Dietary patterns in infancy and cognitive and neuropsychological function in childhood (2009)
Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N., Marriott, Lynne D., Limmond, Jennifer, Crozier, Sarah, Inskip, Hazel M., ...
Background: trials in developing countries suggest that improving young children's diet may benefit cognitive development. Whether dietary composition influences young children's cognition in...
Grip strength, body composition, and mortality (2007)
Gale, Catharine R, Martyn, Christopher N, Cooper, Cyrus, Sayer, Avan Aihie
Background Several studies in older people have shown that grip strength predicts all-cause mortality. The mechanisms are unclear. Muscle strength declines with age, accompanied by a loss of muscle...
Grip strength, body composition, and mortality (2007)
Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N., Cooper, Cyrus, Sayer, Avan Aihie
BACKGROUND: Several studies in older people have shown that grip strength predicts all-cause mortality. The mechanisms are unclear. Muscle strength declines with age, accompanied by a loss of muscle...
Maternal diet during pregnancy and carotid intima-media thickness in children (2006)
Gale, Catharine R., Jiang, Benyu, Robinson, Sian M., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
OBJECTIVE: Autopsy studies show that intimal lipid accumulations in arteries are often present at birth, suggesting that the prenatal environment plays a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis....
Maternal diet during pregnancy and carotid intima-media thickness in children (2006)
Gale, Catharine R., Jiang, Benyu, Robinson, Sian M., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
OBJECTIVE: Autopsy studies show that intimal lipid accumulations in arteries are often present at birth, suggesting that the prenatal environment plays a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis....
Birth weight and cardiac structure in children (2006)
Jiang, Benyu, Godfrey, Keith M., Martyn, Christopher N., Gale, Catharine R.
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic studies have shown associations between impaired fetal growth and risk for coronary heart disease in adults. The underlying mechanisms are unknown. We investigated whether...
Grip strength, body composition, and mortality (2006)
Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N., Cooper, Cyrus, Sayer, Avan Aihie
Background Several studies in older people have shown that grip strength predicts all-cause mortality. The mechanisms are unclear. Muscle strength declines with age, accompanied by a loss of muscle...
Critical periods of brain growth and cognitive function in children (2004)
Gale, Catharine R., O'Callaghan, Finbar J., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
There is evidence that IQ tends to be higher in those who were heavier at birth or who grew taller in childhood and adolescence. Although these findings imply that growth in both foetal and postnatal...
Birth weight and later risk of depression in a national birth cohort (2004)
Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N.
Background: Low birth weight increases the risk of childhood behavioural problems, but it is not clear whether poor foetal growth has a long-term influence on susceptibility to depression. Aims: To...
Critical periods of brain growth and cognitive function in children (2004)
Gale, Catharine R., OCallaghan, Finbar J., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
There is evidence that IQ tends to be higher in those who were heavier at birth or who grew taller in childhood and adolescence. Although these findings imply that growth in both foetal and postnatal...
Foetal and postnatal head growth and risk of cognitive decline in old age (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., Walton, Sheila, Martyn, Christopher N.
Studies of elderly people have shown that scores on tests of cognitive function tend to be higher in those with larger head circumferences. One explanation for these findings is that optimal brain...
Lutein and zeaxanthin status and risk of age-related macular degeneration (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., Hall, Nigel F., Phillips, David I.W., Martyn, Christopher N.
PURPOSE. To investigate the relation between plasma concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin and age-related macular degeneration in a group of elderly men and women. METHODS. The Wisconsin...
Variation in the matrix metalloproteinase-1 gene and risk of coronary heart disease (2003)
Ye, Shu, Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N.
Aims: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), a proteolytic enzyme able to degrade types I and III collagens, is present in atherosclerotic lesions but absent from the normal blood vessel wall. The...
Variation in the matrix metalloproteinase-1 gene and risk of coronary heart disease (2003)
Ye, Shu, Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N.
AIMS: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), a proteolytic enzyme able to degrade types I and III collagens, is present in atherosclerotic lesions but absent from the normal blood vessel wall. The...
Foetal and postnatal head growth and risk of cognitive decline in old age (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., Walton, Sheila, Martyn, Christopher N.
Studies of elderly people have shown that scores on tests of cognitive function tend to be higher in those with larger head circumferences. One explanation for these findings is that optimal brain...
Critical periods of brain growth and cognitive function in children (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., O’Callaghan, Finbar J., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
There is evidence that IQ tends to be higher in those who were heavier at birth or who grew taller in childhood and adolescence. Although these findings imply that growth in both foetal and postnatal...
Variation in the matrix metalloproteinase-1 gene and risk of coronary heart disease (2003)
Ye, Shu, Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N.
