Diana Kuh

A structured approach to modelling the effects of binary exposure variables over the life course (2009)

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...

Intake of B vitamins in childhood and adult life in relation to psychological distress among women in a British birth cohort (2009)

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...

Child-to-Adult Body Mass Index and Height Trajectories: A Comparison of 2 British Birth Cohorts (2008)

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...

Meeting report on the 3rd International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) (2007)

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...

Psychometric evaluation and predictive validity of Ryff's psychological well-being items in a UK birth cohort sample of women (2006)

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...

The contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position to adult obesity and smoking behaviour: an international comparison (2005)

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...

The contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position to adult obesity and smoking behaviour: an international comparison (2005)

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...

Influence of short stature on the change in pulse pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure from age 36 to 53 years: an analysis using multilevel models (2005)

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...

Influence of short stature on the change in pulse pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure from age 36 to 53 years: an analysis using multilevel models (2005)

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...

Patterns of interphalangeal hand joint involvement of osteoarthritis among men and women: a British cohort study (2003)

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...

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

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...

Birth Weight, Childhood Size, and Muscle Strength in Adult Life: Evidence from a Birth Cohort Study (2002)

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...

Smoking, body mass index, socioeconomic status and the menopausal transition in a British national cohort (2000)

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...

Reproductive Characteristics and the Age at Inception of the Perimenopause in a British National Cohort (1999)

Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana

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...

Children of Divorced and Separated Parents: Summary and Review of Findings from a Long-Term Follow-Up Study in the UK (1990)

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)

BOLDY, DUNCAN, KUH, DIANA

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’,...

Cessation of Hormone Replacement Therapy After Reports of Adverse Findings From Randomized Controlled Trials: Evidence From a British Birth Cohort

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...

Estimation of secular trends in adult height, and childhood socioeconomic circumstances in three Eastern European populations

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...

Social Circumstances and Education: Life Course Origins of Social Inequalities in Metabolic Risk in a Prospective National Birth Cohort

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...