Search Results - "Muir, K. R."

Changing presentation of prostate cancer in a UK population – 10 year trends in prostate cancer risk profiles in the East of England by Greenberg, D C, Wright, K A, Lophathanon, A, Muir, K R, Gnanapragasam, V J

“…Background: Prostate cancer incidence is rising in the United Kingdom but there is little data on whether the disease profile is changing. To address this, we…”
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relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life: comparing the EQ-5D, EuroQol VAS and SF-6D by Sach, T.H, Barton, G.R, Doherty, M, Muir, K.R, Jenkinson, C, Avery, A.J

“…Background: No other studies have compared the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQL) on more than one utility…”
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Home based exercise programme for knee pain and knee osteoarthritis: randomised controlled trial by THOMAS, K. S, MUIR, K. R, DOHERTY, M, JONES, A. C, O'REILLY, S. C, BASSEY, E

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a home based exercise programme can improve outcomes in patients with knee pain. DESIGN: Pragmatic, factorial randomised…”
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Quadriceps weakness in knee osteoarthritis: the effect on pain and disability by O’Reilly, Sheila C, Jones, Adrian, Muir, Ken R, Doherty, Michael

“…OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the importance of quadriceps strength, structural change, and psychological status in terms of knee pain in the community. (2) To…”
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Radiographic assessment of the index to ring finger ratio (2D:4D) in adults by Robertson, J., Zhang, W., Liu, J. J., Muir, K. R., Maciewicz, R. A., Doherty, M.

“…The smaller index to ring finger (2D:4D) ratio has been considered as a ‘male finger pattern’ and is associated with sporting ability and a number of…”
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Long-Term Outcome After Tibial Shaft Fracture: Is Malunion Important? by Milner, S A, Davis, T R.C, Muir, K R, Greenwood, D C, Doherty, M

“…BackgroundFractures of the shaft of the tibia often heal with some angulation. Although there is biomechanical evidence that such angulation alters load…”
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A personalised approach to prostate cancer screening based on genotyping of risk founder alleles by Cybulski, C, Wokołorczyk, D, Kluźniak, W, Kashyap, A, Gołąb, A, Słojewski, M, Sikorski, A, Puszyński, M, Soczawa, M, Borkowski, T, Borkowski, A, Antczak, A, Przybyła, J, Sosnowski, M, Małkiewicz, B, Zdrojowy, R, Domagała, P, Piotrowski, K, Menkiszak, J, Krzystolik, K, Gronwald, J, Jakubowska, A, Górski, B, Dębniak, T, Masojć, B, Huzarski, T, Muir, K R, Lophatananon, A, Lubiński, J, Narod, S A

“…Background: To evaluate whether genotyping for 18 prostate cancer founder variants is helpful in identifying high-risk individuals and for determining optimal…”
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Effectiveness of home exercise on pain and disability from osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomised controlled trial by O’Reilly, Sheila C, Muir, Ken R, Doherty, Michael

“…OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a home based exercise programme, designed to improve quadriceps strength, on knee pain and disability. Methods—191 men and…”
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A case-control study to investigate the relation between low and moderate levels of physical activity and osteoarthritis of the knee using data collected as part of the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey by Sutton, A J, Muir, K R, Mockett, S, Fentem, P

“…BACKGROUND Physical activity is being recommended as an intervention for seemingly almost universal improvements to health. A potential concern with this…”
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Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms, folate and B-vitamin intake, and risk of colorectal adenoma by HUBNER, R. A, LIU, J.-F, SELLICK, G. S, LOGAN, R. F. A, HOULSTON, R. S, MUIR, K. R

“…The effects of polymorphisms in genes coding for key folate metabolism enzymes such as thymidylate synthetase (TS) on colorectal neoplasia risk are likely to…”
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History of Allergic Disease and Risk of Meningioma by Schoemaker, MJ, Swerdlow, AJ, Hepworth, SJ, van Tongeren, M, Muir, KR, McKinney, PA

“…Epidemiologic studies have consistently shown inverse associations of allergic disease with risk of glioma, but it is unclear whether this association also…”
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The role of occupational and environmental exposures in the aetiology of acquired severe aplastic anaemia: a case control investigation by Muir, K. R., Chilvers, C. E. D., Harriss, C., Coulson, L., Grainge, M., Darbyshire, P., Geary, C., Hows, J., Marsh, J., Rutherford, T., Taylor, M., Gordon‐Smith, E. C.

“…Aplastic anaemia is a rare but serious disorder with a high morbidity and mortality rate. The causes of aplastic anaemia are, for the most part, unknown. We…”
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Smoking history, alcohol consumption, and systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study by Hardy, Carolyn J, Palmer, Benedict P, Muir, Kenneth R, Sutton, Alex J, Powell, Richard J

“…OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of smoking on the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and the association between alcohol consumption and…”
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Dietary zinc intake and brain cancer in adults: a case–control study by Dimitropoulou, P., Nayee, S., Liu, J. F., Demetriou, L., van Tongeren, M., Hepworth, S. J., Muir, K. R.

“…Little is known about the aetiology of brain tumours. One putative factor suggested from animal models is a protective effect of dietary Zn. We tested the…”
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Home based exercise programme for knee pain and knee osteoarthritis: randomised controlled trial by Thomas, K S, Muir, K R, Doherty, M, Jones, A C, O'Reilly, S C, Bassey, E J

“…Abstract Objectives: To determine whether a home based exercise programme can improve outcomes in patients with knee pain. Design: Pragmatic, factorial…”
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Racial group, socioeconomic status, and the development of persistent proteinuria in systemic lupus erythematosus by Hopkinson, N D, Jenkinson, C, Muir, K R, Doherty, M, Powell, R J

“…OBJECTIVES Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients of Afro-Caribbean and Asian origin living in the United Kingdom have a more severe spectrum of disease…”
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Assigning exposure to pesticides and solvents from self-reports collected by a computer assisted personal interview and expert assessment of job codes: the UK Adult Brain Tumour Study by Hepworth, S J, Bolton, A, Parslow, R C, van Tongeren, M, Muir, K R, McKinney, P A

“…Objectives: To compare assignment of occupational pesticide and solvent exposure using self-reported data collected by a computer assisted personal interview…”
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Lifetime body mass index, other anthropometric measures of obesity and risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis in the GOAL case-control study by Holliday, K.L, McWilliams, D.F, Maciewicz, R.A, Muir, K.R, Zhang, W, Doherty, M

“…Summary Objective To examine the risk of large joint osteoarthritis (OA) in those becoming overweight during early adult life, and to assess the risks…”
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Pregnancy outcome and family size in systemic lupus erythematosus : a case-control study by HARDY, C. J, PALMER, B. P, MORTON, S. J, MUIR, K. R, POWELL, R. J

“…To establish pregnancy outcomes and family size in a geographically defined population of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. One hundred and…”
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Cost effectiveness of a two‐year home exercise program for the treatment of knee pain by Thomas, K. S., Miller, P., Doherty, M., Muir, K. R., Jones, A. C., O'Reilly, S. C.

“…Objective To assess the cost effectiveness of a 2‐year home exercise program for the treatment of knee pain. Methods A total of 759 adults aged ≥45 years were…”
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