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| Linsay GraySummaryAffiliation: National Institute for Medical Research Country: UK Publications
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Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland Midspan Family StudyLinsay Gray
Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Int J Epidemiol 41:1776-85. 2012..Adult height is known to be inversely related to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. We sought to investigate transgenerational influence of parental height on offspring's CHD risk...
Blood pressure in early adulthood, hypertension in middle age, and future cardiovascular disease mortality: HAHS (Harvard Alumni Health Study)Linsay Gray
MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
J Am Coll Cardiol 58:2396-403. 2011..We sought to examine the association of early adulthood blood pressure with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, while accounting for middle-age hypertension...
Association of body mass index in early adulthood and middle age with future site-specific cancer mortality: the Harvard Alumni Health StudyL Gray
Medical Research Council Chief Scientist Office Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Ann Oncol 23:754-9. 2012..Further, the potential for mediation by adiposity in middle age has not been well examined. In a rare study, we investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood with mortality from several site-specific cancers...
International differences in self-reported health measures in 33 major metropolitan areas in EuropeLinsay Gray
MRC CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Eur J Public Health 22:40-7. 2012..We aimed to demonstrate the use of routine survey data to compare the health of large metropolitan centres across Europe and determine the extent to which differences are due to socio-economic factors...
Overweight status and psychological well-being in adolescent boys and girls: a multilevel analysisLinsay Gray
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Eur J Public Health 18:616-21. 2008..Correlation of area-level variation in overweight status in adolescents and adults was investigated...
A multilevel analysis of diet and socio-economic status in Scotland: investigating the 'Glasgow effect'Linsay Gray
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Public Health Nutr 12:1351-8. 2009..To investigate differences between dietary habits in Glasgow and those in the rest of Scotland and the role that socio-economic factors have in explaining these...
Is the "Glasgow effect" of cigarette smoking explained by socio-economic status?: a multilevel analysisLinsay Gray
Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Glasgow, UK
BMC Public Health 9:245. 2009..Of interest is whether high smoking rates are explained by the area's socio-economic profile...
What is the predictive value of established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality when measured before middle age? Pooled analyses of two prospective cohort studies from ScotlandLinsay Gray
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:106-12. 2010..To examine the association of physiological, behavioural and social characteristics in pre-middle age with future total and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality...
Evidence of divergence with duration of residence in circulatory disease mortality in migrants to AustraliaLinsay Gray
Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, University of Glasgow, UK
Eur J Public Health 17:550-4. 2007..Very little is known about how acculturation affects health in different societal settings. Using duration of residence, this study investigates acculturation and circulatory disease mortality among migrants in Australia...
