Professor George Davey Smith
- Visiting Professor (School of Health & Wellbeing)
Public Health and Health Policy, 1 Lilybank Gardens
Publications
2019
Dangardt, F. et al. (2019) Association between fat mass through adolescence and arterial stiffness: a population-based study from The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 3(7), pp. 474-481. (doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30105-1) (PMID:31126896) (PMCID:PMC6558973)
2017
Dale, C. E. et al. (2017) Causal associations of adiposity and body fat distribution with coronary heart disease, stroke subtypes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Circulation, 135(24), pp. 2373-2388. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026560) (PMID:28500271) (PMCID:PMC5515354)
2015
Wade, K. H. et al. (2015) Variation in the SLC23A1 gene does not influence cardiometabolic outcomes to the extent expected given its association with L-ascorbic acid. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101(1), pp. 202-209. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.092981) (PMID:25527764) (PMCID:PMC4266888)
2014
Taylor, A. E. et al. (2014) Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers. PLoS Genetics, 10(12), e1004799. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004799)
2012
Gray, L. , Davey Smith, G., McConnachie, A. , Watt, G.C., Hart, C.L. , Upton, M.N., Macfarlane, P.W. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland Midspan Family Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 41(6), pp. 1776-1785. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dys149)
Williams, D.M., Fraser, A., Sayers, A., Fraser, W.D., Hingorani, A., Deanfield, J., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Lawlor, D.A. (2012) Associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 with cardiovascular risk factors in childhood: cross-sectional findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 97(5), pp. 1563-1571. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-2335)
Patel, S., Fraser, A., Davey Smith, G., Lindsay, R.S. , Sattar, N. , Nelson, S.M. and Lawlor, D.A. (2012) Associations of gestational diabetes, existing diabetes, and glycosuria with offspring obesity and cardiometabolic outcomes. Diabetes Care, 35(1), pp. 63-71. (doi: 10.2337/dc11-1633)
2011
Lawlor, D.A., Fraser, A., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Nelson, S.M. , Palmer, T.M., Davey Smith, G. and Tilling, K. (2011) Maternal and offspring adiposity-related genetic variants and gestational weight gain. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(1), pp. 149-155. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.010751)
Bolton, C.E. et al. (2011) The CRP genotype, serum levels and lung function in men: the Caerphilly Prospective Study. Clinical Science, 120(8), pp. 347-355. (doi: 10.1042/CS20100504)
Lawlor, D.A., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Fraser, A., Nelson, S.M. , Hingorani, A., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Deanfield, J. (2011) Cardiovascular biomarkers and vascular function during childhood in the offspring of mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. European Heart Journal, 33(3), pp. 335-345. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr300)
Ngai, L.-Y., Stocks, N., Sparrow, J. M., Patel, R., Rumley, A., Lowe, G., Davey Smith, G. and Ben-Shlomo, Y. (2011) The prevalence and analysis of risk factors for age-related macular degeneration: 18-year follow-up data from the Speedwell eye study, United Kingdom. Eye, 25(6), pp. 784-793. (doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.56)
2010
Hart, C.L. , Morrison, D.S., Batty, G.D., Mitchell, R.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2010) Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies. British Medical Journal, 340, c1240. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1240)
Gray, L., Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G. and Batty, G.D. (2010) What is the predictive value of established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality when measured before middle age? Pooled analyses of two prospective cohort studies from Scotland. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 17(1), pp. 106-112. (doi: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283348ed9)
Lawlor, D.A., Fraser, A., Lindsay, R.S., Ness, A., Dabelea, D., Catalano, P., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N.A. and Nelson, S. (2010) Association of existing diabetes, gestational diabetes and glycosuria in pregnancy with macrosomia and offspring body mass index, waist and fat mass in later childhood: findings from a prospective pregnancy cohort. Diabetologia, 53(1), pp. 89-97. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1560-z)
Falaschetti, E., Hingorani, A. D., Jones, A., Charakida, M., Finer, N., Whincup, P., Lawlor, D. A., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Deanfield, J. E. (2010) Adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in a large contemporary population of pre-pubertal children. European Heart Journal, 31(24), pp. 3063-3072. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq355)
Hernandez, A.V., Howe, L.D., Tilling, K., Benfield, L., Logue, J. , Sattar, N. , Ness, A.R., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D.A. (2010) Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15186. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015186)
Sayers, A., Timpson, N.J., Sattar, N. , Deanfield, J., Hingorani, A.D., Davey Smith, G. and Tobias, J.H. (2010) Adiponectin and its association with bone mass accrual in childhood. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25(10), pp. 2212-2220. (doi: 10.1002/jbmr.116)
2009
Batty, G.D., Kivimaki, M., Morrison, D.S., Huxley, R., Davey Smith, G., Clarke, R., Marmot, M.G. and Shipley, M.J. (2009) Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer Mortality: Extended Follow-up of the Original Whitehall Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 18(2), pp. 673-675. (doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-1032)
Fraser, A., Harris, R., Sattar, N. , Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D. (2009) Alanine Aminotransferase, gamma-Glutamyltransferase, and Incident Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 32(4), pp. 741-750. (doi: 10.2337/dc08-1870)
Fraser, A., May, M., Lowe, G., Rumley, A., Davey Smith, G., Ebrahim, S. and Lawlor, D. (2009) Interleukin-6 and incident coronary heart disease: Results from the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Atherosclerosis, 202(2), pp. 567-572. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.04.048)
Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2009) Alcohol consumption and use of acute and mental health hospital services in the West of Scotland Collaborative prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, pp. 703-707. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.079764)
Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Upton, M.N. and Watt, G.C.M. (2009) Alcohol consumption behaviours and social mobility in men and women of the midspan family study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(3), pp. 332-336. (doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agn125)
