R W Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 6164701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R W Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The influence of neighbourhood-level socioeconomic deprivation on cardiovascular disease mortality in older age
BACKGROUND: Evidence from longitudinal studies on the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic factors in older age on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is limited. We aimed to investigate the prospective association of neighbourhood-level deprivation in later life with CVD mortality, and assess the underlying role of established cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: A socially representative cohort of 3924 men, aged 60-79 years in 1998-2000…
OP80 Inequalities in Heart Failure in Older Age
Background Few studies have examined the prospective associations between socioeconomic measures and incident heart failure, and little is known about possible mechanisms underlying the relationship. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of socioeconomic measures with incident heart failure in older adults and to examine possible underlying pathways. Methods A socially and geographically representative cohort of men aged 60–79 …
Is the recent rise in type 2 diabetes mellitus incidence from 1984 to 2007 explained by the trend in increasing body mass index? Evidence from a prospective study of British men
Objective Incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the UK has increased by two-thirds in the last decade. Understanding the reasons for the unfavourable trend may help inform efforts to curb future increases. The association between T2DM and adiposity has been established. However, few attempts have been made to quantify the contribution of adiposity changes to the observed time trend in T2DM. We estimated the proportion of the time trend …
Have socio-economic differences in coronary risk factors changed over 20 years? Results from a population-based study of men between 1978–1980 and 1998–2000
Background Although CHD mortality has declined in the UK since the late 1970s, the decline has been particularly marked among more affluent subjects. While the decline substantially reflects improvements in established coronary risk factors, little is known about how these have changed in different socio-economic groups. Objective To examine whether socio-economic differences in coronary risk factors in Britain have changed over 20 years between …
Year trends in major coronary risk factors in older British men
the ''drift''. Our predictions are that stroke deaths are likely to continue to decrease up to at least 2015. For 2015, our predictions of deaths from stroke varied from 34 429 to 46 538 (compared with 47 213 deaths in 2005) under the different plausible model scenarios. We also noted that there were some potentially interesting trends in mortality amongst recent birth cohorts. In particular, mortality was higher in older age groups, but the diff…
Are social inequalities in mortality in Britain narrowing? Time trends from 1978 to 2005 in a population-based study of older men
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether social inequalities in all-cause and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Britain have reduced between 1978 and 2005. DESIGN: A prospective study of a socioeconomically representative population. SETTING: 24 British towns. PARTICIPANTS: 7735 Men, aged 40-59 years at recruitment in 1978-1980 and followed up until 2005 through the National Health Service Central Register (164 120 person-years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR…
A comparison of Rasch with Likert scoring to discriminate between patients' evaluations of total hip replacement surgery
Adaptive learning systems
We are at the dawn of a knowledge based economy. Telecommunications deregulation, industrial restructuring, and the World Wide Web are drivers and enablers of this revolution. But how much farther down the information highway must we travel before information access and connectivity truly enrich and simplify our daily lives? Education is an area of particular need, where the impact of information technology can be enormous. The United States spen…
An eighth century hoard from Eastern Saudi Arabia
Editor's note. The article published here was completed on October 22, 1966. Although never published before, copies have long been on file in both the Dept. of Coins and Medals in the British Museum, and at the American Numismatic Society. The basic content of the hoard was reported on in Coin Hoards 1 (1975). In 1986, Robert W. Morris revised the text of his paper and sent me a copy. After the founding of Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy , I a…
Phlegm production and lung function among cigarette smokers changing tar groups during the 1970s
In 1971-3 data on smoking habits, cigarette brand smoked, morning phlegm production, and lung function were recorded for factory workers as part of the Heart Disease Prevention Project. These men were reassessed in 1984 and those who had always smoked cigarettes from the same tar group were compared with those who had dropped one tar group (mean decreases of 6.6 mg tar, 0.1 mg nicotine) and two tar groups (mean decreases of 11.9 mg tar, 0.5 mg ni…
National Study of Health and Growth
Lower social class, several children, and overweight partner and increasing age were factors significantly associated with overweight in parents aged 20-55 years in England and Scotland. These associations were greater for women than men in both countries. These results support the contention that social circumstances contribute to overweight in adults. However, both the magnitude of the explained variation and the relative risk of each factor fo…
Standards of weight-for-height for English children from age 5·0 to 11·0 years
Analysis of data from the National Study of Health and Growth confirms the need to take age into account when assessing weight-for-height of children aged 5+ to 10+. The method described by Cole leads to errors in the assessment of English and Scottish children, in particular of those tall for their age. This is mainly because the method employs a log(weight)-log(height) rather than a log(weight)-height relationship. Using the latter, weight-for-…
Are social inequalities in mortality in Britain narrowing? Time trends from 1978 to 2005 in a population-based study of older men
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether social inequalities in all-cause and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Britain have reduced between 1978 and 2005. DESIGN: A prospective study of a socioeconomically representative population. SETTING: 24 British towns. PARTICIPANTS: 7735 Men, aged 40-59 years at recruitment in 1978-1980 and followed up until 2005 through the National Health Service Central Register (164 120 person-years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR…
