P M Sweetnam
Biographic Data
| ID | 5469558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P M Sweetnam |
| GIVEN NAMES | P M |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweetnam |
| SIGNATURE | SWEETNAM P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC Epidemiology Unit |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Blood Pressure Reactions to Cold Pressor and the Prediction of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Carroll, D.; Smith, G. Davey; Willemsen, G.; Sheffield, D.; Sweetnam, P.M.; Gallacher, J.J.E.; Elwood, P.C. Author Information
Blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of ischaemic heart disease
Introduction Exposure to poor environmental conditions has been associated with deterioration of physical and mental health, and with reduction of cognitive performance. Environmental conditions may also influence cognitive development of children, but epidemiological evidence is scant. In developed countries, children spend 930 hours per year in a classroom, second only to time spent in their bedroom. Using continuous sensing technology, we inve…
Diagnosis of past history of myocardial infarction in epidemiological studies
In epidemiological studies the diagnosis of a past history of myocardial infarction is made from the answer to a single question: "Have you ever had a severe pain across the front of your chest lasting for half an hour or more?" Two additional questions, which form an optional part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine chest pain questionnaire, were used in two large community studies, with other information to determine the likel…
Associations of alcohol consumption with plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol and its major subfractions
In surveys of 4860 middle-aged men in Caerphilly (South Wales) and Speedwell (Bristol) alcohol consumption has been related to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and its major subfractions, HDL2 and HDL3, measured in a single fasting blood sample. The results confirm that high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration increases as the amount of alcohol regularly consumed increases. The relationship appears to be linear and is independ…
Diet, alcohol, body mass, and social factors in relation to blood pressure
Data for 387 men who had completed seven-day weighed dietary records as part of the Caerphilly Heart Study were examined for relations of alcohol, diet, body mass index (BMI), and other variables to blood pressure. These included age, smoking, exercise, and social class. For men not on antihypertensive treatment (n = 356) regression analysis showed that age (p less than 0.001), BMI (p less than 0.05), and alcohol intake (p less than 0.01) were si…
Factors associated with urinary incontinence in women
Possible aetiological factors for urinary incontinence were examined in a prevalence study among a random sample of 1000 women aged 18 and over. Infective factors were not markedly associated with incontinence but mechanical factors such as parity and obesity were. No association was found, however, between a history of perineal damage at childbirth and incontinence. Women with incontinence had on average a higher score for a 'neuroticism' trait …
Summary of papers presented at the meeting of the Society for Social Medicine in Cambridge, September 1980
The negative association between IHD mortality and water hardness is well known. Other studies have suggested that myocardial magnesium is lower in IHD than in non-IHD deaths and that it may be related to water hardness. Pathologists in 30 county boroughs in England and Wales were asked to take a one-centimetre cube of myocardium from 60 consecutive male necropsies
The Cardiff Cervical Cytology Study. Prevalence and epidemiology of cervical neoplasia
The Cardiff Cervical Cytology Study showed a prevalence of carcinoma-in-situ that rose to a peak of 6.1/1000 in age group 35-44 and then decreased. Prevalence of microinvasive and occult invasive carcinoma rose to peaks of 1.8/1000 and 1.1/1000 respectively in age group 45-54 and then declined. Epidemiological analysis was based on comparison to three groups-dysplasia, carcinoma-in-situ and microinvasive carcinoma combined, and occult and clinica…
Family size and paternal unemployment in relation to myocardial infarction
Men who had been in hospital for myocardial infarction (MI) were compared with other male patients in an attempt to provide evidence on the hypothesis linking MI with poverty in childhood followed by relative affluence. In each of three social class groupings MI patients came from larger families than controls, and a higher proportion of their fathers had been unemployed for more than a year during their childhood. This gives some support to the …
A randomised controlled trial of the effect of the provision of free school milk on the growth of children
A randomised controlled study was carried out of the effect on growth of the provision of free milk supplements to schoolchildren aged 7 and 8. In selecting children for this study, the aim was to identify those whose socioeconomic circumstances might place them at a disadvantage for growth. Five hundred and eighty-one-children were selected from schools where a high proportion of the pupils received free school meals, and from families with four…
Drug prescribing by GPs in Wales and in England