Schumacher, W., Cockcroft, J., Timpson, N., McEniery, C., Gallacher, J., Rumley, A., Lowe, G., Davey Smith, G., Wilkinson, I. and Ben Shlomo, Y. (2009) Association Between C-Reactive Protein Genotype, Circulating Levels, and Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity. Hypertension, 53(2), pp. 150-157. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.117622)
2008
Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2008) Alcohol consumption and mortality and hospital admissions in men from the Midspan Collaborative cohort study. Addiction, 103(12), pp. 1979-1986. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02373.x)
Batty, G.D., Shipley, M.J., Kivimaki, M., Barzi, F., Davey Smith, G., Mitchell, R.J., Marmot, M.G. and Huxley, R. (2008) Obesity and overweight in relation to liver disease mortality in men: 38 year follow-up of the original Whitehall study. International Journal of Obesity, 32(11), pp. 1741-1744. (doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.162)
Lawlor, D., Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G., Cherry, L., Watt, P. and Sattar, N. (2008) The association of insulin-like-growth factor 1 (IGF-1) with incident coronary heart disease in women: Findings from the prospective British Women's Heart and Health Study. Atherosclerosis, 201(1), pp. 198-204. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.061)
Metcalfe, C., Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (2008) The scope for biased recall of risk-factor exposure in case-control studies: Evidence from a cohort study of Scottish men. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 36(4), pp. 442-445. (doi: 10.1177/1403494807088451)
Sattar, N., Watt, P., Cherry, L., Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D. (2008) High molecular weight adiponectin is not associated with incident coronary heart disease in older women: A nested prospective case-control study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93(5), pp. 1846-1849. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2603)
2007
Fraser, A., Harris, R., Sattar, N. , Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D.A. (2007) 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. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 27(12), pp. 2729-2735. (doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.152298)
Gunnell, D., Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Body mass index in middle life and future risk of hospital admission for psychoses or depression: findings from the Renfrew/Paisley study. Psychological Medicine, 37(8), pp. 1151-1161. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291707000384)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Does consideration of either psychological or material disadvantage improve coronary risk prediction? Prospective observational study of Scottish men. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(9), pp. 833-837. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.055921)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) The role of self-reported stress in the development of breast cancer and prostate cancer: A prospective cohort study of employed males and females with 30 years of follow-up. European Journal of Cancer, 43, pp. 1060-1065. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.01.027)
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) 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. Diabetic Medicine, 24, pp. 73-80.
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Obesity and use of acute hospital services in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 53-56. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdl088)
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D., Lever, T. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Effect of conjugal bereavement on mortality of the bereaved spouse in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, pp. 455-460. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.052043)
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Kelly, A., Sattar, N. and Ebrahim, S. (2007) Leptin and coronary heart disease risk: Prospective case control study of British women. Obesity, 15(7), pp. 1694-1701. (doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.202)
Ness, A.R., Leary, S.D., Mattocks, C., Blair, S.N., Reilly, J.J., Wells, J., Ingle, S., Tilling, K., Davey Smith, G. and Riddoch, C. (2007) Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a large cohort of children. PLoS Medicine, 4(3), e97. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040097)
2006
Pembroke, T.P.I., Rasul, F., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G. and Stansfeld, S.A. (2006) Psychological distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(9), pp. 789-792. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.042150)
Hart, C., Davey Smith, G., Hole, D. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2006) Carboxyhaemoglobin concentration, smoking habit, and mortality in 25 years in the Renfrew/Paisley prospective cohort study. Heart, 92(3), pp. 321-324. (doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.065185)
Mannino, D.M. et al. (2006) The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. European Respiratory Journal, 27(3), pp. 627-643. (doi: 10.1183/​09031936.06.00024605)
Watt, G., Hole, D., Gillis, C., Hart, C., McConnachie, A. , Davey Smith, G., Upton, M. and Hawthorne, V. (2006) The epidemiology of respiratory impairement and disease in two generations of the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) Study. European Respiratory Journal, 27(3), pp. 629-632.
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) Reverse causality and confounding and the associations of overweight and obesity with mortality. Obesity, 14, pp. 2294-2304.
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) Subjective and objective status and health: A response to Adler's 'When one's main effect is another's error: Material vs. psychosocial explanations of health disparities. A commentary on Macleod et al., 'Is subjective social status a more important. Social Science and Medicine, 63(4), pp. 851-857.
Leary, S., Davey Smith, G., Rogers, I., Reilly, J., Wells, J. and Ness, A. (2006) Smoking during pregnancy and offspring fat and lean mass in childhood. Obesity, 14(12), pp. 2284-2293. (doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.268)
Ness, A., Leary, S., Reilly, J., Wells, J., Tobias, J., Clark, E. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) The social patterning of fat and lean mass in a contemporary cohort of children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 1(1), pp. 59-61. (doi: 10.1080/17477160600569339)
2005
Brindle, P.M., McConnachie, A., Upton, M., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G. and Watt, G.C.M. (2005) The accuracy of the Framingham risk-score in different socioeconomic groups: a prospective study. British Journal of General Practice, 55(520), pp. 838-845.
