D. Kuh

Publication List Details

Period

2000 - 2009

Number

42

Co-Authors

Is adiposity across life associated with subsequent hysterectomy risk? Findings from the 1946 British birth cohort study (2008)

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...

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...

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...

Socio-economic position across the life course and hysterectomy in three British cohorts: a cross-cohort comparative study (2005)

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...

Country of birth, country of residence, and menopausal transitions and symptoms: British birth cohort and Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2004)

Lee, C, Mishra, G, Kuh, D

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,...

Country of birth, country of residence, and menopausal transitions and symptoms: British birth cohort and Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2004)

Lee, C, Mishra, G, Kuh, D

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,...

Birthweight, childhood social class, and change in adult blood pressure in the 1946 British birth cohort (2003)

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....

Weight from birth to 53 years: a longitudinal study of the influence on clinical hand osteoarthritis (2003)

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...

Birth weight, childhood size, and muscle strength in adult life: evidence from a birth cohort study (2002)

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)

Hardy, R., 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....

Mortality in adults aged 26-54 years related to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood: post war birth cohort study (2002)

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)

Hardy, R., Kuh, D.

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...

Birth weight and cognitive function in the British 1946 birth cohort: longitudinal population based study (2001)

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...

Growth in utero, blood pressure in childhood and adult life, and mortality from cardiovascular disease.

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...

Central and total obesity in middle aged men and women in relation to lifetime socioeconomic status: evidence from a national birth cohort

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.

Urinary incontinence in middle aged women: childhood enuresis and other lifetime risk factors in a British prospective cohort

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...

Socioeconomic variation in admission for diseases of female genital system and breast in a national cohort aged 15-43.

Kuh, D., Stirling, S.

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...

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....

Dietary calcium and vitamin D intakes in childhood and throughout adulthood and mammographic density in a British birth cohort

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...