Roger Hardy
Biographic Data
| ID | 991808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Hardy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Hardy |
| SIGNATURE | HARDY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9949-0799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 80 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 279 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 79 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Fruit and vegetable intake in minority ethnic groups in the UK
Objective: To examine differences in fruit and vegetable intake and food insecurity between Black African and Caribbean and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) ethnic minority groups with a White British/Irish reference population in the UK. This study was part of the TANGERINE project (nuTritional heAlth aNd aGeing in oldER ethnIc miNoritiEs). Design: Longitudinal analysis using multilevel logistic regression from Understanding Socie…
From jihad to politics
Prognostic accuracy of the one-legged balance test in predicting falls
Despite previous observational evidence showing associations between better one-legged balance performance and reduced fall risk, the one-legged balance test had limited prognostic accuracy in predicting recurrent falls. This contradicts ongoing translation of this test into clinical screening tools for falls and highlights the need to consider new and existing screening tools that can reliably predict fall risk
Remembering Sharq Al-Adna
Set up covertly during the Second World War and continuing until the Suez crisis of 1956, the Near East Arab Broadcasting Station - better known as Sharq al-Adna - was for most of its life one of the most influential radio stations in the Middle East. This article draws on an unpublished memoir by a former director of the station, to tell the little-known story of a British attempt to win Arab hearts and minds during a formative period in the eme…
Imaging and imagining Palestine
What, one might ask, is the relevance of old photographs to international affairs, or indeed International Affairs? The short answer is that images, like words, have political and social contexts—and when the issue in question is Palestine, an image is seldom just an image. Focusing on the 30-year period of British rule, the contributors to this edited volume have drawn on a remarkably wide range of sources. Readers of the standard literature on …
The consequences of early menopause and menopause symptoms for labour market participation
Using a difference-in-difference estimator we identify the causal impact of early menopause and menopause symptoms on the time women spend in employment through to their mid-50s. We find the onset of early natural menopause (before age 45) reduces months spent in employment by 9 percentage points once women enter their 50s compared with women who do not experience early menopause. Early menopause is not associated with a difference in full-time e…
Life course socioeconomic position and DNA methylation age acceleration in mid-life
BACKGROUND: Ageing biomarkers can help us better understand how well-established socioeconomic position (SEP) disparities in ageing occur. A promising new set of DNAm methylation (DNAm)-based ageing biomarkers indicate through their age acceleration (AA) measures if biological ageing is slower or faster than chronological ageing. Few studies have investigated the association between SEP and DNAm AA. METHODS: We used linear regression to examine t…
Childhood correlates of adult positive mental well-being in three British longitudinal studies
Background Previous evidence has shown how experiences within childhood, such as parenting and socioeconomic conditions, are associated later on in life with adult mental well-being. However, these studies tend to focus on childhood experiences in isolation, and fewer studies have investigated how multiple aspects of the childhood environment, including both socioeconomic and psychosocial aspects, are associated with adult positive mental well-be…
Socioeconomic inequalities across life and premature mortality from 1971 to 2016
Introduction Disadvantaged socioeconomic position (SEP) in early and adult life has been repeatedly associated with premature mortality. However, it is unclear whether these inequalities differ across time, nor if they are consistent across different SEP indicators. Methods British birth cohorts born in 1946, 1958 and 1970 were used, and multiple SEP indicators in early and adult life were examined. Deaths were identified via national statistics …
Early adulthood socioeconomic trajectories contribute to inequalities in adult cardiovascular health, independently of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular health shows significant socioeconomic inequalities, however there is little understanding of the role of early adulthood in generation of these inequalities. We assessed the contribution of socioeconomic trajectories during early adulthood (16-24 years) to cardiovascular health in mid-adulthood (46 years). METHODS: Participants from the 1970 British Cohort Study with socioeconomic data available in early adulthood were…
The Relationship of Early-Life Adversity With Adulthood Weight and Cardiometabolic Health Status in the 1946 National Survey of Health and Development
OBJECTIVE: Evidence linking early-life adversity with an adverse cardiometabolic profile in adulthood is equivocal. This study investigates early-life adversity in relation to weight and cardiometabolic health status at ages 60 to 64 years. METHODS: We included 1059 individuals from the 1946 National Survey of Health and Development. Data on adversity between ages 0 to 15 years were used to create a cumulative childhood psychosocial adversity sco…
Life course biological trajectories
Life course biological trajectories: maximising the value of longitudinal studies." Annals of Human Biology, 47(2), pp. 227–228
Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort
Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/m B ), where B is the power that minimises the correlation with height. Aim: To investigate how the Benn parameter changes across age (10-65 years) and time (1956-2015) and differs between sexes. Subjects and methods: The sample comprised 49,717 individuals born in 1946, 1958, 1970 or 2001. Cross-sectional estimates of the Benn parameter were produced and cohort difference…
Associations Between Factors Across Life and One-Legged Balance Performance in Mid and Later Life
This study identified numerous risk factors across life that are associated with one-legged balance performance and highlighted diverse patterns of association with age, suggesting that there are opportunities to intervene in early, mid and later life. A multifactorial approach to intervention, at both societal and individual levels, may have more benefit than focusing on a single risk factor
Britain's pacification of Palestine
Prospective associations of psychosocial adversity in childhood with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood
We found no evidence that exposure to greater psychosocial adversity, or specific forms of psychosocial adversity during childhood is associated with adult CVD risk factors. Further large population studies are needed to clarify whether parental death is associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure
Intergenerational social mobility and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood
Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion
It is easy to dismiss Jordan as small, dull and insignificant: a minnow among the big beasts of the Middle East. But as Graham Jevon's illuminating study shows, the country has for most of its life found itself at the heart of both Arab politics and western policy. As such, it can serve as a valuable window onto a set of wider issues, including the rise of Arab nationalism, the end of empire and the evolution of the Arab–Israeli conflict. This bo…
A history of the Iraq crisis
Frédéric Bozo's book was first published in French in 2013, under the rather sexier title: Histoire secrète de la crise irakienne. Now translated into English, it will provide a new audience with a uniquely full and authoritative account of the clash between France and the United States during what the author describes as the greatest—and also the best-documented—international crisis since the end of the Cold War. What makes this account unusual,…
Modeling Exposure to Multiple Childhood Social Risk Factors and Physical Capability and Common Affective Symptoms in Later Life
The cumulative social risk approach and the use of factor analysis to identify contexts of social risk, may offer viable methods for linking multiple childhood social risk exposure to aging outcomes
Life course epidemiology
Life course epidemiology may be conceptualised as “the study of long term effects on later health or disease risk of physical or social exposures during gestation, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood and later adult life.”1 Adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood defined by the WHO as 10–19 years, has an uneasy status in epidemiology. On the one hand, adolescents, who now number over 1.2 billion worldwide—around 20% of the glo…
Socioeconomic conditions across life related to multiple measures of the endocrine system in older adults
Lower SEP was associated with an adverse hormone profile across multiple endocrine axes. SEP differences in endocrine function may partly underlie inequalities in health and function in later life, and may reflect variations in biological rates of ageing. Further studies are required to assess the likely functional relevance of these associations
Association between resting heart rate across the life course and all-cause mortality
BACKGROUND: Resting heart rate (RHR) is an independent risk factor for mortality. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether elevations in childhood and mid-adulthood RHR, including changes over time, are associated with mortality later in life. We sought to evaluate the association between RHR across the life course, along with its changes and all-cause mortality. METHODS: We studied 4638 men and women from the Medical Research Council (MRC) National S…
OP17 Area Deprivation Across the Life Course and Cognitive Capability in Mid-Life
Background Recent work has shown that area conditions at single points in time have been found to be associated with cognitive capability outcomes. However, a life course perspective is required to take into account life time processes of cognitive development, changes in residence and secular trends of areas. Methods Data from the 1946 British Birth Cohort were used to estimate associations of area deprivation (indicated by % of employed people …
Palestine in the Victorian Age
Palestine in the Victorian Age: Colonial Encounters in the Holy Land." Asian Affairs, 54(1), pp. 156–157
Life course epidemiology
Life course epidemiology may be conceptualised as “the study of long term effects on later health or disease risk of physical or social exposures during gestation, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood and later adult life.”1 Adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood defined by the WHO as 10–19 years, has an uneasy status in epidemiology. On the one hand, adolescents, who now number over 1.2 billion worldwide—around 20% of the glo…
The life course prospective design
Life course social roles and women’s health in mid-life
Study objective: To investigate whether relations between social roles and health are explained by health selection into employment and parenthood by examining the influence of early health on relations between long term social role histories and health in mid-life. Design: Prospective, population based, birth cohort study. Participants and setting: Women from a national British cohort born in 1946, including 1171 women with a valid measure of se…
Childhood cognitive ability and adult mental health in the British 1946 birth cohort
The effect of a reduction in leading causes of death
