MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

The effect of an acute bout of exercise on circulating vitamin D metabolite concentrations: a randomised crossover study in healthy adults.

Davies SE, Perkin OJ, Betts JA, Gonzalez JT, Hewison M, Jenkinson C, Jones KS, Meadows SR, Parkington DA, Koulman A, Thompson D

The Journal of physiology. Aug 2024

(DOI : 10.1113/JP286395)

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The Impact of Delayed Processing of Chilled Whole Blood Specimens on the Measurement of Nutritional Biomarkers in the United Kingdom National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme.

Jones KS, Meadows SR, Parkington DA, Collins D, Bates B, Koulman A, Page P

The Journal of nutrition. Jul 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.07.008)

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Assessment of Erythrocyte Transketolase, Whole Blood Thiamine Diphosphate, and Human Milk Thiamine Concentrations to Identify Infants and Young Children Responding Favorably to Therapeutic Thiamine Administration: Findings from the Lao Thiamine Study, a Prospective Cohort Study.

Hess SY, Smith TJ, Arnold CD, Jones KS, Hampel D, Hiffler L, Trehan I, Fischer PR, Meadows SR, Parkington DA, Brown KH, Sitthideth D, Tan X, Koulman A, Allen LH, Kounnavong S

Current developments in nutrition. Jul 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103786)

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Protocol for a seamless phase 2A-phase 2B randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of benfotiamine in patients with early Alzheimer's disease (BenfoTeam).

Feldman HH, Luchsinger JA, Léger GC, Taylor C, Jacobs DM, Salmon DP, Edland SD, Messer K, Revta C, Flowers SA, Jones KS, Koulman A, Yarasheski KE, Verghese PB, Venkatesh V, Zetterberg H, Durant J, Lupo JL, Gibson GE, ADCS BenfoTeam Study Group ADCS BenfoTeam Study Group

PLoS ONE. May 2024

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0302998)

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A Predictive Model for Thiamine Responsive Disorders among Infants and Young Children: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Smith TJ, Arnold CD, Fischer PR, Trehan I, Hiffler L, Sitthideth D, Stein-Wexler R, Yeh J, Jones KS, Hampel D, Tancredi DJ, Schick MA, McBeth CN, Tan X, Allen LH, Sayasone S, Kounnavong S, Hess SY

The Journal of pediatrics. Feb 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113961)

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Quantification and reporting of vitamin D concentrations measured in human milk by LC-MS/MS.

Jones KS, Meadows SR, Koulman A

Frontiers in nutrition. Nov 2023

(DOI : 10.3389/fnut.2023.1229445)

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Protocol for measuring erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity coefficient to assess riboflavin status.

Parkington DA, Koulman A, Jones KS

STAR protocols. Nov 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102726)

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National Diet and Nutrition Survey data reveal a decline in folate status in the UK population between 2008 and 2019.

Jones KS, Collins D, Meadows SR, Koulman A, Page P

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.10.006)

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Risk factors for anaemia among women and their young children hospitalised with suspected thiamine deficiency in northern Lao PDR.

Hess SY, Smith TJ, Sitthideth D, Arnold CD, Tan X, Jones KS, Brown KH, Alayon S, Kounnavong S

Maternal & child nutrition. Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/mcn.13565)

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A randomised study of nurse collected venous blood and self-collected dried blood spots for the assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in the Understanding Society Innovation Panel.

Kumari M, Andrayas A, Al Baghal T, Burton J, Crossley TF, Jones KS, Parkington DA, Koulman A, Benzeval M

Scientific reports. Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-39674-6)

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Protocol and application of basal erythrocyte transketolase activity to improve assessment of thiamine status.

Jones KS, Parkington DA, Bourassa MW, Cerami C, Koulman A

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/nyas.14962)

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The association between plasma zinc concentrations and markers of glucose metabolism in adults in Cameroon.

