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  1. Article: Early-life socioeconomic circumstances and the comorbidity of depression and overweight in adolescence and young adulthood: A prospective study.

    Kilpi, Fanny / Howe, Laura D

    SSM - population health

    2023  Volume 24, Page(s) 101494

    Abstract: Depression and overweight both often emerge early in life and have been found to be associated, but few studies examine depression-overweight comorbidity and its social patterning early in the life course. Drawing on data from 4,948 participants of the ... ...

    Abstract Depression and overweight both often emerge early in life and have been found to be associated, but few studies examine depression-overweight comorbidity and its social patterning early in the life course. Drawing on data from 4,948 participants of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort from the UK (2,798 female, 2,150 male), we investigated how different aspects of early-life socioeconomic circumstances are associated with depression-overweight comorbidity from adolescence to young adulthood exploring any differences by age and sex. We estimated how parental education, social class and financial difficulties reported in pregnancy were associated with depression and overweight, and their comorbidity at approximately the ages 17 and 24 in males and females. The results from multinomial logistic regression models showed that all three socioeconomic markers were associated with depression-overweight comorbidity and results were similar across age. Lower parental education (relative risk ratio (RRR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of low education v high education: 3.61 (2.30-5.67) in females and 1.54 (1.14-2.07) in males) and social class (class IV/V v class I: 5.67 (2.48-12.94) in females and 3.11 (0.70-13.91) in males) had strong associations with comorbidity at age 17 relative to having neither depression or overweight. Financial difficulties were also a risk factor in females, with less clear results in males. These findings highlight how early socioeconomic circumstances are linked with the accumulation of mental and physical health problems already in adolescence, which has implications for life-long health inequalities.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2352-8273
    ISSN 2352-8273
    DOI 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101494
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  2. Article ; Online: Educational attainment and health.

    Davies, Neil M / Howe, Laura D / Bann, David

    BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

    2023  Volume 382, Page(s) 1602

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Educational Status ; Academic Success
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 1362901-3
    ISSN 1756-1833 ; 0959-8154 ; 0959-8146 ; 0959-8138 ; 0959-535X ; 1759-2151
    ISSN (online) 1756-1833
    ISSN 0959-8154 ; 0959-8146 ; 0959-8138 ; 0959-535X ; 1759-2151
    DOI 10.1136/bmj.p1602
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  3. Article ; Online: Non-alcoholic fatty liver and fibrosis is associated with cardiovascular structure and function in young adults.

    Tang, Rosalind / Abeysekera, Kushala W M / Howe, Laura D / Hughes, Alun D / Fraser, Abigail

    Hepatology communications

    2023  Volume 7, Issue 4

    Abstract: Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease shares many risk factors with other metabolic disorders. We sought to establish whether non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be associated with cardiovascular health independently of other known risk ... ...

    Abstract Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease shares many risk factors with other metabolic disorders. We sought to establish whether non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be associated with cardiovascular health independently of other known risk factors.
    Methods: In this prospective, population-based cohort of young adults, controlled attenuation parameter-defined liver steatosis, transient elastography-defined liver fibrosis, echocardiography, carotid ultrasonography, and pulse wave analysis were assessed at age 24 years. We examined associations between liver and cardiovascular measures, with and without accounting for demographics, body mass index, alcohol, smoking, blood pressure, lipidemia, glycemia, and inflammation.
    Results: We included 2047 participants (mean age 24.4 y; 36.2% female): 212 (10.4%) had steatosis, whereas 38 (1.9%) had fibrosis. Steatosis was associated with cardiovascular measures after adjusting for demographics, but with more comprehensive adjustment, steatosis only remained associated with stroke index [β (95% CI) of -1.85 (-3.29, -0.41) mL/m2] and heart rate [2.17 (0.58, 3.75) beats/min]. Fibrosis was associated with several measures of cardiovascular structure and function after full adjustment for risk factors, including left ventricular mass index [2.46 (0.56, 4.37) g/m2.7], E/A ratio [0.32 (0.13, 0.50)], tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion [0.14 (0.01, 0.26) cm], carotid intima-media thickness [0.024 (0.008, 0.040) mm], pulse wave velocity [0.40 (0.06, 0.75) m/s], cardiac index [-0.23 (-0.41, -0.06) L/min⋅m2], and heart rate [-7.23 (-10.16, -4.29) beats/min].
    Conclusions: Steatosis was not associated with measures of cardiovascular structure and function nor with subclinical atherosclerosis after adjusting for known cardiovascular risk factors. Fibrosis, however, was associated with several cardiovascular measures, including indicators of subclinical atherosclerosis, even after full adjustment. Further follow-up will help determine whether cardiovascular health worsens later with steatosis alone.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Male ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/complications ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/epidemiology ; Pulse Wave Analysis ; Carotid Intima-Media Thickness ; Prospective Studies ; Liver Cirrhosis/diagnostic imaging ; Liver Cirrhosis/epidemiology ; Liver Cirrhosis/complications ; Atherosclerosis/complications
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2471-254X
    ISSN (online) 2471-254X
    DOI 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000087
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  4. Article ; Online: Maternal depressive symptoms and young people's higher education participation and choice of university: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study.

