruno LapauwStefan GoemaereKaatje ToyeKristel Van SteenYouri TaesJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Posttransplant Hypomagnesemia as an Early Predictor of New Onset Diabetes after Transplantation and Its Relation with Calcineurin Inhibitors

Wim Van BiesenFrancis VerbekeDirk De BacquerPatrick PeetersRaymond Vanholder

Posttransplantation Hypomagnesemia and Its Relation with Immunosuppression as Predictors of New-Onset Diabetes after Transplantation

Wim Van BiesenFrancis VerbekeDirk De BacquerPatrick PeetersRaymond Vanholder

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Prevalence and impact on quality of life of peripheral neuropathy with or without neuropathic pain in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients attending hospital outpatients clinics

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in DIABETES & METABOLISM

RISK OF HYPERTENSION IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN URBAN THAN IN RURAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN REGIONS

Dirk De BacquerJan KipsLucas Van Bortel

Re-evaluating the Rose approach: comparative benefits of the population and high-risk preventive strategies

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Recalibration and validation of the SCORE risk chart in the Australian population: the AusSCORE chart

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Relationship Between Ventricular Afterload and Early Diastolic Ventricular Relaxation: The Asklepios Study

Ernst RietzschelTom ClaessensMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertPatrick Segers

Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food-Frequency Questionnaire for Estimating Food Intakes among Flemish Preschoolers

Inge HuybrechtsGui De BackerDirk De BacquerLea MaesStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Rotating shift work and the metabolic syndrome: a prospective study

Dirk De BacquerMarleen Van RisseghemEls ClaysGui De BackerLutgart Braeckman

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Serum estradiol and not testosterone influences volumetric bone mineral density and modulates the impact of physical activity on bone size at the age of peak bone mass: a study in healthy male siblings

Bruno LapauwYouri TaesGriet VanbillemontStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

Serum estradiol is associated with volumetric BMD and modulates the impact of physical activity on bone size at the age of peak bone mass: a study in healthy male siblings

Bruno LapauwYouri TaesVeerle BogaertGriet VanbillemontStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Small effect of the androgen receptor gene GGN repeat polymorphism on serum testosterone levels in healthy men

Veerle BogaertGriet VanbillemontYouri TaesDirk De BacquerEllen DeschepperKristel Van SteenJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Systemic telomere length and preclinical atherosclerosis : the Asklepios study

Tim De MeyerErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereMichel LangloisDirk De BacquerPatrick SegersGui De BackerPatric Van OostveldtWim Van CriekingeThierry GillebertSofie Bekaert

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The association between job strain and blood pressure variability in middle-aged men and women

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerMarc De BuyzereGui De Backer

The identification of older nursing home residents vulnerable for deterioration of grade 1 pressure ulcers

Katrien VanderweeMaria GrypdonckDirk De BacquerTom Defloor

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The perception of job stressors is related to measures of heart rate variability

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

The perception of job stressors is related to measures of heart rate variability

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: from patient and infarction characteristics to risk factors and risk estimates

Peter GheeraertThierry GillebertDirk De Bacquer

2008

A preliminary study on the use of the Socially Acceptable Behavior test as a test for shyness/confidence in the temperament of dogs

Rudy De MeesterDirk De BacquerKathelijne PeremansSimon VermeireFrank CoopmanKurt Audenaert

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF VETERINARY BEHAVIOR-CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Age and gender related patterns in carotid-femoral PWV and carotid and femoral stiffness in a large healthy, middle-aged population

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Blood pressure management and control in coronary patients across Europe

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Carotid artery structure and large artery stiffness in 2524 middle-aged men and women (asklepios study): Integrating morphology and mechanics

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelSebastian VermeerschMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerPascal VerdonckThierry Gillebert

Clinical reality of coronary prevention in Europe: A comparison of EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Clinical reality of coronary prevention in Europe: a comparison of EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Daytime and nighttime blood pressure as predictors of death and cause-specific cardiovascular events in hypertension

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Determining carotid artery pressure from scaled diameter waveforms: comparison and validation of calibration techniques in 2026 subjects

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

EUROACTION: Achieving lifestyle targets in a hospital and primary care multidisciplinary cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme. Results at 1 year

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: Do couples attending a hospital based multidisciplinary family cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme share the same risk factors? Do they change together?

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: Do couples attending a hospital based multidisciplinary family cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme share the same smoking habits? Do they stop smoking together?

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: The achievement of blood pressure, lipid and glucose targets in a cardiovascular prevention programme in general practice one year results

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: achieving blood pressure, lipid and glucose targets in a 16 week multidisciplinary cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation hospital programme - One year results

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: changes in smoking, diet and physical activity over one-year in a family based preventive cardiology programme in hospital and general practice

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROASPIRE III: Lifestyle and risk factor management and use of drug therapies in coronary patients from 22 countries in Europe

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROASPIRE III: Lifestyle and risk factor management and use of drug therapies in coronary patients from 22 countries in Europe

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Estimated central blood pressure, importance of radial artery pressure waveform calibration

Dries MahieuErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereFrancis VerbekeThierry GillebertGui De BackerDirk De BacquerPascal VerdonckLucas Van BortelPatrick Segers

Euroaction: Do couples attending a hospital-based multidisciplinary family cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme share the same smoking habits? Do they change together?

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Evaluation of a 2-day food record to determine iron, calcium and vitamin C intake in young Belgian women

Christophe MatthysDirk De BacquerGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Femoral Plaques Confound the Association of Circulating Oxidized 951 Low-density Lipoprotein with Carotid Atherosclerosis in a General Population Aged 35-55 Years (Asklepios Study)

Ernst RietzschelMichel LangloisMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Femoral plaques confound the association of circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein with carotid atherosclerosis in a general population aged 35 to 55 years - The Asklepios study

Michel LangloisErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

A1 Journal Article in ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Heritability of blood concentrations of sex-steroids in relation to body composition in young adult male siblings

Veerle BogaertYouri TaesKristel Van SteenDirk De BacquerStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Hoe wetenschappelijk is het beoordelen van wetenschappelijk werk aan de hand van impactfactoren van tijdschriften?