MacLeod, J., Davey Smith, G., Metcalfe, C. and Hart, C. (2005) Is subjective social status a more important determinant of health than objective social status? Evidence from a prospective observational study of Scottish men. Social Science and Medicine, 61(9), pp. 1916-1929. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.009)
Hart, C.L., Deary, I.J., Davey Smith, G., Upton, M.N., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Wilson, V. and Watt, G.C.M. (2005) Childhood IQ of parents related to characteristics of their offspring: linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 to the Midspan Family Study. Journal of Biosocial Science, 37(5), pp. 623-639. (doi: 10.1017/S0021932004006923)
Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G., Sterne, J.A.C., Heslop, P., MacLeod, J. and Hart, C.L. (2005) Cause-specific hospital admission and mortality among working men: association with socioeconomic circumstances in childhood and adult life, and the mediating role of daily stress. European Journal of Public Health, 15(3), pp. 238-244. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cki063)
Hart, C.L., Taylor, M.D., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2005) Childhood IQ and all-cause mortality before and after age 65: Prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10(2), pp. 153-165. (doi: 10.1348/135910704X14591)
Taylor, M.D., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J. and Hole, D. (2005) Childhood IQ and marriage by mid-life: the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan Studies. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(7), pp. 1621-1630. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.021)
Hart, C.L. , MacKinnon, P., Watt, G.C.M., Upton, M., McConnachie, A., Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Gillies, C.R. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2005) The Midspan studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(1), pp. 28-34. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyh348)
Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S.A., Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2005) Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(2), pp. 140-145. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2004.019786)
Davey Smith, G., Lawlor, D.A., Harbord, R., Timpson, N., Rumley, A., Lowe, G.D.O., Day, I.N.M. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) Association of C-reactive protein with blood pressure and hypertension - Life course confounding and Mendelian randomization tests of causality. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 25(5), pp. 1051-1056. (doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000160351.95181.d0)
Deary, I.J., Taylor, M.D., Hart, C.L., Wilson, V., Davey Smith, G., Blane, D. and Starr, J.M. (2005) Intergenerational social mobility and mid-life status attainment: influences of childhood intelligence, childhood social factors, and education. Intelligence, 33(5), pp. 455-472. (doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2005.06.003)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2005) Interheart. Lancet, 365(9454), pp. 118-119.
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Ebrahim, S., Thompson, C. and Sattar, N. (2005) Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance, but do not predict future risk of coronary heart disease in women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90(10), pp. 5677-5683. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-0825)
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Rumley, A., Lowe, G. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) Associations of fibrinogen and C-reactive protein with prevalent and incident coronary heart disease are attenuated by adjustment for confounding factors - British Women's Heart and Health Study. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 93(5), pp. 955-963. (doi: 10.1160/TH04-12-0805)
Lawlor, D., Sattar, N. , Davey Smith, G. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) The associations of physical activity and adiposity with alanine aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161(11), pp. 1081-1088. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwi125)
Timpson, N. et al. (2005) C-reactive protein and its role in metabolic syndrome: mendelian randomisation study. Lancet, 366(9501), pp. 1954-1959. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67786-0)
2004
Hart, C.L. , Taylor, M.D., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D.J., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2004) Childhood IQ and cardiovascular disease in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Social Science and Medicine, 59(10), pp. 2131-2138. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.016)
McConnachie, A. , Davey Smith, G., Upton, M. N., Hart, C. L. and Watt, G. C.M. (2004) Maternal and personal cigarette smoking synergize to increase airflow limitation in adults. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 169(4), pp. 479-487. (doi: 10.1164/rccm.200211-1357OC)
Deary, I., Hart, C., Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J., Taylor, M., Whalley, L. and Wilson, V. (2004) Childhood mental ability and blood pressure at midlife: linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Journal of Hypertension, 22, pp. 893-897. (doi: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000098288.36684.8a)
Gillis, C., Hart, C. , Rasul, F., Davey Smith, G. and Stansfeld, S. (2004) Psychological distress, physical illness and mortality risk. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, pp. 231-236. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00618-4)
2003
Taylor, M.D., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Whalley, L.J., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2003) Childhood mental ability and smoking cessation in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(6), pp. 464-465. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.6.464)
Hart, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Relation between number of siblings and adult mortality and stroke risk: 25 year follow up of men in the Collaborative study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(5), pp. 385-391. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.5.385)
Hart, C.L. , Deary, I.J., MacKinnon, P.L., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Wilson, V., Hole, D.J. and Starr, J.M. (2003) The Scottish Mental Survey 1932 linked to the Midspan studies: a prospective investigation of childhood intelligence and future health. Public Health, 117(3), pp. 187-195. (doi: 10.1016/S0033-3506(02)00028-8)
Deary, I., Hart, C. , Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J., Taylor, M., Whalley, L. and Wilson, V. (2003) Childhood IQ, social class, deprivation, and their relationships with mortality and morbidity risk in later life: Prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, pp. 877-883. (doi: 10.1091/01.PSY.0000088584.82822.86)
Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Self-reported stress and subsequent hospital admissions as a result of hypertension, varicose veins and haemorrhoids. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 25, pp. 62-68. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg013)
Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G. and Sterne, J. (2003) Frequent job change and associated health. Social Science and Medicine, 56, pp. 1-15.
Jeffreys, M., McCarron, P., Gunnell, D., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Body mass index in early and mid-adulthood, and subsequent mortality: a historical cohort study. International Journal of Obesity, 27(11), pp. 1391-1397. (doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802414)
Kinra, S., Davey Smith, G., Okasha, M., McCarron, P. and McEwen, J. (2003) Is maternal transmission of coronary heart disease risk stronger than paternal transmission? Heart, 89(8), pp. 834-838. (doi: 10.1136/heart.89.8.834)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Association between course of study at university and cause-specific mortality. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 96(8), pp. 384-388.
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J., Durnin, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Childhood social class and adulthood obesity: findings from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(7), pp. 508-509. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.7.508)
2002
Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C. (2002) Life-course socioeconomic and behavioral influences on cardiovascular disease mortality: the collaborative study. American Journal of Public Health, 92(8), pp. 1295-1298.
MacLeod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2002) Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men. British Medical Journal, 324(7348), pp. 1247-1251. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7348.1247)
Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2002) Limitations of adjustment for reporting tendency in observational studies of stress and self reported coronary heart disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(1), pp. 76-77. (doi: 10.1136/jech.56.1.76)
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J. and Metcalfe, C. (2002) Sleep duration and mortality: the effect of short or long sleep duration on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in working men and women. Sleep Medicine(4), pp. 305-314.
Gunnell, D., Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S., Hart, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Gender differences in self-reported minor mental disorder and its association with suicide - A 20-year follow-up of the Renfrew and Paisley cohort. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37(10), pp. 457-459. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-002-0579-y)
Hart, C. , Ness, A. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Milk and coronary heart disease mortality - Reply. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(4), pp. 319-320.
