Andrew R. Ness

Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity (2008)

Loos, Ruth J.F., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Li, Shengxu, Wheeler, Eleanor, Zhao, Jing Hua, Prokopenko, Inga, ...

To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the...

How Much of the Data Published in Observational Studies of the Association between Diet and Prostate or Bladder Cancer Is Usable for Meta-Analysis? (2008)

Bekkering, Geertruida E., Harris, Ross J., Thomas, Steve, Mayer, Anne-Marie B., Beynon, Rebecca, Ness, Andrew R., ...

Epidemiologic investigations often report dose-response associations, which may be combined in meta-analyses. The authors examined how often the log odds, risk, or hazard ratio per unit increase in...

Depressed mood and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake from fish: non-linear or confounded association? (2006)

Appleton, Katherine M., Peters, Tim J., Heatherley, Susan V., Hayward, Robert C., McNaughton, Sarah, Rogers, Peter J., ...

There is increasing evidence of an association between low dietary intake of essential n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 EFAs) and depressed mood. This study aimed to evaluate this...

What influences diet in early old age? Prospective and cross-sectional analyses of the Boyd Orr cohort (2006)

Maynard, Maria, Gunnell, David, Ness, Andrew R., Abraham, Lucy, Bates, Chris J., Blane, David

Background: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-economic and health-related factors in childhood and later life associated with healthy eating in early old age. Methods: The study is based...

Depressed mood and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake from fish: non-linear or confounded association? (2006)

Appleton, Katherine M., Peters, Tim J., Heatherley, Susan V., Hayward, Robert C., McNaughton, Sarah, Rogers, Peter J., ...

There is increasing evidence of an association between low dietary intake of essential n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 EFAs) and depressed mood. This study aimed to evaluate this...

Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal weight gain on adrenarche in normal boys and girls (2004)

Potau, Neus, Petry, Clive J, Jones, Richard, Ness, Andrew R, Honour, John W, ...

Associations between low birth weight and higher adrenal androgen secretion before puberty have yet only been reported in case-control studies in girls. We examined the influence of birth weight and...

Aggression and violent behaviour in general practice: population based survey in the north of England

Ness, Graham J, House, Allan, Ness, Andrew R

Undiagnosed coeliac disease at age seven: population based prospective birth cohort study

Bingley, Polly J, Williams, Alistair J K, Norcross, Alastair J, Unsworth, D Joe, Lock, Robert J, Ness, Andrew R, ...

All troops sent to Gulf should be randomised to receive anthrax vaccination or placebo

Ness, Andrew R, Harvey, Ian, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey

Are we really dying for a tan?

Ness, Andrew R, Frankel, Stephen J, Gunnell, David J, Smith, George Davey

Aggression and violent behaviour in general practice: population based survey in the north of England

Ness, Graham J, House, Allan, Ness, Andrew R

Undiagnosed coeliac disease at age seven: population based prospective birth cohort study

Bingley, Polly J, Williams, Alistair J K, Norcross, Alastair J, Unsworth, D Joe, Lock, Robert J, Ness, Andrew R, ...

All troops sent to Gulf should be randomised to receive anthrax vaccination or placebo

Ness, Andrew R, Harvey, Ian, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey

Are we really dying for a tan?

Ness, Andrew R, Frankel, Stephen J, Gunnell, David J, Smith, George Davey

Is there an epidemic of admissions for surgical treatment of dental abscesses in the UK?

Thomas, Steven J, Atkinson, Charlotte, Hughes, Ceri, Revington, Peter, Ness, Andrew R

Steven J Thomas and colleagues think that recent changes in dental care provision have led to increased numbers of hospital admissions for dental abscess, and they suggest that access to routine and...