Jane Ferrie

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

Diagnosis-specific sickness absence and all-cause mortality in the GAZEL study. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Westerlund, Hugo, Melchior, Maria, Alexanderson, Kristina, ...

BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a risk marker for all-cause mortality. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort (the GAZEL study). Medically certified...

Diagnosis-specific sickness absence and all-cause mortality in the GAZEL study. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Westerlund, Hugo, Melchior, Maria, Alexanderson, Kristina, ...

BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a risk marker for all-cause mortality. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort (the GAZEL study). Medically certified...

Association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in middle-aged adults: results from the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimäki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Chandola, Tarani, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

OBJECTIVE: Although it is possible that the association between depression and the metabolic syndrome is a "two-way street," the metabolic syndrome as a predictor of depression has been little...

Association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in middle-aged adults: results from the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimäki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Chandola, Tarani, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

OBJECTIVE: Although it is possible that the association between depression and the metabolic syndrome is a "two-way street," the metabolic syndrome as a predictor of depression has been little...

Physical and cognitive function in midlife: reciprocal effects? A 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Kivimäki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive and physical functions are closely linked in old age, but less is known about this association in midlife. Whether cognitive function predicts physical function and whether...

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...

Physical and cognitive function in midlife: reciprocal effects? A 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Kivimäki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive and physical functions are closely linked in old age, but less is known about this association in midlife. Whether cognitive function predicts physical function and whether...

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...

Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2009)

Nabi, Hermann, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Marmot, Michael, Melchior, Maria, Kivimäki, Mika

BACKGROUND: The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility posits that hostile individuals, given their oppositional attitudes and behaviours, are more likely to have increased interpersonal...

Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2009)

Nabi, Hermann, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Marmot, Michael, Melchior, Maria, Kivimäki, Mika

BACKGROUND: The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility posits that hostile individuals, given their oppositional attitudes and behaviours, are more likely to have increased interpersonal...

Hostility and depressive mood: results from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2009)

Nabi, Hermann, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Marmot, Michael, Melchior, Maria, Kivimäki, Mika

BACKGROUND: The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility posits that hostile individuals, given their oppositional attitudes and behaviours, are more likely to have increased interpersonal...

Physical and cognitive function in midlife: reciprocal effects? A 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Kivimäki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive and physical functions are closely linked in old age, but less is known about this association in midlife. Whether cognitive function predicts physical function and whether...

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...

Diagnosis-specific sickness absence and all-cause mortality in the GAZEL study. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Westerlund, Hugo, Melchior, Maria, Alexanderson, Kristina, ...

BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a risk marker for all-cause mortality. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort (the GAZEL study). Medically certified...

Association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in middle-aged adults: results from the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimäki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Chandola, Tarani, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

OBJECTIVE: Although it is possible that the association between depression and the metabolic syndrome is a "two-way street," the metabolic syndrome as a predictor of depression has been little...

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

Common mental disorder and obesity: insight from four repeat measures over 19 years: prospective Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Batty, G David, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: To examine potential reciprocal associations between common mental disorders and obesity, and to assess whether dose-response relations exist. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with four...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

The association of cognitive performance with mental health and physical functioning strengthens with age: the Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Jokela, Markus, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, Akbaraly, Tasmine, Shipley, Martin, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive performance has been associated with mental and physical health, but it is unknown whether the strength of these associations changes with ageing and with age-related social...

Common mental disorder and obesity: insight from four repeat measures over 19 years: prospective Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Batty, G David, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: To examine potential reciprocal associations between common mental disorders and obesity, and to assess whether dose-response relations exist. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with four...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

The association of cognitive performance with mental health and physical functioning strengthens with age: the Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Jokela, Markus, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, Akbaraly, Tasmine, Shipley, Martin, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive performance has been associated with mental and physical health, but it is unknown whether the strength of these associations changes with ageing and with age-related social...

Common mental disorder and obesity: insight from four repeat measures over 19 years: prospective Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Batty, G David, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: To examine potential reciprocal associations between common mental disorders and obesity, and to assess whether dose-response relations exist. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with four...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

The association of cognitive performance with mental health and physical functioning strengthens with age: the Whitehall II cohort study. (2009)

Jokela, Markus, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Ferrie, Jane, Gimeno, David, Akbaraly, Tasmine, Shipley, Martin, ...

BACKGROUND: Cognitive performance has been associated with mental and physical health, but it is unknown whether the strength of these associations changes with ageing and with age-related social...

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimäki, Mika, Marmot, Michael, Ferrie, Jane, Zins, Marie, Ducimetière, Pierre, ...