Aims Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), a proteolytic enzyme able to degrade types I and III collagens, is present in atherosclerotic lesions but absent from the normal blood vessel wall. The recent...
Foetal and postnatal head growth and risk of cognitive decline in old age (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., Walton, Sheila, Martyn, Christopher N.
Studies of elderly people have shown that scores on tests of cognitive function tend to be higher in those with larger head circumferences. One explanation for these findings is that optimal brain...
Critical periods of brain growth and cognitive function in children (2003)
Gale, Catharine R., O’Callaghan, Finbar J., Godfrey, Keith M., Law, Catherine M., Martyn, Christopher N.
There is evidence that IQ tends to be higher in those who were heavier at birth or who grew taller in childhood and adolescence. Although these findings imply that growth in both foetal and postnatal...
Kumaran, K., Fall, Caroline H.D., Martyn, Christopher N., Vijayakumar, M., Stein, Claudia E., Shier, Rosie
Background: rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) in India are rising, and are now similar to those in Western countries. The prevalence of conventional CHD risk factors such as...
Size at birth and carotid atherosclerosis in later life (2002)
Gale, Catharine R., Ashurst, Hazel E., Hall, Nigel F., MacCallum, Peter K., Martyn, Christopher N.
Several studies have shown that low birthweight is associated with a higher risk of stroke and coronary heart disease in later life. Increased atherogenesis may be one underlying mechanism, but few...
Relation between size at birth and risk of age-related macular degeneration (2002)
Hall, Nigel F., Gale, Catharine R., Syddall, Holly, Martyn, Christopher N., Phillips, David I.W.
PURPOSE. To determine whether poor fetal growth, as determined by size at birth, is associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration. METHODS. A total of 660 men and women born in...
Loukogeorgakis, Stavros, Dawson, Rex, Phillips, Nirree, Martyn, Christopher N., Greenwald, Stephen E.
We aimed to validate a new method for measuring arterial pulsewave transit time and pulsewave velocity (a measure of arterial elasticity), based on the principle of photoplethysmography (PPG), and to...
Antioxidant vitamin status and carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly (2001)
Gale, Catharine R., Ashurst, Hazel E., Powers, Hilary J., Martyn, Christopher N.
Background: The oxidative modification of LDL is thought to play a crucial role in the initiation of atherosclerosis. Antioxidant vitamins can protect LDL from oxidation, and high intakes or blood...
Intrauterine programming of adult body composition (2001)
Gale, Catharine R., Martyn, Christopher N., Kellingray, Samantha, Eastell, Richard, Cooper, Cyrus
Epidemiological studies suggest an association between weight in infancy and the risk of osteoporosis in later life. The extent to which this reflects environmental influences on skeletal growth and...
Plasma antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids and age-related cataract (2001)
Gale, Catharine R., Hall, Nigel F., Phillips, David I.W., Martyn, Christopher N.
Objective: To investigate the relationships between plasma concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids and nuclear, cortical, and posterior subcapsular cataracts in a group of elderly men...
Renal function, plasma homocysteine and carotid atherosclerosis in elderly people (2001)
Gale, Catharine R., Ashurst, Hazel, Phillips, Nirree, Moat, Stuart J., Bonham, James R., Martyn, Christopher N.
Although epidemiological studies suggest that people with minor impairment of renal function are at higher risk of stroke and coronary heart disease, the mechanisms underlying this relation are...
Associations of micro-albuminuria with intra-uterine growth retardation (2001)
Yudkin, John S., Martyn, Christopher N., Phillips, David I.W., Gale, Catherine R.
Background/Aim: Micro-albuminuria is associated with insulin resistance and a high blood pressure and predicts an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in both diabetic and non-diabetic...
Trends in Epilepsy Mortality in England and Wales and the United States, 1950-1994 (2000)
O'Callaghan, Finbar J. K., Osmond, Clive, Martyn, Christopher N.
The aim of this study was to analyze time trends in epilepsy mortality in England and Wales and the United States between 1950 and 1994. The authors calculated age- and sex-specific epilepsy...
Rothwell, Peter M., Martyn, Christopher N.
We aimed to determine the reproducibility of assessments made by independent reviewers of papers submitted for publication to clinical neuroscience journals and abstracts submitted for presentation...
Dummies and the Health of Hertfordshire Infants, 1911-1930 (1995)
GALE, CATHARINE R., MARTYN, CHRISTOPHER N.
SUMMARY Many medical and child-care experts in the early years of this century viewed the dummy as a serious hazard to the health and development of babies. With the growth of the infant welfare...
Risk of macular degeneration in users of statins: cross sectional study
Hall, Nigel F, Gale, Catharine R, Syddall, Holly, Phillips, David I W, Martyn, Christopher N