Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)
Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...
OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...
Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)
Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...
OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...
Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)
Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...
OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...
Fewell, Zoe, Davey Smith, George, Sterne, Jonathan A. C.
Measurement error in explanatory variables and unmeasured confounders can cause considerable problems in epidemiologic studies. It is well recognized that under certain conditions, nondifferential...
Alharbi, Khalid K., Spanakis, Emmanuel, Tan, Karen, Smith, Matt J., Aldahmesh, Mohammed A., O'Dell, Sandra D., ...
Identification of unknown mutations has remained laborious, expensive, and only viable for studies of selected cases. Population-based "reference ranges" of rarer sequence diversity are not...
Lawlor, Debbie A., Day, Ian N.M., Gaunt, Tom R., Hinks, Lesley J., Timpson, Nick, Ebrahim, Shah, ...
Background: The association between the R allele of PON1 Q192R and symptoms reported by sheep dippers and Gulf War veterans has been used to suggest a biological basis for these symptoms. In the...
Measuring socioeconomic position in health research (2007)
Galobardes, Bruna, Lynch, John, Davey Smith, George
Objective In this article we review different measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and their uses in health-related research. Areas of agreement Socioeconomic circumstances influence health. ...
Measuring socioeconomic position in health research (2007)
Galobardes, Bruna, Lynch, John, Davey Smith, George
Objective In this article we review different measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and their uses in health-related research. Areas of agreement Socioeconomic circumstances influence health. ...
Davey Smith, George, Harbord, Roger, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Beynon, Rebecca, ...
BACKGROUND: Dietary modifications and supplements are used widely by patients with cancer and preinvasive lesions as an adjunct to standard treatment. Given the widespread use of nutritional...
Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Mitchell, Richard, Ebrahim, Shah
The authors hypothesized that individuals born in the early 20th century who experienced the hottest and driest summers during infancy would be more likely to have suffered severe infant diarrhea and...
Thomas, Avis J., Eberly, Lynn E., Davey Smith, George, Neaton, James D.
There is a well-established, strong association between socioeconomic position and mortality. Public health mortality analyses thus routinely consider the confounding effect of socioeconomic position...
Davies, Anna A., Davey Smith, George, Harbord, Roger, Bekkering, Geertruida E., Sterne, Jonathan A. C., Beynon, Rebecca, ...
Background: Dietary modifications and supplements are used widely by patients with cancer and preinvasive lesions as an adjunct to standard treatment. Given the widespread use of nutritional...
Tilling, Kate, Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Chambless, Lloyd, Szklo, Moyses
The authors aimed to investigate the relation between components of adult height (leg and trunk length) and atherosclerosis in middle age, using data from 12,254 participants (aged 44–65 years) in...
Lawlor, Debbie A., Sterne, Jonathan A. C., Tynelius, Per, Davey Smith, George, Rasmussen, Finn
Previous studies have lacked sufficient power to assess associations between early-life socioeconomic position and adult cause-specific mortality. The authors examined associations of parental social...
Lynch, John, Harper, Sam, Kaplan, George, Davey Smith, George
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Davey Smith, George, Lawlor, Debbie A., Harbord, Roger, Timpson, Nic, Rumley, Ann, Lowe, Gordon D.O., ...
Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) has repeatedly been associated with blood pressure and prevalent and incident hypertension, but whether a causal link exists is uncertain. Methods and Results: We...
C-reactive protein and its role in metabolic syndrome: mendelian randomisation study (2005)
Timpson, Nicholas J., Lawlor, Debbie A., Harbord, Roger M., Gaunt, Tom R., Day, Proflan N.M., Palmer, Lyle J., ...
BACKGROUND: Circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with the metabolic syndrome and might be causally linked to it. Our aim was to generate estimates of the association between plasma CRP...
Martin, Richard M., Gunnell, David, Davey Smith, George
The influence of breastfeeding on blood pressure in later life is uncertain. The authors conducted a systematic review of published studies from which estimates of a mean difference (standard error)...
Martin, Richard M., Gunnell, David, Pemberton, John, Watson, Simone, Frankel, Stephen, Davey Smith, George
Metcalfe, Chris, Davey Smith, George, Sterne, Jonathan A. C., Heslop, Pauline, Macleod, John, Hart, Carole L.
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of childhood and adulthood social class with the occurrence of specific diseases, including those not associated with a high...
Advanced Paternal Age and Risk of Fetal Death: A Cohort Study (2004)
Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Hansen, Kasper Daniel, Andersen, Per Kragh, Davey Smith, George
A possible detrimental paternal age effect on offspring health due to mutations of paternal origin should be reflected in an association between paternal age and fetal loss. The authors used data...
(Mis)use of Factor Analysis in the Study of Insulin Resistance Syndrome (2004)
Lawlor, Debbie A., Ebrahim, Shah, May, Margaret, Davey Smith, George
Over the last decade, factor analysis has been used increasingly to describe patterns of simultaneous occurrence of the central components of the insulin resistance syndrome. In this paper, the...
