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Molecular Genetic Influences on Normative and Problematic Alcohol Use in a Population-Based Sample of College Students [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Genetic factors impact alcohol use behaviors and these factors may become increasingly evident during emerging adulthood. Examination of the effects of individual variants as well as aggregate genetic variation can clarify mechanisms ...
Adkins, Amy, Aliev, Fazil, Cho, Seung B., Cooke, Megan E., Dick, Danielle M., Edwards, Alexis C., Kendler, Kenneth S., Kitchens, James N., Neale, Zoe, Pedersen, Kimberly, Riley, Brien P., Salvatore, Jessica E., Savage, Jeanne E., Sun, Cuie, Webb, Bradley T., Williamson, Vernell S., Wolen, Aaron R.   +16 more
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Bias from questionnaire invitation and response in COVID-19 research: an example using ALSPAC

Wellcome Open Research, 2021
Background: Longitudinal studies are crucial for identifying potential risk factors for infection with, and consequences of, COVID-19, but relationships can be biased if they are associated with invitation and response to data collection.
A. Fernández-Sanlés, Daniel Smith, G. Clayton, K. Northstone, A. Carter, L. Millard, M. Borges, N. Timpson, K. Tilling, G. Griffith, D. Lawlor   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychosocial factors and the risk of cancer: An individual‐participant data meta‐analysis [PDF]

Cancer
Abstract Background Psychosocial factors are argued to increase cancer risk. This study aims to clarify the association between various psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (including breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers) via individual‐participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis.
van Tuijl L, Pan K, Basten M, Vermeulen R, Portengen L, de Graeff A, Dekker J, Geerlings M, Hoogendoorn A, Lamers F, Voogd A, Abell J, Awadalla P, Beekman A, Bjerkeset O, Boyd A, Cui Y, Frank P, Galenkamp H, Garssen B, Hellingman S, Huisman M, Huss A, de Jong T, Keats M, Kok A, Krokstad S, van Leeuwen F, Luik A, Noisel N, Payette Y, Penninx B, Rissanen I, Roest A, Ruiter R, Schoevers R, Soave D, Spaan M, Steptoe A, Stronks K, Sund E, Sweeney E, Twait E, Teyhan A, Verschuren W, van der Willik K, Rosmalen J, Ranchor A.   +47 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): an update on the enrolled sample of index children in 2019

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based study. Initial recruitment of pregnant women took place in 1990-1992 and the health and development of the index children from these pregnancies and their ...
R. Richmond, A. Simpkin, Geoff Woodward, Tom R. Gaunt, O. Lyttleton, W. McArdle, S. Ring, Andrew D A C Smith, N. Timpson, K. Tilling, G. Davey Smith, C. Relton   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adherence to UK dietary guidelines in school-aged children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort

British Journal of Nutrition, 2022
Compliance to UK dietary recommendations was assessed in school-aged children from a population-based cohort: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). A Children’s Eatwell Guide (C-EWG) score was developed to assess socio-demographic
G. Buckland, K. Northstone, P. Emmett, C. Taylor   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and characteristics of autistic spectrum disorders in the ALSPAC cohort [PDF]

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) within a large representative population sample: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Cases of ASD were identified from the clinical notes of children in the ALSPAC with a suspected developmental disorder and from the Pupil Level Annual ...
Williams, E, Thomas, K, Sidebotham, H, Emond, A   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Childhood IQ and risk of bipolar disorder in adulthood: prospective birth cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Intellectual ability may be an endophenotypic marker for bipolar disorder. Aims: Within a large birth cohort, we aimed to assess whether childhood IQ (including both verbal IQ (VIQ) and performance IQ (PIQ) subscales) was predictive of ...
Anderson, Jana, Mackay, Daniel, Meyer, Thomas D., Pell, Jill P., Smith, Daniel J., Zammit, Stanley   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

The role of attitudes and behaviours in explaining socio-economic differences in attainment at age 11 [PDF]

, 2011
This paper explores the correlates of the socio-economic gradient in children’s educational performance through the primary school years. Thus it sits between the companion papers on pre-school cognitive outcomes and attainment in the secondary school ...
Gregg, PA, Washbrook, EV
core   +3 more sources

Intellectual disability in the children of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

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 ...
P. Madley-Dowd, Richard Thomas, A. Boyd, S. Zammit, J. Heron, D. Rai   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Child undernutrition in affluent societies: what are we talking about? [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper we set out to explore the prevalence of child undernutrition found in community studies in affluent societies, but a preliminary literature review revealed that, in the absence of a gold standard method of diagnosis, the prevalence largely ...
Ada L. Garcia, Charlotte M. Wright, de Onis, de Onis, Lazzeri, Parkinson, Wright   +6 more
core   +2 more sources