GLOSSARY Life course epidemiology (2008)
Email Alerting, M Ackl, D Kuh, Y Ben-shlomo, J Lynch, ...
health surveillance
Mishra, G, McNaughton, S, McCormack, V, Hardy, R, Stephen, A, ...
No abstract available.
Cooper, R., Hardy, R., Kuh, D.
Objective To examine the associations between adiposity at time points from early life onwards and subsequent hysterectomy risk. Design Prospective birth cohort study. Setting England, Scotland and...
Cooper, R, Lucke, J, Lawlor, D A, Mishra, G D, Chang, J, Ebrahim, S, ...
Cooper, R, Lucke, J, Lawlor, D A, Mishra, G D, Chang, J, Ebrahim, S, ...
Is there an association between hysterectomy and subsequent adiposity? (2007)
Cooper, R., Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Power, C.
Objectives To examine the associations between hysterectomy and subsequent adiposity and to investigate whether these associations vary by characteristics of hysterectomy and are independent of...
Lokugamage, AU, Hotopf, M, Hardy, R, Mishra, G, Butterworth, S, Wadsworth, MEJ, ...
No abstract available.
Validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood (2006)
Cooper, R., Blell, M., Hardy, R., Black, S., Pollard, T.M., Wadsworth, M.E.J., ...
Objective: To test the validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood and examine whether socioeconomic position, education, experience of gynaecological events and psychological symptoms...
Women’s health in mid-life: life course social roles and agency as quality (2006)
McMunn, A., Bartley, M., Kuh, D.
Data from a prospective British birth cohort study showed that women who were childless, lone mothers or full-time homemakers between the ages of 26 and 54 were more likely to report poor health at...
Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort (2006)
Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Okell, L., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M., ...
The authors hypothesized that 1) physical growth, as a marker of the early development of muscle fibers, and 2) advanced childhood motor and cognitive abilities, as markers of central nervous system...
Age at puberty and adult blood pressure and body size in a British birth cohort study. (2006)
Hardy, R., Kuh, D., Whincup, P.H., Wadsworth, M.E.
Objective: To investigate the association between age at puberty and blood pressure at age 53 years. Design: A prospective birth cohort study with regular contacts through childhood and adulthood...
Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort (2006)
Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Okell, L., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M., ...
The authors hypothesized that 1) physical growth, as a marker of the early development of muscle fibers, and 2) advanced childhood motor and cognitive abilities, as markers of central nervous system...
Developmental origins of midlife grip strength: findings from a birth cohort study (2006)
Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Okell, L., Wadsworth, M., Cooper, C., ...
BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that the prenatal environment has long-term effects on adult grip strength, but little is known about the effects of the postnatal environment. We tested whether...
Cooper, R., Lawlor, D.A., Hardy, R., Ebrahim, S., Leon, D.A., Wadsworth, M.E., ...
Objective: To examine the association between indicators of lifetime socio-economic position and rates of hysterectomy in three British cohorts. Design: Cross-cohort comparative study. Setting: Two...
Life course social roles and women’s health in mid-life: causation or selection? (2005)
McMunn, A., Bartley, M., Hardy, R., Kuh, D.
Study objective: To investigate whether relationships between social roles and health are explained by health selection into employment and parenthood by examining the influence of early health on...
Childhood cognitive ability and deaths up until middle age: a post-war birth cohort study (2004)
Kuh, D., Richards, M., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Wadsworth, M.E.J.
Background: Childhood IQ has been related to mortality in later life in four studies. Cognitive ability may be a mediator between early disadvantage and mortality, a marker of the efficiency of...
Birthweight, childhood growth, and blood pressure at 43 years in a British birth cohort (2004)
Hardy, R., Wadsworth, M.E.J., Langenberg, C., Kuh, D.
Background Low birthweight is associated with high blood pressure in later life, but it is unclear whether the association is confounded with or modified by maternal and socioeconomic factors or...