BACKGROUND: The 'indirect-selection' hypothesis proposes that some quality of the individual, a personality characteristic or intelligence, leads to both socioeconomic position (SEP) and health. We...

Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimäki, Mika, Marmot, Michael, Ferrie, Jane, Zins, Marie, Ducimetière, Pierre, ...

BACKGROUND: The 'indirect-selection' hypothesis proposes that some quality of the individual, a personality characteristic or intelligence, leads to both socioeconomic position (SEP) and health. We...

History of coronary heart disease and cognitive performance in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Sabia, Séverine, Lajnef, Mohamed, Ferrie, Jane, Nabi, Hermann, Britton, Annie, ...

Aims Some studies show coronary heart disease (CHD) to be a risk factor for cognitive function while others report no association between the two. We examined the effect of CHD history and duration...

History of coronary heart disease and cognitive performance in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Sabia, Séverine, Lajnef, Mohamed, Ferrie, Jane, Nabi, Hermann, Britton, Annie, ...

Aims Some studies show coronary heart disease (CHD) to be a risk factor for cognitive function while others report no association between the two. We examined the effect of CHD history and duration...

History of coronary heart disease and cognitive performance in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Sabia, Séverine, Lajnef, Mohamed, Ferrie, Jane, Nabi, Hermann, Britton, Annie, ...

Aims Some studies show coronary heart disease (CHD) to be a risk factor for cognitive function while others report no association between the two. We examined the effect of CHD history and duration...

Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimäki, Mika, Marmot, Michael, Ferrie, Jane, Zins, Marie, Ducimetière, Pierre, ...

BACKGROUND: The 'indirect-selection' hypothesis proposes that some quality of the individual, a personality characteristic or intelligence, leads to both socioeconomic position (SEP) and health. We...

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimäki, Mika, Marmot, Michael G, Ferrie, Jane, Zins, Marie, Ducimetière, Pierre, ...

Background The ‘indirect-selection’ hypothesis proposes that some quality of the individual, a personality characteristic or intelligence, leads to both socioeconomic position (SEP) and health....

Social inequalities in self reported health in early old age: follow-up of prospective cohort study (2007)

Chandola, Tarani, Ferrie, Jane, Sacker, Amanda, Marmot, Michael

Objective To describe differences in trajectories of self reported health in an ageing cohort according to occupational grade. Design Prospective cohort study of office based British civil servants...

The association between self-rated health and mortality in different socioeconomic groups in the GAZEL cohort study. (2007)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Dugravot, Aline, Shipley, Martin, Ferrie, Jane, Martikainen, Pekka, Goldberg, Marcel, ...

OBJECTIVES: Self-rated health (SRH) is considered a valid measure of health status as it has been shown to predict mortality in several studies. We examine whether SRH predicts mortality equally well...

The association between self-rated health and mortality in different socioeconomic groups in the GAZEL cohort study. (2007)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Dugravot, Aline, Shipley, Martin, Ferrie, Jane, Martikainen, Pekka, Goldberg, Marcel, ...

OBJECTIVES: Self-rated health (SRH) is considered a valid measure of health status as it has been shown to predict mortality in several studies. We examine whether SRH predicts mortality equally well...

The association between self-rated health and mortality in different socioeconomic groups in the GAZEL cohort study. (2007)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Dugravot, Aline, Shipley, Martin, Ferrie, Jane, Martikainen, Pekka, Goldberg, Marcel, ...

OBJECTIVES: Self-rated health (SRH) is considered a valid measure of health status as it has been shown to predict mortality in several studies. We examine whether SRH predicts mortality equally well...

What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies (2006)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Martikainen, Pekka, Ferrie, Jane, Zins, Marie, Marmot, Michael, Goldberg, Marcel

Objectives: To investigate the determinants of self rated health (SRH) in men and women in the British Whitehall II study and the French Gazel cohort study. Methods: The cross sectional analyses...

Labor Market Trajectories and Health: A Four-Year Follow-up Study of Initially Fixed-Term Employees (2005)

Virtanen, Pekka, Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Liukkonen, Virpi, Virtanen, Marianna, Ferrie, Jane

With the growth of atypical employment, there is increasing concern about the potential health-damaging effects of unstable employment. This prospective study of Finnish public-sector employees in...

Social inequalities in self reported health in early old age: follow-up of prospective cohort study

Chandola, Tarani, Ferrie, Jane, Sacker, Amanda, Marmot, Michael

Objective To describe differences in trajectories of self reported health in an ageing cohort according to occupational grade.