M L Burr
Biographic Data
| ID | 5480846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M L Burr |
| GIVEN NAMES | M L |
| FAMILY NAME | Burr |
| SIGNATURE | BURR M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC Epidemiology Unit |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The effects of dietary advice and vouchers on the intake of fruit and fruit juice by pregnant women in a deprived area
Objective To examine the effectiveness of two methods of increasing fruit and fruit juice intake in pregnancy: midwives' advice and vouchers exchangeable for juice. Design Pregnant women were randomly allocated to three groups: a control group, who received usual care; an advice group, given advice and leaflets promoting fruit and fruit juice consumption; and a voucher group, given vouchers exchangeable for fruit juice from a milk delivery firm. …
Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease
Taller people have a lower risk of coronary death and death from all causes,1 but there are few data on the association between height and survival in those with coronary disease. Similarly being either underweight or obese is associated with increased coronary and all cause mortality 2 but the association of body mass index (BMI) and survival in people with symptomatic coronary heart disease has not been so widely reported.3,4 We examined these …
Environmental factors and symptoms in infants at high risk of allergy
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify environmental determinants of six symptoms associated with allergic disease in infancy. DESIGN: Infants were participants in a prospective randomised controlled trial of feeding practices in families with a history of atopy. SETTING: Infants were recruited in two maternity hospitals in S Wales and followed up in the community for 1 year. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers of 519 infants agreed to participate, but 36 were excluded …
Why is chest disease so common in South Wales? Smoking, social class, and lung function
A respiratory survey was conducted in two British towns, one with a high mortality (Caerphilly) and one with a low mortality (Bath) from respiratory disease. A total of 513 men aged 65-74 years were seen. The Caerphilly men had poorer lung function than the Bath men; the overall difference in FEV1 and FVC for men aged 70 and 1.68m tall was 0.16 1 and 0.17 1 respectively. These differences appeared to be largely due to the greater tendency of the …
Is asthma increasing
Heart rate, employment status, and prevalent ischaemic heart disease confound relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure
Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, p less than 0.01), diastolic pressure (r = -0.057, p less than 0.01), and heart rate (r = -0.071, p less than 0.01). The associatio…
A randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of a high fibre diet on blood pressure and plasma fibrinogen
Two hundred and one subjects (147 men and 54 women) were randomly allocated to either a high cereal fibre diet or a low cereal fibre diet for four weeks. Each group then followed the alternative diet for a further four weeks. Cereal fibre intakes were 19g/d (31 g/d 21 g/d total fibre) and 6g/d (19g/d total fibre) on the high and low fibre diets respectively (p less than 0.001). Energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, and alcohol intakes calculated fr…
Summary of papers presented at the meeting of the Society for Social Medicine in Bristol, September 1979. Abstracts of papers
The added risk of thromboembolic disease in women on combined oral contraceptives is usually attributed to the oestrogenic component. However, there are indications from previous studies that progestagens may also contribute to this risk. In addition, several studies have suggested that progestagens have metabolic effects which may increase the risk of thromboembolism. Reports to the Committee on Safety of Medicines have been used in a study of p…
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 to investigate the effect of a high fibre diet on blood pressure and plasma fibrinogen
Two hundred and one subjects (147 men and 54 women) were randomly allocated to either a high cereal fibre diet or a low cereal fibre diet for four weeks. Each group then followed the alternative diet for a further four weeks. Cereal fibre intakes were 19g/d (31 g/d 21 g/d total fibre) and 6g/d (19g/d total fibre) on the high and low fibre diets respectively (p less than 0.001). Energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, and alcohol intakes calculated fr…
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 …
Environmental factors and symptoms in infants at high risk of allergy
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify environmental determinants of six symptoms associated with allergic disease in infancy. DESIGN: Infants were participants in a prospective randomised controlled trial of feeding practices in families with a history of atopy. SETTING: Infants were recruited in two maternity hospitals in S Wales and followed up in the community for 1 year. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers of 519 infants agreed to participate, but 36 were excluded …
Is asthma increasing
Heart rate, employment status, and prevalent ischaemic heart disease confound relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure
Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, p less than 0.01), diastolic pressure (r = -0.057, p less than 0.01), and heart rate (r = -0.071, p less than 0.01). The associatio…
Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease
Taller people have a lower risk of coronary death and death from all causes,1 but there are few data on the association between height and survival in those with coronary disease. Similarly being either underweight or obese is associated with increased coronary and all cause mortality 2 but the association of body mass index (BMI) and survival in people with symptomatic coronary heart disease has not been so widely reported.3,4 We examined these …
Summary of papers presented at the meeting of the Society for Social Medicine in Bristol, September 1979. Abstracts of papers
The added risk of thromboembolic disease in women on combined oral contraceptives is usually attributed to the oestrogenic component. However, there are indications from previous studies that progestagens may also contribute to this risk. In addition, several studies have suggested that progestagens have metabolic effects which may increase the risk of thromboembolism. Reports to the Committee on Safety of Medicines have been used in a study of p…
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 …
Heart rate, employment status, and prevalent ischaemic heart disease confound relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure
Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, p less than 0.01), diastolic pressure (r = -0.057, p less than 0.01), and heart rate (r = -0.071, p less than 0.01). The associatio…
A randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of a high fibre diet on blood pressure and plasma fibrinogen
Two hundred and one subjects (147 men and 54 women) were randomly allocated to either a high cereal fibre diet or a low cereal fibre diet for four weeks. Each group then followed the alternative diet for a further four weeks. Cereal fibre intakes were 19g/d (31 g/d 21 g/d total fibre) and 6g/d (19g/d total fibre) on the high and low fibre diets respectively (p less than 0.001). Energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, and alcohol intakes calculated fr…
Why is chest disease so common in South Wales? Smoking, social class, and lung function
A respiratory survey was conducted in two British towns, one with a high mortality (Caerphilly) and one with a low mortality (Bath) from respiratory disease. A total of 513 men aged 65-74 years were seen. The Caerphilly men had poorer lung function than the Bath men; the overall difference in FEV1 and FVC for men aged 70 and 1.68m tall was 0.16 1 and 0.17 1 respectively. These differences appeared to be largely due to the greater tendency of the …
Is asthma increasing
Environmental factors and symptoms in infants at high risk of allergy
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify environmental determinants of six symptoms associated with allergic disease in infancy. DESIGN: Infants were participants in a prospective randomised controlled trial of feeding practices in families with a history of atopy. SETTING: Infants were recruited in two maternity hospitals in S Wales and followed up in the community for 1 year. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers of 519 infants agreed to participate, but 36 were excluded …
Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease
Taller people have a lower risk of coronary death and death from all causes,1 but there are few data on the association between height and survival in those with coronary disease. Similarly being either underweight or obese is associated with increased coronary and all cause mortality 2 but the association of body mass index (BMI) and survival in people with symptomatic coronary heart disease has not been so widely reported.3,4 We examined these …
The effects of dietary advice and vouchers on the intake of fruit and fruit juice by pregnant women in a deprived area
Objective To examine the effectiveness of two methods of increasing fruit and fruit juice intake in pregnancy: midwives' advice and vouchers exchangeable for juice. Design Pregnant women were randomly allocated to three groups: a control group, who received usual care; an advice group, given advice and leaflets promoting fruit and fruit juice consumption; and a voucher group, given vouchers exchangeable for fruit juice from a milk delivery firm. …
Medicine (9 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Animal science (2 works) · Asthma and respiratory diseases (2 works) · Biology (2 works)