The potential gains in total expectation of life and in the working life ages among the United States population are examined when the three leading causes of death are totally or partially eliminated. The impressive gains theoretically achieved by total elimination do not hold up under the more realistic assumption of partial elimination or reduction. The number of years gained by a new-born child, with a 30 per cent reduction in major cardiovas…
Does active leisure protect cognition? Evidence from a national birth cohort
Lifetime risk factors for women's psychological distress in midlife
Lifetime Socioeconomic Inequalities in Physical and Cognitive Aging
Objectives. We examined the relationship between childhood and adult socioeconomic position (SEP) and objectively assessed, later-life functioning. Methods. We used the Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development data to examine performance at 60 to 64 years (obtained in 2006–2011) for a representative UK sample. We compared 9 physical and cognitive performance measures (forced expiratory volume, forced vital capacity, ha…
Validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood
Objective: To test the validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood and examine whether socioeconomic position, education, experience of gynaecological events and psychological symptoms influence the accuracy of recall. Design: Prospective birth cohort study. Setting: England, Scotland and Wales. Participants: 1050 women from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, with two measures of age at menarche, on…
The Islamist challenge in Algeria
Journal Article The Islamist challenge in Algeria: a political history Get access The Islamist challenge in Algeria: a political history. By Michael Willis. Reading: Ithaca. 1997. 419pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 86372 209 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 2, April 1997, Page 388, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623881 Published: 01 A…
Social Circumstances and Education
Objectives. We investigated the relative importance of education and childhood and adult social class in the risk of metabolic syndrome. Methods. We conducted a prospective birth cohort study of 1311 men and 1318 women aged 53 years in 1999, when metabolic syndrome components were measured. Logistic regression analyses were used to calculate relative index of inequality estimates. Results. Relative to men and women at the highest education levels…
Neighborhood Social Capital and Dental Injuries in Brazilian Adolescents
Objectives. Evidence suggests that communities with higher levels of social capital have better health, but this association has not been explored specifically in relation to dental injury. We investigated the association between social capital and dental injury. Methods. We conducted a multilevel study assessed individual and neighborhood effects on dental injury of 1302 14- to 15-year-old adolescents in 39 schools of Distrito Federal, Brazil. C…
Challenges in examining area effects across the life course on physical capability in mid-life
A major limitation of past work linking area socioeconomic conditions to health in mid-life has been the reliance on single point in time measurement of area. Using the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, this study for the first time linked place of residence at three major life periods of childhood (1950), young adulthood (1972), and mid-life (1999) to area-socioeconomic data from the nearest census years. Using objective measures of…
Do childhood cognitive ability or smoking behaviour explain the influence of lifetime socio-economic conditions on premature adult mortality in a British post war birth cohort
Poor childhood and adult socio-economic conditions, lower childhood cognitive ability and cigarette smoking are all associated with adult mortality risk. Using data on 4458 men and women aged 60 years from a British birth cohort study, we investigated the extent to which these risk factors are part of the same pathway linking childhood experience to adult survival. Compared with women from non-manual origins, men from non-manual origins, women an…
Allah in the West
Journal Article Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe Get access Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe. ByGilles Kepel. Oxford: Polity. 1997. 273pp. Index. £45.00; ISBN0 745 61557 0. Pb.: £13.95; ISBN0 7456 1558 9. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 4, October 1997, Page 821, https://do…
Islam and the myth of confrontation
Journal Article Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East Get access Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East. By Fred Halliday. London: Tauris. 1996. 256pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 1 86064 004 4. Pb.: £12.99; ISBN 1 85043 959 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, I…
Early adulthood socioeconomic trajectories contribute to inequalities in adult cardiovascular health, independently of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular health shows significant socioeconomic inequalities, however there is little understanding of the role of early adulthood in generation of these inequalities. We assessed the contribution of socioeconomic trajectories during early adulthood (16-24 years) to cardiovascular health in mid-adulthood (46 years). METHODS: Participants from the 1970 British Cohort Study with socioeconomic data available in early adulthood were…
Childhood social class and adult adiposity and blood-pressure trajectories 36–53 years
BACKGROUND: In this study, the authors investigate gender-specific effects of childhood socio-economic position (SEP) on adiposity and blood pressure at three time points in adulthood. METHODS: Mixed models were used to assess the association of childhood SEP with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at ages 36, 43 and 53 years in a British birth cohort. RESULTS: The adverse …
The Influence of Education and Family Background on Women's Earnings in Midlife