Marie van DrielJan De MaeseneerAn De SutterDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry Christiaens

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE

Human chorionic gonadotropin levels in early IVF/ICSI pregnancies are higher in singletons after single embryo transfer compared with singletons after double embryo transfer

Ilse DelbaereStijn VansteelandtJan GerrisPetra De SutterDirk De BacquerMarleen Temmerman

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Implementation of guidelines on secondary cardiovascular prevention in Belgium: a report from the EUROASPIRE III survey

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerSylvia De NobeleGui De Backer

Long term oral contraceptive use is an independent risk factor for arterial stiffening

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Long term oral contraceptive use is an independent risk factor for arterial stiffening

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersSofie BekaertDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Lower red blood cell counts in middle-aged subjects with shorter peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length

Tim De MeyerMarc De BuyzereMichel LangloisErnst RietzschelDirk De BacquerPatric Van OostveldtGui De BackerThierry GillebertWim Van CriekingeSofie Bekaert

A1 Journal Article in AGING CELL

Neuropsychological functioning 3-5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting: does the pump make a difference?

Nathalie StroobantGuido Van NootenDirk De BacquerGuy Vingerhoets

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary, family-based cardiovascular disease prevention programme (EUROACTION) for patients with coronary heart disease and asymptomatic individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a paired, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with decreases in cardiac function independent of vascular alterations

Ernst RietzschelMichel LangloisMarc De BuyzerePatrick SegersDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertPatric Van OostveldtPascal VerdonckGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age

Ilse DelbaereHans VerstraelenGuy MartensDirk De BacquerGui De BackerMarleen Temmerman

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Prognostic significance of ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients with history of cardiovascular disease

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in Blood Pressure Monitoring

Relation between arterial load and left ventricular relaxation in a large population sample of healthy, middle-aged subjects.

Tom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPeter Van RansbeeckPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Relation between left ventricular relaxation rate and arterial loading

Tom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Reported lifestyle habits in coronary patients and access to cardiac rehabilitation in the euroaspire III survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Reservoir pressure and the 3-element Windkessel model in the Asklepios population

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereGui De BackerDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes: a comparison between metformin, sulfonylureas and thiazolidinediones by meta-analysis

Johannes RuigeDirk De BacquerJean KaufmanGuy T'Sjoen

Single-phase bone scintigraphy in dogs with obscure lameness

Yves SamoyBernadette Van RyssenAnnemie Van CaelenbergIngrid GielenDelphine Van VyncktHenri van BreeDirk De BacquerKathelijne Peremans

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE

Socioeconomic status, job strain and common mental disorders - an ecological (occupational) approach

Els ClaysDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

The decline of serum testosterone levels in community-dwelling men over 70 years of age: descriptive data and predictors of longitudinal changes.

Bruno LapauwStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakAhmed MahmoudYouri TaesDirk De BacquerStijn VansteelandtJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

The reservoir pressure concept: the 3-element windkessel model revisited? Application to the Asklepios population study

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereGui De BackerDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

The role of VEGF-C staining in predicting regional metastasis in melanoma

Barbara BooneDirk De BacquerJo LambertLieve Brochez

A1 Journal Article in VIRCHOWS ARCHIV-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Treatment potential for cholesterol management in patients with coronary heart disease in 15 European countries: Findings from the EUROASPIRE II survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Umbilical cord anomalies are more frequent in twins after assisted reproduction

Ilse DelbaereSylvie GoetgelukDirk De BacquerPetra De SutterMarleen Temmerman

A2 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION. EXCERPTS

Variation in HDL cholesterol methodology and calibration may lead to erroneous cardiovascular risk estimation

Joris DelangheMarc De BuyzereErnst RietzschelDirk De Bacquer

Variation in energy and nutrient intakes among pre-school children: implications for study design

Inge HuybrechtsDirk De BacquerHerman Van OyenGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2007

A new non-invasive method for assessing the intrinsic active strength of human left ventricular tissue

Tom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPeter Van RansbeeckPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Assessment of pressure wave reflection: getting the timing right!

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

A1 Journal Article in PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

Common carotid artery stiffness: more sensitive to age and gender related large artery stiffening than aortic pulse wave velocity?

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

EUROACTION: A European Society of Cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology - one year results for coronary patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology - One year results for coronary patients and their partners

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

EUROACTION: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology - One year results for high risk patients and their partners

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

EUROACTION: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology programme in asymptomatic high risk patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology: One-year results for coronary patients and their partners

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

EUROACTION: An ESC project in preventive cardiology programme in coronary and high risk patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EUROACTION: Blood pressure control in a European Demonstration Project in Preventive Cardiology

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Effectiveness of turning with unequal time intervals on the incidence of pressure ulcer lesions

Katrien VanderweeMaria GrypdonckDirk De BacquerTom Defloor

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

EuroAction: the achievement of lifestyle and risk factor targets in high risk individuals and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

EuroAction: the achievement of lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic targets at one year in coronary patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology: One-year results for coronary patients and their partners

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Euroaction: A European society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology: One-year results for high-risk patients and their partners

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Euroaction: A european society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology programme in asymptomatic high risk patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: A european society of cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology programme in coronary patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

High job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in middle-aged men and women from the Belgian Job Stress Study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Job stress and depression symptoms in middle-aged workers - prospective results from the Belstress study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

Long-term prognostic value of p-wave characteristics for the development of atrial fibrillation in subjects aged 55 to 74 years at baseline

Dirk De BacquerJulie WillekensGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Measuring the impact of multidrug resistance in nosocomial infection

Stijn BlotPieter DepuydtKoenraad VandewoudeDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Noninvasive (input) impedance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged men and women

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSebastian VermeerschDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

A1 Journal Article in HYPERTENSION

Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular and myocardial contractility in middle-aged men and women: disparate evolution above the age of 50?

