MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Physical activity volume, intensity, and mortality: Harmonized meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Tarp J, Dalene KE, Fagerland MW, Steene-Johannesen J, Hansen BH, Anderssen SA, Hagströmer M, Dohrn IM, Dempsey PC, Wijndaele K, Brage S, Nordström A, Nordström P, Diaz KM, Howard VJ, Hooker SP, Morseth B, Hopstock LA, Sagelv EH, Yates T, Edwardson CL, Lee IM, Ekelund U

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Aug 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.07.022)

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Socioeconomic inequalities of Long COVID: a retrospective population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom.

Shabnam S, Razieh C, Dambha-Miller H, Yates T, Gillies C, Chudasama YV, Pareek M, Banerjee A, Kawachi I, Lacey B, Morris EJ, White M, Zaccardi F, Khunti K, Islam N

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. May 2023

(DOI : 10.1177/01410768231168377)

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Stepping towards More Intuitive Physical Activity Metrics with Wrist-Worn Accelerometry: Validity of an Open-Source Step-Count Algorithm.

Maylor BD, Edwardson CL, Dempsey PC, Patterson MR, Plekhanova T, Yates T, Rowlands AV

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/s22249984)

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Stepping up with GGIR: Validity of step cadence derived from wrist-worn research-grade accelerometers using the verisense step count algorithm.

Rowlands AV, Maylor B, Dawkins NP, Dempsey PC, Edwardson CL, Soczawa-Stronczyk AA, Bocian M, Patterson MR, Yates T

Journal of sports sciences. Nov 2022

(DOI : 10.1080/02640414.2022.2147134)

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Physical Activity Volume, Intensity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

Dempsey PC, Rowlands AV, Strain T, Zaccardi F, Dawkins N, Razieh C, Davies MJ, Khunti KK, Edwardson CL, Wijndaele K, Brage S, Yates T

European heart journal. Oct 2022

(DOI : 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac613)

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Investigation of a UK biobank cohort reveals causal associations of self-reported walking pace with telomere length.

Dempsey PC, Musicha C, Rowlands AV, Davies M, Khunti K, Razieh C, Timmins I, Zaccardi F, Codd V, Nelson CP, Yates T, Samani NJ

Communications biology. Apr 2022

(DOI : 10.1038/s42003-022-03323-x)

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Behavioural interventions to promote physical activity in a multiethnic population at high risk of diabetes: PROPELS three-arm RCT.

Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies M, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gray L, Hardeman W, Heathcote L, Henson J, Morton K, Pollard D, Sharp S, Sutton S, Troughton J, Yates T

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). Jan 2022

(DOI : 10.3310/hta25770)

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Device-measured physical activity, adiposity and mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis of eight prospective cohort studies.

Tarp J, Fagerland MW, Dalene KE, Johannessen JS, Hansen BH, Jefferis BJ, Whincup PH, Diaz KM, Hooker S, Howard VJ, Chernofsky A, Larson MG, Spartano NL, Vasan RS, Dohrn IM, Hagströmer M, Edwardson C, Yates T, Shiroma EJ, Dempsey PC, Wijndaele K, Anderssen SA, Lee IM, Ekelund U

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104827)

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Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries.

Islam N, Shkolnikov VM, Acosta RJ, Klimkin I, Kawachi I, Irizarry RA, Alicandro G, Khunti K, Yates T, Jdanov DA, White M, Lewington S, Lacey B

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). May 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.n1137)

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Promoting physical activity in a multi-ethnic population at high risk of diabetes: the 48-month PROPELS randomised controlled trial.

Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall HC, Edwardson CL, Gray LJ, Hardeman W, Heathcote L, Henson J, Pollard D, Sharp SJ, Sutton S, Troughton J, Yates T

BMC medicine. Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s12916-021-01997-4)

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Patterns of multimorbidity and risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study in the U.K.

Chudasama YV, Zaccardi F, Gillies CL, Razieh C, Yates T, Kloecker DE, Rowlands AV, Davies MJ, Islam N, Seidu S, Forouhi NG, Khunti K

BMC infectious diseases. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1186/s12879-021-06600-y)

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Joint associations of accelero-meter measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged and older individuals.

Ekelund U, Tarp J, Fagerland MW, Johannessen JS, Hansen BH, Jefferis BJ, Whincup PH, Diaz KM, Hooker S, Howard VJ, Chernofsky A, Larson MG, Spartano N, Vasan RS, Dohrn IM, Hagströmer M, Edwardson C, Yates T, Shiroma EJ, Dempsey P, Wijndaele K, Anderssen SA, Lee IM

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103270)

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Differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour between white Europeans and south Asians recruited from primary care: cross-sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial.

Biddle GJH, Edwardson CL, Rowlands AV, Davies MJ, Bodicoat DH, Hardeman W, Eborall H, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Khunti K, Yates T

BMC Public Health. Mar 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-6341-5)

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A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program.

Morton KL, Sutton S, Hardeman W, Troughton J, Yates T, Griffin SJ, Davies M, Khunti K, Eborall H

JMIR mHealth and uHealth. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.2196/mhealth.5026)

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PRomotion Of Physical activity through structured Education with differing Levels of ongoing Support for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (PROPELS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Yates T, Griffin S, Bodicoat DH, Brierly G, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gillett M, Gray L, Hardeman W, Hill S, Morton KL, Sutton S, Troughton J, Khunti K

Trials. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s13063-015-0813-z)

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Methods of Measurement in epidemiology: sedentary Behaviour.

Atkin AJ, Gorely T, Clemes SA, Yates T, Edwardson C, Brage S, Salmon J, Marshall SJ, Biddle SJ

International Journal of Epidemiology. Oct 2012

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dys118)

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