Ruth Morley

Prospects for Epigenetic Epidemiology (2009)

Foley, Debra L., Craig, Jeffrey M., Morley, Ruth, Olsson, Craig J., Dwyer, Terence, Smith, Katherine, ...

Epigenetic modification can mediate environmental influences on gene expression and can modulate the disease risk associated with genetic variation. Epigenetic analysis therefore holds substantial...

Variation in Associations between Allelic Variants of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Ambient Winter Ultraviolet Radiation Levels: A Meta-Regression Analysis (2008)

Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Pezic, Angela, Ellis, Justine, Morley, Ruth, Cameron, Fergus, Carlin, John, ...

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms may be associated with risk of developing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), but reports have been conflicting. The authors reexamined population-based...

Infant nutrition and stereoacuity at age 4-6 y (2007)

Singhal, Atul, Morley, Ruth, Cole, Tim J, Kennedy, Kathy, Sonksen, Patricia, Isaacs, Elizabeth, ...

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding has been reported to benefit visual development in children. A higher concentration of docosahexaneoic acid (DHA) in breast milk than in formula has been proposed as one...

Birthweight and coronary heart disease in a cohort born 1857-1900 in Melbourne, Australia (2006)

Morley, Ruth, McCalman, Janet, Carlin, John B

Background The widely observed association between birth size and risk of later coronary heart disease (CHD) has not been examined in an impoverished pre-20th century birth cohort. Methods Birth...

Birth weight and coronary heart disease in a cohort born 1857-1900 in Melbourne, Australia (2006)

Morley, Ruth, McCalman, Janet, Carlin, John B.

Background The widely observed association between birth size and risk of later coronary heart disease (CHD) has not been examined in an impoverished pre-20th century birth cohort. Methods Birth...

Regression models for twin studies: a critical review (2005)

Carlin, John B, Gurrin, Lyle C, Sterne, Jonathan AC, Morley, Ruth, Dwyer, Terry

Twin studies have long been recognized for their value in learning about the aetiology of disease and specifically for their potential for separating genetic effects from environmental effects. The...

Regression models for twin studies: a critical review (2005)

Carlin, John B., Gurrin, Lyle C., Sterne, Jonathan A. C., Morley, Ruth, Dwyer, Terry

Twin studies have long been recognized for their value in learning about the aetiology of disease and specifically for their potential for separating genetic effects from environmental effects. The...

Maternal calcium supplementation and cardiovascular risk factors in twin offspring (2004)

Morley, Ruth, Carlin, John B., Dwyer, Terence

Background There is evidence that maternal calcium supplementation may result in lower offspring blood pressure. We hypothesized that maternal calcium supplementation also influences other...

Maternal calcium supplementation and cardiovascular risk factors in twin offspring (2004)

Morley, Ruth, Carlin, John B, Dwyer, Terence

Background There is evidence that maternal calcium supplementation may result in lower offspring blood pressure. We hypothesized that maternal calcium supplementation also influences other...

Mothers' Health and Babies' Weights: The Biology of Poverty at the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital, 1857-83 (2003)

Mccalman, Janet, Morley, Ruth

Birth weight remains a major focus of medical research into the relationship between pre‐natal growth and life course health, and historians have used mean birth weight to assess women's...

Nutrition and cognitive development (1997)

Morley, Ruth, Lucas, Alan

In this paper we review the evidence for such early nutritional influences on cognitive function.

Placenta-specific Methylation of the Vitamin D 24-Hydroxylase Gene: IMPLICATIONS FOR FEEDBACK AUTOREGULATION OF ACTIVE VITAMIN D LEVELS AT THE FETOMATERNAL INTERFACES⃞

Novakovic, Boris, Sibson, Mandy, Ng, Hong Kiat, Manuelpillai, Ursula, Rakyan, Vardhman, Down, Thomas, ...

Plasma concentrations of biologically active vitamin D (1,25-(OH)2D) are tightly controlled via feedback regulation of renal 1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1; positive) and 24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1;...