Heslop, P., Davey Smith, G., Metcalfe, C., Macleod, J. and Hart, C. (2002) Change in job satisfaction, and its association with self-reported stress, cardiovascular risk factors and mortality. Social Science and Medicine, 54(10), pp. 1589-1599. (doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00138-1)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Height in young adulthood and risk of death from cardiorespiratory disease: A prospective study of male former students of Glasgow University, Scotland. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(8), pp. 683-687. (doi: 10.1093/aje/155.8.683)
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Body mass index in young adulthood and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(10), pp. 780-784. (doi: 10.1136/jech.56.10.780)
Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S., Hart, C. , Gillis, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Common mental disorder and physical illness in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53(6), pp. 1163-1170. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00352-5)
2001
Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2001) Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(12), pp. 878-884. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.12.878)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) The relation between questions indicating transient ischaemic attack and stroke in 20 years of follow up in men and women in the Renfrew/Paisley Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(4), pp. 268-274. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.9.653)
Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G., Sterne, J., Heslop, P., MacLeod, J. and Hart, C. (2001) Individual employment histories and subsequent cause specific hospital admissions and mortality: a prospective study of a cohort of male and female workers with 21 years follow up. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(7), pp. 503-504. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.7.503)
McCarron, P., Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) The relation between adult height and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(6), pp. 404-405. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.6.404)
Ness, A., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (2001) Milk, coronary heart disease and mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(7), pp. 379-382. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.6.379)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J., Gillis, C.R., Davey Smith, G., Watt, G.C.M. and Hawthorne, V. (2001) Social class differences in lung cancer mortality risk factor explanations using two Scottish cohort studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(2), pp. 268-274.
Carroll, D., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Hyland, F. and Macleod, J. (2001) Perceived stress and coronary heart disease risk factors: The contribution of socio-economic position. British Journal of Health Psychology, 6, pp. 167-178.
Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C., Hart, C. , Rasul, F. and Stansfeld, S. (2001) Sociodemographic factors, smoking and common mental disorder in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Health Psychology, 6, pp. 149-158.
Davey Smith, G., McCarron, P., Okasha, M. and McEwen, J. (2001) Social circumstances in childhood and cardiovascular disease mortality: prospective observational study of Glasgow University students. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(5), pp. 340-341. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.5.340)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Are two really better than one? Empirical examination of repeat blood pressure measurements and stroke risk in the Renfrew/Paisley and collaborative studies. Stroke, 32(11), pp. 2697-2699. (doi: 10.1161/hs1101.098637)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J., Gillis, C.R., Davey Smith, G., Watt, G.C.M. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2001) Social class differences in lung cancer mortality: risk factor explanations using two Scottish cohort studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(2), pp. 268-274. (doi: 10.1093/ije/30.2.268)
Heslop, P., Davey Smith, G., Macleod, J. and Hart, C. (2001) The socioeconomic position of employed women, risk factors and mortality. Social Science and Medicine, 53(4), pp. 477-485. (doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00350-6)
Marang-van de Mheen, M., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. and Hole, D. (2001) Are women more sensitive to smoking than men? Findings from the Renfrew and Paisley study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(4), pp. 787-792. (doi: 10.1093/ije/30.4.787)
McCarron, P., Davey Smith, G., Okasha, M. and McEwen, J. (2001) Smoking in adolescence and young adulthood and mortality in later life: prospective observational study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(5), pp. 334-335. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.5.334)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Changes in blood pressure among students attending Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968: analyses of cross sectional surveys. British Medical Journal, 322(7291), pp. 885-888. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7291.885)
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Age at menarche: secular trends and association with adult anthropometric measures. Annals of Human Biology, 28(1), pp. 68-78. (doi: 10.1080/03014460150201896)
2000
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2000) The contribution of risk factors to stroke differentials, by socioeconomic position in adulthood: the Renfrew/Paisley Study. American Journal of Public Health, 90(11), pp. 1788-1791.
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2000) The relation between cholesterol and haemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 54(11), pp. 874-875. (doi: 10.1136/jech.54.11.874)
Upton, M.N., McConnachie, A. , McSharry, C., Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C.R. and Watt, G.C.M. (2000) Intergenerational 20 year trends in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in adults: the Midspan family study surveys of parents and offspring. British Medical Journal, 321(7253), pp. 88-92. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.88)
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L., Upton, M., Gillis, C.R., Watt, G. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2000) Height and risk of death among men and women: aetiological implications of associations with cardiorespiratory disease and cancer mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 54(2), pp. 97-103. (doi: 10.1136/jech.54.2.97)
1999
Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G., Hole, D.J. and Hawthorne, V.M. (1999) Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up. British Medical Journal, 318(7200), pp. 1725-1729.
Blane, D., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (1999) Some social and physical correlates of intergenerational social mobility: evidence from the west of Scotland Collaborative Study. Sociology, 33(1), pp. 169-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0038038599000097)
1998
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L. , Blane, D. and Hole, D. (1998) Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study. British Medical Journal, 316(7145), pp. 1631-1635.
Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G. and Blane, D. (1998) Inequalities in mortality by social class measured at 3 stages of the lifecourse. American Journal of Public Health, 88(3), pp. 471-474.
1997
Hart, C. , Watt, G., Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C. and Hawthorne, V. (1997) Pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic heart disease mortality in women compared with men. International Journal of Epidemiology, 26(3), pp. 508-515. (doi: 10.1093/ije/26.3.508)
1994
Davison, C., Macintyre, S. and Davey Smith, G. (1994) The potential social impact of predictive genetic testing for susceptibility to common chronic diseases: a review and proposed research agenda. Sociology of Health and Illness, 16(3), pp. 340-371.
