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Genomes and GenesSpecies | N W J WainwrightSummaryAffiliation: University of Cambridge Country: UK Publications
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and self-reported functional health in men and women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk): a population-based cross-sectional studyPhyo K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
Public Health Nutr 10:34-41. 2007..To investigate the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and self-reported physical and mental functional health measured by an anglicised short-form 36-item questionnaire (UK SF-36)...
Time-varying exposure and the impact of stressful life events on onset of affective disorderNicholas W J Wainwright
Medical Research Council Staff, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, U K
Stat Med 21:2077-91. 2002..Time-varying exposure effects were well described by the appropriate use of simple time-dependent covariates...
Childhood adversity, gender and depression over the life-courseN W J Wainwright
Medical Research Council Staff, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, CB1 8RN, Cambridge, UK
J Affect Disord 72:33-44. 2002..Full investigation of hypotheses concerning early risk factors and episodes of depression in adult life requires consideration of the separate risks of first onset and of recurrent episodes. This paper is based upon such an investigation...
Places, people, and their physical and mental functional healthN W J Wainwright
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:333-9. 2004..To investigate the impact of area of residence on functional health as represented by medical outcomes study SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores...
Sense of coherence, lifestyle choices and mortalityN W J Wainwright
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:829-31. 2008..Based on data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer, Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) study, we have previously shown a strong sense of coherence (SOC) to be associated with a reduced rate of all-cause mortality...
Area and individual circumstances and mood disorder prevalenceNicholas W J Wainwright
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:227-32. 2004..Associations have been demonstrated between contextual (area level) factors and a range of physical health outcomes, but their relationship with mental health outcomes is less well understood...
Psychosocial factors and asthma in a community sample of older adultsNicholas W J Wainwright
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 62:357-61. 2007..The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between psychosocial factors and asthma in a population-based cohort study of older adults...
Healthy lifestyle choices: could sense of coherence aid health promotion?Nicholas W J Wainwright
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:871-6. 2007..A research framework based on the personal characteristic defined by a sense of coherence (SOC) focuses on the effective use of resources to maintain good health...
Prospective association between emotional health and clinical evidence of Parkinson's diseaseL Ishihara-Paul
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Eur J Neurol 15:1148-54. 2008..We investigate the prospective association between selected measures of emotional health and incident suspected PD...
Psychological distress, major depressive disorder, and risk of strokeP G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Neurology 70:788-94. 2008..We investigated this association based upon a large population-based prospective cohort study...
Respiratory function and self-reported functional health: EPIC-Norfolk population studyP K Myint
Room 311, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Wort s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Eur Respir J 26:494-502. 2005..00; 95% CI 0.82-1.22). In conclusion, forced expiratory volume in one second independently predicts self perceived physical well being in a general population across the whole normal distribution of respiratory function...
Physical health-related quality of life predicts stroke in the EPIC-NorfolkP K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Neurology 69:2243-8. 2007..To examine the relationship between Short Form (SF)-36 physical functional health-related quality of life and incident stroke...
Modifiable lifestyle behaviors and functional health in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk population studyPhyo K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Prev Med 44:109-16. 2007..To examine the association between modifiable lifestyle behaviors and functional health...
Obesity, confidant support and functional health: cross-sectional evidence from the EPIC-Norfolk cohortP G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:748-58. 2004..To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and functional health according to age and the support available from a close confidant...
Psychosocial factors and incident asthma hospital admissions in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort studyN W J Wainwright
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
Allergy 62:554-60. 2007..General population studies have shown associations between psychosocial factors and prevalent asthma but few have investigated incident asthma outcomes...
Relation between self-reported physical functional health and chronic disease mortality in men and women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): a prospective population studyPhyo K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
Ann Epidemiol 16:492-500. 2006..To explore the relationship between self-reported physical functional health and mortality...
Depression and ischemic heart disease mortality: evidence from the EPIC-Norfolk United Kingdom prospective cohort studyPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
Am J Psychiatry 165:515-23. 2008..The authors investigated the association between major depressive disorder, including its clinical course, and mortality from ischemic heart disease...
Prospective cohort study of hostility and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortalityPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory and Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Int J Cardiol 100:155-61. 2005..Recent literature reviews have questioned hostility as a risk factor for heart disease. However, controversy persists due to the rarity of large-scale prospective cohort studies of initially healthy populations...
Major depression, C-reactive protein, and incident ischemic heart disease in healthy men and womenPaul G Surtees
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge, Wort s Causeway, Cambridge, UK
Psychosom Med 70:850-5. 2008..Studies have shown that both depression and raised CRP concentration predict IHD and that elevated CRP is linked with increased risk of depression...
Functional health status, chronic medical conditions and disorders of moodPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK
Br J Psychiatry 183:299-303. 2003..Understanding of the impact of depressive and anxiety disorders on functional health status in the context of chronic medical illness has been gained almost exclusively from the study of patient populations...
No association between APOE and major depressive disorder in a community sample of 17,507 adultsPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
J Psychiatr Res 43:843-7. 2009..These findings suggest that the association between APOE and MDD risk is more modest than has been previously reported...
No evidence that social stress is associated with breast cancer incidencePaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Breast Cancer Res Treat 120:169-74. 2010....
Mastery is associated with cardiovascular disease mortality in men and women at apparently low riskPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
Health Psychol 29:412-20. 2010....
Obesity indices and self-reported functional health in men and women in the EPIC-NorfolkPhyo K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:884-93. 2006..To investigate the association between two indices of obesity, BMI and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and self-reported physical and mental functional health...
Social adversity, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and major depressive disorderPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
Biol Psychiatry 59:224-9. 2006..We report an investigation designed to replicate this finding...
Adaptation to social adversity is associated with stroke incidence: evidence from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective cohort studyPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
Stroke 38:1447-53. 2007..We test the hypothesis that sense of coherence (SOC), a marker of social stress adaptive capacity, is associated with incident stroke in a population-based prospective cohort study...
Mastery, sense of coherence, and mortality: evidence of independent associations from the EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Cohort StudyPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Health Psychol 25:102-10. 2006..These results may aid future study of coping resources as determinants of persistent well-being...
No association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and mood status in a non-clinical community sample of 7389 older adultsPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory and University of Cambridge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
J Psychiatr Res 41:404-9. 2007..A total of 1214 (16.4%) participants reported lifetime MDD and 355 (4.8%) reported lifetime GAD. In this population based study we found no evidence to support an association between the BDNF gene Val66Met polymorphism and mood status...
The shackles of misfortune: social adversity assessment and representation in a chronic-disease epidemiological settingPaul G Surtees
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Soc Sci Med 64:95-111. 2007....
Resilience, misfortune, and mortality: evidence that sense of coherence is a marker of social stress adaptive capacityPaul G Surtees
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
J Psychosom Res 61:221-7. 2006..The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sense of coherence (SOC) distinguishes adaptive capacity to adverse event experience...
The association between social stress and global cognitive function in a population-based study: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk studyY Leng
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Psychol Med 43:655-66. 2013..We aimed to investigate the association between different measures of social stress and cognitive function in a middle- to older-aged population using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study...
Self-reported mental health-related quality of life and mortality in men and women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): a prospective population studyPhyo K Myint
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Psychosom Med 69:410-4. 2007..To explore the relationship between self-reported mental functional health and mortality...
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism is associated with sense of coherence in a non-clinical community sample of 7335 adultsPaul G Surtees
J Psychiatr Res 41:707-10. 2007