    Bowman, Sally / Morris, Tim T / Dickson, Matt / Rice, Frances / Howe, Laura D / Hughes, Amanda M

    Journal of affective disorders

    2023  Volume 344, Page(s) 339–346

    Abstract: Background: Participation in higher education has significant and long-lasting consequences for people's socioeconomic trajectories. Maternal depression is linked to poorer educational achievement for children in school, but its impact on university ... ...

    Abstract Background: Participation in higher education has significant and long-lasting consequences for people's socioeconomic trajectories. Maternal depression is linked to poorer educational achievement for children in school, but its impact on university attendance is unclear.
    Methods: In an English longitudinal cohort study (N = 8952), we explore whether young people whose mothers experienced elevated depressive symptoms are less likely to attend university, and the role of potential mediators in the young person: educational achievement in school, depressive symptoms, and locus of control. We also examine whether maternal depressive symptoms influence young people's choice of university, and non-attendees' reasons for not participating in higher education.
    Results: Young people whose mothers experienced more recurrent depressive symptoms were less likely to attend university (OR = 0.88, CI = 0.82,0.94, p < 0.001) per occasion of elevated maternal depressive symptoms) after adjusting for confounders. Mediation analysis indicated this was largely explained by educational achievement in school (e.g., 82.7 % mediated by age 16 achievement) and locus of control at 16. There was mixed evidence for an impact on choice of university. For participants who did not study at university, maternal depressive symptoms were linked to stating as a reason having had other priorities to do with family or children (OR: 1.17, CI = 1.02,1.35).
    Limitations: Lack of data on the other parent's depression, loss to follow-up, possibly selective non-response.
    Conclusions: Young people whose mothers experience elevated depressive symptoms on multiple occasions are less likely to participate in higher education; educational achievement in secondary school, but not the young people's own depressive symptoms, substantially mediated the effect.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Female ; Humans ; Adolescent ; Longitudinal Studies ; Depression/epidemiology ; Depression/diagnosis ; Universities ; Mothers ; Educational Status
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-16
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 135449-8
    ISSN 1573-2517 ; 0165-0327
    ISSN (online) 1573-2517
    ISSN 0165-0327
    DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.061
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  5. Article: Why caution should be applied when interpreting and promoting findings from Mendelian randomisation studies.

    Carter, Alice R / Fraser, Abigail / Howe, Laura D / Harris, Sian / Hughes, Amanda

    General psychiatry

    2023  Volume 36, Issue 4, Page(s) e101047

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2941976-1
    ISSN 2517-729X ; 2517-729X ; 2096-5923
    ISSN (online) 2517-729X
    ISSN 2517-729X ; 2096-5923
    DOI 10.1136/gpsych-2023-101047
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  6. Article: Menstrual cycle features in mothers and daughters in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

    Sawyer, Gemma / Howe, Laura D / Fraser, Abigail / Clayton, Gemma / Lawlor, Deborah A / Sharp, Gemma C

    Wellcome open research

    2023  Volume 8, Page(s) 386

    Abstract: Problematic menstrual cycle features, including irregular periods, severe pain, heavy bleeding, absence of periods, frequent or infrequent cycles, and premenstrual symptoms, are experienced by high proportions of females and can have substantial impacts ... ...

