Claudia Thomas

Summary

Affiliation: University College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Employment transitions and mental health: an analysis from the British household panel survey
    Claudia Thomas
    Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:243-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Night work, long working hours, psychosocial work stress and cortisol secretion in mid-life: evidence from a British birth cohort
    C Thomas
    MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    Occup Environ Med 66:824-31. 2009
  3. ncbi Obesity and type 2 diabetes risk in midadult life: the role of childhood adversity
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
    Pediatrics 121:e1240-9. 2008
  4. ncbi Diabetes risk in British adults in mid life: a national prevalence study of glycated haemoglobin
    C Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Diabet Med 24:317-21. 2007
  5. ncbi Prenatal exposures and glucose metabolism in adulthood: are effects mediated through birth weight and adiposity?
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Diabetes Care 30:918-24. 2007
  6. ncbi Psychological distress after employment transitions: the role of subjective financial position as a mediator
    Claudia Thomas
    Institute of Child Health, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:48-52. 2007
  7. ncbi Type 2 diabetes mellitus in midlife estimated from the Cambridge Risk Score and body mass index
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, England
    Arch Intern Med 166:682-8. 2006
  8. ncbi Ethnic and socioeconomic influences on childhood blood pressure: the Child Heart and Health Study in England
    Claudia Thomas
    Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
    J Hypertens 30:2090-7. 2012
  9. ncbi Shift work and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a study at age 45 years in the 1958 British birth cohort
    Claudia Thomas
    MRC Centre for Epidemiology of Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Epidemiol 25:305-14. 2010
  10. ncbi Childhood psychosocial adversity and adult cortisol patterns
    Chris Power
    Medical Research Council MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University College London UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 201:199-206. 2012

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Employment transitions and mental health: an analysis from the British household panel survey
    Claudia Thomas
    Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:243-9. 2005
    ..To describe the impact of changes between employment and various forms of non-employment, and vice versa, on the psychological wellbeing of men and of women...
  2. ncbi Night work, long working hours, psychosocial work stress and cortisol secretion in mid-life: evidence from a British birth cohort
    C Thomas
    MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
    Occup Environ Med 66:824-31. 2009
    ..To examine the relationships between exposure to workplace factors (night work, extended working hours, psychosocial work stress) and cortisol secretion, and to test whether workplace factors interact, resulting in combined effects...
  3. ncbi Obesity and type 2 diabetes risk in midadult life: the role of childhood adversity
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
    Pediatrics 121:e1240-9. 2008
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  4. ncbi Diabetes risk in British adults in mid life: a national prevalence study of glycated haemoglobin
    C Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
    Diabet Med 24:317-21. 2007
    ..Information on the population at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the UK is scarce. We used data from the 1958 British birth cohort to estimate geographical and socio-economic variations in HbA(1c) in mid life...
  5. ncbi Prenatal exposures and glucose metabolism in adulthood: are effects mediated through birth weight and adiposity?
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Diabetes Care 30:918-24. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Psychological distress after employment transitions: the role of subjective financial position as a mediator
    Claudia Thomas
    Institute of Child Health, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:48-52. 2007
    ..To explore the extent to which the mental health effects of transitions into unemployment, or other forms of non-employment, and vice versa, are mediated by financial changes...
  7. ncbi Type 2 diabetes mellitus in midlife estimated from the Cambridge Risk Score and body mass index
    Claudia Thomas
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, England
    Arch Intern Med 166:682-8. 2006
    ..We assessed the ability of the CRS to predict glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) levels and determined whether the CRS was better than body mass index (BMI) at predicting HbA(1c) levels in midlife...
  8. ncbi Ethnic and socioeconomic influences on childhood blood pressure: the Child Heart and Health Study in England
    Claudia Thomas
    Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
    J Hypertens 30:2090-7. 2012
    ..Information on blood pressure (BP) in UK children from different ethnic groups is limited. The aim of this study was to compare BP levels in UK children of black African-Caribbean, South Asian and white European origin...
  9. ncbi Shift work and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a study at age 45 years in the 1958 British birth cohort
    Claudia Thomas
    MRC Centre for Epidemiology of Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Epidemiol 25:305-14. 2010
    ..Our results highlight night and early morning working associations with an adverse profile of CVD risk factors, which are partly explained by socioeconomic, other occupational factors and health behaviours...
  10. ncbi Childhood psychosocial adversity and adult cortisol patterns
    Chris Power
    Medical Research Council MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University College London UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Br J Psychiatry 201:199-206. 2012
    ..Cortisol levels may be altered in childhood in association with maltreatment (neglect, abuse and witnessing abuse) and other adversities, yet little is known about whether effects on cortisol persist into later life...
  11. ncbi Changes in BMI, duration of overweight and obesity, and glucose metabolism: 45 years of follow-up of a birth cohort
    Chris Power
    MRCCentre of Epidemiology for Child Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Diabetes Care 34:1986-91. 2011
    ..The objective was to establish whether there are effects on adult glucose metabolism of 1) sensitive periods of BMI gain or 2) long duration of overweight and obesity...
  12. ncbi Do early life exposures explain associations in mid-adulthood between workplace factors and risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
    Claudia Thomas
    MRC Centre for Epidemiology of Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 39:812-24. 2010
    ..We investigated whether (i) workplace factors are associated with CVD risk factors independently of each other, (ii) workplace factors interact, thereby modifying associations and (iii) associations are explained by early life exposures...
  13. ncbi Estimated activity patterns in British 45 year olds: cross-sectional findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
    T J Parsons
    Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 63:978-85. 2009
    ..To investigate patterns of, and associations between, physical activity at work and in leisure time, television viewing and computer use...
  14. ncbi Maternal smoking in pregnancy, adult adiposity and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease
    C Power
    UCL Institute of Child Health, UK
    Atherosclerosis 211:643-8. 2010
    ..To establish whether maternal smoking in pregnancy is associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in mid-adulthood and whether associations are explained by postnatal influences...
  15. ncbi Socio-economic position and type 2 diabetes risk factors: patterns in UK children of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white European origin
    Claudia Thomas
    Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St Georges, University of London, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e32619. 2012
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