Margaret Thorogood

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

50

Co-Authors

Cancer incidence in British vegetarians (2009)

Key, Tim J., Appleby, P. N., Spencer, Elizabeth A., Travis, Ruth C., Allen, Naomi E., Thorogood, Margaret, ...

Background: Few prospective studies have examined cancer incidence among vegetarians. Methods: We studied 61 566 British men and women, comprising 32 403 meat eaters, 8562 non-meat eaters who did eat...

Objective measures of the environment and physical activity Results of the environment and physical activity study in English adults (2008)

Foster, Charles, Hillsdon, Melvyn, Jones, Andy, Grundy, Chris, Wilkinson, Paul, Wareham, Nick, ...

Background: Physical activity has been positively associated with a range of objectively measured environmental variables. We explored the relationship of walking and other categories of physical...

Interventions for promoting physical activity (review) (2007)

Foster, C., Hillsdon, M., Thorogood, Margaret

Background Little is known about the effectiveness of strategies to enable people to achieve and maintain recommended levels of physical activity. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of...

A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) (2007)

Thorogood, Margaret, Connor, Myles, Tollman, Stephen, Lewando Hundt, Gillian, Fowkes, Gerry, Marsh, Jennifer

Abstract Background Rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of economic and health transition. It is predicted that the 21 st century will see a serious added economic burden from...

A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) (2007)

Thorogood, Margaret, Connor, Miles, Tollman, Stephen, Lewando Hundt, Gillian, Fowkes, Gerry, Marsh, Jennifer

Background: Rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of economic and health transition. It is predicted that the 21st century will see a serious added economic burden from non-communicable...

Protocol for the 'e-Nudge trial': a randomised controlled trial of electronic feedback to reduce the cardiovascular risk of individuals in general practice [ISRCTN64828380] (2006)

Holt, Tim A, Thorogood, Margaret, Griffiths, Frances, Munday, Stephen

Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease and stroke) is a major cause of death and disability in the United Kingdom, and is to a large extent preventable, by...

Protocol for the 'e-Nudge trial': a randomised controlled trial of electronic feedback to reduce the cardiovascular risk of individuals in general practice [ISRCTN64828380] (2006)

Holt, Tim A., Thorogood, Margaret, Griffiths, Frances, Munday, Stephen

Background: Cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease and stroke) is a major cause of death and disability in the United Kingdom, and is to a large extent preventable, by lifestyle...

Why are health care interventions delivered over the internet? A systematic review of the published literature (2006)

Griffiths, Frances, Lindenmeyer, Antje, Powell, John, Lowe, Pam, Thorogood, Margaret

Background: As Internet use grows, health interventions are increasingly being delivered online. Pioneering researchers are using the networking potential of the Internet, and several of them have...

Comparing costs and benefits over a 10 year period of strategies for familial hypercholesterolaemia screening (2003)

Marks, Dalya, Thorogood, Margaret, Neil, H. Andrew W., Wonderling, David, Humphries, Steve E.

Background Approximately 110 000 people in the United Kingdom are affected with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). At least 75 per cent are undiagnosed. Treatment with statins is effective but...

Addressing the inverse care law in cardiac services (2003)

Langham, Sue, Basnett, Ian, McCartney, Peter, Normand, Charles, Pickering, Julie, Sheers, Dilwyn, ...

Background Wide variation in rates of angiography and revascularization exist that are not explained by the level of need for these services. The National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease...

Matched controls in a case-control study. Does matching by doctor's list mean matching by relative deprivation? (2002)

Thorogood, Margaret, Arscott, Ann, Walls, Peter, Dunn, Nicholas R., Mann, Ronald D.

In case-control studies it is important that controls selected are representative of the population from which the cases came, to give an unbiased estimate of population exposure. This is difficult...

Matched controls in a case-control study. Does matching by doctor's list mean matching by relative deprivation? (2002)

Thorogood, Margaret, Arscott, Ann, Walls, Peter, Dunn, Nicholas R., Mann, Ronald D.

In case-control studies it is important that controls selected are representative of the population from which the cases came, to give an unbiased estimate of population exposure. This is difficult...

The prevalence of foot problems in older women: a cause for concern (2002)

Dawson, Jill, Thorogood, Margaret, Marks, Sally-Anne, Juszczak, Ed, Dodd, Chris, Lavis, Grahame, ...

