Hamish Foster
General Practice and Primary Care
1 Horselethill Road
Glasgow G12 9LX
0141 330 2907
Research title: Understanding interactions between lifestyle and deprivation
Research Summary
PhD Title -
Understanding the interactions between lifestyle and deprivation to support policy and intervention development.
Research interests -
Epidemiology, lifestyle factors, scioeconomic status, public health, big data
Publications
2023
Foster, H. M.E. , Polz, P., Gill, J. M.R. , Celis-Morales, C. , Mair, F. S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2023) The influence of socioeconomic status on the association between unhealthy lifestyle factors and adverse health outcomes: A systematic review. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 55. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18708.2)
Foster, H. M.E. , Gill, J. M.R. , Mair, F. S. , Celis-Morales, C. A. , Jani, B. D. , Nicholl, B. I. , Lee, D. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2023) Social connection and mortality in UK Biobank: a prospective cohort analysis. BMC Medicine, 21, 384. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03055-7) (PMID:37946218) (PMCID:PMC10637015)
Hastie, C. E. , Foster, H. M.E. , Jani, B. D. , O'Donnell, C. A. , Ho, F. K., Pell, J. P. , Sattar, N. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Chronic pain and COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study. Pain, 164(1), pp. 84-90. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002663) (PMID:35452027) (PMCID:PMC9756431)
2022
Huang, C., Foster, H. , Paudyal, V., Ward, M. and Lowrie, R. (2022) A systematic review of the nutritional status of adults experiencing homelessness. Public Health, 208, pp. 59-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.04.013) (PMID:35716429)
Foster, H. M.E. et al. (2022) The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, 273. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07132-9) (PMID:35351028) (PMCID:PMC8964028)
2021
Jani, B. D. et al. (2021) Family history of diabetes and risk of SARS-COV-2 in UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 4(4), e00283. (doi: 10.1002/edm2.283) (PMID:34505416) (PMCID:PMC8420405)
Foster, H. M.E. , Polz, P., Mair, F. S. , Gill, J. M.R. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2021) Understanding the influence of socioeconomic status on the association between combinations of lifestyle factors and adverse health outcomes: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 11, e042212. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042212) (PMID:34045211) (PMCID:PMC8162079)
2020
Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2020) Comparison of two different frailty measurements and risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 18, 355. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01822-4) (PMID:33167965) (PMCID:PMC7652674)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241824. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241824) (PMID:33152008) (PMCID:PMC7644030)
Foster, H. M.E. , Ho, F. K., Sattar, N. , Welsh, P. , Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, S. R. and Celis-Morales, C. A. (2020) Understanding how much TV is too much: a non-linear analysis of the association between television viewing time and adverse health outcomes. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95(11), pp. 2429-2441. (doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.035) (PMID:32713607)
McQueenie, R. et al. (2020) Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0238091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238091) (PMID:32817712) (PMCID:PMC7440632)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Associations of fat and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality: prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants. British Medical Journal, 368(8238), m688. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.m688) (PMID:32188587)
Foster, H. , Moffat, K., Burns, N. , Gannon, M., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What do we know about demand, use and outcomes in primary care out-of-hours services? A systematic scoping review of international literature. BMJ Open, 10, e033481. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033481) (PMID:31959608)
Mair, F. S. , Foster, H. M.E. and Nicholl, B. I. (2020) Multimorbidity and the COVID-19 pandemic – an urgent call to action. Journal of Comorbidity, 10, pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1177/2235042X20961676) (PMID:33117721) (PMCID:PMC7573706)
Rey-Lopez, J. P., Ho, F. K.W., Foster, H. M.E. , Petermann-Rocha, F., Sattar, N. , Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, S. R. and Celis-Morales, C. A. (2020) Does the association between physical capability and mortality differ by deprivation? Findings from the UK Biobank population-based cohort study. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(23), pp. 2732-2739. (doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1797438) (PMID:32723006)
2019
Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Patterson, C. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) No such thing as bad publicity? A quantitative content analysis of print media representations of primary care out-of-hours services. BMJ Open, 9(3), e023192. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023192) (PMID:30910877) (PMCID:PMC6475237)
2018
Foster, H. M.E. , Celis-Morales, C. A. , Nicholl, B. I. , Petermann, F., Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , O'Donnell, C. A. and Mair, F. S. (2018) The effect of socioeconomic deprivation on the association between an extended measurement of unhealthy lifestyle factors and health outcomes: a prospective analysis of the UK Biobank cohort. Lancet Public Health, 3(12), e576-e585. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30200-7) (PMID:30467019)
O’Donnell, C. A. and Foster, H. (2018) Changing practice in primary care. In: Irving, K., Hogervorst, E., Oliveira, D. and Kivipelto, M. (eds.) New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research. Taylor and Francis: London. ISBN 9781351122719
Wilcox, M. et al. (2018) Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry. Lancet Global Health, 6(6), e691-e702. (doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30215-8) (PMID:29773123)
2015
O'Donnell, C. A. , Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Burns, N. and Gannon, M. (2015) Out-of-Hours Primary Medical Care: What Can Research Tell Us? Findings From a Rapid Systematic Review and Qualitative Study. Discussion Paper. Scottish Government.