Articles
Dangardt, F. et al. (2019) Association between fat mass through adolescence and arterial stiffness: a population-based study from The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 3(7), pp. 474-481. (doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30105-1) (PMID:31126896) (PMCID:PMC6558973)
Dale, C. E. et al. (2017) Causal associations of adiposity and body fat distribution with coronary heart disease, stroke subtypes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Circulation, 135(24), pp. 2373-2388. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026560) (PMID:28500271) (PMCID:PMC5515354)
Wade, K. H. et al. (2015) Variation in the SLC23A1 gene does not influence cardiometabolic outcomes to the extent expected given its association with L-ascorbic acid. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101(1), pp. 202-209. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.092981) (PMID:25527764) (PMCID:PMC4266888)
Taylor, A. E. et al. (2014) Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers. PLoS Genetics, 10(12), e1004799. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004799)
Gray, L. , Davey Smith, G., McConnachie, A. , Watt, G.C., Hart, C.L. , Upton, M.N., Macfarlane, P.W. and Batty, G.D. (2012) Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland Midspan Family Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 41(6), pp. 1776-1785. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dys149)
Williams, D.M., Fraser, A., Sayers, A., Fraser, W.D., Hingorani, A., Deanfield, J., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Lawlor, D.A. (2012) Associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 with cardiovascular risk factors in childhood: cross-sectional findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 97(5), pp. 1563-1571. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-2335)
Patel, S., Fraser, A., Davey Smith, G., Lindsay, R.S. , Sattar, N. , Nelson, S.M. and Lawlor, D.A. (2012) Associations of gestational diabetes, existing diabetes, and glycosuria with offspring obesity and cardiometabolic outcomes. Diabetes Care, 35(1), pp. 63-71. (doi: 10.2337/dc11-1633)
Lawlor, D.A., Fraser, A., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Nelson, S.M. , Palmer, T.M., Davey Smith, G. and Tilling, K. (2011) Maternal and offspring adiposity-related genetic variants and gestational weight gain. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(1), pp. 149-155. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.010751)
Bolton, C.E. et al. (2011) The CRP genotype, serum levels and lung function in men: the Caerphilly Prospective Study. Clinical Science, 120(8), pp. 347-355. (doi: 10.1042/CS20100504)
Lawlor, D.A., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Fraser, A., Nelson, S.M. , Hingorani, A., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Deanfield, J. (2011) Cardiovascular biomarkers and vascular function during childhood in the offspring of mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. European Heart Journal, 33(3), pp. 335-345. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr300)
Ngai, L.-Y., Stocks, N., Sparrow, J. M., Patel, R., Rumley, A., Lowe, G., Davey Smith, G. and Ben-Shlomo, Y. (2011) The prevalence and analysis of risk factors for age-related macular degeneration: 18-year follow-up data from the Speedwell eye study, United Kingdom. Eye, 25(6), pp. 784-793. (doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.56)
Hart, C.L. , Morrison, D.S., Batty, G.D., Mitchell, R.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2010) Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies. British Medical Journal, 340, c1240. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1240)
Gray, L., Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G. and Batty, G.D. (2010) What is the predictive value of established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality when measured before middle age? Pooled analyses of two prospective cohort studies from Scotland. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 17(1), pp. 106-112. (doi: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283348ed9)
Lawlor, D.A., Fraser, A., Lindsay, R.S., Ness, A., Dabelea, D., Catalano, P., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N.A. and Nelson, S. (2010) Association of existing diabetes, gestational diabetes and glycosuria in pregnancy with macrosomia and offspring body mass index, waist and fat mass in later childhood: findings from a prospective pregnancy cohort. Diabetologia, 53(1), pp. 89-97. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1560-z)
Falaschetti, E., Hingorani, A. D., Jones, A., Charakida, M., Finer, N., Whincup, P., Lawlor, D. A., Davey Smith, G., Sattar, N. and Deanfield, J. E. (2010) Adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in a large contemporary population of pre-pubertal children. European Heart Journal, 31(24), pp. 3063-3072. (doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq355)
Hernandez, A.V., Howe, L.D., Tilling, K., Benfield, L., Logue, J. , Sattar, N. , Ness, A.R., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D.A. (2010) Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15186. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015186)
Sayers, A., Timpson, N.J., Sattar, N. , Deanfield, J., Hingorani, A.D., Davey Smith, G. and Tobias, J.H. (2010) Adiponectin and its association with bone mass accrual in childhood. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25(10), pp. 2212-2220. (doi: 10.1002/jbmr.116)
Batty, G.D., Kivimaki, M., Morrison, D.S., Huxley, R., Davey Smith, G., Clarke, R., Marmot, M.G. and Shipley, M.J. (2009) Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer Mortality: Extended Follow-up of the Original Whitehall Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 18(2), pp. 673-675. (doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-1032)
Fraser, A., Harris, R., Sattar, N. , Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D. (2009) Alanine Aminotransferase, gamma-Glutamyltransferase, and Incident Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 32(4), pp. 741-750. (doi: 10.2337/dc08-1870)
Fraser, A., May, M., Lowe, G., Rumley, A., Davey Smith, G., Ebrahim, S. and Lawlor, D. (2009) Interleukin-6 and incident coronary heart disease: Results from the British Women's Heart and Health Study. Atherosclerosis, 202(2), pp. 567-572. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.04.048)
Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2009) Alcohol consumption and use of acute and mental health hospital services in the West of Scotland Collaborative prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, pp. 703-707. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.079764)
Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Upton, M.N. and Watt, G.C.M. (2009) Alcohol consumption behaviours and social mobility in men and women of the midspan family study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(3), pp. 332-336. (doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agn125)
Schumacher, W., Cockcroft, J., Timpson, N., McEniery, C., Gallacher, J., Rumley, A., Lowe, G., Davey Smith, G., Wilkinson, I. and Ben Shlomo, Y. (2009) Association Between C-Reactive Protein Genotype, Circulating Levels, and Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity. Hypertension, 53(2), pp. 150-157. (doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.117622)
Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2008) Alcohol consumption and mortality and hospital admissions in men from the Midspan Collaborative cohort study. Addiction, 103(12), pp. 1979-1986. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02373.x)
Batty, G.D., Shipley, M.J., Kivimaki, M., Barzi, F., Davey Smith, G., Mitchell, R.J., Marmot, M.G. and Huxley, R. (2008) Obesity and overweight in relation to liver disease mortality in men: 38 year follow-up of the original Whitehall study. International Journal of Obesity, 32(11), pp. 1741-1744. (doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.162)
Lawlor, D., Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G., Cherry, L., Watt, P. and Sattar, N. (2008) The association of insulin-like-growth factor 1 (IGF-1) with incident coronary heart disease in women: Findings from the prospective British Women's Heart and Health Study. Atherosclerosis, 201(1), pp. 198-204. (doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.061)
Metcalfe, C., Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (2008) The scope for biased recall of risk-factor exposure in case-control studies: Evidence from a cohort study of Scottish men. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 36(4), pp. 442-445. (doi: 10.1177/1403494807088451)
Sattar, N., Watt, P., Cherry, L., Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D. (2008) High molecular weight adiponectin is not associated with incident coronary heart disease in older women: A nested prospective case-control study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93(5), pp. 1846-1849. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-2603)
Fraser, A., Harris, R., Sattar, N. , Ebrahim, S., Davey Smith, G. and Lawlor, D.A. (2007) 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. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 27(12), pp. 2729-2735. (doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.152298)
Gunnell, D., Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Body mass index in middle life and future risk of hospital admission for psychoses or depression: findings from the Renfrew/Paisley study. Psychological Medicine, 37(8), pp. 1151-1161. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291707000384)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Does consideration of either psychological or material disadvantage improve coronary risk prediction? Prospective observational study of Scottish men. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(9), pp. 833-837. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.055921)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) The role of self-reported stress in the development of breast cancer and prostate cancer: A prospective cohort study of employed males and females with 30 years of follow-up. European Journal of Cancer, 43, pp. 1060-1065. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.01.027)
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) 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. Diabetic Medicine, 24, pp. 73-80.