There is a large excess in prescribing costs by GPs in Wales compared with England. This excess amounts to about 30%, equivalent at present to over pounds 11 m a year. The pattern of drug prescribing by GPs and of patient consultation was studied in random samples of electors in Cardiff and Bristol. Overall, more subjects in Cardiff had received prescriptions, and the average number of scripts for each person was higher than in England in the sam…
Temperature and deaths from ischaemic heart disease
Certain features of the relationship between 11 measurements of weekly temperature and the number of deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) within age groups in Greater London between 1970 and 1974 are described. Firstly, the correlation coefficients between age-specific deaths from IHD and each of the temperature variables are of a similar order. Secondly, in contrast, the linear regression coefficients between deaths and temperature are more…
Associations of alcohol consumption with plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol and its major subfractions
In surveys of 4860 middle-aged men in Caerphilly (South Wales) and Speedwell (Bristol) alcohol consumption has been related to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and its major subfractions, HDL2 and HDL3, measured in a single fasting blood sample. The results confirm that high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration increases as the amount of alcohol regularly consumed increases. The relationship appears to be linear and is independ…
A randomised controlled trial of the effect of the provision of free school milk on the growth of children
A randomised controlled study was carried out of the effect on growth of the provision of free milk supplements to schoolchildren aged 7 and 8. In selecting children for this study, the aim was to identify those whose socioeconomic circumstances might place them at a disadvantage for growth. Five hundred and eighty-one-children were selected from schools where a high proportion of the pupils received free school meals, and from families with four…
Family size and paternal unemployment in relation to myocardial infarction
Men who had been in hospital for myocardial infarction (MI) were compared with other male patients in an attempt to provide evidence on the hypothesis linking MI with poverty in childhood followed by relative affluence. In each of three social class groupings MI patients came from larger families than controls, and a higher proportion of their fathers had been unemployed for more than a year during their childhood. This gives some support to the …
Factors associated with urinary incontinence in women
Possible aetiological factors for urinary incontinence were examined in a prevalence study among a random sample of 1000 women aged 18 and over. Infective factors were not markedly associated with incontinence but mechanical factors such as parity and obesity were. No association was found, however, between a history of perineal damage at childbirth and incontinence. Women with incontinence had on average a higher score for a 'neuroticism' trait …
Diet, alcohol, body mass, and social factors in relation to blood pressure
Data for 387 men who had completed seven-day weighed dietary records as part of the Caerphilly Heart Study were examined for relations of alcohol, diet, body mass index (BMI), and other variables to blood pressure. These included age, smoking, exercise, and social class. For men not on antihypertensive treatment (n = 356) regression analysis showed that age (p less than 0.001), BMI (p less than 0.05), and alcohol intake (p less than 0.01) were si…
Blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of ischaemic heart disease
Introduction Exposure to poor environmental conditions has been associated with deterioration of physical and mental health, and with reduction of cognitive performance. Environmental conditions may also influence cognitive development of children, but epidemiological evidence is scant. In developed countries, children spend 930 hours per year in a classroom, second only to time spent in their bedroom. Using continuous sensing technology, we inve…
Temperature and deaths from ischaemic heart disease
Certain features of the relationship between 11 measurements of weekly temperature and the number of deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) within age groups in Greater London between 1970 and 1974 are described. Firstly, the correlation coefficients between age-specific deaths from IHD and each of the temperature variables are of a similar order. Secondly, in contrast, the linear regression coefficients between deaths and temperature are more…
Temperature and deaths from ischaemic heart disease
Certain features of the relationship between 11 measurements of weekly temperature and the number of deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) within age groups in Greater London between 1970 and 1974 are described. Firstly, the correlation coefficients between age-specific deaths from IHD and each of the temperature variables are of a similar order. Secondly, in contrast, the linear regression coefficients between deaths and temperature are more…
Family size and paternal unemployment in relation to myocardial infarction
Men who had been in hospital for myocardial infarction (MI) were compared with other male patients in an attempt to provide evidence on the hypothesis linking MI with poverty in childhood followed by relative affluence. In each of three social class groupings MI patients came from larger families than controls, and a higher proportion of their fathers had been unemployed for more than a year during their childhood. This gives some support to the …
