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Pronunciation of irregular words is preserved in dementia, validating premorbid IQ estimation by MCGURN, B, STARR, J. M, TOPFER, J. A, PATTIE, A, WHITEMAN, M. C, LEMMON, H. A, WHALLEY, L. J, DEARY, I. J

“…The National Adult Reading Test (NART), used to estimate premorbid mental ability, involves pronunciation of irregular words. The authors demonstrate that,…”
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Association between genotype at an exonic SNP in DISC1 and normal cognitive aging by Thomson, P.A., Harris, S.E., Starr, J.M., Whalley, L.J., Porteous, D.J., Deary, I.J.

“…DISC1 is expressed in the hippocampus and has been identified as a possible genetic risk factor for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These psychiatric…”
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Spatio-temporal stochastic modelling of Clostridium difficile by Starr, J.M, Campbell, A, Renshaw, E, Poxton, I.R, Gibson, G.J

“…Summary Clostridium difficile -associated diarrhoea (CDAD) occurs sporadically or in small discrete outbreaks. Stochastic models may help to inform hospital…”
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Blood pressure, socio-economic status and health in the Lothian 1921 birth cohort: A longitudinal study by Starr, J.M, Deary, I.J

“…Summary Objectives To test whether socio-economic status and disease burden influence blood pressure in older adults. Study design Longitudinal cohort study of…”
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O4.17: Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies by Dodds, R.M, Syddall, H.E, Cooper, R, Benzeval, M, Deary, I.J, Dennison, E.M, Der, G, Gale, C.R, Inskip, H.M, Jagger, C, Kirkwood, T.B, Lawlor, D.A, Robinson, S.M, Starr, J.M, Steptoe, A, Tilling, K, Kuh, D, Cooper, C, Aihie Sayer, A.P

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Skin ageing and oxidative stress in a narrow-age cohort of older adults by Allerhand, M, Ting Ooi, E, Starr, R.J, Alcorn, M, Penke, L, Drost, E, MacNee, W, Deary, I.J, Starr, J.M

“…Abstract Purpose Skin ageing is not a monolithic entity, but comprises several related sets of features. We sought to determine the number of related sets of…”
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Cigarette smoking and thinning of the brain’s cortex by Karama, S, Ducharme, S, Corley, J, Chouinard-Decorte, F, Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J M, Bastin, M E, Deary, I J

“…Cigarette smoking is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, but the extent of the association between smoking and structural brain changes remains…”
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Associations between Dietary Inflammatory Index Scores and Inflammatory Biomarkers among Older Adults in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study by Corley, Janie, Shivappa, N., Hébert, J. R., Starr, J. M., Deary, I. J.

“…Objectives Chronic low-grade inflammation is a key underlying mechanism in several age-related chronic conditions and previous studies have shown that diet can…”
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Brain white matter tract integrity as a neural foundation for general intelligence by Penke, L, Maniega, S Muñoz, Bastin, M E, Valdés Hernández, M C, Murray, C, Royle, N A, Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

“…General intelligence is a robust predictor of important life outcomes, including educational and occupational attainment, successfully managing everyday life…”
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A genome-wide association study implicates the APOE locus in nonpathological cognitive ageing by Davies, G, Harris, S E, Reynolds, C A, Payton, A, Knight, H M, Liewald, D C, Lopez, L M, Luciano, M, Gow, A J, Corley, J, Henderson, R, Murray, C, Pattie, A, Fox, H C, Redmond, P, Lutz, M W, Chiba-Falek, O, Linnertz, C, Saith, S, Haggarty, P, McNeill, G, Ke, X, Ollier, W, Horan, M, Roses, A D, Ponting, C P, Porteous, D J, Tenesa, A, Pickles, A, Starr, J M, Whalley, L J, Pedersen, N L, Pendleton, N, Visscher, P M, Deary, I J

