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Displaying Publications 1 - 30 of 46 in total

Current search: 'Health', 'Journal Article' and '2014'

  1. Genetic determinants of circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels and their association with glycemic traits

    Christian Herder, Marja-Liisa Nuotio, Sonia Shah, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  2. Social isolation in childhood and adult inflammation: evidence from the National Child Development Study

    Rebecca E. Lacey, Meena Kumari, and Mel Bartley

    1. Medicine
    2. Child Development
    3. Health
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Social Behaviour

  3. Parents’ health and children's help

    John Ermisch

    1. Households
    2. Health
    3. Caregiving

  4. Association of diurnal patterns in salivary cortisol with type 2 diabetes in the Whitehall II study

    Ruth A. Hackett, Andrew Steptoe, and Meena Kumari

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  5. Can village savings and loan groups be a potential tool in the malnutrition fight? Mixed method findings from Mozambique

    Aurélie Brunie, Laura Fumagalli, Thomas Martin, et al.

    1. Child Development
    2. Poverty
    3. Household Economics
    4. Health

  6. Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with Body Mass Index in never smokers

    Amy E. Taylor, Richard W. Morris, Meg E. Fluharty, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  7. Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies

    Richard M. Dodds, Holly E. Syddall, Rachel Cooper, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis
    4. Biology

  8. Analysis of four studies in a comparative framework reveals: health linkage consent rates on British cohort studies higher than on UK household panel surveys

    Gundi Knies and Jonathan Burton

    1. Survey Methodology
    2. Health

  9. A non-linear association between self-reported negative emotional response to stress and subsequent allostatic load: prospective results from the Whitehall II Cohort Study

    Nadya Dich, Stacey N. Doan, Mika Kivimäki, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Medicine
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Life Course Analysis
    6. Biology

  10. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 130,000 individuals shows smoking does not modify the association of APOE genotype on risk of coronary heart disease

    Michael V. Holmes, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Daniela Melis, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  11. Motivated for employment? A qualitative study of benefit recipients

    Kathryn Skivington, Michaela Benzeval, and Lyndal Bond

    1. Disability
    2. Medicine
    3. Labour Market
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Health

  12. No evidence of a longitudinal association between diurnal cortisol patterns and cognition

    Archana Singh-Manoux, Aline Dugravot, Alexis Elbaz, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Medicine
    3. Health
    4. Biology

  13. To what extent do financial strain and labour force status explain social class inequalities in self-rated health? Analysis of 20 countries in the European Social Survey

    Richard J. Shaw, Michaela Benzeval, and Frank Popham

    1. Labour Market
    2. Health
    3. Social Stratification

  14. Alcohol consumption and cognitive performance: a Mendelian randomization study

    Meena Kumari, Michael V. Holmes, Caroline E. Dale, et al.

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Medicine
    3. Health
    4. Surveys
    5. Biology

  15. Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran, Alana Cavadino, Diane J. Berry, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  16. Inter-generational concordance of smoking status between mothers and young people aged 10–15 in the UK

    K. McAloney, H. Graham, C. Law, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Childbearing: Fertility
    3. Ethnic Groups
    4. Health

  17. Associations between active commuting, body fat, and body mass index: population based, cross sectional study in the United Kingdom

    Ellen Flint, Steven Cummins, and Amanda Sacker

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Transport
    4. Commuting
    5. Biology

  18. Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein as predictors of cognitive decline in late midlife

    Archana Singh-Manoux, Aline Dugravot, Eric Brunner, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Medicine
    3. Health

  19. Impact of a functional polymorphism in the PAR-1 gene promoter in COPD and COPD exacerbations

    Manuela Platé, Phillippa J. Lawson, Michael R. Hill, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  20. Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization

    Dan E. Arking, Sara L. Pulit, Lia Crotti, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  21. Negative and positive illness representations of rheumatoid arthritis: a latent profile analysis

    Sam Norton, Lyndsay D. Hughes, Joseph Chilcot, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Health

  22. Do psychosocial profiles predict self-rated health, morbidity and mortality in late middle-aged and older people?

    Gonnie Klabbers, Hans Bosma, Gertrudis Ignatius Kempen, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Health

  23. Differences in adiposity trajectories by birth cohort and childhood social class: evidence from cohorts born in the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s in the West of Scotland

    Richard J. Shaw, Michael J. Green, Frank Popham, et al.

    1. Health
    2. Life Course Analysis
    3. Social Stratification

  24. HIV-related social intolerance and risky sexual behavior in a high HIV prevalence environment

    Adeline Delavande, Mafalda Sampaio, and Neeraj Sood

    1. Health
    2. Social Behaviour

  25. Cohort profile: the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II)

    Lars Bertram, Anke Böckenhoff, Ilja Demuth, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Research
    3. Health
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Surveys

  26. The impact of migration on the sexual health, behaviours and attitudes of Central and East European gay/bisexual men in London

    Richard C.M. Mole, Violetta Parutis, Christopher J. Gerry, et al.

    1. Social Groups
    2. Migration
    3. Health
    4. Social Attitudes
    5. Social Behaviour

  27. The role of smoking for social class inequalities in psychiatric distress across the youth-to-adult transition: a cross-cohort comparison -conference paper abstract-

    Michael Green, Alistair Leyland, Helen Sweeting, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Well Being
    3. Health

  28. Understanding alcohol consumption in a family content -conference paper abstract-

    Cara L. Booker

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Young People
    3. Health

  29. Understanding ethnic differences in BMI in the UK

    Afshin Zilanawala, Amanda Sacker, Yvonne Kelly, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Ethnic Groups
    3. Health

  30. In sickness and in health? Comorbidity in older couples -conference paper abstract-

    Cara L. Booker and Stephen Pudney

    1. Older People
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis

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