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Andy R Ness
Researcher at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Publications - 425
Citations - 38919
Andy R Ness is an academic researcher from University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Body mass index & Population. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 415 publications receiving 35275 citations. Previous affiliations of Andy R Ness include National Institute for Health Research & University of Bristol.
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Aggression and violent behaviour in general practice: population based survey in the north of England.
TL;DR: To estimate accurately the current frequency of incidents of aggression towards general practitioners, a survey of general practitioners working in a health authority in the north of England was undertaken.
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Family, socioeconomic and prenatal factors associated with failure to thrive in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
TL;DR: Future studies need to take account of parental height when calculating growth standards and look at why failure to thrive is more common, not in poorer families but in larger families.
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Could associations between breastfeeding and insulin-like growth factors underlie associations of breastfeeding with adult chronic disease? The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Richard M. Martin,Jeffrey M P Holly,George Davey Smith,Andy R Ness,Pauline M Emmett,Imogen Rogers,David Gunnell +6 more
TL;DR: The influence of infant feeding method (breast/formula) on growth factor levels could underlie associations of breastfeeding with childhood growth and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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Milk consumption, stroke, and heart attack risk: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort of older men
Peter Creighton Elwood,James J. Strain,Paula J. Robson,Ann M. Fehily,J. Hughes,Janet Elizabeth Pickering,Andy R Ness +6 more
TL;DR: The results give no convincing evidence of an increased risk of vascular disease from milk drinking, rather, the subjects who drank more than the median amount of milk had a reduced risk of an ischaemic stroke, and possibly a reducedrisk of anIschaemic heart disease event.
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Associations of birth size and duration of breast feeding with cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).
Debbie A Lawlor,Ashley R Cooper,Chris Bain,Chris Bain,George Davey Smith,Amanda Irwin,Chris Riddoch,Andy R Ness +7 more
TL;DR: Birth weight, length and ponderal index were all positively associated with cardiorespiratory fitness in both sexes, with no strong evidence of a difference in effect between girls and boys.