John J Keaney, John D Groarke, Zita Galvin, Catherine McGorrian, Hugh A McCann, Declan Sugrue, Edward Keelan, Joseph Galvin, Gavin Blake, Niall G Mahon, James O'Neill
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether a name can influence a person's health, by assessing whether people with the surname "Brady" have an increased prevalence of bradycardia. DESIGN: Retrospective, population based cohort study. SETTING: One university teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: People with the surname "Brady" in Dublin, determined through use of an online telephone directory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Prevalence of participants who had pacemakers inserted for bradycardia between 1 January 2007 and 28 February 2013...
2013: BMJ: British Medical Journal