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The FTO gene polymorphism is associated with end-stage renal disease: two large independent case-control studies in a general populationJaroslav A Hubacek
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Nephrol Dial Transplant 27:1030-5. 2012..We investigated the role of this gene in the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) caused by CKD...- Determinants of self rated health and mortality in Russia - are they the same?Francesca Perlman
ECOHOST, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Equity Health 7:19. 2008..abstract:.. - APOE polymorphism and its effect on plasma C-reactive protein levels in a large general population sampleJaroslav A Hubacek
Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Hum Immunol 71:304-8. 2010..This study, the largest to date, provides robust evidence of an association between plasma hsCRP and the APOE genotype, an association not explained by history of cardiovascular disease nor its risk factors... 
Adverse health effects of low levels of perceived control in Swedish and Russian community samplesJohanna Lundberg
1Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Sweden
BMC Public Health 7:314. 2007....- Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors: a multilevel analysis of nine cities in the Czech Republic and GermanyNico Dragano
Department of Medical Sociology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
BMC Public Health 7:255. 2007..To assess the consistency of associations the design is cross-national with data from nine industrial towns from the Czech Republic and Germany... - Dietary habits in three Central and Eastern European countries: the HAPIEE studySinead Boylan
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
BMC Public Health 9:439. 2009..This paper describes the methods of dietary assessment and presents preliminary findings on food and nutrient intakes in large general population samples in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic... - Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: rationale and design of the HAPIEE studyAnne Peasey
International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
BMC Public Health 6:255. 2006..The main hypotheses of the HAPIEE study relate to the role of alcohol, nutrition and psychosocial factors... - Societal characteristics and health in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: a multilevel analysisMartin Bobak
UCL International Insitute for Society and Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:990-6. 2007.... - Changes in smoking prevalence in Russia, 1996-2004M Bobak
UCL International Institute for Society and Health, University College London, London, UK
Tob Control 15:131-5. 2006..Changes in the prevalence of smoking in Russia between 1996 and 2004, and whether theses changes differed by sociodemographic groups, were investigated... 
Relation between children's height and outdoor air pollution from coal-burning sources in the British 1946 birth cohortMartin Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 77:383-6. 2004..Air pollution is associated with a number of health outcomes in childhood. In this study, we investigated whether air pollution is related to children's height...- Life span and disability: a cross sectional comparison of Russian and Swedish community based dataMartin Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, University College London, London WC1E 6BT
BMJ 329:767. 2004..To compare levels of disability (in terms of physical function and self rated health) among middle aged and elderly people in Russia and Sweden, a country with high life expectancy... - Unfavourable birth outcomes of the Roma women in the Czech Republic and the potential explanations: a population-based studyMartin Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
BMC Public Health 5:106. 2005..The objective of this study was to quantify the differences in birth outcomes between Roma and non-Roma mothers in the Czech Republic and to investigate the potential causes of such differences... - Depressive symptoms in urban population samples in Russia, Poland and the Czech RepublicMartin Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Br J Psychiatry 188:359-65. 2006..Relatively little is known about depression in countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union, especially Russia... - The association between psychosocial characteristics at work and problem drinking: a cross-sectional study of men in three Eastern European urban populationsM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Occup Environ Med 62:546-50. 2005..Psychosocial factors at work are thought to influence health partly through health behaviours... - Commentary: migration and health--what about those who stay at home?Martin Bobak
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:1272-3. 2007 - Association between year of birth and cognitive functions in Russia and the Czech Republic: cross-sectional results of the HAPIEE studyMartin Bobak
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Neuroepidemiology 33:231-9. 2009..To assess differences in cognitive functions by year of birth in Russia and the Czech Republic... - Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health: cross-sectional data from seven post-communist countriesM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Soc Sci Med 51:1343-50. 2000..Perceived control appeared statistically to mediate some of the effects of material deprivation. The non-significant effects of both ecological measures of inequality were eliminated by controlling for individuals' characteristics... - Maternal socioeconomic characteristics and infant mortality from injuries in the Czech Republic 1989-92M Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Inj Prev 6:195-8. 2000..This study examined whether maternal socioeconomic characteristics predict infant mortality from injuries in the Czech Republic... - Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countriesH Pikhart
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 55:624-30. 2001..To examine whether psychosocial factors at work are related to self rated health in post-communist countries... - Contribution of drinking patterns to differences in rates of alcohol related problems between three urban populationsM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:238-42. 2004..To examine, on empirical data, whether drinking patterns, in addition to overall alcohol consumption, contribute to differences in rates of alcohol related problems between populations... - Alcohol consumption in a national sample of the Russian populationM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, University College London, UK
Addiction 94:857-66. 1999..We have analysed the levels and distribution of alcohol consumption in a national sample of the Russian population... 
Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in central and eastern EuropeE Webb
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:351-7. 2008..This study will determine whether similar associations are observable in settings with different social histories, and will assess whether adult leg length is more strongly associated than adult height...- Association between attendance at religious services and self-reported health in 22 European countriesAmanda Nicholson
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Soc Sci Med 69:519-28. 2009..It remains unclear to what extent the observed associations reflect reverse causality or are due to differing perceptions of health... - Assessing the contribution of unstable employment to mortality in posttransition Russia: prospective individual-level analyses from the Russian longitudinal monitoring surveyFrancesca Perlman
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
Am J Public Health 99:1818-25. 2009..We used the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to investigate associations between employment, socioeconomic position, and mortality... - Pregnancy outcomes and outdoor air pollution: an ecological study in districts of the Czech Republic 1986-8M Bobak
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Occup Environ Med 56:539-43. 1999..The association between outdoor air pollution and stillbirths and low birthweight in the Czech Republic, where air pollution was high, was examined... - Outdoor air pollution, low birth weight, and prematurityM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Environ Health Perspect 108:173-6. 2000..Low gestational age accounted for the association between SO(2) and low birth weight. These findings provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy... - Outdoor sulphur dioxide and respiratory symptoms in Czech and Polish school children: a small-area study (SAVIAH). Small-Area Variation in Air Pollution and HealthH Pikhart
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 74:574-8. 2001..We used a novel technique to estimate the outdoor concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) at small-area level to study the long-term effects on respiratory symptoms and disease in children... - Socioeconomic and behavioral determinants of mortality in posttransition Russia: a prospective population studyFrancesca Perlman
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Ann Epidemiol 18:92-100. 2008..Previous research has demonstrated a widening educational mortality gradient, widespread deprivation, and harmful health behaviors... - Beer and obesity: a cross-sectional studyM Bobak
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, International Centre for Health and Society, University College London, UK
Eur J Clin Nutr 57:1250-3. 2003..We examined the relation between beer intake and waist-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) in a beer-drinking population... - Depressive symptoms and levels of C-reactive protein: a population-based studyHynek Pikhart
Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:217-22. 2009.... - Determinants of adult mortality in Russia: estimates from sibling dataMartin Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London, UK
Epidemiology 14:603-11. 2003..We have modified indirect demographic methods and applied them to a population sample to investigate predictors of mortality in Russia... - Do health control beliefs predict behaviour in Russians?Francesca Perlman
International Centre for Health and Society, University College, London, UK
Prev Med 37:73-81. 2003..Unhealthy lifestyles contribute substantially to Russia's high mortality. Health control beliefs influence lifestyles to some extent in the West but this relationship is not well studied in Russia... - The relationship between alcohol consumption and cortisol secretion in an aging cohortEllena Badrick
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1 19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:750-7. 2008..Evidence for an association between alcohol consumption and activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is inconclusive... - Obesity and education in three countries of the Central and Eastern Europe: the HAPIEE studyHynek Pikhart
International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Cent Eur J Public Health 15:140-2. 2007.... - Drinking alcohol surrogates among clients of an alcohol-misuser treatment clinic in Novosibirsk, RussiaNatalia Bobrova
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Subst Use Misuse 44:1821-32. 2009..The study limitations are described, and suggestions for future research are made... - Neighbourhood socioeconomic indicators and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic: a population based studyJitka Pikhartova
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Int J Public Health 54:283-93. 2009..We investigated the association between individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic... - Estimation of secular trends in adult height, and childhood socioeconomic circumstances in three Eastern European populationsElizabeth Alice Webb
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Econ Hum Biol 6:228-36. 2008..These results suggest that secular trends in height mirror, but are not wholly explained by, trends in socioeconomic circumstances in early life... - Mortality patterns in the Russian Federation: indirect technique using widowhood dataMartin Bobak
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 80:876-81. 2002.... - Relative and absolute gender gap in all-cause mortality in Europe and the contribution of smokingMartin Bobak
International Centrefor Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Eur J Epidemiol 18:15-8. 2003..The association of overall mortality with male/female mortality ratios is much weaker... - Do lipids contribute to the lack of cardio-protective effect of binge drinking: alcohol consumption and lipids in three eastern European countriesAnne Peasey
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WCIE 6BT UK
Alcohol Alcohol 40:431-5. 2005..We investigated this hypothesis in a population study in three eastern European countries... - Socio-economic influences on self-rated health in Russian men and women--a life course approachAmanda Nicholson
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Soc Sci Med 61:2345-54. 2005..Health behaviours were not involved in mediating social differences in self-rated health. Our results indicate that a life course approach may contribute to the understanding of health in Russia... - Gender differences in drinking practices in middle aged and older RussiansNatalia Bobrova
Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, UK
Alcohol Alcohol 45:573-80. 2010..The study investigated gender differences in drinking patterns and the reasons behind them among men and women in the Russian city of Novosibirsk... - Alcohol consumption and increased mortality in Russian men and women: a cohort study based on the mortality of relativesAmanda Nicholson
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 83:812-9. 2005..To examine the relations between frequency of alcohol consumption and of binge drinking and adult mortality in Russian men and women... - Psychosocial factors at work and depression in three countries of Central and Eastern EuropeHynek Pikhart
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Soc Sci Med 58:1475-82. 2004..This study suggests that the effort-reward imbalance at work is related to prevalence of depression in these central and eastern European populations... - Non-fatal injuries in three Central and Eastern European urban population samples: the HAPIEE studyOlga Vikhireva
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Eur J Public Health 20:695-701. 2010..Despite high mortality from injuries and accidents, data on rates and distribution of non-fatal injuries in Central and Eastern European populations are scarce... - Household item ownership and self-rated health: material and psychosocial explanationsHynek Pikhart
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
BMC Public Health 3:38. 2003..In the present analyses, we examined the importance for health of material factors, which may have a direct effect on health, and of those that may affect health indirectly, through psychosocial mechanisms... - Socio-economic status over the life-course and depressive symptoms in men and women in Eastern EuropeAmanda Nicholson
International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
J Affect Disord 105:125-36. 2008.... - The seasonality of live birth is strongly influenced by socio-demographic factorsM Bobak
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Hum Reprod 16:1512-7. 2001..These results suggest that the seasonality of births is, at least in this population, strongly influenced by socio-demographic factors... - Air pollution and birth weight in Britain in 1946M Bobak
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT
Epidemiology 12:358-9. 2001..While confounding by unmeasured factors cannot be ruled out, these historical data support the hypothesis that birth weight could be affected by air pollution... - Associations between different dimensions of religious involvement and self-rated health in diverse European populationsAmanda Nicholson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Health Psychol 29:227-35. 2010..Findings concerning other dimensions of religious involvement, such as prayer, are inconsistent and analyses often neglect the potential influence of other correlated dimensions... - Education, marital status, and total and cardiovascular mortality in Novosibirsk, Russia: a prospective cohort studySofia Malyutina
Institute of Internal Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Ann Epidemiol 14:244-9. 2004..The educational differences in cardiovascular mortality in women and the increased mortality of divorced men were not explained by classical risk factors... - Relation between heavy and binge drinking and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Novosibirsk, Russia: a prospective cohort studySofia Malyutina
Institute of Internal Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Lancet 360:1448-54. 2002..05 (1.09-3.86) for deaths from cardiovascular disease. INTERPRETATION: The risk of death from cardiovascular disease seems to be increased in frequent heavy drinkers, but is not necessarily associated with episodic binge drinking... - The widening gap in mortality by educational level in the Russian Federation, 1980-2001Michael Murphy
Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England
Am J Public Health 96:1293-9. 2006..We examined trends in the relation between educational level and adult mortality in the Russian Federation in the period 1989 through 2001... - Trends in the prevalence of smoking in Russia during the transition to a market economyFrancesca Perlman
ECOHOST, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Tob Control 16:299-305. 2007..Changes in smoking, particularly an increase in women, were predicted to follow the aggressive campaigns of multinational tobacco companies in transitional Russia. However, such changes have not yet been demonstrated unequivocally... - Trends in alcohol intake by education and marital status in urban population in Russia between the mid 1980s and the mid 1990sSofia Malyutina
Institute of Internal Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alcohol Alcohol 39:64-9. 2004..The contribution of alcohol to the increase in social differentials in mortality in the 1990s was probably modest... - Apolipoprotein E Arg136 --> Cys mutation and hyperlipidemia in a large central European population sampleJaroslav A Hubacek
Clin Chim Acta 388:217-8. 2008 - The relative contribution of case management and inadequate care-seeking behaviour to childhood deaths from diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections in Hidalgo, MexicoRossana Bojalil
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Trop Med Int Health 12:1545-52. 2007..It is essential that doctors in the private sector be included, as in Mexico and many other countries they provide a large proportion of care, often with adverse outcomes... - Rates of contraindications and use of alternative vaccines in routine immunisation of children: a population based study in the Czech RepublicJana Danova
Department of Epidemiology, 3rd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Vaccine 25:3890-5. 2007..This study suggests that within the routine immunisation programme, contraindications occur in approximately 6% of children, and many of these children remain incompletely vaccinated... - Ambient air pollution and pregnancy outcomes: a review of the literatureRadim J Sram
Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences, and Health Institute of Central Bohemia, Prague, Czech Republic
Environ Health Perspect 113:375-82. 2005.... - Drinking volume and patterns: back to basicsMartin Bobak
Addiction 100:883. 2005