Conor Macdonald

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I am a postdoctoral researcher in epidemiology and causal inference. I am
interested in causal inference methodology, and its application to registry
and observational cohort data in order to provide clear and actionable
information for use in prevention and clinical practice.
I have previous experience in cohort epidemiology, having conducted a first
postdoc in Paris, using data from the E3N cohort study.
* PhD in Medical Science - University of Dundee 2015 - 2019
My PhD thesis aimed to identify novel tools to provide risk-stratification
for patients receiving arterio-venous fistula surgery prior to commencing
haemodialysis. I explored various modalities including MRI and ultrasound
imaging, and registry based data including laboratory measurements.
* MPhys in Physics - University of St Andrews 2010 - 2015

Articles

Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2023;129(11):1964-1975

Relative to processed red meat, alternative protein sources are associated with a lower risk of hypertension and diabetes in a prospective cohort of French women.

Thao U; Lajous M; Laouali N; Severi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C; MacDonald CJ
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2023;62(3):1207-1215

Associations between saturated fat intake and other dietary macronutrients and incident hypertension in a prospective study of French women.

MacDonald CJ; Madkia A-L; Mounier-Vehier C; Severi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: CIRCULATION. 2022;146(20):1507-1517

Mild-to-Moderate Kidney Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.

Gaziano L; Sun L; Arnold M; Bell S; Cho K; Kaptoge SK; Song RJ; Burgess S; Posner DC; Mosconi K; Robinson-Cohen C; Mason AM; Bolton TR; Tao R; Allara E; Schubert P; Chen L; Staley JR; Staplin N; Altay S; Amiano P; Arndt V; Ärnlöv J; Barr ELM; Björkelund C; Boer JMA; Brenner H; Casiglia E; Chiodini P; Cooper JA; Coresh J; Cushman M; Dankner R; Davidson KW; de Jongh RT; Donfrancesco C; Engström G; Freisling H; de la Cámara AG; Gudnason V; Hankey GJ; Hansson P-O; Heath AK; Hoorn EJ; Imano H; Jassal SK; Kaaks R; Katzke V; Kauhanen J; Kiechl S; Koenig W; Kronmal RA; Kyrø C; Lawlor DA; Ljungberg B; MacDonald C; Masala G; Meisinger C; Melander O; Moreno Iribas C; Ninomiya T; Nitsch D; Nordestgaard BG; Onland-Moret C; Palmieri L; Petrova D; Garcia JRQ; Rosengren A; Sacerdote C; Sakurai M; Santiuste C; Schulze MB; Sieri S; Sundström J; Tikhonoff V; Tjønneland A; Tong T; Tumino R; Tzoulaki I; van der Schouw YT; Monique Verschuren WM; Völzke H; Wallace RB; Wannamethee SG; Weiderpass E; Willeit P; Woodward M; Yamagishi K; Zamora-Ros R; Akwo EA; Pyarajan S; Gagnon DR; Tsao PS; Muralidhar S; Edwards TL; Damrauer SM; Joseph J; Pennells L; Wilson PWF; Harrison S; Gaziano TA; Inouye M; Baigent C; Casas JP; Langenberg C; Wareham N; Riboli E; Gaziano JM; Danesh J; Hung AM; Butterworth AS; Wood AM; Di Angelantonio E; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration/EPIC-CVD/Milli
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;37(9):915-929

A longitudinal evaluation of alcohol intake throughout adulthood and colorectal cancer risk.

Mayén A-L; Viallon V; Botteri E; Proust-Lima C; Bagnardi V; Batista V; Cross AJ; Laouali N; MacDonald CJ; Severi G; Katzke V; Bergmann MM; Schulze MB; Tjønneland A; Eriksen AK; Dahm CC; Antoniussen CS; Jakszyn P; Sánchez M-J; Amiano P; Colorado-Yohar SM; Ardanaz E; Travis R; Palli D; Sabina S; Tumino R; Ricceri F; Panico S; Bueno-de-Mesquita B; Derksen JWG; Sonestedt E; Winkvist A; Harlid S; Braaten T; Gram IT; Lukic M; Jenab M; Riboli E; Freisling H; Weiderpass E; Gunter MJ; Ferrari P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2022;61(5):2555-2569

Healthy diet associated with better asthma outcomes in elderly women of the French Asthma-E3N study.

