Publications 2008

(1) Atherton K, Fuller E, Shepherd P, Strachan DP, Power C. Loss and representativeness in a biomedical survey at age 45 years: 1958 British birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62:216-223.

(2) Bjorksten B, Clayton T, Ellwood P, Stewart A, Strachan D, Phase Iii Study Group. Worldwide time trends for symptoms of rhinitis and conjunctivitis: Phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2008; 19:110-124.

(3) Bremner SA, Carey IM, Dewilde S, Richards N, Maier WC, Hilton SR, Strachan DP, Cook DG. Infections presenting for clinical care in early life and later risk of hay fever in two UK birth cohorts. Allergy 2008; 63:274-283.

(4) Dewilde S, Carey IM, Richards N, Whincup PH, Cook DG. Trends in secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in the UK 1994 2005: use of individual and combination treatment. Heart 2008; 94:83-88.

(5) Ecob R, Sutton G, Rudnicka A, Smith P, Power C, Strachan D, Davis A. Is the relation of social class to change in hearing threshold levels from childhood to middle age explained by noise, smoking, and drinking behaviour? Int J Audiol 2008; 47:100-108.

(6) Flohr C, Weiland SK, Weinmayr G, Bjorksten B, Braback L, Brunekreef B, Buchele G, Clausen M, Cookson WO, von ME, Strachan DP, Williams HC. The role of atopic sensitization in flexural eczema: Findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase Two. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:141-147.

(7) Freeman GK, Woloshynowych M, Baker R, Boulton M, Guthrie B, Car J, Haggerty J. Continuity of care 2006: What are the policy imperatives now? Report of a review for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R & D. SDO/138/2005, 1-130. 2008. London, NHSCCSDO.

(8) Hardoon SL, Whincup PH, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Capewell S, Morris RW. How much of the recent decline in the incidence of myocardial infarction in British men can be explained by changes in cardiovascular risk factors? Evidence from a prospective population-based study. Circulation 2008; 117:598-604.

(9) Holt PJ, Poloniecki JD, Loftus IM, Thompson MM. Demonstrating safety through in-hospital mortality analysis following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in England. Br J Surg 2008; 95:64-71.

(10) Hunt KA, Zhernakova A, Turner G, Heap GA, Franke L, Bruinenberg M, Romanos J, Dinesen LC, Ryan AW, Panesar D, Gwilliam R, Takeuchi F, McLaren WM, Holmes GK, Howdle PD, Walters JR, Sanders DS, Playford RJ, Trynka G, Mulder CJ, Mearin ML, Verbeek WH, Trimble V, Stevens FM, O'Morain C, Kennedy NP, Kelleher D, Pennington DJ, Strachan DP, McArdle WL, Mein CA, Wapenaar MC, Deloukas P, McGinnis R, McManus R, Wijmenga C, van Heel DA. Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease related to the immune response. Nat Genet 2008; 40:395-402.

(11) Morris RW, Wannamethee G, Lennon LT, Thomas MC, Whincup PH. Do socioeconomic characteristics of neighbourhood of residence independently influence incidence of coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in older British men? Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2008; 15:19-25.

(12) Ramsay S, Lowe GD, Whincup PH, Rumley A, Morris RW, Wannamethee SG. Relationships of inflammatory and haemostatic markers with social class: results from a population-based study of older men. Atherosclerosis 2008; 197:654-661.

(13) Ramsay SE, Morris RW, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Whincup PH. Are social inequalities in mortality in Britain narrowing? Time trends from 1978 to 2005 in a population-based study of older men. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62:75-80.

(14) Sandhu MS, Waterworth DM, Debenham SL, Wheeler E, Papadakis K, Zhao JH, Song K, Yuan X, Johnson T, Ashford S, Inouye M, Luben R, Sims M, Hadley D, McArdle W, Barter P, Kesaniemi YA, Mahley RW, McPherson R, Grundy SM, Bingham SA, Khaw KT, Loos RJ, Waeber G, Barroso I, Strachan DP, Deloukas P, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Mooser V. LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study. Lancet 2008; 371:483-491.

(15) Shah SM, Cook DG. Socio-economic determinants of casualty and NHS Direct use. J Public Health (Oxf) 2008; 30:75-81.

(16) Sutherland AI, Morris DS, Owen CG, Bron AJ, Roach RC. Optic nerve sheath diameter, intracranial pressure and acute mountain sickness on Mount Everest: a longitudinal cohort study. Br J Sports Med 2008; 42:183-188.

(17) Wang M, Karlsson C, Olsson C, Adlerberth I, Wold AE, Strachan DP, Martricardi PM, Aberg N, Perkin MR, Tripodi S, Coates AR, Hesselmar B, Saalman R, Molin G, Ahrne S. Reduced diversity in the early fecal microbiota of infants with atopic eczema. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:129-134.

(18) Williams H, Stewart A, von ME, Cookson W, Anderson HR. Is eczema really on the increase worldwide? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:947-954.