D A Lawlor

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1 Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies. Lancet 2010 11.55
2 The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration: analysis of individual data on lipid, inflammatory and other markers in over 1.1 million participants in 104 prospective studies of cardiovascular diseases. Eur J Epidemiol 2007 3.81
3 Gamma-glutamyltransferase is associated with incident vascular events independently of alcohol intake: analysis of the British Women's Heart and Health Study and Meta-Analysis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2007 2.45
4 Missed appointments in general practice: retrospective data analysis from four practices. Br J Gen Pract 2001 2.33
5 Do women exhibit greater differences in established and novel risk factors between diabetes and non-diabetes than men? The British Regional Heart Study and British Women's Heart Health Study. Diabetologia 2011 2.06
6 Nature of polymorphism in HLA-A, -B, and -C molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988 2.05
7 The thermolabile variant of MTHFR is associated with depression in the British Women's Heart and Health Study and a meta-analysis. Mol Psychiatry 2006 1.88
8 The health consequences of fuel poverty: what should the role of primary care be? Br J Gen Pract 2001 1.83
9 Diversity and diversification of HLA-A,B,C alleles. J Immunol 1989 1.80
10 How many cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus are due to being overweight in middle age? Evidence from the Midspan prospective cohort studies using mention of diabetes mellitus on hospital discharge or death records. Diabet Med 2007 1.64
11 Searching multiple databases for systematic reviews: added value or diminishing returns? Complement Ther Med 2004 1.61
12 Parental depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and attention problems in children: a cross-cohort consistency study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2012 1.56
13 A modified Mediterranean diet is associated with the greatest reduction in alanine aminotransferase levels in obese type 2 diabetes patients: results of a quasi-randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia 2008 1.49
14 Accuracy of height and weight data from child health records. Arch Dis Child 2009 1.46
15 Sex differences in risk factors, treatment and mortality after acute myocardial infarction: an observational study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000 1.43
16 Fentanyl-induced cough during general anesthesia: a different perspective. Ir J Med Sci 2013 1.38
17 Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women's Heart and Health Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 1.32
18 Cardiovascular disease risk assessment in older women: can we improve on Framingham? British Women's Heart and Health prospective cohort study. Heart 2006 1.27
19 Assessing prediction of diabetes in older adults using different adiposity measures: a 7 year prospective study in 6,923 older men and women. Diabetologia 2010 1.15
20 Physical fitness in relation to transport to school in adolescents: the Danish youth and sports study. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2009 1.13
21 Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with circulating markers of inflammation and endothelial function in adult men and women. Atherosclerosis 2009 1.10
22 A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a physical activity intervention as a treatment for depression: the treating depression with physical activity (TREAD) trial. Health Technol Assess 2012 1.08
23 Gene conversion in the evolution of the human and chimpanzee MHC class I loci. Tissue Antigens 1991 1.07
24 Waist-to-height ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence: findings from a prospective birth cohort. Pediatr Obes 2013 1.06
25 25-Hydroxyvitamin-D3 levels are positively related to subsequent cortical bone development in childhood: findings from a large prospective cohort study. Osteoporos Int 2011 1.05
26 Parental smoking during pregnancy and offspring bone mass at age 10 years: findings from a prospective birth cohort. Osteoporos Int 2010 1.05
27 The detection, treatment and control of high blood pressure in older British adults: cross-sectional findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study and the British Regional Heart Study. J Hum Hypertens 2006 1.05
28 Family and early life factors associated with changes in overweight status between ages 5 and 14 years: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes. Int J Obes (Lond) 2005 1.05
29 Lifecourse weight patterns and adult-onset diabetes: the Glasgow Alumni and British Women's Heart and Health studies. Int J Obes (Lond) 2006 1.04
30 Number of children and coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women from a British birth cohort. BJOG 2007 1.04
31 Randomised controlled trial adapting US school obesity prevention to England. Arch Dis Child 2008 1.02
32 Examining life-course influences on chronic disease: the importance of birth cohort studies from low- and middle- income countries. An overview. Braz J Med Biol Res 2007 1.02
33 Obesity and use of acute hospital services in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley study. J Public Health (Oxf) 2006 1.01
34 Association of socioeconomic position with maternal pregnancy and infant health outcomes in birth cohort studies from Brazil and the UK. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 1.00
35 The Pem homeobox gene: rapid evolution of the homeodomain, X chromosomal localization, and expression in reproductive tissue. Genomics 1996 0.99
36 Cotinine-assessed second-hand smoke exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease in older adults. Heart 2010 0.98
37 Are there socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in childhood, and are they mediated by adiposity? Findings from a prospective cohort study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2010 0.97
38 Age at birth of first child and coronary heart disease risk factors at age 53 years in men and women: British birth cohort study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 0.96
39 Prevalence of undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in older British men and women. Diabet Med 2005 0.96
40 Birthweight of offspring and paternal insulin resistance and paternal diabetes in late adulthood: cross sectional survey. Diabetologia 2003 0.95
41 Increasing body mass index from age 5 to 14 years predicts asthma among adolescents: evidence from a birth cohort study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2007 0.95
42 HLA-AR, an inactivated antigen-presenting locus related to HLA-A. Implications for the evolution of the MHC. J Immunol 1990 0.94