Ait-Hadad W; Bédard A; Chanoine S; Dumas O; Laouali N; Le Moual N; Leynaert B; Macdonald C; Siroux V; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Varraso R
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2021;60(7):3935-3945

The associations of the Palaeolithic diet alone and in combination with lifestyle factors with type 2 diabetes and hypertension risks in women in the E3N prospective cohort.

Shah S; MacDonald C-J; El Fatouhi D; Mahamat-Saleh Y; Mancini FR; Fagherazzi G; Severi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Laouali N
Article: MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY. 2021;28(11):1204-1208

Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of incident hypertension: role of the route of estrogen administration and progestogens in the E3N cohort.

Madika A-L; MacDonald CJ; Fournier A; Mounier-Vehier C; Béraud G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2021;151(9):2731-2740

BMI in the Associations of Plant-Based Diets with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Risks in Women: The E3N Prospective Cohort Study.

Laouali N; Shah S; MacDonald C-J; Mahamat-Saleh Y; El Fatouhi D; Mancini F; Fagherazzi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 2021;150:106485

Physical activity and stroke among women - A non-linear relationship.

MacDonald CJ; Madika A-L; Gomes R; Severi G; Sibon I; Debette S; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 2021;5(9):e620-e632

Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project.

Wolf K; Hoffmann B; Andersen ZJ; Atkinson RW; Bauwelinck M; Bellander T; Brandt J; Brunekreef B; Cesaroni G; Chen J; de Faire U; de Hoogh K; Fecht D; Forastiere F; Gulliver J; Hertel O; Hvidtfeldt UA; Janssen NAH; Jørgensen JT; Katsouyanni K; Ketzel M; Klompmaker JO; Lager A; Liu S; MacDonald CJ; Magnusson PKE; Mehta AJ; Nagel G; Oftedal B; Pedersen NL; Pershagen G; Raaschou-Nielsen O; Renzi M; Rizzuto D; Rodopoulou S; Samoli E; van der Schouw YT; Schramm S; Schwarze P; Sigsgaard T; Sørensen M; Stafoggia M; Strak M; Tjønneland A; Verschuren WMM; Vienneau D; Weinmayr G; Hoek G; Peters A; Ljungman PLS
Article: THROMBOSIS JOURNAL. 2021;19(1):58

Association between cardiovascular risk-factors and venous thromboembolism in a large longitudinal study of French women.

MacDonald CJ; Madika AL; Lajous M; Canonico M; Fournier A; Boutron-Ruault MC
Article: MATURITAS. 2021;150:22-29

Hysterectomy, non-malignant gynecological diseases, and the risk of incident hypertension: The E3N prospective cohort.

Madika A-L; MacDonald CJ; Gelot A; Hitier S; Mounier-Vehier C; Béraud G; Kvaskoff M; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Bonnet F
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2021;13(8):2502

Dietary Copper/Zinc Ratio and Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women: The E3N Cohort Study.

Laouali N; MacDonald C-J; Shah S; El Fatouhi D; Mancini FR; Fagherazzi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):14844

Associations between smoking and blood-group, and the risk of dyslipidaemia amongst French women.

MacDonald CJ; Madika AL; Severi G; Fournier A; Boutron-Ruault MC
Article: NEUROLOGY. 2021;97(1):e34-e41

Association of Migraine With Incident Hypertension After Menopause: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

MacDonald CJ; El Fatouhi D; Madika A-L; Fagherazzi G; Kurth T; Severi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2021;129(4):47009

Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particle Elemental Components and Natural and Cause-Specific Mortality-a Pooled Analysis of Eight European Cohorts within the ELAPSE Project.

Chen J; Rodopoulou S; de Hoogh K; Strak M; Andersen ZJ; Atkinson R; Bauwelinck M; Bellander T; Brandt J; Cesaroni G; Concin H; Fecht D; Forastiere F; Gulliver J; Hertel O; Hoffmann B; Hvidtfeldt UA; Janssen NAH; Jöckel K-H; Jørgensen J; Katsouyanni K; Ketzel M; Klompmaker JO; Lager A; Leander K; Liu S; Ljungman P; MacDonald CJ; Magnusson PKE; Mehta A; Nagel G; Oftedal B; Pershagen G; Peters A; Raaschou-Nielsen O; Renzi M; Rizzuto D; Samoli E; van der Schouw YT; Schramm S; Schwarze P; Sigsgaard T; Sørensen M; Stafoggia M; Tjønneland A; Vienneau D; Weinmayr G; Wolf K; Brunekreef B; Hoek G
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2020;9(23):e015121

Associations Between Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension Across Strata of Body Mass Index: A Prospective Investigation in a Large Cohort of French Women.