“…Cognitive decline is a feared aspect of growing old. It is a major contributor to lower quality of life and loss of independence in old age. We investigated…”
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APOE E4 status predicts age-related cognitive decline in the ninth decade: longitudinal follow-up of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 by Schiepers, O J G, Harris, S E, Gow, A J, Pattie, A, Brett, C E, Starr, J M, Deary, I J

“…Carriers of the APOE E4 allele have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. However, it is less clear whether APOE E4 status may also be involved…”
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Childhood cognitive ability accounts for associations between cognitive ability and brain cortical thickness in old age by Karama, S, Bastin, M E, Murray, C, Royle, N A, Penke, L, Muñoz Maniega, S, Gow, A J, Corley, J, Valdés Hernández, MdelC, Lewis, J D, Rousseau, M-É, Lepage, C, Fonov, V, Collins, D L, Booth, T, Rioux, P, Sherif, T, Adalat, R, Starr, J M, Evans, A C, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

“…Associations between brain cortical tissue volume and cognitive function in old age are frequently interpreted as suggesting that preservation of cortical…”
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Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in systolic blood pressure in older individuals by Firth, C, Harrison, R, Ritchie, S, Wardlaw, J, Ferro, C J, Starr, J M, Deary, I J, Moss, P

“…Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a chronic infection that is widely distributed in the population. CMV infects a range of tissues, including endothelium, and viral…”
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Increased blood–brain barrier permeability in type II diabetes demonstrated by gadolinium magnetic resonance imaging by Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J, Ferguson, K, MacLullich, A, Deary, I J, Marshall, I

“…Objectives: Patients with type II diabetes are at increased risk of cognitive impairment. The retinal and renal complications of diabetes follow microvascular…”
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708 Common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits by Thomson, P A, Parla, J S, McRae, A F, Kramer, M, Ramakrishnan, K, Yao, J, Soares, D C, McCarthy, S, Morris, S W, Cardone, L, Cass, S, Ghiban, E, Hennah, W, Evans, K L, Rebolini, D, Millar, J K, Harris, S E, Starr, J M, MacIntyre, D J, McIntosh, A M, Watson, J D, Deary, I J, Visscher, P M, Blackwood, D H, McCombie, W R, Porteous, D J

“…A balanced t(1;11) translocation that transects the Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene shows genome-wide significant linkage for schizophrenia and…”
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Dietary iodine exposure and brain structures and cognition in older people. Exploratory analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 by del C. Valdés Hernández, Maria, Kyle, J., Allan, J., Allerhand, M., Clark, H., Muñoz Manieg, S., Royle, N. A., Gow, A. J., Pattie, A., Corley, J., Bastin, M. E., Starr, J. M., Wardlaw, J. M., Deary, I. J., Combet, E.

“…Background Iodine deficiency is one of the three key micronutrient deficiencies highlighted as major public health issues by the World Health Organisation…”
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Brain-wide white matter tract integrity is associated with information processing speed and general intelligence by Penke, L, Maniega, S M, Bastin, M E, Hernández, M C V, Murray, C, Royle, N A, Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

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Antioxidant and B vitamin intake in relation to cognitive function in later life in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 by McNeill, G, Jia, X, Whalley, L J, Fox, H C, Corley, J, Gow, A J, Brett, C E, Starr, J M, Deary, I J

“…Background/Objectives: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies provide some evidence for an association between intake of antioxidants and B vitamins, and…”
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Childhood IQ and cardiovascular disease in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies by Hart, C.L., Taylor, M.D., Smith, G.Davey, Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D.J., Wilson, V., Deary, I.J.

“…This study investigated the influence of childhood IQ on the relationships between risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD)…”
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Brain white matter lesions detected by magnetic resosnance imaging are associated with balance and gait speed by Starr, J M, Leaper, S A, Murray, A D, Lemmon, H A, Staff, R T, Deary, I J, Whalley, L J

“…Objective: To investigate the relations between premorbid and current mental ability, mood, and white matter signal abnormalities detected by T2 weighted brain…”
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