Search Results - "Ness, Andy R"

Assessing causality in the association between child adiposity and physical activity levels: a Mendelian randomization analysis by Richmond, Rebecca C, Davey Smith, George, Ness, Andy R, den Hoed, Marcel, McMahon, George, Timpson, Nicholas J

“…Cross-sectional studies have shown that objectively measured physical activity is associated with childhood adiposity, and a strong inverse dose-response…”
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Time outdoors and physical activity as predictors of incident myopia in childhood: a prospective cohort study by Guggenheim, Jeremy A, Northstone, Kate, McMahon, George, Ness, Andy R, Deere, Kevin, Mattocks, Calum, Pourcain, Beate St, Williams, Cathy

“…Time spent in "sports/outdoor activity" has shown a negative association with incident myopia during childhood. We investigated the association of incident…”
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DNA methylation patterns in cord blood DNA and body size in childhood by Relton, Caroline L, Groom, Alexandra, St Pourcain, Beate, Sayers, Adrian E, Swan, Daniel C, Embleton, Nicholas D, Pearce, Mark S, Ring, Susan M, Northstone, Kate, Tobias, Jon H, Trakalo, Joseph, Ness, Andy R, Shaheen, Seif O, Davey Smith, George

“…Epigenetic markings acquired in early life may have phenotypic consequences later in development through their role in transcriptional regulation with…”
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Association Between Components of Body Composition and Scoliosis: A Prospective Cohort Study Reporting Differences Identifiable Before the Onset of Scoliosis by Clark, Emma M, Taylor, Hilary J, Harding, Ian, Hutchinson, John, Nelson, Ian, Deanfield, John E, Ness, Andy R, Tobias, Jon H

“…ABSTRACT There is an increasing body of research suggesting that low body weight is associated with scoliosis, but this is based on case‐control studies, which…”
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Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a large cohort of children by Ness, Andy R, Leary, Sam D, Mattocks, Calum, Blair, Steven N, Reilly, John J, Wells, Jonathan, Ingle, Sue, Tilling, Kate, Smith, George Davey, Riddoch, Chris

“…Previous studies have been unable to characterise the association between physical activity and obesity, possibly because most relied on inaccurate measures of…”
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Association Between Bone Mass and Fractures in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study by Clark, Emma M, Ness, Andy R, Bishop, Nicholas J, Tobias, Jon H

“…This is the first prospective cohort study of the association between bone mass and fracture risk in childhood. A total of 6213 children 9.9 years of age were…”
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Birth prevalence of neural tube defects and orofacial clefts in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Allagh, Komal Preet, Shamanna, B R, Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S, Ness, Andy R, Doyle, Pat, Neogi, Sutapa B, Pant, Hira B

“…In the last two decades, India has witnessed a substantial decrease in infant mortality attributed to infectious disease and malnutrition. However, the…”
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Vigorous Physical Activity Increases Fracture Risk in Children Irrespective of Bone Mass: A Prospective Study of the Independent Risk Factors for Fractures in Healthy Children by Clark, Emma M, Ness, Andy R, Tobias, Jon H

“…Low bone mass is a determinant of fractures in healthy children. Small studies provide limited evidence on the association between ethnicity, birth weight,…”
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Sedentary Behavior and Obesity in a Large Cohort of Children by Mitchell, Jonathan A, Mattocks, Calum, Ness, Andy R, Leary, Sam D, Pate, Russell R, Dowda, Marsha, Blair, Steven N, Riddoch, Chris

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sedentary behavior and obesity among 12‐year‐old children, while adjusting for…”
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Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15 by Howe, Laura D, Tilling, Kate, Benfield, Li, Logue, Jennifer, Sattar, Naveed, Ness, Andy R, Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Debbie A

“…Little is known about whether associations between childhood adiposity and later adverse cardiovascular health outcomes are driven by tracking of overweight…”
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Habitual Levels of Physical Activity Influence Bone Mass in 11‐Year‐Old Children From the United Kingdom: Findings From a Large Population‐Based Cohort by Tobias, Jon H, Steer, Colin D, Mattocks, Calum G, Riddoch, Chris, Ness, Andy R

“…We examined the influence of habitual levels of physical activity on bone mass in childhood by studying the relationship between accelerometer recordings and…”
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Smoking during Pregnancy and Offspring Fat and Lean Mass in Childhood by Leary, Sam D., Smith, George Davey, Rogers, Imogen S., Reilly, John J., Wells, Jonathan C.K., Ness, Andy R.