MacDonald C-J; Madika A-L; Lajous M; Laouali N; Artaud F; Bonnet F; Fagherazzi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):14541

A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort.

Christakoudi S; Tsilidis KK; Muller DC; Freisling H; Weiderpass E; Overvad K; Söderberg S; Häggström C; Pischon T; Dahm CC; Zhang J; Tjønneland A; Halkjær J; MacDonald C; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Mancini FR; Kühn T; Kaaks R; Schulze MB; Trichopoulou A; Karakatsani A; Peppa E; Masala G; Pala V; Panico S; Tumino R; Sacerdote C; Quirós JR; Agudo A; Sánchez M-J; Cirera L; Barricarte-Gurrea A; Amiano P; Memarian E; Sonestedt E; Bueno-de-Mesquita B; May AM; Khaw K-T; Wareham NJ; Tong TYN; Huybrechts I; Noh H; Aglago EK; Ellingjord-Dale M; Ward HA; Aune D; Riboli E
Article: CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 2020;11(4):416-430

Experimental Assessment of Two Non-Contrast MRI Sequences Used for Computational Fluid Dynamics: Investigation of Consistency Between Techniques.

MacDonald CJ; Hellmuth R; Priba L; Murphy E; Gandy S; Matthew S; Ross R; Houston JG
Article: NUTRITION JOURNAL. 2020;19(1):62

Dietary inflammatory index, risk of incident hypertension, and effect modification from BMI.

MacDonald C-J; Laouali N; Madika A-L; Mancini FR; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2020;12(5):E1350-1350

Cholesterol and Egg Intakes, and Risk of Hypertension in a Large Prospective Cohort of French Women.

MacDonald C-J; Madika A-L; Bonnet F; Fagherazzi G; Lajous M; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;35(5):465-469

Consumption of cocoa-containing foods and risk of hypertension in French women.

MacDonald C-J; Madika A-L; Bonnet F; Fagherazzi G; Lajous M; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Article: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE. 2020;39(5):875-881

Increased Brachial Artery Compliance After Arteriovenous Fistula Creation as Measured by Shear Wave Elastography: Results From a Feasibility Study.

MacDonald C-J; Ross R; Houston JG
Article: BIOMEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING EXPRESS. 2020;6(3):035022

Assessment of brachial artery mechanics using velocity vector imaging does not predict arteriovenous fistula failure; a feasibility study.

MacDonald C-J; Ross R; Houston JG
Article: NUTRITION JOURNAL. 2020;19(1):12

Dairy product consumption and hypertension risk in a prospective French cohort of women.

Villaverde P; Lajous M; MacDonald C-J; Fagherazzi G; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Bonnet F
Article: MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2018;31(6):735-745

Non-contrast MRI methods as a tool for the pre-operative assessment and surveillance of the arterio-venous fistula for haemodialysis.

MacDonald CJ; Gandy S; Avison ECM; Matthew S; Ross R; Houston JG
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Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(2):e230569

Risk Prediction Models for Cardiotoxicity of Chemotherapy Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Kaboré EG; Macdonald C; Kaboré A; Didier R; Arveux P; Meda N; Boutron-Ruault M-C; Guenancia C
Letter: DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM. 2022;24(11):2277-2279

Response to Boonpor et al: Types of diet, obesity, and incident type 2 diabetes: Findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study.

MacDonald CJ; Frenoy P; Boutron-Ruault M-C
Review: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2022;28(2):202-221

Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: a narrative review.

Fiolet T; Kherabi Y; MacDonald C-J; Ghosn J; Peiffer-Smadja N
Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;33(1):e3-e4

Re. Weight Change and the Onset of Cardiovascular Diseases: Emulating Trials Using Electronic Health Records.

MacDonald CJ; Frenoy P

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