Mishra, Gita, Nitsch, Dorothea, Black, Stephanie, De Stavola, Bianca, Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca
Background There is growing interest in the relationship between time spent in adverse circumstances across life course and increased risk of chronic disease and early mortality. This accumulation...
Mishra, Gita D., McNaughton, Sarah A., O'Connell, Maria A., Prynne, Celia J., Kuh, Diana
Background : Lower levels of B vitamins (particularly folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6) may be associated with psychological distress. Little is known about the impact of childhood nutrition on...
Invited Commentary: Stress and Mortality (2008)
Hotopf, Matthew, Henderson, Max, Kuh, Diana
In this issue of the Journal, Nielsen et al. (Am J Epidemiol 2008;168:481−91) use data from a large Danish study to provide evidence that self-reported stress is associated with increased all-cause...
Li, Leah, Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana, Lo Conte, Rossella, Power, Chris
Markers of growth and changes of body mass index (BMI) are associated with adult chronic disease risk. To better understand such associations, the authors examined the 1946 (n ≈ 5,300) and 1958 (n...
Gillman, Matthew W., Barker, David, Bier, Dennis, Cagampang, Felino, Challis, John, Fall, Caroline, ...
Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) focuses on the earliest stages of human development, and provides a novel paradigm to complement other strategies for lifelong prevention of common...
Abbott, Rosemary A, Ploubidis, George B, Huppert, Felicia A, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael EJ, Croudace, Tim J
Abstract Background Investigations of the structure of psychological well-being items are useful for advancing knowledge of what dimensions define psychological well-being in practice. Ryff has...
Developmental Origins of Midlife Physical Performance: Evidence from a British Birth Cohort (2006)
Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca, Butterworth, Suzanne, Okell, Lucy, Richards, Marcus, Wadsworth, Michael, ...
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...
Power, Chris, Graham, Hilary, Due, Pernille, Hallqvist, Johan, Joung, Inez, Kuh, Diana, ...
Background Our objective was to investigate the contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position (SEP) to adult obesity and smoking behaviour, in particular to establish the role of...
Power, Chris, Graham, Hilary, Due, Pernille, Hallqvist, Johan, Joung, Inez, Kuh, Diana, ...
Background Our objective was to investigate the contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position (SEP) to adult obesity and smoking behaviour, in particular to establish the role of...
Langenberg, Claudia, Hardy, Rebecca, Breeze, Elizabeth, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael E. J.
Background Previous cross-sectional analyses of this cohort have shown that short height and leg length are associated with higher pulse pressure and systolic blood pressure in middle age. It is...
Langenberg, Claudia, Hardy, Rebecca, Breeze, Elizabeth, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael EJ
Background Previous cross-sectional analyses of this cohort have shown that short height and leg length are associated with higher pulse pressure and systolic blood pressure in middle age. It is...
Birthweight, childhood growth, and blood pressure at 43 years in a British birth cohort (2004)
Hardy, Rebecca, Wadsworth, Michael EJ, Langenberg, Claudia, Kuh, Diana
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...
Childhood cognitive ability and deaths up until middle age: a post-war birth cohort study (2004)
Kuh, Diana, Richards, Marcus, Hardy, Rebecca, Butterworth, Suzie, Wadsworth, Michael EJ
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...
Poole, Jason, Aihie-Sayer, Avan, Hardy, Rebecca, Wadsworth, Michael, Kuh, Diana, Cooper, Cyrus
Objective: To characterize the pattern of involvement of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand among men and women of the same age. Methods: Structured hand examinations were performed on 1,467 men and...
Kuh, Diana, Bassey, Joan, Hardy, Rebecca, Aihie-Sayer, Avan, Wadsworth, Michael, Cooper, Cyrus
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...
Kuh, Diana, Bassey, Joan, Hardy, Rebecca, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Wadsworth, Michael, Cooper, Cyrus
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...