2013
Guerrier, G., Foster, H. , Metge, O., Chouvin, C. and Tui, M. (2013) Cultural contexts of swine-related infections in Polynesia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 19(7), pp. 595-599. (doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12088) (PMID:23194348)
2012
Aldridge, C., Foster, H. M.E. , Albonico, M., Ame, S. and Montresor, A. (2012) Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Haemoglobin Colour Scale to detect anaemia in young children attending primary healthcare clinics in Zanzibar. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 17(4), pp. 423-429. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02944.x) (PMID:22296167)
Articles
Foster, H. M.E. , Polz, P., Gill, J. M.R. , Celis-Morales, C. , Mair, F. S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2023) The influence of socioeconomic status on the association between unhealthy lifestyle factors and adverse health outcomes: A systematic review. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 55. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18708.2)
Foster, H. M.E. , Gill, J. M.R. , Mair, F. S. , Celis-Morales, C. A. , Jani, B. D. , Nicholl, B. I. , Lee, D. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2023) Social connection and mortality in UK Biobank: a prospective cohort analysis. BMC Medicine, 21, 384. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03055-7) (PMID:37946218) (PMCID:PMC10637015)
Hastie, C. E. , Foster, H. M.E. , Jani, B. D. , O'Donnell, C. A. , Ho, F. K., Pell, J. P. , Sattar, N. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Chronic pain and COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study. Pain, 164(1), pp. 84-90. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002663) (PMID:35452027) (PMCID:PMC9756431)
Huang, C., Foster, H. , Paudyal, V., Ward, M. and Lowrie, R. (2022) A systematic review of the nutritional status of adults experiencing homelessness. Public Health, 208, pp. 59-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.04.013) (PMID:35716429)
Foster, H. M.E. et al. (2022) The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, 273. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07132-9) (PMID:35351028) (PMCID:PMC8964028)
Jani, B. D. et al. (2021) Family history of diabetes and risk of SARS-COV-2 in UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 4(4), e00283. (doi: 10.1002/edm2.283) (PMID:34505416) (PMCID:PMC8420405)
Foster, H. M.E. , Polz, P., Mair, F. S. , Gill, J. M.R. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2021) Understanding the influence of socioeconomic status on the association between combinations of lifestyle factors and adverse health outcomes: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 11, e042212. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042212) (PMID:34045211) (PMCID:PMC8162079)
Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2020) Comparison of two different frailty measurements and risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 18, 355. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01822-4) (PMID:33167965) (PMCID:PMC7652674)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241824. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241824) (PMID:33152008) (PMCID:PMC7644030)
Foster, H. M.E. , Ho, F. K., Sattar, N. , Welsh, P. , Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, S. R. and Celis-Morales, C. A. (2020) Understanding how much TV is too much: a non-linear analysis of the association between television viewing time and adverse health outcomes. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95(11), pp. 2429-2441. (doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.035) (PMID:32713607)
McQueenie, R. et al. (2020) Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0238091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238091) (PMID:32817712) (PMCID:PMC7440632)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Associations of fat and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality: prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants. British Medical Journal, 368(8238), m688. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.m688) (PMID:32188587)
Foster, H. , Moffat, K., Burns, N. , Gannon, M., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What do we know about demand, use and outcomes in primary care out-of-hours services? A systematic scoping review of international literature. BMJ Open, 10, e033481. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033481) (PMID:31959608)
Mair, F. S. , Foster, H. M.E. and Nicholl, B. I. (2020) Multimorbidity and the COVID-19 pandemic – an urgent call to action. Journal of Comorbidity, 10, pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1177/2235042X20961676) (PMID:33117721) (PMCID:PMC7573706)
Rey-Lopez, J. P., Ho, F. K.W., Foster, H. M.E. , Petermann-Rocha, F., Sattar, N. , Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, S. R. and Celis-Morales, C. A. (2020) Does the association between physical capability and mortality differ by deprivation? Findings from the UK Biobank population-based cohort study. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(23), pp. 2732-2739. (doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1797438) (PMID:32723006)
Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Patterson, C. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) No such thing as bad publicity? A quantitative content analysis of print media representations of primary care out-of-hours services. BMJ Open, 9(3), e023192. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023192) (PMID:30910877) (PMCID:PMC6475237)
Foster, H. M.E. , Celis-Morales, C. A. , Nicholl, B. I. , Petermann, F., Pell, J. P. , Gill, J. M.R. , O'Donnell, C. A. and Mair, F. S. (2018) The effect of socioeconomic deprivation on the association between an extended measurement of unhealthy lifestyle factors and health outcomes: a prospective analysis of the UK Biobank cohort. Lancet Public Health, 3(12), e576-e585. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30200-7) (PMID:30467019)
Wilcox, M. et al. (2018) Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry. Lancet Global Health, 6(6), e691-e702. (doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30215-8) (PMID:29773123)
Guerrier, G., Foster, H. , Metge, O., Chouvin, C. and Tui, M. (2013) Cultural contexts of swine-related infections in Polynesia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 19(7), pp. 595-599. (doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12088) (PMID:23194348)
Aldridge, C., Foster, H. M.E. , Albonico, M., Ame, S. and Montresor, A. (2012) Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Haemoglobin Colour Scale to detect anaemia in young children attending primary healthcare clinics in Zanzibar. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 17(4), pp. 423-429. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02944.x) (PMID:22296167)
Book Sections
O’Donnell, C. A. and Foster, H. (2018) Changing practice in primary care. In: Irving, K., Hogervorst, E., Oliveira, D. and Kivipelto, M. (eds.) New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research. Taylor and Francis: London. ISBN 9781351122719
Research Reports or Papers
O'Donnell, C. A. , Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Burns, N. and Gannon, M. (2015) Out-of-Hours Primary Medical Care: What Can Research Tell Us? Findings From a Rapid Systematic Review and Qualitative Study. Discussion Paper. Scottish Government.