Latest research

Conference Paper, SLLS International Conference: Life Courses in Cross-National Comparison: Similarities and Differences, 18-21 October 2015, Dublin, Ireland - October 18, 2015

OP96 Associations between active commuting behaviours and blood biomarkers for cardiovascular disease: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study -conference paper abstract-

Journal Article - September 15, 2015

Using genome-wide data to examine the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and sleep

Victoria Garfield

Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2015, 21-23 July 2015, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - July 22, 2015

Heritability and genetic association analysis of two cognition phenotypes in white European adults

Delilah Zabaneh

Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2015, 21-23 July 2015, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - July 22, 2015

Investigating the effects of active commuting

Book Chapter, Insights 2015: Findings from the Largest Longitudinal Study of UK Households, Ch. 2: Health behaviours - June 1, 2015

Height-reducing variants and selection for short stature in Sardinia

Journal Article - June 1, 2015

Leukemia-associated somatic mutations drive distinct patterns of age-related clonal hemopoiesis

Journal Article - March 3, 2015

Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies

Journal Article - December 4, 2014

Associations between active commuting, body fat, and body mass index: population based, cross sectional study in the United Kingdom

Journal Article - August 19, 2014

Social correlates of clotting disorders in adults and the very old: UK Understanding Society cohort, 2009-2010

Ivy Shiue

Journal Article - July 15, 2014

The income-health gradient: evidence from self-reported health and biomarkers using longitudinal data on income

Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using GWAS and expression datasets from blood and the kidney

Saving behaviour and biomarkers: a high-dimensional Bayesian analysis of British panel data

Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

Untreated hypertension in the UK household population — who are missed by the general health checks?

Concordance of health states in couples. Analysis of self-reported, nurse administered and blood-based biomarker data in Understanding Society

Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

Assessing the role of insulin-like growth factors and binding proteins in prostate cancer using Mendelian randomization: genetic variants as instruments for circulating levels

Exploring the relationship between time preference, body fatness, and educational attainment

Unemployment and health in the UK : exploring psychobiological pathways -PhD thesis-

Obesity, metabolic health, and history of cytomegalovirus infection in the general population

Association of adiposity and mental health functioning across the lifespan: findings from Understanding Society (The UK Household Longitudinal Study)

The physical health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study

Meta-analysis of summary statistics from quantitative trait association studies with unknown sample overlap -conference paper abstract-

Age and income-related inequalities in C-reactive protein: evidence from Understanding Society (UKHLS)