A randomised controlled trial of the effect of the provision of free school milk on the growth of children
A randomised controlled study was carried out of the effect on growth of the provision of free milk supplements to schoolchildren aged 7 and 8. In selecting children for this study, the aim was to identify those whose socioeconomic circumstances might place them at a disadvantage for growth. Five hundred and eighty-one-children were selected from schools where a high proportion of the pupils received free school meals, and from families with four…
Drug prescribing by GPs in Wales and in England
There is a large excess in prescribing costs by GPs in Wales compared with England. This excess amounts to about 30%, equivalent at present to over pounds 11 m a year. The pattern of drug prescribing by GPs and of patient consultation was studied in random samples of electors in Cardiff and Bristol. Overall, more subjects in Cardiff had received prescriptions, and the average number of scripts for each person was higher than in England in the sam…
Summary of papers presented at the meeting of the Society for Social Medicine in Cambridge, September 1980
The negative association between IHD mortality and water hardness is well known. Other studies have suggested that myocardial magnesium is lower in IHD than in non-IHD deaths and that it may be related to water hardness. Pathologists in 30 county boroughs in England and Wales were asked to take a one-centimetre cube of myocardium from 60 consecutive male necropsies
The Cardiff Cervical Cytology Study. Prevalence and epidemiology of cervical neoplasia
The Cardiff Cervical Cytology Study showed a prevalence of carcinoma-in-situ that rose to a peak of 6.1/1000 in age group 35-44 and then decreased. Prevalence of microinvasive and occult invasive carcinoma rose to peaks of 1.8/1000 and 1.1/1000 respectively in age group 45-54 and then declined. Epidemiological analysis was based on comparison to three groups-dysplasia, carcinoma-in-situ and microinvasive carcinoma combined, and occult and clinica…
Factors associated with urinary incontinence in women
Possible aetiological factors for urinary incontinence were examined in a prevalence study among a random sample of 1000 women aged 18 and over. Infective factors were not markedly associated with incontinence but mechanical factors such as parity and obesity were. No association was found, however, between a history of perineal damage at childbirth and incontinence. Women with incontinence had on average a higher score for a 'neuroticism' trait …
Diet, alcohol, body mass, and social factors in relation to blood pressure
Data for 387 men who had completed seven-day weighed dietary records as part of the Caerphilly Heart Study were examined for relations of alcohol, diet, body mass index (BMI), and other variables to blood pressure. These included age, smoking, exercise, and social class. For men not on antihypertensive treatment (n = 356) regression analysis showed that age (p less than 0.001), BMI (p less than 0.05), and alcohol intake (p less than 0.01) were si…
Diagnosis of past history of myocardial infarction in epidemiological studies
In epidemiological studies the diagnosis of a past history of myocardial infarction is made from the answer to a single question: "Have you ever had a severe pain across the front of your chest lasting for half an hour or more?" Two additional questions, which form an optional part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine chest pain questionnaire, were used in two large community studies, with other information to determine the likel…
Associations of alcohol consumption with plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol and its major subfractions
In surveys of 4860 middle-aged men in Caerphilly (South Wales) and Speedwell (Bristol) alcohol consumption has been related to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and its major subfractions, HDL2 and HDL3, measured in a single fasting blood sample. The results confirm that high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration increases as the amount of alcohol regularly consumed increases. The relationship appears to be linear and is independ…
Blood Pressure Reactions to Cold Pressor and the Prediction of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Carroll, D.; Smith, G. Davey; Willemsen, G.; Sheffield, D.; Sweetnam, P.M.; Gallacher, J.J.E.; Elwood, P.C. Author Information
Blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of ischaemic heart disease
Introduction Exposure to poor environmental conditions has been associated with deterioration of physical and mental health, and with reduction of cognitive performance. Environmental conditions may also influence cognitive development of children, but epidemiological evidence is scant. In developed countries, children spend 930 hours per year in a classroom, second only to time spent in their bedroom. Using continuous sensing technology, we inve…
Medicine (12 works) · Internal Medicine (10 works) · Internal Medicine (10 works) · Cardiology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Blood pressure (3 works) · Disease (3 works) · Ischaemic heart disease (3 works) · Alcohol (2 works) · Body mass index (2 works)