R Cooper

Summary

Affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Lifetime body size and reproductive factors: comparisons of data recorded prospectively with self reports in middle age
    Benjamin J Cairns
    Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 11:7. 2011
  2. ncbi Hysterectomy and subsequent psychological health: findings from a British birth cohort study
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, 33 Bedford Place, London, WC1B 5JU, UK
    J Affect Disord 115:122-30. 2009
  3. ncbi Objectively measured physical capability levels and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and Division of Population Health, University College London, London WC1B 5JU
    BMJ 341:c4467. 2010
  4. ncbi Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, UK
    Age Ageing 40:14-23. 2011
  5. ncbi Timing of menarche, childbearing and hysterectomy risk
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London, UK
    Maturitas 61:317-22. 2008
  6. ncbi Gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort followed to mid-life
    Rachel Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 38:235-44. 2009
  7. ncbi Menopausal status and physical performance in midlife: findings from a British birth cohort study
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    Menopause 15:1079-85. 2008
  8. ncbi Socioeconomic position and hysterectomy: a cross-cohort comparison of women in Australia and Great Britain
    R Cooper
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and PublicHealth, University College London, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:1057-63. 2008
  9. ncbi Sex differences in the associations between birthweight and lipid levels in middle-age: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
    Rachel Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
    Atherosclerosis 200:141-9. 2008
  10. ncbi Is adiposity across life associated with subsequent hysterectomy risk? Findings from the 1946 British birth cohort study
    R Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    BJOG 115:184-92; discussion 192. 2008