“…Objective: Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been shown to be associated with obesity in the offspring, but findings have been based mainly on BMI, which…”
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Earlier mother's age at menarche predicts rapid infancy growth and childhood obesity by Ong, Ken K, Northstone, Kate, Wells, Jonathan C K, Rubin, Carol, Ness, Andy R, Golding, Jean, Dunger, David B

“…Early menarche tends to be preceded by rapid infancy weight gain and is associated with increased childhood and adult obesity risk. As age at menarche is a…”
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Relationships between direct and indirect measures of central and total adiposity in children: What are we measuring? by Bigornia, Sherman J., LaValley, Michael P., Benfield, Li L., Ness, Andy R., Newby, P.K.

“…Objective: The relationship between central and total fat measured by anthropometry, dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…”
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Family pet ownership during childhood: findings from a UK birth cohort and implications for public health research by Westgarth, Carri, Heron, Jon, Ness, Andy R, Bundred, Peter, Gaskell, Rosalind M, Coyne, Karen P, German, Alexander J, McCune, Sandra, Dawson, Susan

“…In developed nations, approximately half of household environments contain pets. Studies of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) have proposed that there are health…”
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Dietary energy density affects fat mass in early adolescence and is not modified by FTO variants by Johnson, Laura, van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M, Emmett, Pauline M, Rogers, Imogen S, Ness, Andy R, Hattersley, Andrew T, Timpson, Nicholas J, Smith, George Davey, Jebb, Susan A

“…Dietary energy density (DED) does not have a simple linear relationship to fat mass in children, which suggests that some children are more susceptible than…”
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Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer by Charles, Deborah, Ness, Andy R, Campbell, Doris, Smith, George Davey, Hall, Marion H

“…No % Unadjusted hazard ratio (95% CI; P value) P for trend Fully adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI; P value) P for trend Mortality risk in the two separate…”
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Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking at diagnosis of head and neck cancer and all‐cause mortality: Results from head and neck 5000, a prospective observational cohort of people with head and neck cancer by Beynon, Rhona A., Lang, Samantha, Schimansky, Sarah, Penfold, Christopher M., Waylen, Andrea, Thomas, Steven J., Pawlita, Michael, Waterboer, Tim, Martin, Richard M., May, Margaret, Ness, Andy R.

“…Tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption are well‐established risk factors for head and neck cancer. The prognostic role of smoking and alcohol intake at…”
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Associations of Central and Peripheral Blood Pressure With Cardiac Structure and Function in an Adolescent Birth Cohort by Ferreira, Diana L.S., MSc, PhD, Fraser, Abigail, MA, MPH, PhD, Howe, Laura D., MSc, PhD, Jones, Siana, MSc, Davey Smith, George, MA, MD, BChir, MSc, Lawlor, Debbie A., MBChB, MSc, PhD, Tapp, Robyn J., Dip, BA, GradDip, PhD, Ness, Andy R., BM, BS, PhD, Deanfield, John E., BA, BChir, MB, Chaturvedi, Nish, MBBS, MSc, MD, Hughes, Alun D., MBBS, PhD

“…Most studies relating blood pressure (BP) to target organ damage measure BP at the brachial artery, but pulse pressure (PP) and systolic BP (SBP) in the aorta…”
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Associations between markers of social functioning and depression and quality of life in survivors of head and neck cancer: Findings from the Head and Neck Cancer 5000 study by Patterson, Joanne M., Lu, Liya, Watson, Laura‐Jayne, Harding, Sam, Ness, Andy R., Thomas, Steve, Waylen, Andrea, Pring, Miranda, Waterboer, Tim, Sharp, Linda

“…Objective To investigate associations between markers of social functioning (trouble with social eating and social contact), depression and health‐related…”
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