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Obesity and use of acute hospital services in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 53-56. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdl088)
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D., Lever, T. and Davey Smith, G. (2007) Effect of conjugal bereavement on mortality of the bereaved spouse in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, pp. 455-460. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.052043)
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Kelly, A., Sattar, N. and Ebrahim, S. (2007) Leptin and coronary heart disease risk: Prospective case control study of British women. Obesity, 15(7), pp. 1694-1701. (doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.202)
Ness, A.R., Leary, S.D., Mattocks, C., Blair, S.N., Reilly, J.J., Wells, J., Ingle, S., Tilling, K., Davey Smith, G. and Riddoch, C. (2007) Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a large cohort of children. PLoS Medicine, 4(3), e97. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040097)
Pembroke, T.P.I., Rasul, F., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G. and Stansfeld, S.A. (2006) Psychological distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(9), pp. 789-792. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.042150)
Hart, C., Davey Smith, G., Hole, D. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2006) Carboxyhaemoglobin concentration, smoking habit, and mortality in 25 years in the Renfrew/Paisley prospective cohort study. Heart, 92(3), pp. 321-324. (doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.065185)
Mannino, D.M. et al. (2006) The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. European Respiratory Journal, 27(3), pp. 627-643. (doi: 10.1183/​09031936.06.00024605)
Watt, G., Hole, D., Gillis, C., Hart, C., McConnachie, A. , Davey Smith, G., Upton, M. and Hawthorne, V. (2006) The epidemiology of respiratory impairement and disease in two generations of the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) Study. European Respiratory Journal, 27(3), pp. 629-632.
Hart, C. , Hole, D., Lawlor, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) Reverse causality and confounding and the associations of overweight and obesity with mortality. Obesity, 14, pp. 2294-2304.
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) Subjective and objective status and health: A response to Adler's 'When one's main effect is another's error: Material vs. psychosocial explanations of health disparities. A commentary on Macleod et al., 'Is subjective social status a more important. Social Science and Medicine, 63(4), pp. 851-857.
Leary, S., Davey Smith, G., Rogers, I., Reilly, J., Wells, J. and Ness, A. (2006) Smoking during pregnancy and offspring fat and lean mass in childhood. Obesity, 14(12), pp. 2284-2293. (doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.268)
Ness, A., Leary, S., Reilly, J., Wells, J., Tobias, J., Clark, E. and Davey Smith, G. (2006) The social patterning of fat and lean mass in a contemporary cohort of children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 1(1), pp. 59-61. (doi: 10.1080/17477160600569339)
Brindle, P.M., McConnachie, A., Upton, M., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G. and Watt, G.C.M. (2005) The accuracy of the Framingham risk-score in different socioeconomic groups: a prospective study. British Journal of General Practice, 55(520), pp. 838-845.
MacLeod, J., Davey Smith, G., Metcalfe, C. and Hart, C. (2005) Is subjective social status a more important determinant of health than objective social status? Evidence from a prospective observational study of Scottish men. Social Science and Medicine, 61(9), pp. 1916-1929. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.009)
Hart, C.L., Deary, I.J., Davey Smith, G., Upton, M.N., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Wilson, V. and Watt, G.C.M. (2005) Childhood IQ of parents related to characteristics of their offspring: linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 to the Midspan Family Study. Journal of Biosocial Science, 37(5), pp. 623-639. (doi: 10.1017/S0021932004006923)
Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G., Sterne, J.A.C., Heslop, P., MacLeod, J. and Hart, C.L. (2005) Cause-specific hospital admission and mortality among working men: association with socioeconomic circumstances in childhood and adult life, and the mediating role of daily stress. European Journal of Public Health, 15(3), pp. 238-244. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cki063)
Hart, C.L., Taylor, M.D., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2005) Childhood IQ and all-cause mortality before and after age 65: Prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10(2), pp. 153-165. (doi: 10.1348/135910704X14591)
Taylor, M.D., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J. and Hole, D. (2005) Childhood IQ and marriage by mid-life: the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan Studies. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(7), pp. 1621-1630. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.021)
Hart, C.L. , MacKinnon, P., Watt, G.C.M., Upton, M., McConnachie, A., Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Gillies, C.R. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2005) The Midspan studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(1), pp. 28-34. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyh348)
Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S.A., Hart, C.L. and Davey Smith, G. (2005) Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(2), pp. 140-145. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2004.019786)
Davey Smith, G., Lawlor, D.A., Harbord, R., Timpson, N., Rumley, A., Lowe, G.D.O., Day, I.N.M. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) Association of C-reactive protein with blood pressure and hypertension - Life course confounding and Mendelian randomization tests of causality. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 25(5), pp. 1051-1056. (doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000160351.95181.d0)
Deary, I.J., Taylor, M.D., Hart, C.L., Wilson, V., Davey Smith, G., Blane, D. and Starr, J.M. (2005) Intergenerational social mobility and mid-life status attainment: influences of childhood intelligence, childhood social factors, and education. Intelligence, 33(5), pp. 455-472. (doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2005.06.003)
Hart, C. , Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2005) Interheart. Lancet, 365(9454), pp. 118-119.
