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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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Associations of Gestational Diabetes, Existing Diabetes, and Glycosuria With Offspring Obesity and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
Sumaiya Patel,Abigail Fraser,George Davey Smith,Robert S. Lindsay,Naveed Sattar,Scott M. Nelson,Debbie A Lawlor +6 more
TL;DR: Maternal pregnancy glycosuria, gestational diabetes, and existing diabetes show some associations with higher offspring fasting glucose and insulin assessed in adolescence but are not clearly associated with a wider range of cardiometabolic risk factors.
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Searching for the causal effects of body mass index in over 300 000 participants in UK Biobank, using Mendelian randomization
TL;DR: This comprehensive MR phenome-wide association study identified potential causal effects of BMI on a large and diverse set of phenotypes, including both previously identified causal effects, and novel effects such as a protective effect of higher BMI on feelings of nervousness.
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Analgesic effects of parecoxib following total abdominal hysterectomy
TL;DR: In this paper, a double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial of parecoxib for postoperative analgesia was conducted in total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) patients.
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Life and death of the people of London: a historical GIS of Charles Booth's inquiry.
TL;DR: The paper concludes that the spatial patterns of poverty in inner London are extremely robust and a century of change has failed to disrupt it.
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Low birth weight is associated with higher adult total cholesterol concentration in men: findings from an occupational cohort of 25,843 employees
TL;DR: It is found that sex and birth weight significantly interacted to predict adult TC (birth weight/sex interaction term, P=0.002) and suggests that the association may be dependent on sex.