Tom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Number of women needed in a prospective trial to prove potential cardiovascular benefit of hormone replacement therapy

Herman DepyperePhilippe TummersDirk De BacquerGui De BackerMarc Dhont

A1 Journal Article in CLIMACTERIC

Part of the interindividual variation in serum testosterone levels in healthy men reflects differences in androgen sensitivity and feedback set point: Contribution of the androgen receptor polyglutamine tract polymorphism

Veerle BogaertDirk De BacquerStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Paternal age at birth is an important determinant of offspring telomere length

Tim De MeyerErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerWim Van CriekingeGui De BackerThierry GillebertPatric Van OostveldtSofie Bekaert

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of the Asklepios Study

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSofie BekaertPatrick SegersDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisPatric Van OostveldtPascal VerdonckGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Relation between arterial stiffness, wave reflection, aortic characteristic impedance and windikessel compliance in healthy middle-aged subjects and their contribution to carotid pulse pressure

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSebastian VermeerschDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertLucas Van BortelPascal Verdonck

Should we adjust for gestational age when analysing birth weights? The use of z-scores revisited

Ilse DelbaereStijn VansteelandtDirk De BacquerHans VerstraelenJan GerrisPetra De SutterMarleen Temmerman

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Smoking in young people with asthma

Anne HubletDirk De BacquerCarine VereeckenFrans De BaetsLea Maes

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Telomere length and cardiovascular risk factors in a middle-aged population free of overt cardiovascular disease

Sofie BekaertTim De MeyerErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisPatrick SegersWim Van CriekingePascal VerdonckGui De BackerThierry GillebertPatric Van Oostveldt

A1 Journal Article in AGING CELL

The glomerular filtration rate in an apparently healthy population and its relation with cardiovascular mortality during 10 years

Wim Van BiesenDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheNorbert LameireRaymond Vanholder

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The impact of psychosocial factors on low back pain - Longitudinal results from the Belstress study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in SPINE

Umbilical cord anomalies are more frequent in twins after assisted reproduction

Ilse DelbaereSylvie GoetgelukDirk De BacquerPetra De SutterMarleen Temmerman

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN REPRODUCTION

2006

Adolescents' education and their diet recorded by 7-day food records

Christophe MatthysStefaan De HenauwLea MaesDirk De BacquerWim VerbekeGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in SOZIAL-UND PRAVENTIVMEDIZIN

Age and gender effects on arterial input impedance and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged individuals: insights from the Asklepios study

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSebastian VermeerschDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Are serum leptin and the Gln223Arg polymorphism of the leptin receptor determinants of bone homeostasis in elderly men?

Patricia CrabbeStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Arterial impedance in healthy middle-aged men and women: Insights from the Asklepios study

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelSebastian VermeerschMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Associations between dimensions of job stress and biomarkers of inflammation and infection

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheGui De Backer

Cognitive dysfunctions in a large sample of depressed patients in primary care facilities

Kurt AudenaertDirk De BacquerCornelis Van Heeringen

Coronary risk factors and inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease and internal cardioverter defibrillator implants

Johan De SutterRené TavernierDirk De BacquerMarc De BuyzereNico Van de VeireLuc JordaensMichel LangloisGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Diabetes mellitus in middle-aged people is associated with increased sick leave: The BELSTRESS study

Gui De BackerDirk De BacquerEls Clays

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Epidemiological evidence for an association between habitual tea consumption and markers of chronic inflammation

Dirk De BacquerEls ClaysJoris DelangheGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Euroaction: A cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme: 16 week results

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: A demonstration project of a nurse-led hospital-based cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: The baseline challenge for a cardiovascular prevention programme in primary care

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: a cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme: the 16-week obesity results

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: a cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme: the dietetic results

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: a preventive cardiology programme in primary care: the identification of high risk individuals

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: challenges for nurses working in preventive cardiology-smoking behaviour in coronary patients and their partners

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: challenges for nurses working in preventive cardiology-smoking behaviour in high risk patients and their partners in primary care

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: identification, eligibility and participation in a nurse-led multidisciplinary hospital based cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programme

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Euroaction: the physical activity challenge for a cardiovascular prevention programme in primary care

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Hoe kan screening van personen met een familiale anamnese van prematuur coronair lijden worden verbeterd?

Dirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwLea MaesLieven AnnemansGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

How to improve screening in first-degree relatives of patients with premature coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwLea MaesLieven AnnemansGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Impact of psychosocial work factors on low back pain

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Implementation of the European guidelines on CVD prevention: is it time to qualify the "qualifiers"? Results from the ASKLEPIOS study

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereMichel LangloisDirk De BacquerThierry GillebertGui De Backer

Integrated arterial system analysis in a population of healthy middle-aged men and women: augmentation index versus wave reflection indices

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelSebastian VermeerschMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Intensive lipid-lowering therapy and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with coronary artery disease and internal cardioverter defibrillator implants

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerLuc JordaensMarc De BuyzereGui De BackerRené Tavernier

Is age related common carotid artery stiffening in middle-aged subjects gender dependent ?

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerLucas Van BortelThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Is age related common carotid artery stiffening in middle-aged subjects gender dependent?

