Avan Aihie Sayer

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1 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
2 Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Nat Genet 2010 6.66
3 Grip strength, body composition, and mortality. Int J Epidemiol 2006 3.36
4 A review of the measurement of grip strength in clinical and epidemiological studies: towards a standardised approach. Age Ageing 2011 3.27
5 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
6 Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet 2011 3.03
7 Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort. Am J Epidemiol 2006 2.35
8 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
9 Life course trajectories of systolic blood pressure using longitudinal data from eight UK cohorts. PLoS Med 2011 1.71
10 Muscle size, strength, and physical performance and their associations with bone structure in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. J Bone Miner Res 2013 1.60
11 Processed meat consumption and lung function: modification by antioxidants and smoking. Eur Respir J 2013 1.47
12 Current and future worldwide prevalence of dependency, its relationship to total population, and dependency ratios. Bull World Health Organ 2004 1.43
13 Diet and its relationship with grip strength in community-dwelling older men and women: the Hertfordshire cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 1.36
14 Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2011 1.28
15 Quality of life in sarcopenia and frailty. Calcif Tissue Int 2013 1.17
16 Relationship of vitamin D status to adult lung function and COPD. Thorax 2011 1.16
17 Current patterns of diet in community-dwelling older men and women: results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Age Ageing 2009 1.14
18 Specific associations of insulin resistance with impaired health-related quality of life in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Qual Life Res 2006 1.13
19 Growth in early life predicts bone strength in late adulthood: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Bone 2007 1.13
20 ACTN3 genotype, athletic status, and life course physical capability: meta-analysis of the published literature and findings from nine studies. Hum Mutat 2011 1.10
21 Prevalence and functionality of paucimorphic and private MC4R mutations in a large, unselected European British population, scanned by meltMADGE. Hum Mutat 2007 1.02
22 Peri-implantation and late gestation maternal undernutrition differentially affect fetal sheep skeletal muscle development. J Physiol 2008 1.00
23 Markers of inflammatory status are associated with hearing threshold in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire Ageing Study. Age Ageing 2011 0.97
24 A systematic review of the use of volunteers to improve mealtime care of adult patients or residents in institutional settings. J Clin Nurs 2011 0.97
25 Late life metabolic syndrome, early growth, and common polymorphism in the growth hormone and placental lactogen gene cluster. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004 0.95
26 Maternal antenatal vitamin D status and offspring muscle development: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013 0.94
27 Social inequalities in grip strength, physical function, and falls among community dwelling older men and women: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. J Aging Health 2009 0.93
28 Telomere length and physical performance at older ages: an individual participant meta-analysis. PLoS One 2013 0.92
29 Inflammatory markers and incident frailty in men and women: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age (Dordr) 2013 0.90
30 Neighbourhood environment and positive mental health in older people: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Health Place 2011 0.90
31 The dynamic relationship between cognitive function and walking speed: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age (Dordr) 2014 0.89
32 Dysregulation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and physical performance at older ages: an individual participant meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012 0.88
33 Nurse-led implementation of the single assessment process in primary care: a descriptive feasibility study. Age Ageing 2006 0.88
34 How useful are the SF-36 sub-scales in older people? Mokken scaling of data from the HALCyon programme. Qual Life Res 2011 0.88
35 Sarcopenia. BMJ 2010 0.87
36 Combined effects of dietary fat and birth weight on serum cholesterol concentrations: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2006 0.87
37 Readiness of elders to use assistive devices to maintain their independence in the home. Age Ageing 2007 0.86
38 Lean mass, muscle strength and gene expression in community dwelling older men: findings from the Hertfordshire Sarcopenia Study (HSS). Calcif Tissue Int 2014 0.86
39 Hertfordshire sarcopenia study: design and methods. BMC Geriatr 2010 0.86
40 Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings. Age Ageing 2013 0.86
41 The structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in four cohorts of community-based, healthy older people: the HALCyon program. Int Psychogeriatr 2010 0.86
42 Association of diarrhoea in childhood with blood pressure and coronary heart disease in older age: analyses of two UK cohort studies. Int J Epidemiol 2007 0.85
43 Social inequalities in osteoporosis and fracture among community-dwelling older men and women: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Arch Osteoporos 2012 0.84
44 Patterns of interphalangeal hand joint involvement of osteoarthritis among men and women: a British cohort study. Arthritis Rheum 2003 0.83
45 Proprioception: where are we now? A commentary on clinical assessment, changes across the life course, functional implications and future interventions. Age Ageing 2013 0.82
46 Muscle strength in older community-dwelling men is related to type of milk feeding in infancy. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012 0.82
47 Absence of association of a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the TERT-CLPTM1L locus with age-related phenotypes in a large multicohort study: the HALCyon programme. Aging Cell 2011 0.82
48 Randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of aerobic exercise in reducing metabolic risk in healthy older people: The Hertfordshire Physical Activity Trial. BMC Endocr Disord 2009 0.82
49 Type of milk feeding in infancy and health behaviours in adult life: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Br J Nutr 2012 0.81
50 Framingham cardiovascular disease risk scores and incident frailty: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Age (Dordr) 2014 0.81
51 Age-associated changes in hand grip and quadriceps muscle strength ratios in healthy adults. Aging Clin Exp Res 2012 0.81
52 Does cognitive impairment affect rehabilitation outcome? J Am Geriatr Soc 2011 0.80
53 A multi-cohort study of polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis and physical capability: the HALCyon programme. PLoS One 2012 0.80
54 Insulin-like growth factor-I genotype and birthweight. Lancet 2002 0.79
55 Coding Geriatric syndromes: How good are we? CME J Geriatr Med 2008 0.79
56 Effects of aerobic exercise on muscle strength and physical performance in community-dwelling older people from the Hertfordshire cohort study: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013 0.79
57 Null mutation in human ciliary neurotrophic factor gene confers higher body mass index in males. Eur J Hum Genet 2002 0.79
58 Associations between APOE and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol genotypes and cognitive and physical capability: the HALCyon programme. Age (Dordr) 2014 0.78
59 A study of relationships between single nucleotide polymorphisms from the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor axis and bone mass: the Hertfordshire cohort study. J Rheumatol 2009 0.78
60 Southampton Mealtime Assistance Study: design and methods. BMC Geriatr 2013 0.77
61 Genetic markers of bone and joint health and physical capability in older adults: the HALCyon programme. Bone 2012 0.77
62 Symptoms of anxiety or depression and risk of fracture in older people: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Arch Osteoporos 2012 0.77
63 Associations between grip strength of parents and their 4-year-old children: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2011 0.77
64 Sleep disturbance and the older worker: findings from the Health and Employment after Fifty study. Scand J Work Environ Health 2017 0.75
65 Lower maternal body condition during pregnancy affects skeletal muscle structure and glut-4 protein levels but not glucose tolerance in mature adult sheep. Reprod Sci 2013 0.75
66 An overview of appetite decline in older people. Nurs Older People 2015 0.75
67 Finding the right outcome measures for care home research. Age Ageing 2010 0.75
68 Intrahepatic Lipid Content and Insulin Resistance Are More Strongly Associated with Impaired NEFA Suppression after Oral Glucose Loading Than with Fasting NEFA Levels in Healthy Older Individuals. Int J Endocrinol 2013 0.75
69 Close relationships and risk of frailty: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012 0.75
70 Population mutation scanning of human GHR by meltMADGE and identification of a paucimorphic variant. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2011 0.75