Mba CM, Jones KS, Forouhi NG, Imamura F, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

The British journal of nutrition. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114523000223)

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Towards harmonization of directly measured free 25-hydroxyvitamin D using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Sempos CT, Lindhout E, Heureux N, Hars M, Parkington DA, Dennison E, Durazo-Arvizu R, Jones KS, Wise SA

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.1007/s00216-022-04313-y)

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Mobilising vitamin D from adipose tissue: The potential impact of exercise.

Hengist A, Perkin O, Gonzalez JT, Betts JA, Hewison M, Manolopoulos KN, Jones KS, Koulman A, Thompson D

Nutrition bulletin. Dec 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/nbu.12369)

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Data Resource Profile: United Kingdom National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme (2008-19).

Venables MC, Roberts C, Nicholson S, Bates B, Jones KS, Ashford R, Hill S, Farooq A, Koulman A, Wareham NJ, Page P

International Journal of Epidemiology. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyac106)

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Thiamine deficiency in Gambian women of reproductive age.

Bourassa MW, Gomes F, Jones KS, Koulman A, Prentice AM, Cerami C

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Aug 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/nyas.14695)

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Delayed Processing of Chilled Whole Blood for 24 Hours Does Not Affect the Concentration of the Majority of Micronutrient Status Biomarkers.

Jones KS, Meadows SR, Chamberlain K, Parkington DA, Collins D, Page P, Koulman A

The Journal of nutrition. Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1093/jn/nxab267)

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Placental uptake and metabolism of 25(OH)vitamin D determine its activity within the fetoplacental unit.

Ashley B, Simner C, Manousopoulou A, Jenkinson C, Hey F, Frost JM, Rezwan FI, White CH, Lofthouse EM, Hyde E, Cooke LDF, Barton S, Mahon P, Curtis EM, Moon RJ, Crozier SR, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Holloway JW, Cooper C, Jones KS, Lewis RM, Hewison M, Garbis SDD, Branco MR, Harvey NC, Cleal JK

eLife. Jun 2021

(DOI : 10.7554/eLife.71094)

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Increasing the availability and utilization of reliable data on population micronutrient (MN) status globally: the MN Data Generation Initiative.

Brown KH, Moore SE, Hess SY, McDonald CM, Jones KS, Meadows SR, Manger MS, Coates J, Alayon S, Osendarp SJM

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1093/ajcn/nqab173)

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Erythrocyte transketolase activity coefficient (ETKAC) assay protocol for the assessment of thiamine status.

Jones KS, Parkington DA, Cox LJ, Koulman A

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Nov 2020

(DOI : 10.1111/nyas.14547)

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The Role of Nutrition in COVID-19 Susceptibility and Severity of Disease: A Systematic Review.

James PT, Ali Z, Armitage AE, Bonell A, Cerami C, Drakesmith H, Jobe M, Jones KS, Liew Z, Moore SE, Morales-Berstein F, Nabwera HM, Nadjm B, Pasricha SR, Scheelbeek P, Silver MJ, Teh MR, Prentice AM

The Journal of nutrition. Nov 2020

(DOI : 10.1093/jn/nxab059)

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Low-dose thiamine supplementation of lactating Cambodian mothers improves human milk thiamine concentrations: a randomized controlled trial.

Gallant J, Chan K, Green TJ, Wieringa FT, Leemaqz S, Ngik R, Measelle JR, Baldwin DA, Borath M, Sophonneary P, Yelland LN, Hampel D, Shahab-Ferdows S, Allen LH, Jones KS, Koulman A, Parkington DA, Meadows SR, Kroeun H, Whitfield KC

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1093/ajcn/nqab052)

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Antenatal iron supplementation, FGF23, and bone metabolism in Kenyan women and their offspring: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Braithwaite VS, Mwangi MN, Jones KS, Demir AY, Prentice A, Prentice AM, Andang'o PEA, Verhoef H

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa417)

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Vitamin D Status Increases During Pregnancy and in Response to Vitamin D Supplementation in Rural Gambian Women.

Jones KS, Meadows SR, Schoenmakers I, Prentice A, Moore SE

The Journal of nutrition. Sep 2019

(DOI : 10.1093/jn/nxz290)

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