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Is the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma classification useful in daily primary care practice?

Helen Van HoeckeDirk De BacquerPaul Van Cauwenberge

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Is there a "Primus inter pares" of ATP-III metabolic syndrome components in predicting subclinical cardiovascular damage?

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertPatrick SegersMichel LangloisGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Long-term changes in the perception of job characteristics: Results from the Belstress II - Study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Non-invasive assessment of arterial pressure wave reflection in evaluation of large artery function and cardiac load: can we do without ultrasound ?

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Non-invasive assessment of ventriculo-arterial coupling in a middle-aged population of healthy men and women

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelTom ClaessensMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Normalizing the Langewouters pressure-area relationship: a novel geometry-independent description of large artery stiffness?

Sebastian VermeerschErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Prevalence of atherosclerosis in middle-age: Results from the asklepios study in 2524 subjects free from overt cardiovascular disease

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerPatrick SegersSofie BekaertGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Prevalence of atherosclerosis in middle-age: results from the ASKLEPIOS study in 2524 subjects free from overt cardiovascular disease

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury are associated with hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a cohort analysis

Eric HosteDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CRITICAL CARE

Risk factors for primary ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Marc De BuyzereYvo TaeymansThierry GillebertGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Risk factors for primary ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Marc De BuyzereYvo TaeymansThierry GillebertGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Smoking behaviour in European patients with established coronary heart disease

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Smoking trends among adolescents from 1990 to 2002 in ten European countries and Canada

Anne HubletDirk De BacquerLea Maes

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Study on the effect of age and gender on arterial impedance and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged individuals

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerLucas Van BortelGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

The importance of standardization of creatinine in the implementation of guidelines and recommendations for CKD: implications for CKD management programmes

Wim Van BiesenRaymond VanholderNic VeysJoris DelangheDirk De BacquerNorbert Lameire

A1 Journal Article in NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

The prevalence of concomitant hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in the general population

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The reliability of two observation methods of nonblanchable erythema, Grade 1 pressure ulcer

Katrien VanderweeMaria GrypdonckDirk De BacquerTom Defloor

A1 Journal Article in APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH

Validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for estimating calcium intake in Belgian pre-school children

Inge HuybrechtsDirk De BacquerChristophe MatthysGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

Validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for estimating calcium intake in Belgian preschool children

Inge HuybrechtsDirk De BacquerChristophe MatthysGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Validity of parentally reported weight and height for preschool-aged children in Belgium and its impact on classification into body mass index categories

Inge HuybrechtsDirk De BacquerIngeborg Van TrimpontGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in PEDIATRICS

Vitamin D binding protein, bone status and body composition in community-dwelling elderly men.

Youri TaesStefan GoemaereDirk De BacquerBruno VerhasseltCeline Van den BroekeJoris DelangheJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in BONE

What drives (elevated) high-sensitive CRP in the general population?

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereMichel LangloisDirk De BacquerSofie BekaertPatrick SegersGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

2005

A successful health education program to improve prevention in people with a family history of premature coronary heart disease

Lieve DebruyneStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerLieven AnnemansLea MaesGui De Backer

Association between job strain and ambulatory blood pressure parameters

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Associations between dimensions of job stress and biomarkers of inflammation and infection

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Associations between job strain and ambulatory blood pressure

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Chronic kidney disease: A European perspective

Norbert LameireWim Van BiesenDirk De BacquerRaymond Vanholder

A1 Journal Article in KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Comparative assessment in young and elderly men of the gonadotropin response to aromatase inhibition

Patricia CrabbeDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased incidence of sick leave from work in middle-aged men and women: the Belstress study

Els ClaysGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Differential age-effects in arterial impedance in men and women over the 4th-6th decade

Patrick SegersErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereSebastian VermeerschDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal Verdonck

Differential hypertension control among patients with established coronary heart disease: The European Action on Secondary Prevention through Intervention to Reduce Events (EUROASPIRE) II study

Dirk De Bacquer

Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in REVUE MEDICALE DE LIEGE : SUPPLEMENT

Haptoglobin and body mass index

Youri TaesDirk De BacquerGui De BackerJoris Delanghe

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Influence of matching for exposure time on estimates of attributable mortality caused by nosocomial bacteremia in critically ill patients

Stijn BlotDirk De BacquerEric HostePieter DepuydtKoenraad VandewoudeJan De WaeleFrancis ColardynDirk Vogelaers

A1 Journal Article in INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Is inhibin B involved in the toxic effect of lead on male reproduction?

Ahmed MahmoudPhilippe KissMichel VanhoorneDirk De BacquerFrank Comhaire

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Job stress is related to smoking cessation

Els ClaysGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Job stress is related to smoking cessation

Els ClaysGui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Left ventricular geometry and altered contractility in a large population sample: Insensitivity of standard methods compared to left ventricular non-invasive single-beat end-systolic elastance

Ernst RietzschelTom ClaessensMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Metabolic syndrome and cardiac trophism. Results from the Asklepios Study in 2528 apparently healthy 35-55 year old subjects

Marc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

Metabolic syndrome, a map of the cardiovascular damage. Results from the Asklepios Study in 2528 apparently healthy 35-55 year old subjects

Ernst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisGui De BackerThierry Gillebert

NT-proBNP as predictor of coronary events in men at work: a report from the BELSTRESS cohort

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheGui De Backer

Perceived job stress and incidence of coronary events: 3-year follow-up of the Belgian Job Stress Project cohort

Dirk De BacquerEdwin PelfreneEls ClaysGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Perceived job stress and incidence of coronary events: three year follow-up of the Belstress cohort

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentration predicts coronary events in men at work: a report from the BELSTRESS study

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerJoris DelangheMarc De BuyzereGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure. New data of the OvA study