Background Painful feet are an extremely common problem amongst older women. Such problems increase the risk of falls and hamper mobility. The aetiology of painful and deformed feet is poorly...

Advising people to take more exercise is ineffective: a randomized controlled trial of physical activity promotion in primary care (2002)

Hillsdon, Melvyn, Thorogood, Margaret, White, Ian, Foster, Charlie

Background Over the last 10 years ‘exercise referral schemes’ have been popular even though the evidence for effectiveness of any one-to-one intervention in primary care is deficient. We report...

Cost-effectiveness of a community anti-smoking campaign targeted at a high risk group in London (2002)

Stevens, Warren, Thorogood, Margaret, Kayikki, Seher

Surveys of Turkish speaking people in London found 74% of men and 45% of women were smokers, and knowledge of the health effects of smoking was low. Camden and Islington Health Authority has a...

Making Public Health Nutrition relevant to evidence-based action (2001)

Brunner, Eric, Rayner, Mike, Thorogood, Margaret, Margetts, Barrie M., Hooper, Lee, Summerbell, Carolyn, ...

Public health nutrition enjoyed many breakthroughs in the 20th century – from the discovery of vitamins and the metabolic roles of some 60 macro- and micronutrients, to the effects of maternal and...

Pragmatic randomized trial of home visits by a nurse to elderly people with hypertension in Mexico (2001)

Garcia-Peña, Carmen, Thorogood, Margaret, Armstrong, Ben, Reyes-Frausto, Sandra, Muñoz, Onofre

Background In Mexico, hypertension is a major cause of disability and death in the elderly, but the most effective way to promote behaviour change in old people is unknown. Low resource interventions...

The type and quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in UK public health journals (1995)

Fahey, Tom, Hyde, Chris, Milne, Ruairidh, Thorogood, Margaret

Background Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are increasingly being used to evaluate the effectiveness of health care interventions. Systematic reviews of RCTs form the basis of the Cochrane...

Alcohol intake and the U-shaped curve: do non-drinkers have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular-related disease? (1993)

Thorogood, Margaret, Mann, Jim, McPherson, Klim

The data from the Oxford Vegetarian Study consists of the observation of around 11 000 individuals followed since the early 1980s. There are around 6000 subjects who do not eat meat and 5000 roughly...

Fatal Stroke and Use of Oral Contraceptives: Findings from a Case-Control Study (1992)

Thorogood, Margaret, Mann, Jim, Murphy, Michael, Vessey, Martin

A case-control study of women less than 40 years of age in England and Wales was performed to evaluate the risk of fatal stroke associated with the use of the newer, low-dose oral contraceptives....

Mortality in people taking selegiline: observational study

Thorogood, Margaret, Armstrong, Ben, Nichols, Tom, Hollowell, Jen

Objective: To evaluate mortality among patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving different treatment.

Mortality in people taking selegiline: observational study

Thorogood, Margaret, Armstrong, Ben, Nichols, Tom, Hollowell, Jen

Objective: To evaluate mortality among patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving different treatment.

A community study of diabetes in Oxfordshire

Dornan, Ceri, Fowler, Godfrey, Mann, J. I., Markus, Andrew, Thorogood, Margaret

A mailed questionnaire was used to identify people with diagnosed diabetes in a population of approximately 14,000. A response rate of 90 per cent was obtained and the prevalence of diabetes was...

The care of oral contraceptive users by general practitioners in Oxfordshire

Johnson, Bridget, Thorogood, Margaret

A questionnaire was circulated to a sample of general practitioners in Oxfordshire enquiring about the supervision of women taking oral contraceptives. A high standard of care was being offered and...

Infant feeding and overweight in two Oxfordshire towns

Thorogood, Margaret, Clark, Rosemary, Harker, P., Mann, J. I.

In a study of feeding and growth in the first year of life in two Oxfordshire market towns, the frequency of overweight babies was the same for the 'intervention' town (where a research health...

Identifying individuals for primary cardiovascular disease prevention in UK general practice: priorities and resource implications

Holt, Tim A, Thorogood, Margaret, Griffiths, Frances, Munday, Stephen, Stables, David

Targeted cardiovascular disease prevention relies on risk-factor information held in primary care records. A risk algorithm, the ‘e-Nudge’, was applied to data from a population of...