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Debbie A Lawlor
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 1118
Citations - 118183
Debbie A Lawlor is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 147, co-authored 1114 publications receiving 101123 citations. Previous affiliations of Debbie A Lawlor include Southampton General Hospital & University of Vermont.
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Birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood among siblings and nonsiblings.
TL;DR: In these data, the positive association between birth weight and childhood cognitive ability at ages 5 to 12 years is explained largely by family characteristics rather than a specific intrauterine effect.
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Are parents’ motivations to exercise and intention to engage in regular family-based activity associated with both adult and child physical activity?
Emma Solomon-Moore,Simon J Sebire,Janice L. Thompson,Jesmond Zahra,Debbie A Lawlor,Russell Jago +5 more
TL;DR: Future family-based physical activity interventions may benefit from helping parents identify personal value in exercise while avoiding the use of external control or coercion to motivate behaviour.
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Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables: An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments and found no evidence that fat mass affects academic outcomes, while leaner children perform slightly better in school tests compared to their more adipose counterparts.
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Association between offspring birth weight and atherosclerosis in middle aged men and women: British Regional Heart Study
Debbie A Lawlor,G Davey Smith,Peter H. Whincup,Goya Wannamethee,Olia Papacosta,Surinder Dhanjil,M. Griffin,Andrew N. Nicolaides,Shah Ebrahim +8 more
TL;DR: The associations between offspring birth weight and parental carotid intima media thickness, an indicator of pre-clinical disease, are investigated.
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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
Rita Patel,Debbie A Lawlor,Peter H. Whincup,D Montaner,Olia Papacosta,Peter Brindle,Shah Ebrahim +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that targets of good control are rarely met in older individuals, who would benefit from the associated reduction in cardiovascular disease risk.