Publications by authors named "K Teo"
Objectives: To determine the association between telomere length (TL) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and examine the potential variations with sex and ethnicity.
Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 52,083 participants from the UK Biobank were included.
Burnout is a prevalent phenomenon in medicine, affecting >50% of physicians and up to 60% of medical residents. This has negative consequences for both doctors' mental health and job satisfaction as well as patient care quality. While numerous studies have explored the causes, psychological effects, and workplace solutions, we aim to practicalize the issue from the perspectives of residents by discussing three key drivers of burnout and offering actionable, multipronged strategies that may be able to tackle these root causes effectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated whether the effect of lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) differs according to the main complement genetic variants in Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases (SEED) ( = 5,579) and UK Biobank studies ( = 445,727). The effect of LLD was determined for each stratum of 20 complement genetic variants. In SEED, 484 individuals developed AMD and 216 showed progression over 6 years.
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- The study examined how mislabeled drug allergies, particularly to NSAIDs, affect stroke patients compared to the general population in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2014.
- Patients with stroke had a higher prevalence of allergy labels for cardiovascular and diagnostic agents, impacting their treatment options and medication prescriptions.
- Notably, those labeled with NSAID allergies were less likely to receive important medications like aspirin, faced higher mortality rates, and most could be delabeled successfully through testing.
Objectives: Long-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. Less is known about the association of air pollution with initial development of cardiovascular disease. Herein, the association between low-level exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in adults without known clinical cardiovascular disease was investigated.
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