Marc De BuyzereDenis ClementDirk De Bacquer

Recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in J Pharm Belg

Recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice: Belgian working group on prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in REVUE MEDICALE DE BRUXELLES

Single-beat left ventricular end-systolic elastance is the only non-invasive contractility parameter sensitive enough to track geometric remodeling in a large population sample

Tom ClaessensErnst RietzschelMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerGui De BackerThierry GillebertPascal VerdonckPatrick Segers

Socio-economic differences in the association between job stress and ambulatory blood pressure

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

The effect of various combinations of turning and pressure reducing devices on the incidence of pressure ulcers

Tom DefloorDirk De BacquerMaria Grypdonck

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

2004

Association between leisure time physical activity and markers of chronic inflammation related to coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerJoris DelangheGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Association between leisure time physical activity and markers of chronic inflammation related to coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerJoris DelangheGui De Backer

Attributable mortality of noscomial candidemia caused by Candida non-albicans spp in critically ill patients

Stijn BlotJan De WaeleKoenraad VandewoudeDirk De BacquerEric HosteJohan DecruyenaereFrancis Colardyn

Be physically active: the best buy in promoting heart health

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

Can we improve prevention in people with a family history of premature coronary heart disease?

Lieve DebruyneStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerLieven AnnemansLea MaesGui De Backer

Cardiac rehabilitation for coronary patients: lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management: results from the EUROASPIRE II survey

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS

Consultation in general practice: a standard operating procedure?

Myriam DeveugeleAnselme DereseDirk De BacquerJan De Maeseneer

A1 Journal Article in PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

Creatine supplementation does not decrease total plasma homocysteine in chronic hemodialysis patients

Youri TaesJoris DelangheDirk De BacquerMichel LangloisNorbert Lameire

A1 Journal Article in KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Differences in androgen sensitivity contribute to the large between-subjects variability of serum(free) testosterone in healthy men

Patricia CrabbeDirk De BacquerEls ClaysJean Kaufman

EUROACTION: A European Society of Cardiology demonstration project in preventive cardiology. A cluster randomised controlled trial of a multi-disciplinary preventive cardiology programme for coronary patients, asymptomatic high risk individuals and their families. Summary of design, methodology and outcomes

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS

Educational level and risk profile of cardiac patients in the EUROASPIRE II substudy

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Effect of nosocomial bloodstream infection on the outcome of critically ill patients with acute renal failure treated with renal replacement therapy

Eric HosteStijn BlotNorbert LameireRaymond VanholderDirk De BacquerFrancis Colardyn

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Haptoglobin polymorphism and mortality in patients with tuberculosis

Dirk De Bacquer

Is the communicative behavior of GPs during the consultation related to the diagnosis? A cross-sectional study in six European countries

Myriam DeveugeleAnselme DereseDirk De BacquerJan De Maeseneer

A1 Journal Article in PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

Overweight and obesity in patients with established coronary heart disease: Are we meeting the challenge?

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Predictors of one year sick-leave, an indicator of well-being, using a total cardiovascular risk estimate

Dirk De BacquerEls ClaysGui De Backer

Risk factor management in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with coronary heart disease. Findings from the EUROASPIRE I and II surveys

Dirk De BacquerJohan De SutterGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in DIABETOLOGIA

Screening van personen met een familiale anamnese van prematuur coronair lijden: een demonstratieproject in Vlaanderen

Lieve DebruyneStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE

Screening van personen met een familiale anamnese van prematuur coronairlijden: een demonstratieproject in Vlaanderen

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Serum selenium and cancer mortality: a nested case-control study within an age- and sex-stratified sample of the Belgian adult population

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Sociale stratificatie in aankoop en consumptie van voedingsmiddelen en de potentiële impact daarvan op de volksgezondheid

Christophe MatthysRenata JanuszewskaStefaan De HenauwJacques ViaeneDirk De BacquerXavier GellynckWim Verbeke

The efficacy of health education program to improve prevention in people with a family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD)?

Lieve DebruyneStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerLieven AnnemansLea MaesGui De Backer

The influence of parental occupation and the pupils' educational level on lifestyle behaviors among adolescents in Belgium

Carine VereeckenLea MaesDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Value of a shortened questionnaire in the description of asthma in 10-12-year-old pupils

Anne HubletDirk De BacquerCarine VereeckenLea Maes

A1 Journal Article in PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Work-related stress and ambulatory blood pressure

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

2003

Blood pressure is insufficiently controlled in European patients with established coronary heart disease

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Deficient acquisition of bone during maturation underlies idiopathic osteoporosis in men: Evidence from a three-generation family study

Inge Van PottelberghStefan GoemaereHans-Georg ZmierczakDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Differential contribution of testosterone and estradiol in the determination of cholesterol and lipoprotein profile in healthy middle-aged men

Inge Van PottelberghLutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De BackerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Estimation of ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Europe: the SCORE project

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Factors influencing the decline in endothelial cell density after corneal allograft rejection

Ilse ClaerhoutHilde BeeleDirk De BacquerPhilippe Kestelyn

A1 Journal Article in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE

Overweight and obesity in patients with established coronary heart disease: are we loosing the challenge?

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Predictive value of classical risk factors and their control in coronary patients: a follow-up of the EUROASPIRE I cohort

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Prognostic value of ambulatory blood-pressure recordings in patients with treated hypertension

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerDaniel DuprezLuc Missault

A1 Journal Article in NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Screening of family members of patients with premature coronary heart disease - Results from the EUROASPIRE II family survey

Johan De SutterDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Serum uric acid in hypertensive patients with and without peripheral arterial disease

Michel LangloisDirk De BacquerDaniel DuprezMarc De BuyzereJoris Delanghe

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Shift work and cardiovascular events: results from the Belstress I folow-up study

Els ClaysDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Trends in acute coronary events over the past two decades: the MONICA register in Ghent

Stefaan De HenauwJulie De BackerDirk De BacquerNicole PopelierGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Validation of a computerised food frequency questionnaire for assessment of iron intake

Christophe MatthysIlse PynaertStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

2002

Cross-sectional study of the ophthalmological effects of carbon disulfide in Chinese viscose workers.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Cytomegalovirus infection: An occupational hazard to kindergarten teachers working with children aged 2.5-6 years.

