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The potential for linking cohort participants to official criminal records: a pilot study using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2022
Introduction: Linking longitudinal cohort resources with police-recorded records of criminal activity has the potential to inform public health style approaches to policing, and may reduce potential sources of bias from self-reported criminal data ...
Richard Thomas, Alison Teyhan, Jazz Croft, Andy Boyd, Rosie P. Cornish, Iain Brennan, John Macleod   +6 more
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Data resource profile: Alspac datacatalog schema and Alspac omics datacatalog

, 2023
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (1) (2) is a long-term cohort study that has been collecting data on the health and development of children and their families since 1991. In recent years, ALSPAC has collected a large amount of omics data, including genetic ar- ray, methylation, and gene expression data.
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Dysglycaemia, Inflammation and Psychosis: Findings From the UK ALSPAC Birth Cohort [PDF]

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2018
BACKGROUND: Psychosis is associated with both dysglycaemia and low-grade inflammation, but population-based studies investigating the interplay between these factors are scarce. AIMS: (1) To explore the direction of association between markers of dysglycaemia, inflammation and psychotic experiences (PEs); and (2) To explore whether dysglycaemia ...
Perry, Benjamin Ian, Upthegrove, Rachel, Thompson, Andrew, Marwaha, Steven, Zammit, Stanley, Singh, Swaran Preet, Khandaker, Golam   +6 more
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Intellectual disability in the children of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research, 2022
Background: Intellectual disability (ID) describes a neurodevelopmental condition involving impaired cognitive and functional ability. Here, we describe a multisource variable of ID using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). 
Paul Madley-Dowd, Richard Thomas, Andy Boyd, Stanley Zammit, Jon Heron, Dheeraj Rai   +5 more
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Paternal health in the first 12-13 years of the ALSPAC study

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) collected information from the enrolled pregnancy onwards to identify features of the environment in which the study child was brought up. Among data collected were features concerning the health of the mothers’ partners – generally the study father.
Jean Golding, Iain Bickerstaffe, Yasmin Iles-Caven, Kate Northstone   +3 more
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Age at puberty and accelerometer-measured physical activity: Findings from two independent UK cohorts

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background It is unclear if puberty timing influences future physical activity (PA). Aim To investigate the association of puberty timing with PA across adolescence and adulthood. Subjects and methods Data were from two British cohorts. Participants from
Ahmed Ehakeem, Celia L. Gregson, Jon H. Tobias, Deborah A. Lawlor   +3 more
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Childhood diet and behavioural problems: results from the ALSPAC cohort [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011
To investigate whether a 'junk food' diet at 81 months of age is associated with the development of behavioural problems over the following 16 months.The study used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and 12,942 children were included. The main outcome measure was behavioural problems, measured using the Strengths and
Peacock, P, Lewis, G, Northstone, K, Wiles, NJ   +3 more
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The second generation of The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC-G2): a cohort profile [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
Background: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children-Generation 2 (ALSPAC-G2) was set up to provide a unique multi-generational cohort. It builds on the existing ALSPAC resource, which recruited 14,541 pregnancies to women resident in the ...
Deborah A. Lawlor, Melanie Lewcock, Louise Rena-Jones, Claire Rollings, Vikki Yip, Daniel Smith, Rebecca M. Pearson, Laura Johnson, Louise A. C. Millard, Nashita Patel, Andy Skinner, Kate Tilling, ALSPAC Executive   +12 more
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Sex-specific longitudinal association of DNA methylation with lung function

ERJ Open Research, 2021
Investigating whether DNA methylation (DNA-M) at an earlier age is associated with lung function at a later age and whether this relationship differs by sex could enable prediction of future lung function deficit.
Shadia Khan Sunny, Hongmei Zhang, Caroline L. Relton, Susan Ring, Latha Kadalayil, Fawaz Mzayek, Susan Ewart, John W. Holloway, S. Hasan Arshad   +8 more
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Alcohol intake and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a negative control analysis in the ALSPAC cohort [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021
A bstract Introduction Alcohol intake increases blood pressure, yet estimates of associations between maternal intake and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are sparse and range from null to a protective effect.
Florence Z. Martin, Abigail Fraser, Luisa Zuccolo   +2 more
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