The influence of neighbourhood-level socioeconomic deprivation on cardiovascular disease mortality in older age
BACKGROUND: Evidence from longitudinal studies on the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic factors in older age on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is limited. We aimed to investigate the prospective association of neighbourhood-level deprivation in later life with CVD mortality, and assess the underlying role of established cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: A socially representative cohort of 3924 men, aged 60-79 years in 1998-2000…
Standards of weight-for-height for English children from age 5·0 to 11·0 years
Analysis of data from the National Study of Health and Growth confirms the need to take age into account when assessing weight-for-height of children aged 5+ to 10+. The method described by Cole leads to errors in the assessment of English and Scottish children, in particular of those tall for their age. This is mainly because the method employs a log(weight)-log(height) rather than a log(weight)-height relationship. Using the latter, weight-for-…
National Study of Health and Growth
Lower social class, several children, and overweight partner and increasing age were factors significantly associated with overweight in parents aged 20-55 years in England and Scotland. These associations were greater for women than men in both countries. These results support the contention that social circumstances contribute to overweight in adults. However, both the magnitude of the explained variation and the relative risk of each factor fo…
Phlegm production and lung function among cigarette smokers changing tar groups during the 1970s
In 1971-3 data on smoking habits, cigarette brand smoked, morning phlegm production, and lung function were recorded for factory workers as part of the Heart Disease Prevention Project. These men were reassessed in 1984 and those who had always smoked cigarettes from the same tar group were compared with those who had dropped one tar group (mean decreases of 6.6 mg tar, 0.1 mg nicotine) and two tar groups (mean decreases of 11.9 mg tar, 0.5 mg ni…
An eighth century hoard from Eastern Saudi Arabia
Editor's note. The article published here was completed on October 22, 1966. Although never published before, copies have long been on file in both the Dept. of Coins and Medals in the British Museum, and at the American Numismatic Society. The basic content of the hoard was reported on in Coin Hoards 1 (1975). In 1986, Robert W. Morris revised the text of his paper and sent me a copy. After the founding of Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy , I a…
Adaptive learning systems
We are at the dawn of a knowledge based economy. Telecommunications deregulation, industrial restructuring, and the World Wide Web are drivers and enablers of this revolution. But how much farther down the information highway must we travel before information access and connectivity truly enrich and simplify our daily lives? Education is an area of particular need, where the impact of information technology can be enormous. The United States spen…
A comparison of Rasch with Likert scoring to discriminate between patients' evaluations of total hip replacement surgery
Are social inequalities in mortality in Britain narrowing? Time trends from 1978 to 2005 in a population-based study of older men
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether social inequalities in all-cause and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Britain have reduced between 1978 and 2005. DESIGN: A prospective study of a socioeconomically representative population. SETTING: 24 British towns. PARTICIPANTS: 7735 Men, aged 40-59 years at recruitment in 1978-1980 and followed up until 2005 through the National Health Service Central Register (164 120 person-years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR…
Year trends in major coronary risk factors in older British men
the ''drift''. Our predictions are that stroke deaths are likely to continue to decrease up to at least 2015. For 2015, our predictions of deaths from stroke varied from 34 429 to 46 538 (compared with 47 213 deaths in 2005) under the different plausible model scenarios. We also noted that there were some potentially interesting trends in mortality amongst recent birth cohorts. In particular, mortality was higher in older age groups, but the diff…
Is the recent rise in type 2 diabetes mellitus incidence from 1984 to 2007 explained by the trend in increasing body mass index? Evidence from a prospective study of British men
Objective Incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the UK has increased by two-thirds in the last decade. Understanding the reasons for the unfavourable trend may help inform efforts to curb future increases. The association between T2DM and adiposity has been established. However, few attempts have been made to quantify the contribution of adiposity changes to the observed time trend in T2DM. We estimated the proportion of the time trend …
Have socio-economic differences in coronary risk factors changed over 20 years? Results from a population-based study of men between 1978–1980 and 1998–2000
Background Although CHD mortality has declined in the UK since the late 1970s, the decline has been particularly marked among more affluent subjects. While the decline substantially reflects improvements in established coronary risk factors, little is known about how these have changed in different socio-economic groups. Objective To examine whether socio-economic differences in coronary risk factors in Britain have changed over 20 years between …
OP80 Inequalities in Heart Failure in Older Age
Background Few studies have examined the prospective associations between socioeconomic measures and incident heart failure, and little is known about possible mechanisms underlying the relationship. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of socioeconomic measures with incident heart failure in older adults and to examine possible underlying pathways. Methods A socially and geographically representative cohort of men aged 60–79 …
The influence of neighbourhood-level socioeconomic deprivation on cardiovascular disease mortality in older age
BACKGROUND: Evidence from longitudinal studies on the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic factors in older age on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is limited. We aimed to investigate the prospective association of neighbourhood-level deprivation in later life with CVD mortality, and assess the underlying role of established cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: A socially representative cohort of 3924 men, aged 60-79 years in 1998-2000…
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