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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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Longitudinal population subgroups of CRP and risk of depression in the ALSPAC birth cohort [PDF]

Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2020
BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses confirm increased circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in depression. Longitudinal studies have linked one-off measurements of CRP at baseline with increased risk of developing depressive symptoms subsequently at follow-up, but studies with repeat CRP measures from the same individuals are scarce.
Emanuele F. Osimo, Jan Stochl, Stan Zammit, Glyn Lewis, Peter B. Jones, Golam M. Khandaker   +5 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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Prenatal anxiety, breastfeeding and child growth and puberty: linking evolutionary models with human cohort studies

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background: Stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy can have both immediate and long-term effects on child development, potentially mediated by breastfeeding.
Sinead English, India Wright, Verity Ashburn, Gemma Ford, Doretta Caramaschi   +4 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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SERPINA1 gene polymorphisms in a population‐based ALSPAC cohort

Pediatric Pulmonology, 2019
Abstract Background There is an association between persistent preschool wheezing phenotypes and school‐age asthma. These wheezing/asthma phenotypes likely represent clinical entities having specific genetic risk factors.
David S. DeLuca, Edita Poluzioroviene, Vaida Taminskiene, Sabine Wrenger, Algirdas Utkus, Algirdas Valiulis, Tomas Alasevičius, John Henderson, Andrew Bush, Tobias Welte, Sabina Janciauskiene, Arunas Valiulis   +11 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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