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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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Secular trends in mortality by stroke subtype in the 20th century: a retrospective analysis
TL;DR: The closely related trends in cerebral infarct and coronary heart disease suggest common causes, but the very different trend in cerebral haemorrhage shows that its cause probably differs importantly from these conditions.
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Common variants at 6q22 and 17q21 are associated with intracranial volume
M. Arfan Ikram,M. Arfan Ikram,Myriam Fornage,Myriam Fornage,Albert V. Smith,Albert V. Smith,Sudha Seshadri,Sudha Seshadri,Sudha Seshadri,Reinhold Schmidt,Reinhold Schmidt,Stéphanie Debette,Stéphanie Debette,Henri A. Vrooman,Sigurdur Sigurdsson,Stefan Ropele,H. Rob Taal,Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori,Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori,Laura H. Coker,W. T. Longstreth,Wiro J. Niessen,Wiro J. Niessen,Anita L. DeStefano,Anita L. DeStefano,Alexa S. Beiser,Alexa S. Beiser,Alex P. Zijdenbos,Maksim Struchalin,Clifford R. Jack,Fernando Rivadeneira,André G. Uitterlinden,David S. Knopman,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Craig E. Pennell,Elisabeth Thiering,Eric A.P. Steegers,Hakon Hakonarson,Joachim Heinrich,Lyle J. Palmer,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Mark I. McCarthy,Struan F.A. Grant,Beate St Pourcain,Nicholas J. Timpson,George Davey Smith,Ulla Sovio,Ulla Sovio,Mike A. Nalls,Rhoda Au,Rhoda Au,Albert Hofman,Haukur Gudnason,Aad van der Lugt,Tamara B. Harris,William M. Meeks,Meike W. Vernooij,Mark A. van Buchem,Diane J. Catellier,Vincent W. V. Jaddoe,Vilmundur Gudnason,B. Gwen Windham,Philip A. Wolf,Philip A. Wolf,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Thomas H. Mosley,Thomas H. Mosley,Helena Schmidt,Helena Schmidt,Lenore J. Launer,Lenore J. Launer,Monique M.B. Breteler,Charles DeCarli,Charles DeCarli,Linda S. Adair,Wei Ang,Mustafa Atalay,Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt,Nienke E. Bergen,Kelly S. Benke,Diane Berry,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Oliver S. P. Davis,Paul Elliott,Claudia Flexeder,Timothy M. Frayling,Romy Gaillard,Maria M. Groen-Blokhuis,Liang Kee Goh,Liang Kee Goh,Claire M. A. Haworth,Dexter Hadley,Johannes Hedebrand,Anke Hinney,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,John W. Holloway,John W. Holloway,Claus Holst,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Momoko Horikoshi,Ville Huikari,Elina Hyppönen,Elina Hyppönen,Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen,Mirna Kirin,Matthew Kowgier,Hanna Maaria Lakka,Leslie A. Lange,Debbie A Lawlor,Terho Lehtimäki,Terho Lehtimäki,Alex Lewin,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Virpi Lindi,Reedik Maggi,Reedik Maggi,Julie A. Marsh,Christel M. Middeldorp,Iona Y. Millwood,Iona Y. Millwood,Jeffrey C. Murray,Michel G. Nivard,Ellen Aagaard Nohr,Ioanna Ntalla,Emily Oken,Emily Oken,Emily Oken,Kalliope Panoutsopoulou,Jennifer Pararajasingham,Alina Rodriguez,Alina Rodriguez,Alina Rodriguez,Rany M. Salem,Rany M. Salem,Rany M. Salem,Sylvain Sebert,Niina Siitonen,David P. Strachan,Yik Y. Teo,B. Valcarcel,Gonneke Willemsen,E Zeggini,Dorret I. Boomsma,Cyrus Cooper,Matthew W. Gillman,Berthold Hocher,Berthold Hocher,Timo A. Lakka,Karen L. Mohlke,George V. Dedoussis,Ken K. Ong,Ewan R. Pearson,Thomas S. Price,C Power,Olli T. Raitakari,Olli T. Raitakari,Seang Mei Saw,Seang Mei Saw,Seang Mei Saw,André Scherag,Olli Simell,Olli Simell,Thorkild I. A. Sørensen,James F. Wilson,James F. Wilson +168 more
TL;DR: The data identify two loci associated with head size, with the inversion at 17q21 also likely to be involved in attaining maximal brain size.
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Sifting the evidence—what's wrong with significance tests?
TL;DR: In this paper it is considered how the practice of significance testing emerged; an arbitrary division of results as “ significant” or “non-significant” (according to the commonly used threshold of P = 0.05) was not the intention of the founders of statistical inference.
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Exporting failure? Coronary heart disease and stroke in developing countries
Shah Ebrahim,George Davey Smith +1 more
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease study has attempted to provide a picture derived not only from mortality data but also from cardiovascular disability, some of which is consequent upon diseases other than coronary heart disease and stroke.
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Association of Childhood Socioeconomic Position with Cause-specific Mortality in a Prospective Record Linkage Study of 1,839,384 Individuals
TL;DR: Assessment of associations of parental social class at age 0-16 years with mortality among Swedes born in 1944-1960 found poorer social class in early life was associated with diseases largely caused by behavioral risk factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, and an unhealthy diet.