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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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Adult height, coronary heart disease and stroke: a multi-locus Mendelian randomization meta-analysis

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TL;DR: Taller individuals have a lower risk of CHD with potential explanations being that taller people have a better lung function and lower levels of body mass index, cholesterol and blood pressure.
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Childhood Socioeconomic Position, Educational Attainment, and Adult Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Cohort Study

TL;DR: The authors assessed the associations of childhood socioeconomic position with cardiovascular disease risk factors (smoking, binge alcohol drinking, and being overweight) and examined the roles of educational attainment and cognitive functioning in these associations.
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Commentary: The hormone replacement–coronary heart disease conundrum: is this the death of observational epidemiology?

TL;DR: The authors of the meta-analysis reprinted in this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology concluded that the pooled estimate of effect from the best quality observational studies inferred a relative reduction of 50% with ever use of HRT and stated that ‘overall, the bulk of the evidence strongly supports a protective effect of estrogens that is unlikely to be explained by confounding factors’.
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Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety? Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes.

TL;DR: Previous drinkers who become abstainers do not appear to be at any higher risk of symptoms of depression or anxiety compared to those who always abstained, suggesting that increased symptoms in abstainers at age 30 is not due to 'sick quitters'.