Steven Bell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3944314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Bell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Bell |
| SIGNATURE | BELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6774-3149 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Navigating the shifting Mendelian randomisation landscape
Health characteristics and health behaviours in male former contact sports participants
BACKGROUND: Athletes who have a history of participation in contact sports appear to subsequently experience elevated rates of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia but have a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and selected cancers. We quantified the occurrence of little-examined cardiometabolic and mental health outcomes, plus associated lifestyle factors, in a group of former contact sports athletes and a general population sample.…
Nucleus of fairness
Out‐of‐home care in childhood and biomedical risk factors in middle‐age
OBJECTIVE: With there being an apparent impact of experience of out-of-home care in childhood on chronic disease and mortality, we examined how such adversity might be embodied such that it has a measurable impact on human biology, so mediating this relationship. METHODS: We used data from the UK National Child Development Study in which exposure to public care was prospectively gathered on three occasions up to age 16. Study members also partici…
Association of illicit drug use in adolescence with socioeconomic and criminal justice outcomes in adulthood
Background Illicit drug use in adolescence has been linked to drug use and poor mental health in adult life, but few studies have examined the relation between adult economic and criminal justice outcomes. Methods We analysed data from 14 082 participants (6999 women) in the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. Illicit drug use over study members’ lifetime and in the past year were self-reported at 16 years of age. Thirteen outcomes were self-reporte…
Change in device-measured physical activity assessed in childhood and adolescence in relation to depressive symptoms
AIM: Evidence for a link between physical activity and mental health in young people is hampered by methodological shortcomings. Using repeat assessments of device-measured physical activity, we examined the association of within-individual variation in free-living activity over 7 years with depressive symptoms. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study of a nationally representative sample of children born in the UK (n=4898). Physical activit…
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption
BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…
Parental nonstandard work schedules during infancy and children's BMI trajectories
Empirical evidence has demonstrated adverse associations between parental nonstandard work schedules (i.e., evenings, nights, or weekends) and child developmental outcomes. However, there are mixed findings concerning the relationship between parental nons
The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years. METHODS: Using data fro…
Binge drinking in midlife and the risk of developing depression during 24 years of follow-up
Objective To examine the relationship between binge drinking at baseline and the onset of new depression during 24 years of follow-up after adjustment for age, socio-economic status, education and marital status. Design and setting Data from phases 1 (1985–1988) to 9 (2007–2009) of the Whitehall II prospective cohort were used. Participants 5985 (male=4161, female=1824) British civil servants aged 35–55 years who were free from depression at base…
Using webcasts as a teaching tool
The role of compliance in hypnotic and nonhypnotic analgesia
Voices, Visions, and a New Reality
Parental nonstandard work schedules during infancy and children's BMI trajectories
Empirical evidence has demonstrated adverse associations between parental nonstandard work schedules (i.e., evenings, nights, or weekends) and child developmental outcomes. However, there are mixed findings concerning the relationship between parental nons
The role of compliance in hypnotic and nonhypnotic analgesia
Navigating the shifting Mendelian randomisation landscape
Voices, Visions, and a New Reality
The role of compliance in hypnotic and nonhypnotic analgesia
Using webcasts as a teaching tool
Binge drinking in midlife and the risk of developing depression during 24 years of follow-up
Objective To examine the relationship between binge drinking at baseline and the onset of new depression during 24 years of follow-up after adjustment for age, socio-economic status, education and marital status. Design and setting Data from phases 1 (1985–1988) to 9 (2007–2009) of the Whitehall II prospective cohort were used. Participants 5985 (male=4161, female=1824) British civil servants aged 35–55 years who were free from depression at base…
The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years. METHODS: Using data fro…
Parental nonstandard work schedules during infancy and children's BMI trajectories
Empirical evidence has demonstrated adverse associations between parental nonstandard work schedules (i.e., evenings, nights, or weekends) and child developmental outcomes. However, there are mixed findings concerning the relationship between parental nons
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption
BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
Out‐of‐home care in childhood and biomedical risk factors in middle‐age
OBJECTIVE: With there being an apparent impact of experience of out-of-home care in childhood on chronic disease and mortality, we examined how such adversity might be embodied such that it has a measurable impact on human biology, so mediating this relationship. METHODS: We used data from the UK National Child Development Study in which exposure to public care was prospectively gathered on three occasions up to age 16. Study members also partici…
Association of illicit drug use in adolescence with socioeconomic and criminal justice outcomes in adulthood
Background Illicit drug use in adolescence has been linked to drug use and poor mental health in adult life, but few studies have examined the relation between adult economic and criminal justice outcomes. Methods We analysed data from 14 082 participants (6999 women) in the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. Illicit drug use over study members’ lifetime and in the past year were self-reported at 16 years of age. Thirteen outcomes were self-reporte…
Change in device-measured physical activity assessed in childhood and adolescence in relation to depressive symptoms
AIM: Evidence for a link between physical activity and mental health in young people is hampered by methodological shortcomings. Using repeat assessments of device-measured physical activity, we examined the association of within-individual variation in free-living activity over 7 years with depressive symptoms. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study of a nationally representative sample of children born in the UK (n=4898). Physical activit…
Nucleus of fairness
Navigating the shifting Mendelian randomisation landscape
Health characteristics and health behaviours in male former contact sports participants
BACKGROUND: Athletes who have a history of participation in contact sports appear to subsequently experience elevated rates of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia but have a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and selected cancers. We quantified the occurrence of little-examined cardiometabolic and mental health outcomes, plus associated lifestyle factors, in a group of former contact sports athletes and a general population sample.…
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Cohort (5 works) · Cohort study (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works)