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| Elizabeth BreezeSummaryAffiliation: University College London Country: UK Publications
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Cause-specific mortality in old age in relation to body mass index in middle age and in old age: follow-up of the Whitehall cohort of male civil servantsElizabeth Breeze
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 35:169-78. 2006..The relevance of body mass index (BMI) to cause-specific mortality in old age is uncertain...- Validity of the Clock-Drawing Test as a screening tool for cognitive impairment in the elderlyYuji Nishiwaki
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 160:797-807. 2004..The authors conclude that the CDT may have value as a brief face-to-face screening tool for moderate/severe cognitive impairment in an older community population but is relatively poor at detecting milder cognitive impairment... - Prevalence of cognitive impairment: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the communityGreta Rait
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Age Ageing 34:242-8. 2005..cognitive impairment is an important part of the diagnostic criteria for dementia. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is recommended to test for cognitive impairment and to monitor medication response... - Performance of a single screening question for depression in a representative sample of 13 670 people aged 75 and over in the UK: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the communityDavid P J Osborn
Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Fam Pract 20:682-4. 2003..A concise, accurate screening question for depression would be an important contribution to the Single Assessment Process for Older People... - Population-based multidimensional assessment of older people in UK general practice: a cluster-randomised factorial trialAstrid E Fletcher
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 364:1667-77. 2004..Most trials have been too small to produce adequate evidence to inform policy. We aimed to measure the effects of different approaches to assessment and management of older people... - Inequalities in influenza vaccine uptake among people aged over 74 years in BritainPunam Mangtani
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Prev Med 41:545-53. 2005..Little information exists on the relationship between uptake and need. We assessed factors influencing uptake and equity in uptake in over 74 year olds... - Factors associated with depression in a representative sample of 14 217 people aged 75 and over in the United Kingdom: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the communityDavid P J Osborn
Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:623-30. 2003..We aimed to assess factors associated with depression in old age, using data from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community... 
Cross-sectional survey of older peoples' views related to influenza vaccine uptakePunam Mangtani
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Public Health 6:249. 2006..Little is also known about the views of the more vulnerable older population over the age of 74 years...- Weight, shape, and mortality risk in older persons: elevated waist-hip ratio, not high body mass index, is associated with a greater risk of deathGill M Price
Centre for Ageing and Public Health and the Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 84:449-60. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Current guidelines for BMI-based risk categories overestimate risks due to excess weight in persons aged >/=75 y. Increased mortality risk is more clearly indicated for relative abdominal obesity as measured by high WHR... 
BMI and waist circumference as predictors of well-being in older adults: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of AgeingPaola Zaninotto
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1981-7. 2010..In conclusion among older people, for a given BMI, increased WC was related with higher risk of poor QoL and, for women, of depressive symptoms; whereas for a given WC, increased BMI had a protective effect on QoL for women...- Are older people dying of depression? Findings from the Medical Research Council trial of the assessment and management of older people in the communityJoy A Adamson
Centre for Aging and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1128-32. 2005..To examine the relationship between symptoms of depression and mortality in older people... - Plasma homocysteine, but not folate or vitamin B-12, predicts mortality in older people in the United KingdomAlan D Dangour
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
J Nutr 138:1121-8. 2008..Our results extend previously reported associations of homocysteine with mortality, and the absence of associations of folate and vitamin B-12 with mortality, to the older population... - Inequalities in health at older ages: a longitudinal investigation of the onset of illness and survival effects in EnglandAnne McMunn
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Age Ageing 38:181-7. 2009..previous studies have suggested a decline in the relationship between socioeconomic circumstances and health or functioning in later life, but this may be due to survival effects... - Local area deprivation and urban-rural differences in anxiety and depression among people older than 75 years in BritainKate Walters
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT United Kingdom
Am J Public Health 94:1768-74. 2004..Higher population density was consistently associated with increased depression and anxiety... - Association of quality of life in old age in Britain with socioeconomic position: baseline data from a randomised controlled trialElizabeth Breeze
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:667-73. 2004..To identify socioeconomic differentials in quality of life among older people and their explanatory factors... - 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... - Do general practices provide equitable access to physical activity interventions?Sarah L Sowden
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
Br J Gen Pract 58:e1-8. 2008..Exercise referral schemes are widespread across England. National guidance emphasises the need to engage groups that are disadvantaged... - 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... - Influence of short stature on the change in pulse pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure from age 36 to 53 years: an analysis using multilevel modelsClaudia Langenberg
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Int J Epidemiol 34:905-13. 2005..It is unclear how these adult measures of childhood growth influence the change in blood pressure as it increases with age... - Trends in influenza vaccination uptake among people aged over 74 years, 1997-2000: survey of 73 general practices in BritainElizabeth Breeze
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
BMC Fam Pract 5:8. 2004.... - Geriatric Depression Scale Scores in a representative sample of 14 545 people aged 75 and over in the United Kingdom: results from the MRC Trial of Assessment and Management of Older People in the CommunityDavid P J Osborn
Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:375-82. 2002..We describe the age and sex distribution of GDS-15 scores in the largest ever UK sample of people aged 75 and over... - Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK--the MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community: a cross-sectional surveyLiam Smeeth
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 359:1466-70. 2002..Reduced hearing in elderly people is important because it is disabling and potentially treatable. We aimed to assess the prevalence of reduced hearing in elderly people and levels of ownership of hearing aids and use... - The end of age: but not for the worse offAstrid Fletcher
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Age Ageing 31:11-2. 2002 - Survival in relation to angina symptoms and diagnosis among men aged 70-90 years: the Whitehall StudyRobert Clarke
Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:280-6. 2007.... - Self reported receipt of care consistent with 32 quality indicators: national population survey of adults aged 50 or more in EnglandNicholas Steel
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ
BMJ 337:a957. 2008..To assess the receipt of effective healthcare interventions in England by adults aged 50 or more with serious health conditions... - Antioxidant vitamins and mortality in older persons: findings from the nutrition add-on study to the Medical Research Council Trial of Assessment and Management of Older People in the CommunityAstrid E Fletcher
Centre for Ageing and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 78:999-1010. 2003..Older persons are at risk of both poor nutrition and increased oxidative stress. Plasma ascorbate concentrations fall with increasing age, and concentrations of other antioxidants may also be reduced...