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Ebrahim, S., Thompson, C. and Sattar, N. (2005) Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance, but do not predict future risk of coronary heart disease in women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90(10), pp. 5677-5683. (doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-0825)
Lawlor, D., Davey Smith, G., Rumley, A., Lowe, G. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) Associations of fibrinogen and C-reactive protein with prevalent and incident coronary heart disease are attenuated by adjustment for confounding factors - British Women's Heart and Health Study. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 93(5), pp. 955-963. (doi: 10.1160/TH04-12-0805)
Lawlor, D., Sattar, N. , Davey Smith, G. and Ebrahim, S. (2005) The associations of physical activity and adiposity with alanine aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161(11), pp. 1081-1088. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwi125)
Timpson, N. et al. (2005) C-reactive protein and its role in metabolic syndrome: mendelian randomisation study. Lancet, 366(9501), pp. 1954-1959. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67786-0)
Hart, C.L. , Taylor, M.D., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D.J., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2004) Childhood IQ and cardiovascular disease in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Social Science and Medicine, 59(10), pp. 2131-2138. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.016)
McConnachie, A. , Davey Smith, G., Upton, M. N., Hart, C. L. and Watt, G. C.M. (2004) Maternal and personal cigarette smoking synergize to increase airflow limitation in adults. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 169(4), pp. 479-487. (doi: 10.1164/rccm.200211-1357OC)
Deary, I., Hart, C., Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J., Taylor, M., Whalley, L. and Wilson, V. (2004) Childhood mental ability and blood pressure at midlife: linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Journal of Hypertension, 22, pp. 893-897. (doi: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000098288.36684.8a)
Gillis, C., Hart, C. , Rasul, F., Davey Smith, G. and Stansfeld, S. (2004) Psychological distress, physical illness and mortality risk. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, pp. 231-236. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00618-4)
Taylor, M.D., Hart, C., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J.M., Hole, D., Whalley, L.J., Wilson, V. and Deary, I.J. (2003) Childhood mental ability and smoking cessation in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(6), pp. 464-465. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.6.464)
Hart, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Relation between number of siblings and adult mortality and stroke risk: 25 year follow up of men in the Collaborative study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(5), pp. 385-391. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.5.385)
Hart, C.L. , Deary, I.J., MacKinnon, P.L., Davey Smith, G., Whalley, L.J., Wilson, V., Hole, D.J. and Starr, J.M. (2003) The Scottish Mental Survey 1932 linked to the Midspan studies: a prospective investigation of childhood intelligence and future health. Public Health, 117(3), pp. 187-195. (doi: 10.1016/S0033-3506(02)00028-8)
Deary, I., Hart, C. , Hole, D., Davey Smith, G., Starr, J., Taylor, M., Whalley, L. and Wilson, V. (2003) Childhood IQ, social class, deprivation, and their relationships with mortality and morbidity risk in later life: Prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, pp. 877-883. (doi: 10.1091/01.PSY.0000088584.82822.86)
Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Self-reported stress and subsequent hospital admissions as a result of hypertension, varicose veins and haemorrhoids. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 25, pp. 62-68. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg013)
Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J., Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G. and Sterne, J. (2003) Frequent job change and associated health. Social Science and Medicine, 56, pp. 1-15.
Jeffreys, M., McCarron, P., Gunnell, D., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Body mass index in early and mid-adulthood, and subsequent mortality: a historical cohort study. International Journal of Obesity, 27(11), pp. 1391-1397. (doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802414)
Kinra, S., Davey Smith, G., Okasha, M., McCarron, P. and McEwen, J. (2003) Is maternal transmission of coronary heart disease risk stronger than paternal transmission? Heart, 89(8), pp. 834-838. (doi: 10.1136/heart.89.8.834)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Association between course of study at university and cause-specific mortality. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 96(8), pp. 384-388.
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J., Durnin, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2003) Childhood social class and adulthood obesity: findings from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(7), pp. 508-509. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.7.508)
Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C. (2002) Life-course socioeconomic and behavioral influences on cardiovascular disease mortality: the collaborative study. American Journal of Public Health, 92(8), pp. 1295-1298.
MacLeod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2002) Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men. British Medical Journal, 324(7348), pp. 1247-1251. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7348.1247)
Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2002) Limitations of adjustment for reporting tendency in observational studies of stress and self reported coronary heart disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(1), pp. 76-77. (doi: 10.1136/jech.56.1.76)
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Macleod, J. and Metcalfe, C. (2002) Sleep duration and mortality: the effect of short or long sleep duration on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in working men and women. Sleep Medicine(4), pp. 305-314.
Gunnell, D., Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S., Hart, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Gender differences in self-reported minor mental disorder and its association with suicide - A 20-year follow-up of the Renfrew and Paisley cohort. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37(10), pp. 457-459. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-002-0579-y)
Hart, C. , Ness, A. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Milk and coronary heart disease mortality - Reply. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(4), pp. 319-320.
