Search Results - "Lum, Sooky"
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Development and validation of a prediction model for fat mass in children and adolescents: meta-analysis using individual participant data
Published in BMJ (Online) (24-07-2019)“…AbstractObjectivesTo develop and validate a prediction model for fat mass in children aged 4-15 years using routinely available risk factors of height, weight,…”
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Associations of the objective built environment along the route to school with children's modes of commuting: A multilevel modelling analysis (the SLIC study)
Published in PloS one (09-04-2020)“…As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which built environmental characteristics influence walking or…”
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Pulmonary function deficits in newborn screened infants with cystic fibrosis managed with standard UK care are mild and transient
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-11-2017)“…With the advent of novel designer molecules for cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment, there is huge need for early-life clinical trial outcomes, such as infant lung…”
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New reference equations to improve interpretation of infant lung function
Published in Pediatric pulmonology (01-04-2013)“…Rationale With increasing use of infant pulmonary function tests (IPFTs) in both clinical and research studies, appropriate interpretation of results is…”
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Associations of extracurricular physical activity patterns and body composition components in a multi-ethnic population of UK children (the Size and Lung Function in Children study): a multilevel modelling analysis
Published in BMC public health (20-05-2019)“…Body Mass Index (BMI) is a common outcome when assessing associations between childhood overweight and obesity and physical activity patterns. However, the fat…”
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Ethnic variability in body size, proportions and composition in children aged 5 to 11 years: is ethnic-specific calibration of bioelectrical impedance required?
Published in PloS one (05-12-2014)“…Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) has the potential to be used widely as a method of assessing body fatness and composition, both in clinical and…”
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Acceptability, Precision and Accuracy of 3D Photonic Scanning for Measurement of Body Shape in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of Children Aged 5-11 Years: The SLIC Study
Published in PloS one (28-04-2015)“…Information on body size and shape is used to interpret many aspects of physiology, including nutritional status, cardio-metabolic risk and lung function. Such…”
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Lung function in children in relation to ethnicity, physique and socioeconomic factors
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-12-2015)“…Can ethnic differences in spirometry be attributed to differences in physique and socioeconomic factors?Assessments were undertaken in 2171 London primary…”
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The EPICure Study: Association between Hemodynamics and Lung Function at 11 Years after Extremely Preterm Birth
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-10-2012)“…Objective To investigate the relationship between disturbed lung function and large-artery hemodynamics in school-age children born extremely preterm (EP) (at…”
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Longitudinal study of the influence of lung function on vascular health from adolescence to early adulthood in a British multiethnic cohort
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-11-2017)“…BACKGROUND:Vascular and lung function develop and decline over the life course; both predict cardiovascular events and mortality but little is known of how…”
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Challenges in Collating Spirometry Reference Data for South-Asian Children: An Observational Study
Published in PloS one (27-04-2016)“…Spirometry datasets from South-Asian children were collated from four centres in India and five within the UK. Records with transcription errors, missing…”
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Modifiable lifestyle factors impact airway health in non-asthmatic prepubescent boys but not girls
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Body-mass index adjustments to increase the validity of body fatness assessment in UK black African and South Asian children: a cross-sectional calibration study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (01-11-2016)“…Abstract Background Excess childhood body fatness, overweightness, and obesity are a major public health challenge in the UK. Accurate assessments, usually…”
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Recalibration of overweight–obesity prevalence from body-mass index in UK children of South Asian and black African origin: cross-sectional study based on National Child Measurement Programme data
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (13-11-2015)“…Abstract Background The accurate assessment of overweight–obesity prevalence in UK children of South Asian and black African origin (in whom its consequences…”
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The Evolution of Airway Function in Early Childhood Following Clinical Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-04-2004)“…This study aimed to investigate the evolution of airway function in infants newly diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF). FEV(0.5) was measured soon after…”
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P9.15 The Role of Lung Function on Adolescents’ Blood Pressure Trajectories in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort: The Determinants of Adolescents Social Wellbeing and Health (Dash) Study
Published in Artery research (2014)“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between baseline lung function (LF) and changes in blood pressure (BP) in multi-ethnic adolescent schoolchildren…”
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Back to school: challenges and rewards of engaging young children in scientific research
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Lung Function and Respiratory Symptoms at 11 Years in Children Born Extremely Preterm: The EPICure Study
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-07-2010)“…The long-term respiratory sequelae of infants born extremely preterm (EP) and now graduating from neonatal intensive care remains uncertain. To assess the…”
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Inclusion of children with airway disease for the development of spirometry reference data
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Age and height dependence of lung clearance index and functional residual capacity
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-06-2013)“…The lung clearance index (LCI) is more sensitive than spirometry in detecting abnormal lung function in children with cystic fibrosis. LCI is thought to be…”
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