Christopher G Owen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5457512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher G Owen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher G |
| FAMILY NAME | Owen |
| SIGNATURE | OWEN C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | St George's, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1135-5977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cross-sectional study of the associations between circulating vitamin D concentrations and insulin resistance in children aged 9–10 years of South Asian, black African Caribbean and white European ori…
BACKGROUND: Lower circulating vitamin D 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations are associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk in adults, although causality remains uncertain. However, associations between 25(OH)D and type 2 diabetes risk markers in children have been little studied, particularly in ethnic minority populations. We examined whether 25(OH)D concentrations were associated with insulin resistance in children and whether lower 2…
Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents
Evaluating the effect of change in the built environment on mental health and subjective well-being: A natural experiment
Background Neighbourhood characteristics may affect mental health and well-being, but longitudinal evidence is limited. We examined the effect of relocating to East Village (the former London 2012 Olympic Athletes’ Village), repurposed to encourage healthy active living, on mental health and well-being. Methods 1278 adults seeking different housing tenures in East village were recruited and examined during 2013–2015. 877 (69%) were followed-up af…
Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study
BACKGROUND: Physical activity has not been objectively measured in prospective cohorts with sufficiently large numbers to reliably detect associations with multiple health outcomes. Technological advances now make this possible. We describe the methods used to collect and analyse accelerometer measured physical activity in over 100,000 participants of the UK Biobank study, and report variation by age, sex, day, time of day, and season. METHODS: P…
Comparisons of depression, anxiety, well-being, and perceptions of the built environment amongst adults seeking social, intermediate and market-rent accommodation in the former London Olympic Athletes…
The Examining Neighbourhood Activities in Built Living Environments in London (ENABLE London) study provides a unique opportunity to examine differences in mental health and well-being amongst adults seeking social, intermediate (affordable rent), and market-rent housing in a purpose built neighbourhood (East Village, the former London 2012 Olympic Athletes' Village), specifically designed to encourage positive health behaviours. Multi-level logi…
OP81 Not Eating Breakfast is Associated with increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk Markers in a Multiethnic Population of Children: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
Background Prevention of type 2 diabetes and one of its precursor obesity are important public health priorities both in adults and in children. In adults, not eating breakfast regularly has been associated with increased risks of obesity and possibly type 2 diabetes. However, little information is available on the influence of breakfast consumption on type 2 diabetes risk markers in children. We therefore examined the relations between self-repo…
OP29 Ethnic and Socioeconomic Influences on Childhood Blood Pressure: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (Chase)
Background Compared to UK white European adults, UK black African-Caribbean adults have higher mean systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure; UK South Asian adults have higher mean DBP but lower SBP. However, information on blood pressure in UK children from different ethnic groups is limited. The aim of this study was to compare blood pressure levels in UK children of black African-Caribbean, South Asian and white European origin. Metho…
Ethnic differences in carotid intima media thickness and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity are present in UK children
Background There are marked ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in UK adults; South Asians have high coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke risks while black African-Caribbeans have high stroke risks and low CHD risks when compared with white Europeans. Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factors are apparent in childhood, but ethnic differences in vascular structure and function during childhood have been little studied. We measured…
Adiposity and cardiometabolic risk markers among Indian children: Comparison with Indian and white European children in the UK
Background UK Indian adults have higher risks of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes (T2D) than both Indian and UK white European adults. With growing evidence that these risks begin before adulthood, we examined whether differences in adiposity and cardiometabolic risk markers were apparent between Indian children who live in India compared to Indian and white European children who live in the UK. Methods Comparisons of cardiometabolic ma…
P2-222 Risk markers for coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes in childhood: Comparison of Indian children living in India and the UK
Introduction UK Indian adults have higher risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) than Indian and UK European adults. With growing evidence that CHD and T2D risks begin before adulthood, we compared risk factor patterns in Indian children living in India and the UK. Methods We compared markers of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in 9–10 year-old Indian children in the Mysore Parthenon birth cohort study, India (n=538) an…
P2-324 Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in childhood: Comparison of UK south Asian, African-Caribbean and European children
Introduction UK South Asian adults have high risks of coronary heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes (T2D) when compared with Europeans; UK African-Caribbeans have high risks of stroke and T2D and low coronary heart disease risks. With growing evidence that cardiovascular disease risks begin before adulthood, we compared risk factor patterns and vascular disease markers in UK children from these ethnic groups. Methods We conducted a school-ba…
Ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk markers in children in the UK are not explained by socio-economic status: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Objectives To examine the influence of socio-economic position on type 2 diabetes risk markers in different ethnic groups and determine whether differences in socio-economic position can explain ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk. Design Cross-sectional survey of children in 200 primary schools in London, Birmingham and Leicester (Child Heart and Health Study England, or CHASE) in which standardised anthropometric and fasting blood measur…
