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George Davey Smith
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 2646
Citations - 294406
George Davey Smith is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mendelian randomization. The author has an hindex of 224, co-authored 2540 publications receiving 248373 citations. Previous affiliations of George Davey Smith include Keele University & Western Infirmary.
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Breast-Feeding and Cancer: The Boyd Orr Cohort and a Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: Ever being breast-fed was not associated with overall breast cancer risk, although the meta-analysis revealed a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer in women who had been breast- fed.
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Breastfeeding and cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis
Richard M. Martin,George Davey Smith,Punam Mangtani,Kate Tilling,Stephen Frankel,David Gunnell +5 more
TL;DR: There is little consistent evidence that breastfeeding influences subsequent all-cause or cardiovascular disease mortality, and results from other well-designed cohorts may clarify residual uncertainty.
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"I'm all right, John": voting patterns and mortality in England and Wales, 1981-92.
George Davey Smith,Danny Dorling +1 more
TL;DR: Conservative and Labour voting are at least as strongly associated with mortality as is a standard deprivation index, and may add information above that provided by indicators of material deprivation.
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Prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring cognition and school performance. A ‘Mendelian randomization’ natural experiment
Luisa Zuccolo,Sarah J Lewis,George Davey Smith,Kapil Sayal,Elizabeth S Draper,Robert Fraser,Margaret Barrow,Rosa Alati,Susan M. Ring,John Macleod,Jean Golding,Jon Heron,Ron Gray +12 more
TL;DR: The unconfounded Mendelian randomization estimates suggest a small but potentially important detrimental effect of small increases in prenatal alcohol exposure, at least on educational outcomes.
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Genome-wide association study of primary tooth eruption identifies pleiotropic loci associated with height and craniofacial distances
Ghazaleh Fatemifar,Clive J. Hoggart,Lavinia Paternoster,John P. Kemp,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Momoko Horikoshi,Momoko Horikoshi,Victoria J. Wright,Jon H Tobias,Stephen Richmond,Alexei I. Zhurov,Arshed M. Toma,Anneli Pouta,Anja Taanila,Kirsi Sipilä,Raija Lähdesmäki,Demetris Pillas,Frank Geller,Bjarke Feenstra,Mads Melbye,Ellen A. Nohr,Susan M. Ring,Beate St Pourcain,Nicholas J. Timpson,George Davey Smith,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,David M. Evans +27 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the genome-wide association approach is a powerful strategy for detecting variants involved in tooth eruption, and potentially craniofacial growth and more generally organ development.