Birthweight, postnatal growth and cognitive function in a national UK birth cohort (2002)
Richards, Marcus, Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael EJ
Background Birthweight is associated with cognition and educational attainment across the full birthweight range in the normal population, independently of social background. However, the extent to...
Prenatal factors, childhood growth trajectories and age at menarche (2002)
Silva, Isabel Dos Santos, De Stavola, Bianca L, Mann, Vera, Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca, Wadsworth, Michael EJ
Background In recent studies a larger birth size has been shown to delay the timing of menarche. The mechanisms underlying this association are not clear, however, as birthweight is a predictor of...
Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael
Background This study investigates whether cigarette smoking, body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic status are independently associated with age at menopausal transition. Methods Menopausal status...
Data from a British national cohort of women born in 1946 were used to investigate the hypothesis that the rate of depletion of oocyte numbers is associated with the age at which a woman reaches the...
When is mortality risk determined? Historical insights into a current debate (1993)
KUH, DIANA, SMITH, GEORGE DAVEY
SUMMARY With regard to the development of chronic disease and the inprovement in adult life expectancy there is a longstanding debate on the relative importance of factors operating in early life...
WADSWORTH, MICHAEL, MACLEAN, MAVIS, KUH, DIANA, RODGERS, BRYAN
Wadsworth M, Maclean M, Kuh D and Rodgers B. Children of divorced and separated parents: summary and review of findings from a long-term follow-up study in the UK. Family Practice 1990, 7: 104–109....
Parental Height: Childhood Environment and Subsequent Adult Height in a National Birth Cohort (1989)
KUH, DIANA, WADSWORTH, MICHAEL
Kuh D (MRC National Survey of Health and Development, University College London and The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, Department of Community Medicine, 66–72 Gower Street, London WCIE 6EA,...
Short Term Care for the Elderly in Residential Homes: A Research Note (1984)
Short term care for the elderly has expanded rapidly in the last five years. The study evaluates short stay care in four residential homes using interviews with 42 clients, their main ‘carers’,...
Abbott, Rosemary A, Ploubidis, George B, Huppert, Felicia A, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael EJ, Croudace, Tim J
Abbott, Rosemary A, Ploubidis, George B, Huppert, Felicia A, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael EJ, Croudace, Tim J
Mishra, Gita, Kok, Helen, Ecob, Russell, Cooper, Rachel, Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana
Objectives. We examined the cessation of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among British women, by educational level, social class, and cardiovascular risk factors, at the time of publicity about 2...
Webb, Elizabeth Alice, Kuh, Diana, Pajak, Andrzej, Kubinova, Ruzena, Malyutina, Sofia, Bobak, Martin
The objective of these analyses was to estimate the strength and direction of secular trends in adult height and childhood socioeconomic circumstances in eight towns in three Eastern European...
Invited Commentary: Stress and Mortality
Hotopf, Matthew, Henderson, Max, Kuh, Diana
In this issue of the Journal, Nielsen et al. (Am J Epidemiol 2008;168:481−91) use data from a large Danish study to provide evidence that self-reported stress is associated with increased all-cause...
Langenberg, Claudia, Kuh, Diana, Wadsworth, Michael E.J., Brunner, Eric, Hardy, Rebecca
Objectives. We investigated the relative importance of education and childhood and adult social class in the risk of metabolic syndrome.
Outcomes of conduct problems in adolescence: 40 year follow-up of national cohort
Colman, Ian, Murray, Joseph, Abbott, Rosemary A, Maughan, Barbara, Kuh, Diana, Croudace, Tim J, ...
Objective To describe long term outcomes associated with externalising behaviour in adolescence, defined in this study as conduct problems reported by a teacher, in a population based sample.
A structured approach to modelling the effects of binary exposure variables over the life course
Mishra, Gita, Nitsch, Dorothea, Black, Stephanie, De Stavola, Bianca, Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca
Background There is growing interest in the relationship between time spent in adverse circumstances across life course and increased risk of chronic disease and early mortality. This accumulation...