Philippe KissDirk De BacquerMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Discriminative value of serum amyloid A and other acute-phase proteins for coronary heart disease.

Joris DelangheMichel LangloisDirk De BacquerRudolf MakGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Electrocardiographic findings and global coronary risk assessment.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Editorial material

Euroaction: the challenge for a preventive cardiology programme in primary care

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Evaluation of a screenings program for postmenopausal osteoporosis in primary care setting in Belgium

Stefan GoemaereJean KaufmanDirk De Bacquer

Expression of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein is highly correlated with clinical outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Results of a long-term prospective study.

Catharina DhoogeBarbara De MoerlooseGenevieve LaureysDirk De BacquerJan PhilippéJuliaan LeroyYves Benoit

A1 Journal Article in LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA

Nosocomial bacteremia caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria in critically ill patients: Clinical outcome and length of hospitalization.

Stijn BlotDirk De BacquerFrancis Colardyn

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Parameters of inflammation and infection in a community based case-control study of coronary heart disease

Julie De BackerRudolf MakDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Prevalence of sex steroid deficiency in men receiving systemic glucocorticoids

Stefan GoemaereKaatje ToyeDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

Relationship between left ventricular mass and blood pressure in treated hypertension.

Luc MissaultMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerDaniel DuprezDenis Clement

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION

The importance of plasma concentration in addition apolipoprotein E to its common polymorphism on inter-individual variation in lipid levels: results from Apo Europe.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

The prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure in treated hypertension: The Office versus Ambulatory (OvA) blood pressure study.

Denis ClementMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerDaniel DuprezPeter Gheeraert

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Vitamin D receptor gene allelic variants, bone density, and bone turnover in community-dwelling men.

Inge Van PottelberghStefan GoemaereDirk De BacquerAnne De Paepe

A1 Journal Article in BONE

2001

Carbon disulfide exposure assessment in a Chinese viscose filament plant.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Clinical reality of coronary prevention guidelines: a comparison of EUROASPIRE I and II in nine countries.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in LANCET

Decreased carotid artery distensibility as a sign of early atherosclerosis in viscose rayon workers

Lutgart BraeckmanDaniel DuprezDirk De BacquerMarc De BuyzereNico Van de VeireMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD

Haptoglobin polymorphism as a risk factor for coronary heart disease mortality.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerMichel LangloisJoris Delanghe

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Inverse association between bone turnover rate and bone mineral density in community-dwelling men > 70 years of age: No major role of sex steroid status

Stefan GoemaereInge Van PottelberghHans-Georg ZmierczakKaatje ToyeRein DemuynckDirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in BONE

Preventie van coronaire aandoeningen in België: kostprijs van statines

Lieven AnnemansGui De BackerDirk De BacquerStefaan De Henauw

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE

The cross-sectional study of the health effects of occupational exposure to carbon disulfide in a Chinese viscose plant.

Dirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Use of epidemiological methods in identifying job tasks with increased risk for development of musculoskeletal disorders in daily occupational practice: an example for a municipal library

Philippe KissDirk De BacquerMarc De MeesterMichel Vanhoorne

Vascular changes in workers exposed to carbon disulfide

Lutgart BraeckmanDaniel DuprezDirk De BacquerMarc De BuyzereNico Van de VeireMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE

2000

Apolipoprotein E serum concentration and polymorphism in six European countries: the ApoEurope Project.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Are the WOSCOPS clinical and economic findings generalizable to other populations? A case study for Belgium.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ACTA CARDIOLOGICA

Attack rates en letaliteit van acute coronaire aanvallen : recente gegevens en sensitiviteitsanalyse

Dirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De Backer

A4 Journal Article in GEZONDHEIDSINDICATOREN

Cardiovascular effects of occupational exposure to carbon disulphide.

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD

Electrocardiographical findings in the general population : prevalence, determinants and prognosis

Dirk De Bacquer

Haptoglobin polymorphism and mortality in patients with tuberculosis.

Joris DelangheDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

LIPI-WATCH, a Belgian/Luxembourg survey on achievement of European Atherosclerosis Society lipid goals.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION

Overweight and obesity: a major challenge for coronary heart disease secondary prevention in clinical practice in Europe.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Potential for cholesterol lowering in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in Europe: findings from EUROASPIRE study.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Prevalences of ECG findings in large population based samples of men and women.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Resultaten van het MONICA project in Gent en Charleroi gesitueerd in een internationaal kader

Gui De BackerStefaan De HenauwDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in GEZONDHEIDSINDICATOREN

Serum inhibin B levels in community-dwelling elderly men.

Dirk De BacquerFrank ComhaireJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Trends and regional differences in coronary risk factors in two areas in Belgium: final results from the MONICA Ghent-Charleroi study.

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

1999

Associations between haptoglobin polymorphism, lipids, lipoproteins and inflammatory variables.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Collaborative overview ('meta-analysis') of prospective observational studies of the associations of usual blood pressure and usual cholesterol levels with common causes of death: protocol for the second cycle of the Prospective Studios Collaboration RID G-2195-2010

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

Delay time to hospital admission in patients with an acute myocardial infarction.