Martin, Richard M, Davey Smith, George, Mangtani, Punam, Tilling, Kate, Frankel, Stephen, Gunnell, David
Aims To investigate the association of breastfeeding with all-cause, cardiovascular, and ischaemic heart disease mortality. Methods and results A long-term follow-up of 4999 children originally...
Life and death of the people of London: a historical GIS of Charles Booth's inquiry (2002)
Orford, Scott, Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George
Social reformer Charles Booth undertook a massive survey into the social and economic conditions of the people of London at the end of the 19th century. An important innovation of his Inquiry was the...
Life and death of the people of London: a historical GIS of Charles Booth's inquiry (2002)
Orford, Scott, Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George
Social reformer Charles Booth undertook a massive survey into the social and economic conditions of the people of London at the end of the 19th century. An important innovation of his Inquiry was the...
Lawlor, Debbie A., Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George
The aim of this study was to determine whether a sex difference exists in the association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure. A meta-analysis of all observational studies (n =...
Upton, Mark N, McConnachie, Alex, McSharry, Charles, Hart, Carole L, Davey Smith, George, Gillis, Charles R, ...
The Ghost of Christmas Past: health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991
Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Shaw, Mary, Orford, Scott, Davey Smith, George
Systematic review of long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt in adults
Hooper, Lee, Bartlett, Christopher, Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data
Martin, Richard M, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Gunnell, David, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Frankel, Stephen
Subramanian, S V, Nandy, Shailen, Kelly, Michelle, Gordon, Dave, Davey Smith, George
Objective To investigate the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographical distribution of tobacco consumption in India.
Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: Authors' reply
Subramanian, S V, Nandy, Shailen, Kelly, Michelle, Gordon, Dave, Davey Smith, George
Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer
Charles, Deborah, Ness, Andy R, Campbell, Doris, Davey Smith, George, Hall, Marion H
Lifestyle, health, and health promotion in Nazi Germany
Several health related behaviours came under scrutiny in the 1930s and '40s in Germany, but did the associated campaigns achieve any benefits?
Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer: Authors' reply
Charles, Deborah, Campbell, Doris, Hall, Marion H, Ness, Andy R, Davey Smith, George
Lawlor, Debbie A, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Stansfeld, Stephen A, Yarnell, John W G, ...
Macleod, John, Salisbury, Chris, Low, Nicola, McCarthy, Anne, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Holloway, Aisha, ...
Objective To measure the coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and the prevalence of infection in the general population in the United Kingdom. To...
Health inequalities and New Labour: how the promises compare with real progress
Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George, Dorling, Danny
Inequalities in health between rich and poor areas of Britain widened in the 1980s and 1990s, and the current government has repeatedly expressed its intention to reduce these inequalities. In this...
What can mendelian randomisation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental exposures?
Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
Using genetic variants as a proxy for modifiable environmental factors that are associated with disease can circumvent some of the problems of observational studies
Lawlor, Debbie A, Harro, Maarike, Wedderkopp, Niels, Andersen, Lars Bo, Sardinha, Luis B, Riddoch, Chris J, ...
Objectives To examine the association between socioeconomic position and insulin resistance in children from three countries in northern Europe (Denmark), eastern Europe (Estonia), and southern...
Lewis, Sarah J, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George
Objectives To investigate the association between the MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism and coronary heart disease, assessing small study bias and heterogeneity between studies.
Inequalities and Christmas Yet to Come
Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Orford, Scott, Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George
Is Social Capital the Key to Inequalities in Health?
Pearce, Neil, Davey Smith, George
There has been vigorous debate between the “social capital” and “neomaterialist” interpretations of the epidemiological evidence regarding socioeconomic determinants of health. We argue that...
Batty, G. David, Shipley, Martin J., Marmot, Michael G., Davey Smith, George
Objectives. This study examined the association between leisure time physical activity and cause-specific mortality among male Whitehall Study participants with chronic bronchitis.
Lawlor, Debbie A, Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
Objectives. We assessed the association between life-course socioeconomic status or position (SEP) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Upton, Mark N, McConnachie, Alex, McSharry, Charles, Hart, Carole L, Davey Smith, George, Gillis, Charles R, ...
The Ghost of Christmas Past: health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991
Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Shaw, Mary, Orford, Scott, Davey Smith, George
Systematic review of long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt in adults
Hooper, Lee, Bartlett, Christopher, Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data
Martin, Richard M, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Gunnell, David, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Frankel, Stephen
Subramanian, S V, Nandy, Shailen, Kelly, Michelle, Gordon, Dave, Davey Smith, George
Objective To investigate the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographical distribution of tobacco consumption in India.
Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: Authors' reply
Subramanian, S V, Nandy, Shailen, Kelly, Michelle, Gordon, Dave, Davey Smith, George
Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer
Charles, Deborah, Ness, Andy R, Campbell, Doris, Davey Smith, George, Hall, Marion H
Lifestyle, health, and health promotion in Nazi Germany
Several health related behaviours came under scrutiny in the 1930s and '40s in Germany, but did the associated campaigns achieve any benefits?
Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer: Authors' reply
Charles, Deborah, Campbell, Doris, Hall, Marion H, Ness, Andy R, Davey Smith, George
Lawlor, Debbie A, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Stansfeld, Stephen A, Yarnell, John W G, ...
Macleod, John, Salisbury, Chris, Low, Nicola, McCarthy, Anne, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Holloway, Aisha, ...
Objective To measure the coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and the prevalence of infection in the general population in the United Kingdom. To...
Health inequalities and New Labour: how the promises compare with real progress
Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George, Dorling, Danny
Inequalities in health between rich and poor areas of Britain widened in the 1980s and 1990s, and the current government has repeatedly expressed its intention to reduce these inequalities. In this...
What can mendelian randomisation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental exposures?
Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
Using genetic variants as a proxy for modifiable environmental factors that are associated with disease can circumvent some of the problems of observational studies
Lawlor, Debbie A, Harro, Maarike, Wedderkopp, Niels, Andersen, Lars Bo, Sardinha, Luis B, Riddoch, Chris J, ...
Objectives To examine the association between socioeconomic position and insulin resistance in children from three countries in northern Europe (Denmark), eastern Europe (Estonia), and southern...
Lewis, Sarah J, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George
Objectives To investigate the association between the MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism and coronary heart disease, assessing small study bias and heterogeneity between studies.
Inequalities and Christmas Yet to Come
Dorling, Danny, Mitchell, Richard, Orford, Scott, Shaw, Mary, Davey Smith, George
Is Social Capital the Key to Inequalities in Health?
Pearce, Neil, Davey Smith, George
There has been vigorous debate between the “social capital” and “neomaterialist” interpretations of the epidemiological evidence regarding socioeconomic determinants of health. We argue that...
Batty, G. David, Shipley, Martin J., Marmot, Michael G., Davey Smith, George
Objectives. This study examined the association between leisure time physical activity and cause-specific mortality among male Whitehall Study participants with chronic bronchitis.
Lawlor, Debbie A, Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah
Objectives. We assessed the association between life-course socioeconomic status or position (SEP) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Patel, Rita, Ebrahim, Shah
Objectives. We sought to determine whether residential area deprivation, over and above the effect of life-course socioeconomic status or position (SEP), is associated with coronary heart disease.
Power, Chris, Hyppönen, Elina, Davey Smith, George
Objectives. We sought to establish whether women’s childhood socioeconomic position influenced their risk of mortality separately from the effects of adult socioeconomic position.
Race/Ethnicity, Income, Major Risk Factors, and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Thomas, Avis J., Eberly, Lynn E., Davey Smith, George, Neaton, James D., Stamler, Jeremiah
Objectives. We explored differences between Black and White men for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality across major risk factor levels.
Lynch, John, Harper, Sam, Kaplan, George A., Davey Smith, George
Objectives. We used census data to examine associations between income inequality and mortality among US states for each decade from 1949 to 1999 and tax return income data to estimate associations...
Song, Yun-Mi, Ferrer, Robert L., Cho, Sung-il, Sung, Joohon, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George
Objectives. We examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and myocardial infarction and stroke subtypes, including the possible mediating influence of cardiovascular risk factors.
Chen, Lina, Davey Smith, George, Harbord, Roger M, Lewis, Sarah J
Using a mendelian randomization approach Sarah Lewis and colleagues find strong support for the hypothesis that alcohol intake has a marked effect on blood pressure and the risk of hypertension.
Subramanian, S.V., Nandy, Shailen, Irving, Michelle, Gordon, Dave, Lambert, Helen, Davey Smith, George
Objectives. We investigated the contributions of gender, caste, and standard of living to inequalities in mortality across the life course in India.
Kinra, Sanjay, Rameshwar Sarma, K V, Mendu, Vishnu Vardhana Rao, Ravikumar, Radhakrishnan, Mohan, Viswanthan, ...
Objective To determine whether integration of nutritional supplementation with other public health programmes in early life reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in undernourished populations.
Does High C-reactive Protein Concentration Increase Atherosclerosis? The Whitehall II Study
Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Kumari, Meena, Donald, Ann, Britton, Annie, ...
Subramanian, S. V., Nandy, Shailen, Irving, Michelle, Gordon, David, Davey Smith, George
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the independent contribution of individual socioeconomic markers and state prohibition policy on alcohol consumption among men and women in India. METHODS: The study used a...
Lindgren, Cecilia M., Heid, Iris M., Randall, Joshua C., Lamina, Claudia, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Qi, Lu, ...
To identify genetic loci influencing central obesity and fat distribution, we performed a meta-analysis of 16 genome-wide association studies (GWAS, N = 38,580) informative for adult waist...