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| Panayotes DemakakosSummaryAffiliation: University College London Country: UK Publications
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Age identity, age perceptions, and health: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of AgeingPanayotes Demakakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1114:279-87. 2007..These findings indicate the importance of age identity and age perceptions for health in old age...- Socioeconomic status and health: the role of subjective social statusPanayotes Demakakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, United Kingdom
Soc Sci Med 67:330-40. 2008..Our results suggest that SSS is an important correlate of health in old age, possibly because of its ability to epitomize life-time achievement and socioeconomic status... - Depressive symptoms and risk of type 2 diabetes in a national sample of middle-aged and older adults: the English longitudinal study of agingPanayotes Demakakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Diabetes Care 33:792-7. 2010..To examine the association between baseline elevated depressive symptoms and incident type 2 diabetes in a national sample of people aged > or =50 years... - Low-intensity physical activity is associated with reduced risk of incident type 2 diabetes in older adults: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of AgeingP Demakakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Diabetologia 53:1877-85. 2010..We examined whether small amounts of low-intensity physical activity were associated with reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a national sample of people aged 50 years and over... - Persistent depressive symptomatology and inflammation: to what extent do health behaviours and weight control mediate this relationship?Mark Hamer
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1 19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Brain Behav Immun 23:413-8. 2009..The presence of persistent depression appears to be associated with the greatest risk of elevated inflammation... - Social gradients in oral health in older adults: findings from the English longitudinal survey of agingGeorgios Tsakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Am J Public Health 101:1892-9. 2011..We examined prospective associations between socioeconomic position (SEP) markers and oral health outcomes in a national sample of older adults in England... - Age and gender differences in physical capability levels from mid-life onwards: the harmonisation and meta-analysis of data from eight UK cohort studiesRachel Cooper
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e27899. 2011..These harmonised data are now being used within HALCyon to understand the lifetime social and biological determinants of physical capability and its changes with age... - Leisure time physical activity, risk of depressive symptoms, and inflammatory mediators: the English Longitudinal Study of AgeingMark Hamer
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1 19 Torrington Place, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:1050-5. 2009..To examine if inflammatory markers (CRP, fibrinogen) might partly explain the association between physical activity (PA) and risk of depression... - Assessment of the health status of Greek centenariansChristina Darviri
Department of Health Visiting, Technological Educational Institute TEI of Athens, Thivon Avenue 274, GR 12244 Athens, Greece
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 46:67-78. 2008..These results indicate that exceptional longevity is not necessarily accompanied by disability, disease and total dependence on others...