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Alison M. Stephen
Researcher at MRC Human Nutrition Research
Publications - 74
Citations - 3346
Alison M. Stephen is an academic researcher from MRC Human Nutrition Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cohort & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 73 publications receiving 3023 citations. Previous affiliations of Alison M. Stephen include University of Cambridge & Medical Research Council.
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Cohort Profile: Updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research
Diana Kuh,Mary Pierce,Judith E. Adams,John E. Deanfield,Ulf Ekelund,Peter Friberg,Arjun K. Ghosh,Nikki Harwood,Alun D. Hughes,Peter W. Macfarlane,Gita D. Mishra,Denis Pellerin,Andrew Wong,Alison M. Stephen,Marcus Richards,Rebecca Hardy +15 more
TL;DR: This paper aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of Echocardiography to provide real-time information about the response of the immune system to ACEs.
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Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Nested Case–Control Study Using Food Diaries
Christina C. Dahm,Ruth H. Keogh,Elizabeth A Spencer,Darren C. Greenwood,Timothy J. Key,Ian S. Fentiman,Martin J. Shipley,Eric J. Brunner,Janet E Cade,Victoria J. Burley,Gita D. Mishra,Alison M. Stephen,Diana Kuh,Ian R. White,Robert Luben,Marleen A. H. Lentjes,Kay-Tee Khaw,Sheila A. Rodwell +17 more
TL;DR: Intakes of absolute fiber and of fiber intake density, ascertained by food diaries, were statistically significantly inversely associated with the risks of colorectal and colon cancers in both age-adjusted models and multivariable models that adjusted for age; anthropomorphic and socioeconomic factors; and dietary intakes of folate, alcohol, and energy.
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Effects of dietary supplementation with the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate on insulin resistance and associated metabolic risk factors: randomized controlled trial.
A. Louise Brown,Joan Lane,Jacqueline Coverly,Janice Stocks,Sarah Jackson,Alison M. Stephen,Les Bluck,Andy Coward,Hilde Hendrickx +8 more
TL;DR: Regular intake of EGCG had no effect on insulin resistance but did result in a modest reduction in diastolic blood pressure, which may contribute to some of the cardiovascular benefits associated with habitual green tea consumption.
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Mapping low intake of micronutrients across Europe
Gert B. M. Mensink,Reg J. Fletcher,Mirjana Gurinovic,I. Huybrechts,Lionel Lafay,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lucjan Szponar,Inge Tetens,J. Verkaik-Kloosterman,A. Baka,Alison M. Stephen +10 more
TL;DR: Except for vitamin D, the present study suggests that the current intakes of vitamins from foods lead to low risk of low intakes in all age and sex groups and the risk ofLow intakes is likely to appear more often in specific age groups.
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National Diet and Nutrition Survey: UK food consumption and nutrient intakes from the first year of the rolling programme and comparisons with previous surveys
Clare Whitton,Sonja Nicholson,Caireen Roberts,Celia J. Prynne,Gerda K. Pot,Ashley Olson,Emily Fitt,Darren Cole,Birgit Teucher,B. Bates,H. Henderson,S. Pigott,Claire Deverill,Gillian Swan,Alison M. Stephen +14 more
TL;DR: Food consumption and nutrient intakes in the UK from the first year of the NDNS rolling programme (2008–09) are identified and compared with the 2000–01 NDNS of adults aged 19–64 years and the 1997 ND NS of young people aged 4–18 years.