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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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Mortality differences between black and white men in the USA: contribution of income and other risk factors among men screened for the MRFIT
TL;DR: Socioeconomic position is the major contributor to differences in death rates between black and white men, and differences from some specific causes do not simply reflect differences in income, however, and more detailed investigations are needed.
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Assessing intrauterine influences on offspring health outcomes: can epidemiological studies yield robust findings?
TL;DR: It is concluded that the naïve acceptance of findings utilizing conventional epidemiological methods in this setting is misplaced.
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Association of plasma uric acid with ischaemic heart disease and blood pressure: mendelian randomisation analysis of two large cohorts
Tom Palmer,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Marianne Benn,Marianne Benn,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,George Davey Smith,Debbie A Lawlor,Nicholas J. Timpson +8 more
TL;DR: Assessment of associations between both uric acid levels and hyperuricaemia, with ischaemic heart disease and blood pressure and the potentially confounding role of body mass index suggests a role for elevated body massIndex or obesity in the development of uric Acid related conditions.
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Mendelian Randomization: New Applications in the Coming Age of Hypothesis-Free Causality
TL;DR: It is shown how these new methods can be combined to efficiently examine causality in complex biological networks and provide a new framework to data mine high-dimensional studies as the authors transition into the age of hypothesis-free causality.
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Ecological study of social fragmentation, poverty, and suicide.
TL;DR: Investigation of the association between suicide and area based measures of deprivation and social fragmentation found suicide rates are more strongly associated with measures of social fragmentation than with poverty at a constituency level.