Objective: To explore endocrine-related and general symptoms among three groups of middle-aged women defined by country of birth and country of residence, in the context of debates about biological,...
Objective: To explore endocrine-related and general symptoms among three groups of middle-aged women defined by country of birth and country of residence, in the context of debates about biological,...
Hardy, R., Wadsworth, M.E.J., Langenberg, C., Kuh, D.
Summary: Background: The negative effect of birthweight on systolic blood pressure has been suggested to be initiated in utero and amplified with age. We aimed to investigate this hypothesis....
Aihie-Sayer, A., Poole, J., Cox, V., Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Wadsworth, M., ...
Objective To determine the influence of body weight throughout the life course on the development of clinical hand osteoarthritis (OA). Methods A British national survey was used to perform a...
Birth weight, osteoarthritis of the hand, and cardiovascular disease in men (2003)
Poole, J., Aihie-Sayer, A., Cox, V., Cooper, C., Kuh, D., Hardy, R., ...
Haara et al reported recently that the presence of osteoarthritis (OA) in at least one hand joint significantly predicted cardiovascular mortality in a sample of 1560 Finnish men aged 30 or over.1 OA...
Kuh, D., Bassey, J., Hardy, R., Sayer, A.A., Wadsworth, M., Cooper, C.
Environmental influences during gestation may have long-term effects on adult muscle strength. It is not known how early in adult life such effects are manifest and whether they are modified by...
Does early growth influence timing of the menopause? Evidence from a British birth cohort (2002)
Summary: Background: The negative effect of birthweight on systolic blood pressure has been suggested to be initiated in utero and amplified with age. We aimed to investigate this hypothesis....
Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Langenberg, C., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M.E.J.
Objective: To examine premature mortality in adults in relation to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood. Design: Nationally representative birth cohort study with prospective...
Does early growth influence timing of the menopause? Evidence from a British birth cohort (2002)
BACKGROUND: Few adult environmental or behavioural factors have been consistently associated with age at menopause. The peak number of follicles attained in utero or lost before ovulation begins may...
Richards, M., Hardy, R., Kuh, D., Wadsworth, M.E.J.
Objective: To examine the association between birth weight and cognitive function in the normal population. Design: A longitudinal, population based, birth cohort study. Participants: 3900 males and...
Birth weight, osteoarthritis of the hand, and cardiovascular disease in men
Poole, J, Sayer, A, Cox, V, Cooper, C, Kuh, D, Hardy, R, ...
Barker, D. J., Osmond, C., Golding, J., Kuh, D., Wadsworth, M. E.
In national samples of 9921 10 year olds and 3259 adults in Britain systolic blood pressure was inversely related to birth weight. The association was independent of gestational age and may therefore...
Langenberg, C, Hardy, R, Kuh, D, Brunner, E, Wadsworth, M
Study objective: To investigate the influence of social class in childhood, young adulthood and middle age, and intergenerational mobility, on adult central and total obesity.
Kuh, D., Cardozo, L., Hardy, R.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and lifetime risk factors for urinary incontinence in middle aged women. DESIGN: Nationally representative birth cohort study with prospective data on...
OBJECTIVE--To investigate socioeconomic variation among young women in the risk of hospital admission for diseases (including neoplasms) of the female genital system and breast and for the common...
Cooper, R, Lucke, J, Lawlor, D A, Mishra, G, Chang, J-H, Ebrahim, S, ...
Birthweight, childhood growth and risk of breast cancer in a British cohort
Stavola, B L De, Hardy, R, Kuh, D, Silva, I Dos Santos, Wadsworth, M, Swerdlow, A J
We have examined the relationship between birthweight and risk of breast cancer, taking into account growth in childhood, using data on a total of 2221 women born in 1946 and followed up to 1997....
Mishra, G, McCormack, V, Kuh, D, Hardy, R, Stephen, A
We examined the role of dietary calcium and vitamin D intakes in childhood and throughout adulthood in relation to mammographic density using data from a nationally representative cohort of 1161...