Studies which have investigated the influence of education on adult earnings are almost exclusively concerned with men and take little account of family influences on either education or later earnings. Those studies which have information on women's earnings focus on gender differentials rather than differences between women in opportunities and outcomes. This paper which examines the influence of education and family background on the midlife e…
Development of a scale to measure symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general UK population
OBJECTIVES: The psychiatric symptom frequency (PSF) scale was developed to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression (i.e. affective symptoms) experienced over the past year in the general population. This study aimed to examine the distribution of PSF scores, internal consistency, and factor structure and to investigate relationships between total scores for this scale and other indicators of poor mental health. PARTICIPANTS: The Medical Researc…
Arab awakening and Islamic revival
Journal Article Arab awakening and Islamic revival: the politics of ideas in the Middle East Get access Arab awakening and Islamic revival: the politics of ideas in the Middle East. By Martin Kramer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. 1996. 297pp. Index. £34.95. ISBN 1 56000 272 7. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 1, January 199…
Childhood correlates of adult positive mental well-being in three British longitudinal studies
Background Previous evidence has shown how experiences within childhood, such as parenting and socioeconomic conditions, are associated later on in life with adult mental well-being. However, these studies tend to focus on childhood experiences in isolation, and fewer studies have investigated how multiple aspects of the childhood environment, including both socioeconomic and psychosocial aspects, are associated with adult positive mental well-be…
Age at birth of first child and coronary heart disease risk factors at age 53 years in men and women
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations between parental age at birth of first child and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in men and women. To investigate whether the associations are explained by childhood predictors of age at parenthood or adult lifestyle factors related to child rearing. METHODS: Data from 2540 men and women, with CHD risk factors measured at age 53 years, from a birth cohort study of individuals born in Britain in 1946…
Israel's secret wars
Journal Article Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services Get access Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services. By Ian Blackand Benny Morris. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. 1991. 603pp. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0 8021 1159 9. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 1992, Page 371, htt…
Britain's pacification of Palestine
L'Automne chaud syndical
L'auteur qui a collaboré, en qualité d'expert près du Ministre du Travail à la négociation du contrat de la métallurgie en décembre 1969 , montre comment le renforcement de la démocratisation des organisations syndicales et la décentralisation progressive des structures de négociation ont pu modifier le système des relations professionnelles en Italie. Les aspects les plus significatifs de ces transformations sont, d'après lui, la reconnaissance …
Gazelle Literature Review
The effect of a reduction in leading causes of death
The potential gains in total expectation of life and in the working life ages among the United States population are examined when the three leading causes of death are totally or partially eliminated. The impressive gains theoretically achieved by total elimination do not hold up under the more realistic assumption of partial elimination or reduction. The number of years gained by a new-born child, with a 30 per cent reduction in major cardiovas…
Islam in perspective
Journal Article Islam in perspective: a guide to Islamic society, politics and law Get access Islam in perspective: a guide to Islamic society, politics and law. By Patrick Bannerman. London: Routledge for Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1988. 278pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 415 01015 2. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 66, Issu…
Islam
Israel's secret wars
Journal Article Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services Get access Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services. By Ian Blackand Benny Morris. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. 1991. 603pp. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0 8021 1159 9. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 1992, Page 371, htt…
Russian policy in the Middle East
Journal Article Russian policy in the Middle East: from messianism to pragmatism Get access Russian policy in the Middle East: from messianism to pragmatism. By Alexei Vassiliev. Reading: Ithaca Press. 1993. 384pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 86372 168 0. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 3, July 1994, Page 586, https://doi.org/10.2…
Islam and the myth of confrontation
Journal Article Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East Get access Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East. By Fred Halliday. London: Tauris. 1996. 256pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 1 86064 004 4. Pb.: £12.99; ISBN 1 85043 959 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, I…
Muslim politics
Journal Article Muslim politics Get access Muslim politics. By Dale F. Eickelmanand James Piscatori. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1996. 235pp. Index. £33.50; ISBN 0 691 03184 3. Pb.: £10.95; ISBN 0 691 00870 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 4, October 1996, Page 850, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624223 Published:…
Intimate enemies