Family Dog Ownership and Levels of Physical Activity in Childhood: Findings From the Child Heart and Health Study in England
Dog ownership is associated with higher physical activity levels in adults; whether this association occurs in children is unknown. We used accelerometry to examine physical activity levels in 2065 children aged 9 to 10 years. Children from dog-owning families spent more time in light or moderate to vigorous physical activity and recorded higher levels of activity counts per minute (25; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 6, 44) and steps per day (357…
Nutritional composition of the diets of South Ssian, black African Caribbean and white European children in the UK: The Child Heart and Health Study in England
Design: Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health (DASH) study: A cohort observational study.Setting: Schools in ten London boroughs with high proportions of the main ethnic minority groups, UK.Participants: White British (692), Black Caribbeans (670), Black Africans (772), Indians (384), and Pakistanis and Bangladeshis (402) children were surveyed in 2003/2004 (11-13 years) and followed up in 2005/2006 (14-16 years).Main outcome me…
Patterns of adiposity and obesity among South Asian and white European children: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Design: Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health (DASH) study: A cohort observational study.Setting: Schools in ten London boroughs with high proportions of the main ethnic minority groups, UK.Participants: White British (692), Black Caribbeans (670), Black Africans (772), Indians (384), and Pakistanis and Bangladeshis (402) children were surveyed in 2003/2004 (11-13 years) and followed up in 2005/2006 (14-16 years).Main outcome me…
Effect of Infant Feeding on the Risk of Obesity Across the Life Course: A Quantitative Review of Published Evidence
Objective. To examine the influence of initial infant feeding on obesity in later life. Methods. A systematic review of published studies investigating the association between infant feeding and a measure of obesity was performed with Medline (1966 onward) and Embase (1980 onward) databases, supplemented with manual searches. Data extraction was conducted by 2 authors. Analyses were based on odds ratios of obesity among initially breastfed subjec…
Family Dog Ownership and Levels of Physical Activity in Childhood: Findings From the Child Heart and Health Study in England
Dog ownership is associated with higher physical activity levels in adults; whether this association occurs in children is unknown. We used accelerometry to examine physical activity levels in 2065 children aged 9 to 10 years. Children from dog-owning families spent more time in light or moderate to vigorous physical activity and recorded higher levels of activity counts per minute (25; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 6, 44) and steps per day (357…
Comparisons of depression, anxiety, well-being, and perceptions of the built environment amongst adults seeking social, intermediate and market-rent accommodation in the former London Olympic Athletes…
The Examining Neighbourhood Activities in Built Living Environments in London (ENABLE London) study provides a unique opportunity to examine differences in mental health and well-being amongst adults seeking social, intermediate (affordable rent), and market-rent housing in a purpose built neighbourhood (East Village, the former London 2012 Olympic Athletes' Village), specifically designed to encourage positive health behaviours. Multi-level logi…
P2-324 Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in childhood: Comparison of UK south Asian, African-Caribbean and European children
Introduction UK South Asian adults have high risks of coronary heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes (T2D) when compared with Europeans; UK African-Caribbeans have high risks of stroke and T2D and low coronary heart disease risks. With growing evidence that cardiovascular disease risks begin before adulthood, we compared risk factor patterns and vascular disease markers in UK children from these ethnic groups. Methods We conducted a school-ba…
Effect of Infant Feeding on the Risk of Obesity Across the Life Course: A Quantitative Review of Published Evidence
Objective. To examine the influence of initial infant feeding on obesity in later life. Methods. A systematic review of published studies investigating the association between infant feeding and a measure of obesity was performed with Medline (1966 onward) and Embase (1980 onward) databases, supplemented with manual searches. Data extraction was conducted by 2 authors. Analyses were based on odds ratios of obesity among initially breastfed subjec…
Nutritional composition of the diets of South Ssian, black African Caribbean and white European children in the UK: The Child Heart and Health Study in England
Design: Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health (DASH) study: A cohort observational study.Setting: Schools in ten London boroughs with high proportions of the main ethnic minority groups, UK.Participants: White British (692), Black Caribbeans (670), Black Africans (772), Indians (384), and Pakistanis and Bangladeshis (402) children were surveyed in 2003/2004 (11-13 years) and followed up in 2005/2006 (14-16 years).Main outcome me…
Patterns of adiposity and obesity among South Asian and white European children: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Design: Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health (DASH) study: A cohort observational study.Setting: Schools in ten London boroughs with high proportions of the main ethnic minority groups, UK.Participants: White British (692), Black Caribbeans (670), Black Africans (772), Indians (384), and Pakistanis and Bangladeshis (402) children were surveyed in 2003/2004 (11-13 years) and followed up in 2005/2006 (14-16 years).Main outcome me…
Ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk markers in children in the UK are not explained by socio-economic status: Child Heart and Health Study in England
Objectives To examine the influence of socio-economic position on type 2 diabetes risk markers in different ethnic groups and determine whether differences in socio-economic position can explain ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes risk. Design Cross-sectional survey of children in 200 primary schools in London, Birmingham and Leicester (Child Heart and Health Study England, or CHASE) in which standardised anthropometric and fasting blood measur…
