Research

Publications

Since the 1990s, the Boyd Orr cohort has been used in a range of research studies, resulting in the following publications:

  • Shave, S. A. The Carnegie Dietary Survey of Interwar Britain. Local Popul Stud 71–79 (2015)
  • Stone, J., Netuveli, G. & Blane, D. Life-course occupational social class and health in later life: the importance of frequency and timing of measures. Eur J Ageing 11, 273–284 (2014)
  • Whitley, E., Martin, R. M., Davey Smith, G., Holly, J. M. P. & Gunnell, D. The association of childhood height, leg length and other measures of skeletal growth with adult cardiovascular disease: the Boyd-Orr cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 66, 18–23 (2012)
  • Birnie, K. et al. Associations of insulin and insulin-like growth factors with physical performance in old age in the Boyd Orr and Caerphilly studies. PLoS One 7, e30096 (2012)
  • Birnie, K. et al. Childhood milk consumption is associated with better physical performance in old age. Age Ageing 41, 776–784 (2012)
  • Alfred, T. et al. A Multi-Cohort Study of Polymorphisms in the GH/IGF Axis and  physical Capability: The HALCyon Programme. PLOS ONE 7, e29883 (2012)
  • Birnie, K. et al. Socio-economic disadvantage from childhood to adulthood and locomotor function in old age: a lifecourse analysis of the Boyd Orr and Caerphilly prospective studies. J Epidemiol Community Health 65, 1014–1023 (2011)
  • Alfred, T. et al. ACTN3 genotype, athletic status, and life course physical capability: meta-analysis of the published literature and findings from nine studies. Hum Mutat 32, 1008–1018 (2011)
  • Cooper, R. et al. Age and gender differences in physical capability levels from mid-life onwards: the harmonisation and meta-analysis of data from eight UK cohort studies. PLoS One 6, e27899 (2011)
  • Taylor, A. E. et al. Comparison of the associations of body mass index and measures of central adiposity and fat mass with coronary heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a study using data from 4 UK cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr 91, 547–556 (2010)
  • Hildon, Z., Montgomery, S. M., Blane, D., Wiggins, R. D. & Netuveli, G. Examining resilience of quality of life in the face of health-related and psychosocial adversity at older ages: what is ‘right’ about the way we age? Gerontologist 50, 36–47 (2010)
  • Frijters, P., Hatton, T. J., Martin, R. M. & Shields, M. A. Childhood economic conditions and length of life: evidence from the UK Boyd Orr cohort, 1937-2005. J Health Econ 29, 39–47 (2010)
  • Whitley, E., Martin, R. M., Smith, G. D., Holly, J. M. P. & Gunnell, D. Childhood stature and adult cancer risk: the Boyd Orr cohort. Cancer Causes Control 20, 243–251 (2009)
  • van der Pols, J. C. et al. Childhood dairy and calcium intake and cardiovascular mortality in adulthood: 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. Heart 95, 1600–1606 (2009)
  • Thomas, K. et al. Interleukin-18 polymorphism and physical functioning in older people: a replication study and meta-analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64, 1177–1182 (2009)
  • Maynard, M. J. & Blane, D. Dietary assessment in early old age: experience from the Boyd Orr cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr 63 Suppl 1, S58-63 (2009)
  • Whitley, E., Gunnell, D., Davey Smith, G., Holly, J. M. P. & Martin, R. M. Childhood circumstances and anthropometry: the Boyd Orr cohort. Ann Hum Biol 35, 518–534 (2008)
  • Martin, R. M. et al. Associations of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-II, IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-2 and IGFBP-3 with ultrasound measures of atherosclerosis and plaque stability in an older adult population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93, 1331–1338 (2008)
  • Hildon, Z., Smith, G., Netuveli, G. & Blane, D. Understanding adversity and resilience at older ages. Sociol Health Illn 30, 726–740 (2008)
  • van der Pols, J. C. et al. Childhood dairy intake and adult cancer risk: 65-y follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 86, 1722–1729 (2007)
  • Martin, R. M., Goodall, S. H., Gunnell, D. & Davey Smith, G. Breast feeding in infancy and social mobility: 60-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. Arch Dis Child 92, 317–321 (2007)
  • Martin, R. M., Holly, J. M. P., Middleton, N., Davey Smith, G. & Gunnell, D. Childhood diet and insulin-like growth factors in adulthood: 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr Cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr 61, 1281–1292 (2007)
  • Humphreys, V. et al. Age-related increases in DNA repair and antioxidant protection: a comparison of the Boyd Orr Cohort of elderly subjects with a younger population sample. Age Ageing 36, 521–526 (2007)
  • Frobisher, C. et al. Reproducibility measures and their effect on diet-cancer associations in the Boyd Orr cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 61, 434–440 (2007)
  • Maynard, M. et al. What influences diet in early old age? Prospective and cross-sectional analyses of the Boyd Orr cohort. Eur J Public Health 16, 316–324 (2006)
  • Martin, R. M., Holly, J. M. P., Davey Smith, G. & Gunnell, D. Associations of adiposity from childhood into adulthood with insulin resistance and the insulin-like growth factor system: 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91, 3287–3295 (2006)
  • Bray, I. et al. Associations of childhood and adulthood height and the components of height with insulin-like growth factor levels in adulthood: a 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91, 1382–1389 (2006)
  • Ness, A. R. et al. Diet in childhood and adult cardiovascular and all cause mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort. Heart 91, 894–898 (2005)
  • Maynard, M. et al. Selecting a healthy diet score: lessons from a study of diet and health in early old age (the Boyd Orr cohort). Public Health Nutr 8, 321–326 (2005)
  • Martin, R. M., Middleton, N., Gunnell, D., Owen, C. G. & Smith, G. D. Breast-feeding and cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst 97, 1446–1457 (2005)
  • Martin, R. M., Gunnell, D., Pemberton, J., Frankel, S. & Davey Smith, G. Cohort profile: The Boyd Orr cohort--an historical cohort study based on the 65 year follow-up of the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health (1937-39). Int J Epidemiol 34, 742–749 (2005)
  • Martin, R. M. et al. Breastfeeding and atherosclerosis: intima-media thickness and plaques at 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25, 1482–1488 (2005)
  • Blane, D. Cohort profile: The Boyd Orr lifegrid sub-sample--medical sociology study of life course influences on early old age. Int J Epidemiol 34, 750–754 (2005)
  • Martin, R. M., Smith, G. D., Frankel, S. & Gunnell, D. Parents’ growth in childhood and the birth weight of their offspring. Epidemiology 15, 308–316 (2004)
  • Martin, R. M. et al. Breastfeeding and cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 25, 778–786 (2004)
  • Jeffreys, M., Smith, G. D., Martin, R. M., Frankel, S. & Gunnell, D. Childhood body mass index and later cancer risk: a 50-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr study. Int J Cancer 112, 348–351 (2004)
  • Maynard, M., Gunnell, D., Emmett, P., Frankel, S. & Davey Smith, G. Fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants in childhood and risk of adult cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 57, 218–225 (2003)
  • Martin, R. M., Smith, G. D., Mangtani, P., Frankel, S. & Gunnell, D. Association between breast feeding and growth: the Boyd-Orr cohort study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 87, F193-201 (2002)
  • Dedman, D. J., Gunnell, D., Davey Smith, G. & Frankel, S. Childhood housing conditions and later mortality in the Boyd Orr cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 55, 10–15 (2001)
  • Montgomery, S. M., Berney, L. R. & Blane, D. Prepubertal stature and blood pressure in early old age. Arch Dis Child 82, 358–363 (2000)
  • Holland, P. et al. Life course accumulation of disadvantage: childhood health and hazard exposure during adulthood. Soc Sci Med 50, 1285–1295 (2000)
  • Gunnell, D. et al. How accurately are height, weight and leg length reported by the elderly, and how closely are they related to measurements recorded in childhood? Int J Epidemiol 29, 456–464 (2000)

