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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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Birth dimensions of offspring, premature birth, and the mortality of mothers.
TL;DR: Maternal CVD mortality was inversely related to the birthweight of offspring and women having premature deliveries were also at increased CVD risk, and breast-cancer mortality was positively associated with ponderal index of offspring.
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Breast-feeding and childhood cancer: A systematic review with metaanalysis.
TL;DR: Ever having been breast‐fed is inversely associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and neuroblastoma in childhood, but noncausal explanations are possible.
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Associations Between Change in Sleep Duration and Inflammation: Findings on C-reactive Protein and Interleukin 6 in the Whitehall II Study
Jane E. Ferrie,Mika Kivimäki,Mika Kivimäki,Tasnime N. Akbaraly,Archana Singh-Manoux,Michelle A. Miller,David Gimeno,Meena Kumari,George Davey Smith,Martin J. Shipley +9 more
TL;DR: Short sleep and reductions in sleep are associated with average levels of inflammation over a 5-year period, and adjustment for longstanding illness and major cardiometabolic risk factors indicated that disease processes may partially underlie these associations.
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Reverse Causality and Confounding and the Associations of Overweight and Obesity with Mortality
TL;DR: The objective was to examine the effect of reverse causality and confounding on the association of BMI with all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality.
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Type 2 diabetes risk alleles are associated with reduced size at birth
Rachel M. Freathy,Amanda J. Bennett,Susan M. Ring,Beverley M. Shields,Christopher J. Groves,Nicholas J. Timpson,Michael N. Weedon,Eleftheria Zeggini,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Hana Lango,John R. B. Perry,Anneli Pouta,Aimo Ruokonen,Elina Hyppönen,Chris Power,Paul Elliott,David P. Strachan,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,George Davey Smith,Mark I. McCarthy,Timothy M. Frayling,Andrew T. Hattersley +21 more
TL;DR: The results are in keeping with the fetal insulin hypothesis and provide robust evidence that common disease-associated variants can alter size at birth directly through the fetal genotype.