Heslop, P., Davey Smith, G., Metcalfe, C., Macleod, J. and Hart, C. (2002) Change in job satisfaction, and its association with self-reported stress, cardiovascular risk factors and mortality. Social Science and Medicine, 54(10), pp. 1589-1599. (doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00138-1)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Height in young adulthood and risk of death from cardiorespiratory disease: A prospective study of male former students of Glasgow University, Scotland. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(8), pp. 683-687. (doi: 10.1093/aje/155.8.683)
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Body mass index in young adulthood and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(10), pp. 780-784. (doi: 10.1136/jech.56.10.780)
Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S., Hart, C. , Gillis, C. and Davey Smith, G. (2002) Common mental disorder and physical illness in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53(6), pp. 1163-1170. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00352-5)
Macleod, J., Davey Smith, G., Heslop, P., Metcalfe, C., Carroll, D. and Hart, C. (2001) Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(12), pp. 878-884. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.12.878)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) The relation between questions indicating transient ischaemic attack and stroke in 20 years of follow up in men and women in the Renfrew/Paisley Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(4), pp. 268-274. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.9.653)
Metcalfe, C., Davey Smith, G., Sterne, J., Heslop, P., MacLeod, J. and Hart, C. (2001) Individual employment histories and subsequent cause specific hospital admissions and mortality: a prospective study of a cohort of male and female workers with 21 years follow up. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(7), pp. 503-504. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.7.503)
McCarron, P., Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) The relation between adult height and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(6), pp. 404-405. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.6.404)
Ness, A., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (2001) Milk, coronary heart disease and mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(7), pp. 379-382. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.6.379)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J., Gillis, C.R., Davey Smith, G., Watt, G.C.M. and Hawthorne, V. (2001) Social class differences in lung cancer mortality risk factor explanations using two Scottish cohort studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(2), pp. 268-274.
Carroll, D., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. , Heslop, P., Hyland, F. and Macleod, J. (2001) Perceived stress and coronary heart disease risk factors: The contribution of socio-economic position. British Journal of Health Psychology, 6, pp. 167-178.
Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C., Hart, C. , Rasul, F. and Stansfeld, S. (2001) Sociodemographic factors, smoking and common mental disorder in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study. Journal of Health Psychology, 6, pp. 149-158.
Davey Smith, G., McCarron, P., Okasha, M. and McEwen, J. (2001) Social circumstances in childhood and cardiovascular disease mortality: prospective observational study of Glasgow University students. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(5), pp. 340-341. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.5.340)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Are two really better than one? Empirical examination of repeat blood pressure measurements and stroke risk in the Renfrew/Paisley and collaborative studies. Stroke, 32(11), pp. 2697-2699. (doi: 10.1161/hs1101.098637)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J., Gillis, C.R., Davey Smith, G., Watt, G.C.M. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2001) Social class differences in lung cancer mortality: risk factor explanations using two Scottish cohort studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(2), pp. 268-274. (doi: 10.1093/ije/30.2.268)
Heslop, P., Davey Smith, G., Macleod, J. and Hart, C. (2001) The socioeconomic position of employed women, risk factors and mortality. Social Science and Medicine, 53(4), pp. 477-485. (doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00350-6)
Marang-van de Mheen, M., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C. and Hole, D. (2001) Are women more sensitive to smoking than men? Findings from the Renfrew and Paisley study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(4), pp. 787-792. (doi: 10.1093/ije/30.4.787)
McCarron, P., Davey Smith, G., Okasha, M. and McEwen, J. (2001) Smoking in adolescence and young adulthood and mortality in later life: prospective observational study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(5), pp. 334-335. (doi: 10.1136/jech.55.5.334)
McCarron, P., Okasha, M., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Changes in blood pressure among students attending Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968: analyses of cross sectional surveys. British Medical Journal, 322(7291), pp. 885-888. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7291.885)
Okasha, M., McCarron, P., McEwen, J. and Davey Smith, G. (2001) Age at menarche: secular trends and association with adult anthropometric measures. Annals of Human Biology, 28(1), pp. 68-78. (doi: 10.1080/03014460150201896)
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2000) The contribution of risk factors to stroke differentials, by socioeconomic position in adulthood: the Renfrew/Paisley Study. American Journal of Public Health, 90(11), pp. 1788-1791.
Hart, C.L. , Hole, D.J. and Davey Smith, G. (2000) The relation between cholesterol and haemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 54(11), pp. 874-875. (doi: 10.1136/jech.54.11.874)
Upton, M.N., McConnachie, A. , McSharry, C., Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C.R. and Watt, G.C.M. (2000) Intergenerational 20 year trends in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in adults: the Midspan family study surveys of parents and offspring. British Medical Journal, 321(7253), pp. 88-92. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.88)
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L., Upton, M., Gillis, C.R., Watt, G. and Hawthorne, V.M. (2000) Height and risk of death among men and women: aetiological implications of associations with cardiorespiratory disease and cancer mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 54(2), pp. 97-103. (doi: 10.1136/jech.54.2.97)
Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G., Hole, D.J. and Hawthorne, V.M. (1999) Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up. British Medical Journal, 318(7200), pp. 1725-1729.
Blane, D., Davey Smith, G. and Hart, C.L. (1999) Some social and physical correlates of intergenerational social mobility: evidence from the west of Scotland Collaborative Study. Sociology, 33(1), pp. 169-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0038038599000097)
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L. , Blane, D. and Hole, D. (1998) Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study. British Medical Journal, 316(7145), pp. 1631-1635.
Hart, C.L. , Davey Smith, G. and Blane, D. (1998) Inequalities in mortality by social class measured at 3 stages of the lifecourse. American Journal of Public Health, 88(3), pp. 471-474.
Hart, C. , Watt, G., Davey Smith, G., Gillis, C. and Hawthorne, V. (1997) Pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic heart disease mortality in women compared with men. International Journal of Epidemiology, 26(3), pp. 508-515. (doi: 10.1093/ije/26.3.508)
Davison, C., Macintyre, S. and Davey Smith, G. (1994) The potential social impact of predictive genetic testing for susceptibility to common chronic diseases: a review and proposed research agenda. Sociology of Health and Illness, 16(3), pp. 340-371.