Family Dog Ownership and Levels of Physical Activity in Childhood: Findings From the Child Heart and Health Study in England
Dog ownership is associated with higher physical activity levels in adults; whether this association occurs in children is unknown. We used accelerometry to examine physical activity levels in 2065 children aged 9 to 10 years. Children from dog-owning families spent more time in light or moderate to vigorous physical activity and recorded higher levels of activity counts per minute (25; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 6, 44) and steps per day (357…
Ethnic differences in carotid intima media thickness and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity are present in UK children
Background There are marked ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in UK adults; South Asians have high coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke risks while black African-Caribbeans have high stroke risks and low CHD risks when compared with white Europeans. Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factors are apparent in childhood, but ethnic differences in vascular structure and function during childhood have been little studied. We measured…
Adiposity and cardiometabolic risk markers among Indian children: Comparison with Indian and white European children in the UK
Background UK Indian adults have higher risks of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes (T2D) than both Indian and UK white European adults. With growing evidence that these risks begin before adulthood, we examined whether differences in adiposity and cardiometabolic risk markers were apparent between Indian children who live in India compared to Indian and white European children who live in the UK. Methods Comparisons of cardiometabolic ma…
P2-222 Risk markers for coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes in childhood: Comparison of Indian children living in India and the UK
Introduction UK Indian adults have higher risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) than Indian and UK European adults. With growing evidence that CHD and T2D risks begin before adulthood, we compared risk factor patterns in Indian children living in India and the UK. Methods We compared markers of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in 9–10 year-old Indian children in the Mysore Parthenon birth cohort study, India (n=538) an…
P2-324 Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in childhood: Comparison of UK south Asian, African-Caribbean and European children
Introduction UK South Asian adults have high risks of coronary heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes (T2D) when compared with Europeans; UK African-Caribbeans have high risks of stroke and T2D and low coronary heart disease risks. With growing evidence that cardiovascular disease risks begin before adulthood, we compared risk factor patterns and vascular disease markers in UK children from these ethnic groups. Methods We conducted a school-ba…
OP29 Ethnic and Socioeconomic Influences on Childhood Blood Pressure: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (Chase)
Background Compared to UK white European adults, UK black African-Caribbean adults have higher mean systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure; UK South Asian adults have higher mean DBP but lower SBP. However, information on blood pressure in UK children from different ethnic groups is limited. The aim of this study was to compare blood pressure levels in UK children of black African-Caribbean, South Asian and white European origin. Metho…
OP81 Not Eating Breakfast is Associated with increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk Markers in a Multiethnic Population of Children: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
Background Prevention of type 2 diabetes and one of its precursor obesity are important public health priorities both in adults and in children. In adults, not eating breakfast regularly has been associated with increased risks of obesity and possibly type 2 diabetes. However, little information is available on the influence of breakfast consumption on type 2 diabetes risk markers in children. We therefore examined the relations between self-repo…
Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study
BACKGROUND: Physical activity has not been objectively measured in prospective cohorts with sufficiently large numbers to reliably detect associations with multiple health outcomes. Technological advances now make this possible. We describe the methods used to collect and analyse accelerometer measured physical activity in over 100,000 participants of the UK Biobank study, and report variation by age, sex, day, time of day, and season. METHODS: P…
Comparisons of depression, anxiety, well-being, and perceptions of the built environment amongst adults seeking social, intermediate and market-rent accommodation in the former London Olympic Athletes…
The Examining Neighbourhood Activities in Built Living Environments in London (ENABLE London) study provides a unique opportunity to examine differences in mental health and well-being amongst adults seeking social, intermediate (affordable rent), and market-rent housing in a purpose built neighbourhood (East Village, the former London 2012 Olympic Athletes' Village), specifically designed to encourage positive health behaviours. Multi-level logi…
Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents
Evaluating the effect of change in the built environment on mental health and subjective well-being: A natural experiment
Background Neighbourhood characteristics may affect mental health and well-being, but longitudinal evidence is limited. We examined the effect of relocating to East Village (the former London 2012 Olympic Athletes’ Village), repurposed to encourage healthy active living, on mental health and well-being. Methods 1278 adults seeking different housing tenures in East village were recruited and examined during 2013–2015. 877 (69%) were followed-up af…
Cross-sectional study of the associations between circulating vitamin D concentrations and insulin resistance in children aged 9–10 years of South Asian, black African Caribbean and white European ori…
BACKGROUND: Lower circulating vitamin D 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations are associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk in adults, although causality remains uncertain. However, associations between 25(OH)D and type 2 diabetes risk markers in children have been little studied, particularly in ethnic minority populations. We examined whether 25(OH)D concentrations were associated with insulin resistance in children and whether lower 2…
Medicine (16 works) · Demography (11 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Diabetes mellitus (7 works) · Endocrinology (7 works) · Endocrinology (7 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 works)