Dirk De BacquerNicole PopelierGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Effects of a low-intensity worksite-based nutrition intervention.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerLea MaesGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD

Electrocardiographic findings in large Belgian population samples.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

High seronegativity rate for rubella in women between 29 to 34 years of age : reason to be cautious?

Philippe KissDirk De Bacquer

Bookchapter in Occupational health care workers

Lifetime-risk prediction: a complicated business

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

Editorial material

P-glycoprotein is an independent prognostic factor predicting relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia : results of a 6-year prospective study

Catharina DhoogeBarbara De MoerlooseGenevieve LaureysJozef KintDirk De BacquerJan PhilippéYves Benoit

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Parental history of premature coronary heart disease mortality and signs of ischemia on the resting electrocardiogram.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Preliminary external quality assessment for the biological monitoring of carbon disulfide with urinary 2-thiothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid.

Edgard DaemenDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

Risk of cytomegalovirus infection among educators and health gave personnel serving mentally disabled children.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Serum leptin levels in healthy ageing men: are decreased serum testosterone and increased adiposity in elderly men the consequence of leptin deficiency?

Dirk De BacquerJean Kaufman

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Trends in coronary heart disease in two Belgian areas: results from the MONICA Ghent-Charleroi study.

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Trends in mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma in Belgium.

Luc BleyenDirk De BacquerKatrien MynyLieve BrochezJean NaeyaertGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Use of laxatives in institutions for the mentally retarded

Myriam Van WinckelRobert Vander SticheleDirk De BacquerMarcus Bogaert

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

1998

Epidemiological aspects of high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Euroaction: the dietetic challenge for a preventive cardiology programme in primary care

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Evaluation of lung function in voluntary fire fighters: preliminary results

Philippe KissDirk De Bacquer

Fat sources in the Belgian diet.

Linda StaessenStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De BackerCarlos Van Peteghem

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

Fatty acid composition of the Belgian diet: Estimates derived from the Belgian interuniversity research on nutrition and health.

Linda StaessenDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De BackerCarlos Van Peteghem

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

Haptoglobin polymorphism, iron metabolism and mortality in HIV infection.

Joris DelangheMichel LangloisMarc De BuyzereDirk De BacquerJean Plum

A1 Journal Article in AIDS

Impact of previous aspergillosis on the outcome of bone marrow transplantation.

Fritz OffnerDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Neuropsychological effects of occupational exposure to carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide

Filip De FruytEvert ThieryDirk De BacquerMichel Vanhoorne

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Prognostic value of ECG findings for total, cardiovascular disease, and coronary heart disease death in men and women.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in HEART

Prognostic value of ischemic electrocardiographic findings for cardiovascular mortality in men and women.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerKatrien Myny

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The effect of lifestyle factors on apolipoprotein E levels

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

Trends in the prevalence of obesity among Belgian men at work, 1977-1992.

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Trends in the prevalence, detection, treatment and control of arterial hypertension in the Belgian adult population.

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Workers participation in a nutrition education programme.

Lutgart BraeckmanLea MaesMia BellemansMieke De MaeyerDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

1997

A European Society of Cardiology survey of secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: Principal results.

Gui De BackerMatthieu LenoirDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Belstress: epidemiologische en biomedische aanpak van stress op het werk

Gui De BackerDirk De BacquerRudolf MakEdwin Pelfrene

Consumption of fatty acids in Belgium and its relationship with cancer mortality.

Linda StaessenStefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De BackerCarlos Van Peteghem

A1 Journal Article in CANCER LETTERS

Determinants of cytomegalovirus infection in the general population in a changing Europe.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De Backer

Epidemiology of cytomegalovirus in Belgiumm.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De Backer

Euroaction: a cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation hospital programme-blood pressure, lipid and glucose levels

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Evaluatie van het preventieprogramma "Niet roken - mijn vrijheid" bij 12-14 jarigen

Lea MaesDirk De BacquerCarine Vereecken

A4 Journal Article in Informatieblad VWVJ

Haptoglobin polymorphism, a genetic risk factor in coronary artery bypass surgery

Joris DelangheMichel LangloisMarc De BuyzereDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Immuniteit voor rubella bij vrouwen tussen 20 en 40 jaar, tewerkgesteld in kinderdagverblijven en kleuteronderwijs

Philippe KissDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GENEESKUNDE

Intra-individual variability of fibrinogen levels.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerGaston Baele

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Mild myocardial infarction - A classification problem in epidemiologic studies

Gui De BackerStefaan De HenauwDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Relation between fat intake and mortality: an ecological analysis in Belgium.

Linda StaessenDirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De BackerCarlos Van Peteghem

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION

Reliability of a questionnaire designed to measure smoking intervention among secondary school students

Marika CsincsakLea MaesDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH

1996

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in middle-aged Belgian men: Phenotype distribution and relation to serum lipids and lipoproteins.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

CS2: Another possible renal damaging solvent.

Norbert LameireDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanMichel Vanhoorne

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Determinants of lipoprotein(a) levels in a middle-aged working population.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Infectierisico door cytomegalievirus bij opvoeders in instellingen voor gehandicapte kinderen.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Risk of cytomegalovirus infection among educators and health care personnel serving disabled children.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Roken en absenteïsme in het bedrijf

Dirk De Bacquer

1995

Accuracy of aortic stenosis severity assessment by Doppler echocardiography: importance of image quality

Dirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in Int. J. Cardiac Imaging, 11

An epidemiologie study of the effects of carbon disulfide on the peripheral nerves

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

Epidemiological-study of eye irritation by hydrogen-sulphide and/or carbon-disulphide exposure in viscose rayon workers.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

PREVALENCES AND CORRELATES OF ECG ABNORMALITIES IN THE ADULT BELGIAN POPULATION.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

RELATION OF FIBRINOGEN TO LIFE-STYLES AND TO CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS IN A WORKING POPULATION.

Dirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanGaston BaeleGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

THE MANAGEMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REFERRAL TO OUTPATIENT AFTER-CARE AMONG ATTEMPTED-SUICIDE PATIENTS - A CONTROLLED INTERVENTION STUDY

Walter BuylaertDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

TRICUSPID-VALVE REPLACEMENT - POSTOPERATIVE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS.

Yvo TaeymansKatrien FrancoisDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Voedingsinterventie in Vlaamse bedrijven: een haalbare kaart ?

Lea MaesMia BellemansDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A4 Journal Article in Voeding, 56

1994

Epidemiological evidence for an association between serum-calcium and serum-lipids.

Dirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Epidemiological-study of the effects of carbon-disulfide on male sexuality and reproduction.

Michel VanhoorneFrank ComhaireDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The predictive value of electrocardiographic abnormalities for total and cardiovascular disease mortality in men and women.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerStefaan De Henauw

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Wat met de radiotherapie van het intrapelviene prostaatcarcinoom?: observaties bij 158 consecutieve gevallen

Antoon De SchryverKoen CasierDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in VERHANDELINGEN VAN DE KONINKLIJKE ACADEMIE VOOR GENEESKUNDE VAN BELGIË

1993

Determinants of alcohol consumption

Dirk De BacquerLea Maes

A2 Journal Article in Archives of Public Health

EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF ENDOCRINOLOGIC EFFECTS OF CARBON-DISULFIDE.

Michel VanhoorneAlex VermeulenDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Een case-control studie naar de effectiviteit van screening naar baarmoederhalskanker in België.

Antoon De SchryverDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Medicine use by Belgian adolescents. The effect of sociodemographic lifestyle and health status factors

Lea MaesDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in Archives of Public Health

Toxische effecten van beroepsblootstelling aan CS2: een epidemiologisch en medico-sociaal onderzoek

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

Value of clinical-variables for risk stratification in patients with sustained ventricular-tachycardia and history of myocardial-infarction.

Dirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

1992

EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER EFFECTS OF CARBON-DISULFIDE.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF CARBON-DISULFIDE.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Epidemiological study of gastrointestinal and liver effects of carbon disulfide

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in Intern. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health, 63

Epidemiological study of the cardiovascular effects of carbon disulphide

Michel VanhoorneDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Geneesmiddelengebruik bij industriewerkers: mogelijke weerslag op epidemiologisch onderzoek

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in Problemen van de Arbeidsgeneeskunde

PLASMA LIPOPROTEIN(A) VALUES AND SEVERITY OF CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN A LARGE POPULATION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY.

Christine LabeurDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A1 Journal Article in CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Plasma lipoprotein(a) values and severity of coronary artery disease in a large population of patients undergoing coronary angiography

Christine LabeurDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Clin. Chem., 38, pp. 2261-2266

Predictive value of ECG-abnormalities for total and cardiovascular disease mortality in men and women

Dirk De BacquerStefaan De HenauwGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Eur. Heart J., 13, suppl, p. 269

Relationship between blood pressure and serum cholesterol controlling for diet and other confounders

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in Eur. Heart J., 13, suppl, p. 351

Serum calcium and serum lipid levels

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Eur. Heart J., 13, suppl, p. 269

Use of Pharmaceuticals in industrial workers - possible implications for epidemiological studies.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De BacquerMarcus Bogaert

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

1991

Changes in coronary risk factors in a free living population

Stefaan De HenauwDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Eur. Heart J., 12, suppl, p. 244

Euroaction: a cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation hospital programme-the use of cardioprotective medication

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Evaluatie van het aandeel van verschillende factoren in arbeidsgeneeskundig epidemiologisch onderzoek

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

A4 Journal Article in Problemen van de Arbeidsgeneeskunde

Cardiovascular effects in viscose rayon workers exposed to carbon disufide.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerMichel Vanhoorne

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Comparison of occupational exposure to carbon disulphide in a viscose rayon factory before and after technical adjustments.

Edgard DaemenDirk De BacquerLutgart BraeckmanMichel Vanhoorne

Determinants of incomplete risk factor control in coronary patients.

Gui De BackerDirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in Italian Heart Journal

Epidemiologische und medikosoziale Studie der toxischen Effekte berufsbedingter Exposition gegenüber Schwefelkohlenstoff.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

EuroAspire I and II Study Groups. The pursuit of secondary prevention targets in Czech coronary patients. A comparison of EuroAspire I and II surveys.

Dirk De Bacquer

A2 Journal Article in CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Hypercholesterolemia in Belgium anno 1996: View of the epidemiologist. Rev. Méd. Brux., 1997, 18, pp. 16-25.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

Is low serum chloride level a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality ? Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, 5, 1998, 177-184.

Dirk De BacquerGui De BackerMarc De Buyzere

A2 Journal Article

Repeated psychiatrie referrals to Belgian emergency departments: a survival analysis of the time interval between first and second episodes. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1997,4, pp. 61-67.

Dirk De BacquerCornelis Van Heeringen

A2 Journal Article

Risk factor prevalence and control in overweight and obese CHD patients.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Italian Heart Journal

Role of testosterone and estrogens in the determination of HDL cholesterol in healthy middle-aged men.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De BackerJean Kaufman

A2 Journal Article in Italian Heart Journal

Sichere Arbeit, 1995, 3, pp. 36-47.

Michel VanhoorneDirk De Bacquer

The effect of age and lifestyle factors on plasma levels of apolipoprotein E plasma levels. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, 1998, 5: 155-159.

Lutgart BraeckmanDirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article

The mortality follow-up of the Euroaspire I cohort.

Dirk De BacquerGui De Backer

A2 Journal Article in Italian Heart Journal