Search Results - "CAIRNS, B. J"

Shift work and chronic disease: the epidemiological evidence by WANG, X.-S, ARMSTRONG, M. E. G, CAIRNS, B. J, KEY, T. J, TRAVIS, R. C

“…Shift work, including night work, has been hypothesized to increase the risk of chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), metabolic…”
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Characterisation, identification, clustering, and classification of disease by Webster, A. J., Gaitskell, K., Turnbull, I., Cairns, B. J., Clarke, R.

“…The importance of quantifying the distribution and determinants of multimorbidity has prompted novel data-driven classifications of disease. Applications have…”
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Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials by Stevens, R. J., Ali, R., Bankhead, C. R., Bethel, M. A., Cairns, B. J., Camisasca, R. P., Crowe, F. L., Farmer, A. J., Harrison, S., Hirst, J. A., Home, P., Kahn, S. E., McLellan, J. H., Perera, R., Plüddemann, A., Ramachandran, A., Roberts, N. W., Rose, P. W., Schweizer, A., Viberti, G., Holman, R. R.

“…Aims/hypothesis Observational studies suggest that metformin may reduce cancer risk by approximately one-third. We examined cancer outcomes and all-cause…”
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Birth weight and adult cancer incidence: large prospective study and meta-analysis by Yang, T.O., Reeves, G.K., Green, J., Beral, V., Cairns, B.J., Abbiss, Hayley, Abbott, Simon, Armstrong, Miranda, Balkwill, Angela, Benson, Vicky, Beral, Valerie, Black, Judith, Bradbury, Kathryn, Brown, Anna, Buron, Andrea, Cairns, Benjamin, Canoy, Dexter, Chadwick, Andrew, Crossley, Barbara, Crowe, Francesca, Ewart, Dave, Ewart, Sarah, Fletcher, Lee, Floud, Sarah, Gathani, Toral, Gerrard, Laura, Goodill, Adrian, Green, Jane, Guiver, Lynden, Hozak, Michal, Kan, Sau Wan, Key, Tim, Kirichek, Oksana, Kroll, Mary, Langston, Nicky, Lingard, Isobel, Luque, Maria Jose, Moser, Kath, Pank, Lynn, Pirie, Kirstin, Reeves, Gillian, Shaw, Keith, Sherman, Emma, Sherry-Starmer, Evie, Schmidt, Julie, Strange, Helena, Sweetland, Sian, Timadjer, Alison, Tipper, Sarah, Travis, Ruth, Trickett, Lyndsey, Wright, Lucy, Yang, Owen, Young, Heather

“…Most evidence about associations between birth weight and adult cancer risk comes from studies linking birth records to cancer registration data, where…”
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Postmenopausal endometrial cancer risk and body size in early life and middle age: prospective cohort study by Yang, T Y O, Cairns, B J, Allen, N, Sweetland, S, Reeves, G K, Beral, V

“…Background: Greater adiposity in early life has been linked to increased endometrial cancer risk in later life, but the extent to which this association is…”
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Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium by Pot, G K, Stephen, A M, Dahm, C C, Key, T J, Cairns, B J, Burley, V J, Cade, J E, Greenwood, D C, Keogh, R H, Bhaniani, A, McTaggart, A, Lentjes, M A H, Mishra, G, Brunner, E J, Khaw, K T

“…Background/Objectives: In spite of several studies relating dietary patterns to breast cancer risk, evidence so far remains inconsistent. This study aimed to…”
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A short-term increase in cancer risk associated with daytime napping is likely to reflect pre-clinical disease: prospective cohort study by Cairns, B J, Travis, R C, Wang, X-S, Reeves, G K, Green, J, Beral, V

“…Background: Sleep disturbance, a correlate of which is daytime napping, has been hypothesised to be associated with risk of breast and other cancers. Methods:…”
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Metformin and mortality. Reply to Lund SS [letter] by Stevens, R. J., Cairns, B. J., Holman, R. R.

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Alcohol intake and risk of colorectal cancer: Results from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium by Park, J Y, Dahm, C C, Keogh, R H, Mitrou, P N, Cairns, B J, Greenwood, D C, Spencer, E A, Fentiman, I S, Shipley, M J, Brunner, E J, Cade, J E, Burley, V J, Mishra, G D, Kuh, D, Stephen, A M, White, I R, Luben, R N, Mulligan, A A, Khaw, K-T, Rodwell, S A

“…Background: Epidemiological studies have suggested that excessive alcohol intake increases colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. However, findings regarding tumour…”
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Cancer risk among 21st century blood transfusion recipients by Yang, T.O., Cairns, B.J., Reeves, G.K., Green, J., Beral, V.

“…Some carcinogenic viruses are known to be transmissible by blood transfusion. Intensive viral screening of transfused blood now exists in most countries. In…”
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P56 Characteristics associated with cardiovascular multimorbidity in UK women aged 50–64 years: cross-sectional analysis of the million women study by Suh, JW, Cairns, BJ, Wright, FL

“…BackgroundMultimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in one person, is more common in women than in men. It is associated with lower…”
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Approximating persistence in a general class of population processes by Cairns, B.J., Pollett, P.K.

“…We provide a general framework for estimating persistence in populations which may be affected by catastrophic events, and which are either unbounded or have…”
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080 Sleep duration and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis by Wang, X, Cairns, B J, Travis, R C

“…BackgroundIt is hypothesised that sleep duration affects the production of melatonin and subsequently influences cancer risk. The relationship between sleep…”
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046 Association between birthweight and obesity in adult females by Yang, T Y O, Cairns, B J, Beral, V

“…ObjectiveAdult obesity is associated with a variety of acute and chronic illnesses. Although high birthweight is known to predict obesity in middle age, the…”
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That rising obesity levels will greatly add to the burden of cancer: misconceptions I by Cairns, B J, Yang, T Y O, Beral, V

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P2-36 Body mass index and risk of incident ischaemic heart disease in women: a prospective cohort study by Canoy, D, Cairns, B J, Balkwill, A, Reeves, G K, Green, J, Beral, V

“…BackgroundVarious studies have examined body mass index in relation to mortality due to ischaemic heart disease (IHD), but few data are available on incident…”
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Contributions of Donor and Host Blood Vessels in CNS Allografts by Baker-Cairns, B.J., Sloan, D.J., Broadwell, R.D., Puklavec, M., Charlton, H.M.

“…The contributions of blood vessels in various transplantation paradigms of solid CNS tissue or cell suspension allografts placed into adult host brains were…”
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Erratum to: Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials by Stevens, R. J., Ali, R., Bankhead, C. R., Bethel, M. A., Cairns, B. J., Camisasca, R. P., Crowe, F. L., Farmer, A. J., Harrison, S., Hirst, J. A., Home, P., Kahn, S. E., McLellan, J. H., Perera, R., Plüddemann, A., Ramachandran, A., Roberts, N. W., Rose, P. W., Schweizer, A., Viberti, G., Holman, R. R.

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071 Different effects of body mass index and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women by Armstrong, M E G, Spencer, E A, Cairns, B J, Beral, V

“…ObjectiveTo compare the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical activity for the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in a large prospective…”
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A comparison of models for predicting population persistence by Cairns, B.J., Ross, J.V., Taimre, T.

“…We consider a range of models that may be used to predict the future persistence of populations, particularly those based on discrete-state Markov processes…”
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