Journal Article Intimate enemies: Jews and Arabs in a shared land Get access Intimate enemies: Jews and Arabs in a shared land. By Meron Benvenisti. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1995. 260pp. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0 520 08567 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 2, April 1996, Page 413, https://doi.org/10.2307/26…
Development of a scale to measure symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general UK population
OBJECTIVES: The psychiatric symptom frequency (PSF) scale was developed to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression (i.e. affective symptoms) experienced over the past year in the general population. This study aimed to examine the distribution of PSF scores, internal consistency, and factor structure and to investigate relationships between total scores for this scale and other indicators of poor mental health. PARTICIPANTS: The Medical Researc…
The Influence of Education and Family Background on Women's Earnings in Midlife
Studies which have investigated the influence of education on adult earnings are almost exclusively concerned with men and take little account of family influences on either education or later earnings. Those studies which have information on women's earnings focus on gender differentials rather than differences between women in opportunities and outcomes. This paper which examines the influence of education and family background on the midlife e…
The Islamist challenge in Algeria
Journal Article The Islamist challenge in Algeria: a political history Get access The Islamist challenge in Algeria: a political history. By Michael Willis. Reading: Ithaca. 1997. 419pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 86372 209 1. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 2, April 1997, Page 388, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623881 Published: 01 A…
Arab awakening and Islamic revival
Journal Article Arab awakening and Islamic revival: the politics of ideas in the Middle East Get access Arab awakening and Islamic revival: the politics of ideas in the Middle East. By Martin Kramer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. 1996. 297pp. Index. £34.95. ISBN 1 56000 272 7. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 1, January 199…
Islam and democracy
Journal Article Islam and democracy Get access Islam and democracy. By John L. Espositoand John O. Voll. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1996. 232pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 0 19 510296 7. Pb.: £16.99; ISBN 0 19 510816 7. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 2, April 1997, Pages 387–388, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623880 Published: 01…
Allah in the West
Journal Article Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe Get access Allah in the West: Islamic movements in America and Europe. ByGilles Kepel. Oxford: Polity. 1997. 273pp. Index. £45.00; ISBN0 745 61557 0. Pb.: £13.95; ISBN0 7456 1558 9. Roger Hardy Roger Hardy 1BBC World Service Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 4, October 1997, Page 821, https://do…
Urinary incontinence in middle aged women
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and lifetime risk factors for urinary incontinence in middle aged women. DESIGN: Nationally representative birth cohort study with prospective data on childhood enuresis, measured adult height and weight, childbearing histories and measures of socioeconomic status updated at regular contacts, and measures of menopausal status, symptomatology and health care in midlife. SETTING: England, Scotland and …
Mortality in adults aged 26-54 years related to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood
Objective: To examine premature mortality in adults in relation to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood. Design: Nationally representative birth cohort study with prospective information on socioeconomic conditions. Setting: England, Scotland, and Wales. Study members: 2132 women and 2322 men born in March 1946 and followed until age 55 years. Main outcome measures: Deaths between 26 and 54 years of age notified by the NHS central …
Sociodemographic inequalities in the diet of young children in the 1946 British birth cohort
Abtsract Objective: To evaluate whether there was food and nutrient equality across occupational social classes and geographical region for members of the 1946 British birth cohort at age 4 years. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of selected food groups, energy and nutrients from one-day recall diet records. Setting: England, Scotland and Wales in 1950. Subjects: Nationally representative sample of 4419 children aged 4 years in 1950 from the MRC …
Long-term effects of breast-feeding in a national birth cohort
Objective: A recent meta-analysis showed that breast-feeding confers a 3.2 point increment in cognitive function through adolescence. Little is known, however, about possible longer-term effects of breast-feeding. We investigated the effect of breast-feeding on educational attainment, and on a range of cognitive skills in midlife, in the British 1946 birth cohort. Objective: Design: Regression analyses were used to test the association between br…
Change in psychological and vasomotor symptom reporting during the menopause
Lifetime risk factors for women's psychological distress in midlife
Does active leisure protect cognition? Evidence from a national birth cohort
The life course prospective design
Lung Function and Cognitive Ability in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the association between forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and cognitive ability in midlife in the normal population. METHODS: Multiple regression was used to test associations between FEV1 and cognitive function in 1778 men and women in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, also known as the British 1946 birth cohort. Analyses were adjusted for sex, body size (birth weig…
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