 

  • Frankel, S., Smith, G. D. & Gunnell, D. Childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr Cohort. Am J Epidemiol 150, 1081–1084 (1999)
  • Blane, D., Berney, L., Smith, G. D., Gunnell, D. J. & Holland, P. Reconstructing the life course: health during early old age in a follow-up study based on the Boyd Orr cohort. Public Health 113, 117–124 (1999)
  • Gunnell, D. J., Smith, G. D., Holly, J. M. & Frankel, S. Leg length and risk of cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort. BMJ 317, 1350–1351 (1998)
  • Gunnell, D. J., Smith, G. D., Frankel, S. J., Kemp, M. & Peters, T. J. Socio-economic and dietary influences on leg length and trunk length in childhood: a reanalysis of the Carnegie (Boyd Orr) survey of diet and health in prewar Britain (1937-39). Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 12 Suppl 1, 96–113 (1998)
  • Gunnell, D. J., Frankel, S. J., Nanchahal, K., Peters, T. J. & Davey Smith, G. Childhood obesity and adult cardiovascular mortality: a 57-y follow-up study based on the Boyd Orr cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 67, 1111–1118 (1998)
  • Gunnell, D. J. et al. Childhood leg length and adult mortality: follow up of the Carnegie (Boyd Orr) Survey of Diet and Health in Pre-war Britain. J Epidemiol Community Health 52, 142–152 (1998)
  • Frankel, S., Gunnell, D. J., Peters, T. J., Maynard, M. & Davey Smith, G. Childhood energy intake and adult mortality from cancer: the Boyd Orr Cohort Study. BMJ 316, 499–504 (1998)
  • Gunnell, D. J., Frankel, S., Nanchahal, K., Braddon, F. E. & Smith, G. D. Lifecourse exposure and later disease: a follow-up study based on a survey of family diet and health in pre-war Britain (1937-1939). Public Health 110, 85–94 (1996)