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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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NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data

TL;DR: In most instances, substantial numbers of patients waiting unacceptably long periods for elective surgery were limited to a small number of hospitals and little and inconsistent support was found for associations of prolonged waiting with markers of capacity, independent sector activity, or need in the surgical specialties examined.
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Within-sibship GWAS improve estimates of direct genetic effects

Laurence J. Howe, +110 more
- 07 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combined data on 159,701 siblings from 17 cohorts to generate population and within-sibship (within-family) estimates of genome-wide genetic associations for 25 phenotypes.
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Blood pressure, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke: the Korean national prospective occupational cohort study

TL;DR: Examination of the association of blood pressure with subtype of stroke in a large cohort of Korean civil servants found a stronger association with haemorrhagic stroke than with ischaemic stroke.
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Infant nutrition and blood pressure in early adulthood: the Barry Caerphilly Growth study

TL;DR: The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that high blood pressure in later life is influenced by early postnatal nutrition, and interventions to optimize infant nutrition may have important long-term health benefits.
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GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer.

Wei Zhou, +63 more
TL;DR: A GWAS and two-sample Mendelian randomization using TSH index variants as instrumental variables suggests a protective effect of higher TSH levels (indicating lower thyroid function) on risk of thyroid cancer and goiter.