Detail Information

Publications27

  1. ncbi Lifetime body size and reproductive factors: comparisons of data recorded prospectively with self reports in middle age
    Benjamin J Cairns
    Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    BMC Med Res Methodol 11:7. 2011
    ....
  2. ncbi Hysterectomy and subsequent psychological health: findings from a British birth cohort study
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, 33 Bedford Place, London, WC1B 5JU, UK
    J Affect Disord 115:122-30. 2009
    ..We aimed to test the association between hysterectomy and subsequent psychological health and examine variation in this association by characteristics of hysterectomy...
  3. ncbi Objectively measured physical capability levels and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and Division of Population Health, University College London, London WC1B 5JU
    BMJ 341:c4467. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, UK
    Age Ageing 40:14-23. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Timing of menarche, childbearing and hysterectomy risk
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London, UK
    Maturitas 61:317-22. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi Gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort followed to mid-life
    Rachel Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 38:235-44. 2009
    ..Associations between gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease have not been fully investigated...
  7. ncbi Menopausal status and physical performance in midlife: findings from a British birth cohort study
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    Menopause 15:1079-85. 2008
    ..To test the associations of menopausal status, timing of menopause, and hysterectomy with physical performance at age 53 years...
  8. ncbi Socioeconomic position and hysterectomy: a cross-cohort comparison of women in Australia and Great Britain
    R Cooper
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and PublicHealth, University College London, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:1057-63. 2008
    ..To examine the associations between indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) and hysterectomy in two Australian and two British cohorts...
  9. ncbi Sex differences in the associations between birthweight and lipid levels in middle-age: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
    Rachel Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
    Atherosclerosis 200:141-9. 2008
    ..To examine sex differences in birthweight-lipid associations...
  10. ncbi Is adiposity across life associated with subsequent hysterectomy risk? Findings from the 1946 British birth cohort study
    R Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    BJOG 115:184-92; discussion 192. 2008
    ..To examine the associations between adiposity at time points from early life onwards and subsequent hysterectomy risk...
  11. ncbi Is there an association between hysterectomy and subsequent adiposity?
    Rachel Cooper
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
    Maturitas 58:296-307. 2007
    ....
  12. ncbi Do positive psychological characteristics modify the associations of physical performance with functional decline and institutionalization? Findings from the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, 33 Bedford Place, London, WC1B 5JU, UK
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 66:468-77. 2011
    ..To investigate whether 3 positive psychological characteristics, related to sense of control, modify the associations of physical performance levels with subsequent functional decline and institutionalization...
  13. ncbi Physical activity across adulthood and physical performance in midlife: findings from a British birth cohort
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, United Kingdom
    Am J Prev Med 41:376-84. 2011
    ..It is unclear whether the benefits of physical activity accumulate across life or whether there are sensitive periods when physical activity is more influential...
  14. ncbi Age and gender differences in physical capability levels from mid-life onwards: the harmonisation and meta-analysis of data from eight UK cohort studies
    Rachel 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...
  15. ncbi Associations between parental and offspring adiposity up to midlife: the contribution of adult lifestyle factors in the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study
    Rachel Cooper
    Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and Division of Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    Am J Clin Nutr 92:946-53. 2010
    ..Parent-offspring associations in adiposity are well known, but the extent to which they are explained by modifiable environmental and lifestyle factors remains to be elucidated...
  16. ncbi Cardiovascular risk at age 53 years in relation to the menopause transition and use of hormone replacement therapy: a prospective British birth cohort study
    D Kuh
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    BJOG 112:476-85. 2005
    ..The lower levels of metabolic risk factors for women on hormone replacement therapy may protect against future cardiovascular disease or may be overwhelmed by other adverse, and as yet unknown, effects of hormone replacement therapy...
  17. ncbi Validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood
    R Cooper
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:993-7. 2006
    ..To test the validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood and examine whether socioeconomic position, education, experience of gynaecological events and psychological symptoms influence the accuracy of recall...
  18. ncbi Cognitive function across the life course and the menopausal transition in a British birth cohort
    Helen S Kok
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, England
    Menopause 13:19-27. 2006
    ..These findings suggest that common environmental or genetic factors, operating through long-term or lifelong hormonal mechanisms, may influence the timing of natural menopause and lifetime cognitive function...
  19. ncbi A life course approach to healthy ageing: the HALCyon programme
    D Kuh
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London, UK
    Public Health 126:193-5. 2012
    ..In this symposium, HALCyon co-investigators reported the first wave of findings from five of the eight work packages...
  20. ncbi A life course approach to reproductive health: theory and methods
    Gita D Mishra
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College and Royal Free Medical School, 33 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JU, United Kingdom
    Maturitas 65:92-7. 2010
    ..This approach has implications for the development of effective health policy that moves beyond identifying not only the type of intervention but also the most appropriate time across life to intervene...
  21. ncbi Early life circumstances and their impact on menarche and menopause
    Gita D Mishra
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College and Royal Free Medical School, London, UK
    Womens Health (Lond Engl) 5:175-90. 2009
    ..It examines possible explanations of the associations found, including life history theory, and discusses areas for future research...
  22. ncbi Lifetime cognitive performance is associated with midlife physical performance in a prospective national birth cohort study
    Diana Kuh
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    Psychosom Med 71:38-48. 2009
    ..To examine whether measures of cognitive performance across life are related to physical performance at age 53 years, allowing for potential confounders...
  23. ncbi Is chair rise performance a useful measure of leg power?
    Rebecca Hardy
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, UK
    Aging Clin Exp Res 22:412-8. 2010
    ..We assessed the relationship of chair rise performance with leg extensor power (LEP), measured using the Nottingham Power Rig (NPR), and with standing balance performance...
  24. ncbi Socio-economic position across the life course and hysterectomy in three British cohorts: a cross-cohort comparative study
    Rachel Cooper
    MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
    BJOG 112:1126-33. 2005
    ....
  25. ncbi Cessation of hormone replacement therapy after reports of adverse findings from randomized controlled trials: evidence from a British Birth Cohort
    Gita Mishra
    National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, England
    Am J Public Health 96:1219-25. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These decreases coincided with the announced cessation of a large US clinical trial of HRT. This publicity may have had a differential influence on the immediate decline in HRT use by various groups of British women...
  26. ncbi Coaching for clinicians
    John Driscoll
    Nurs Manag (Harrow) 12:18-23. 2005
  27. ncbi An examination of enrollment of children in public health insurance in New York City through facilitated enrollment
    Gerry Fairbrother
    Division of Health and Science Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 5283, USA
    J Urban Health 81:191-205. 2004
    ..In a multivariable analysis, some of the factors associated with success in enrollment included being assisted by a community-based facilitated enroller, knowledge of required documents, and having lost a child's other health insurance...