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Socioeconomic position and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: the ELSA studyPanayotes Demakakos
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Eur J Epidemiol 27:367-78. 2012..Incident diabetes in older women is associated with SEP from all life stages, while in older men only with current SEP. Psychosocial factors (in women), unhealthy behaviours, and obesity partly mediate these associations...- 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... 
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... - 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... - Body mass index, muscle strength and physical performance in older adults from eight cohort studies: the HALCyon programmeRebecca Hardy
Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 8:e56483. 2013..To investigate the associations of body mass index (BMI) and grip strength with objective measures of physical performance (chair rise time, walking speed and balance) including an assessment of sex differences and non-linearity... - 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... - Distinctive biological correlates of positive psychological well-being in older men and womenAndrew Steptoe
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Psychosom Med 74:501-8. 2012..We evaluated relationships between both affective and eudaemonic well-being and biological measures in a large sample of older people... - 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...