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Diana Kuh

UCL
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Life course epidemiology

D Kuh, Y Ben-Shlomo, J Lynch, J Hallqvist… - … of epidemiology and …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Psychologists, 1 sociologists, 2 3 demographers, 4 anthropologists, 5 and biologists6 have
actively promoted such an approach for many years. The interdisciplinary research area of …

Objectively measured physical capability levels and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

R Cooper, D Kuh, R Hardy, Mortality Review Group - Bmj, 2010 - bmj.com
Objective To do a quantitative systematic review, including published and unpublished data,
examining the associations between individual objective measures of physical capability …

Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review

R Cooper, D Kuh, C Cooper, CR Gale… - Age and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background: measures of physical capability may be predictive of subsequent health, but
existing published studies have not been systematically reviewed. We hypothesised that …

A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives

Y Ben-Shlomo, D Kuh - International journal of epidemiology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Yoav Ben-Shlomo a and Diana Kuh b (but it applies to many other continuous physiological
measures eg muscle strength, cognitive function), different periods across the life course …

[BOOK][B] A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology

D Kuh, YB Shlomo - 2004 - books.google.com
The first edition in 1997 of A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology became
a classic text for epidemiological and public health researchers interested in the childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies

RM Dodds, HE Syddall, R Cooper, M Benzeval… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is
associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the …

[PDF][PDF] Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

MV Holmes, CE Dale, L Zuccolo, RJ Silverwood, Y Guo… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To use the rs1229984 variant in the alcohol dehydrogenase 1B gene (ADH1B) as
an instrument to investigate the causal role of alcohol in cardiovascular disease. Design …

[HTML][HTML] HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials

DI Swerdlow, D Preiss, KB Kuchenbaecker… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Statins increase the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus. We aimed to
assess whether this increase in risk is a consequence of inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3 …

Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual‐level meta‐analysis

C Druet, N Stettler, S Sharp… - Paediatric and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Druet C, Stettler N, Sharp S, Simmons RK, Cooper C, Davey Smith G, Ekelund U,
Lévy‐Marchal C, Jarvelin M‐R, Kuh D, Ong KK. Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy …

Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens

RA Settersten Jr, L Bernardi, J Härkönen… - Advances in Life Course …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 pandemic is shaking fundamental assumptions about the human life course in
societies around the world. In this essay, we draw on our collective expertise to illustrate …