43 Developing parent involvement in a school-based child obesity prevention intervention: a qualitative study and process evaluation. J Public Health (Oxf) 2011 0.94
44 Bayesian methods for meta-analysis of causal relationships estimated using genetic instrumental variables. Stat Med 2010 0.93
45 The potential for a two-stage diabetes risk algorithm combining non-laboratory-based scores with subsequent routine non-fasting blood tests: results from prospective studies in older men and women. Diabet Med 2011 0.91
46 Public health and data protection: an inevitable collision or potential for a meeting of minds? Int J Epidemiol 2001 0.90
47 Life-course socio-economic position, area deprivation and Type 2 diabetes: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Diabet Med 2008 0.89
48 Variants of ADRA2A are associated with fasting glucose, blood pressure, body mass index and type 2 diabetes risk: meta-analysis of four prospective studies. Diabetologia 2011 0.88
49 Sodium intake in infancy and blood pressure at 7 years: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007 0.88
50 Does a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy help predict future essential hypertension? Findings from a prospective pregnancy cohort study. J Hum Hypertens 2012 0.86
51 Maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D and its association with childhood atopic outcomes and lung function. Clin Exp Allergy 2013 0.85
52 The associations between height components (leg and trunk length) and adult levels of liver enzymes. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 0.85
53 Vitamin C is not associated with coronary heart disease risk once life course socioeconomic position is taken into account: prospective findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Heart 2005 0.85
54 Economic evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat overweight or obesity in children. Int J Obes (Lond) 2012 0.85
55 Structure and content of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I regions of the great anthropoid apes. Hum Immunol 1996 0.84
56 Coronary heart disease prevention in clinical practice: are patients with diabetes special? Evidence from two studies of older men and women. Heart 2005 0.84
57 Prospective study of circulating soluble CD40 ligand concentrations and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in a nested prospective case-control study of older men and women. J Thromb Haemost 2011 0.83
58 A transposable epitope of HLA-B7, B40 molecules. Immunogenetics 1987 0.83
59 Serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D and ionised calcium in relation to lung function and allergen skin tests. Eur J Clin Nutr 2011 0.83
60 Diversity of class I HLA molecules: functional and evolutionary interactions with T cells. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1989 0.82
61 Changing epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among adults in England and Wales 1991-2002. Epidemiol Infect 2006 0.82
62 Distinct relationships of intramuscular and subcutaneous fat with cortical bone: findings from a cross-sectional study of young adult males and females. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013 0.82
63 Evolution of class I major histocompatibility complex genes and molecules in humans and apes. Hum Immunol 1991 0.81
64 Residents' diverse perspectives of the impact of neighbourhood renewal on quality of life and physical activity engagement: improvements but unresolved issues. Health Place 2010 0.80
65 Socioeconomic position and hysterectomy: a cross-cohort comparison of women in Australia and Great Britain. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008 0.80
66 Rapid direct determination of HLA-DQB1 * 0301 in the whole blood of normal individuals and cancer patients by specific polymerase chain reaction amplification. J Immunol Methods 1996 0.80
67 Offspring birth weight, gestational age and maternal characteristics in relation to glucose status at age 53 years: evidence from a national birth cohort. Diabet Med 2008 0.79
68 Variation in childhood and adolescent obesity prevalence defined by international and country-specific criteria in England and the United States. Eur J Clin Nutr 2010 0.79
69 Transporter associated with antigen-processing-1 (TAP1) alleles in Gorilla gorilla: diversification of the locus postspeciation. Hum Immunol 1996 0.78
70 Identification of new TAP2 alleles in gorilla: evolution of the locus within hominoids. Immunogenetics 1996 0.78
71 In vivo activation of the baboon endogenous virus. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1981 0.78
72 Effective management of the elderly hearing impaired--a review. J Public Health Med 2000 0.78
73 Domain organization and sequence relationship of killer cell inhibitory receptors. Immunol Rev 1997 0.76
74 Recreational physical activity and the risk of cholecystectomy in women. N Engl J Med 2000 0.75
75 Re: "antidepressant medication use and breast cancer risk". Am J Epidemiol 2000 0.75
76 Will to live in the terminally ill. Lancet 1999 0.75
77 Deprivation and excess winter mortality. J Epidemiol Community Health 1999 0.75
78 Using cohort studies in lifecourse epidemiology. Public Health 2012 0.75
79 Predicting live birth outcomes after in vitro fertilisation. BJOG 2012 0.75
80 Do children from an inner city British school meet the recommended levels of physical activity? Results from a cross sectional survey using objective measurements of physical activity. Arch Dis Child 2006 0.75
81 Trends in sex differences in mortality from heart disease: sex is not same as gender, and theory was first proposed in 1950s, say authors. BMJ 2002 0.75
82 The human leukocyte antigen TAP2 gene defines the centromeric limit of melanoma susceptibility on chromosome 6p. Tissue Antigens 1996 0.75
83 Reactivity of the B6.C-H-2bm-1 mutant to the wild-type tumor EL4: characterization of the serological response. Cell Immunol 1983 0.75
84 The influence of age and pregnancy on immune responses of baboons to mitogens and the baboon endogenous virus. Dev Comp Immunol 1981 0.75
85 Characterization of the B6.C-H-2bm-1 (H-2bm-1) cytotoxic T lymphocyte clonal response to EL4. Transplant Proc 1987 0.75
86 Genotype of galectin 2 (LGALS2) is associated with insulin-glucose profile in the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Diabetologia 2006 0.75
87 Rat antisera directed against alloimmune murine cytotoxic T lymphocytes inhibit cytotoxic T-lymphocyte and natural killer activity: strain specificity of inhibition. Cell Immunol 1982 0.75
88 The congenic mutant B6.C-H-2bm-1 (H-2bm-1) serological response to the T-cell receptor on EL4. Cell Immunol 1986 0.75