    Abstract Problematic menstrual cycle features, including irregular periods, severe pain, heavy bleeding, absence of periods, frequent or infrequent cycles, and premenstrual symptoms, are experienced by high proportions of females and can have substantial impacts on their health and well-being. However, research aimed at identifying causes and risk factors associated with such menstrual cycle features is sparse and limited. This data note describes prospective, longitudinal data collected in a UK birth cohort, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), on menstrual cycle features, which can be utilised to address the research gaps in this area. Data were collected across 21 timepoints (between the average age of 28.6 and 57.7 years) in mothers (G0) and 20 timepoints (between the average age of 8 and 24 years) in index daughters (G1) between 1991 and 2020. This data note details all available variables, proposes methods to derive comparable variables across data collection timepoints, and discusses important limitations specific to each menstrual cycle feature. Also, the data note identifies broader issues for researchers to consider when utilising the menstrual cycle feature data, such as hormonal contraception, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause, as well as missing data and misclassification.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2398-502X
    ISSN 2398-502X
    DOI 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19774.3
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  7. Article ; Online: Establishing the relationships between adiposity and reproductive factors: a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis.

    Prince, Claire / Howe, Laura D / Sharp, Gemma C / Fraser, Abigail / Richmond, Rebecca C

    BMC medicine

    2023  Volume 21, Issue 1, Page(s) 350

    Abstract: Background: Few studies have investigated associations between adiposity and reproductive factors using causal methods, both of which have a number of consequences on women's health. Here we assess whether adiposity at different points in the lifecourse ...

    Abstract Background: Few studies have investigated associations between adiposity and reproductive factors using causal methods, both of which have a number of consequences on women's health. Here we assess whether adiposity at different points in the lifecourse affects reproductive factors differently and independently, and the plausibility of the impact of reproductive factors on adiposity.
    Methods: We used genetic data from UK Biobank (273,238 women) and other consortia (EGG, GIANT, ReproGen and SSGAC) for eight reproductive factors: age at menarche, age at menopause, age at first birth, age at last birth, number of births, being parous, age first had sexual intercourse and lifetime number of sexual partners, and two adiposity traits: childhood and adulthood body size. We applied multivariable Mendelian randomization to account for genetic correlation and to estimate the causal effects of childhood and adulthood adiposity, independently of each other, on reproductive factors. Additionally, we estimated the effects of reproductive factors, independently of other relevant reproductive factors, on adulthood adiposity.
    Results: We found a higher childhood body size leads to an earlier age at menarche, and an earlier age at menarche leads to a higher adulthood body size. Furthermore, we find contrasting and independent effects of childhood and adulthood body size on age at first birth (beta 0.22 SD (95% confidence interval: 0.14, 0.31) vs - 2.49 (- 2.93, - 2.06) per 1 SD increase), age at last birth (0.13 (0.06,0.21) vs - 1.86 (- 2.23, - 1.48) per 1 SD increase), age at menopause (0.17 (0.09, 0.25) vs - 0.99 (- 1.39, - 0.59) per 1 SD increase), and likelihood of having children (Odds ratio 0.97 (0.95, 1.00) vs 1.20 (1.06, 1.37) per 1 SD increase).
    Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate the importance of considering a lifecourse approach when investigating the inter-relationships between adiposity measures and reproductive events, as well as the use of 'age specific' genetic instruments when evaluating lifecourse hypotheses in a Mendelian randomization framework.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Adiposity/genetics ; Menarche/genetics ; Mendelian Randomization Analysis ; Menopause/genetics ; Obesity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2131669-7
    ISSN 1741-7015 ; 1741-7015
    ISSN (online) 1741-7015
    ISSN 1741-7015
    DOI 10.1186/s12916-023-03051-x
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  8. Article ; Online: Investigating effect modification between childhood maltreatment and genetic risk for cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank.

    Urquijo, Helena / Soares, Ana Gonçalves / Fraser, Abigail / Howe, Laura D / Carter, Alice R

    PloS one

    2023  Volume 18, Issue 5, Page(s) e0285258

    Abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Childhood maltreatment is associated with CVD and may modify genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular risk factors. We used genetic and phenotypic data from 100,833 White ... ...

    Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Childhood maltreatment is associated with CVD and may modify genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular risk factors. We used genetic and phenotypic data from 100,833 White British UK Biobank participants (57% female; mean age = 55.9 years). We regressed nine cardiovascular risk factors/diseases (alcohol consumption, body mass index [BMI], low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lifetime smoking behaviour, systolic blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke) on their respective polygenic scores (PGS) and self-reported exposure to childhood maltreatment. Effect modification was tested on the additive and multiplicative scales by including a product term (PGS*maltreatment) in regression models. On the additive scale, childhood maltreatment accentuated the effect of genetic susceptibility to higher BMI (Peffect modification: 0.003). Individuals not exposed to childhood maltreatment had an increase in BMI of 0.12 SD (95% CI: 0.11, 0.13) per SD increase in BMI PGS, compared to 0.17 SD (95% CI: 0.14, 0.19) in those exposed to all types of childhood maltreatment. On the multiplicative scale, similar results were obtained for BMI though these did not withstand to Bonferroni correction. There was little evidence of effect modification by childhood maltreatment in relation to other outcomes, or of sex-specific effect modification. Our study suggests the effects of genetic susceptibility to a higher BMI may be moderately accentuated in individuals exposed to childhood maltreatment. However, gene*environment interactions are likely not a major contributor to the excess CVD burden experienced by childhood maltreatment victims.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Child ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/genetics ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Biological Specimen Banks ; Risk Factors ; Child Abuse ; United Kingdom/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0285258
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  9. Article ; Online: Differences between brachial and aortic blood pressure in adolescence and their implications for diagnosis of hypertension.

    Hughes, Alun D / Davey Smith, George / Howe, Laura D / Lawlor, Deborah / Jones, Siana / Park, Chloe M / Chaturvedi, Nish

    Journal of hypertension

    2024  

    Abstract: Objectives: Blood pressure (BP) is the leading global cause of mortality, and its prevalence is increasing in children and adolescents. Aortic BP is lower than brachial BP in adults. We aimed to assess the extent of this difference and its impact on the ...

    Abstract Objectives: Blood pressure (BP) is the leading global cause of mortality, and its prevalence is increasing in children and adolescents. Aortic BP is lower than brachial BP in adults. We aimed to assess the extent of this difference and its impact on the diagnosis of hypertension among adolescents.
    Methods: We used data from 3850 participants from a UK cohort of births in the early 1990s in the Southwest of England, who attended their ∼17-year follow-up and had valid measures of brachial and aortic BP at that clinic [mean (SD) age 17.8 (0.4) years, 66% female individuals]. Data are presented as mean differences [95% prediction intervals] for both sexes.
    Results: Aortic systolic BP (SBP) was lower than brachial SBP [male, -22.3 (-31.2, -13.3) mmHg; female, -17.8 (-25.5, -10.0) mmHg]. Differences between aortic and brachial diastolic BP (DBP) were minimal. Based on brachial BP measurements, 101 male individuals (6%) and 22 female individuals (1%) were classified as hypertensive. In contrast, only nine male individuals (<1%) and 14 female individuals (<1%) met the criteria for hypertension based on aortic BP, and the predictive value of brachial BP for aortic hypertension was poor (positive-predictive value = 13.8%). Participants with aortic hypertension had a higher left ventricular mass index than those with brachial hypertension.
    Conclusion: Brachial BP substantially overestimates aortic BP in adolescents because of marked aortic-to-brachial pulse pressure amplification. The use of brachial BP measurement may result in an overdiagnosis of hypertension during screening in adolescence.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-16
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605532-1
    ISSN 1473-5598 ; 0263-6352 ; 0952-1178
    ISSN (online) 1473-5598
    ISSN 0263-6352 ; 0952-1178
    DOI 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003743
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  10. Article ; Online: Testosterone and socioeconomic position: Mendelian randomization in 306,248 men and women in UK Biobank.

    Harrison, Sean / Davies, Neil M / Howe, Laura D / Hughes, Amanda

    Science advances

    2021  Volume 7, Issue 31

    Abstract: Men with more advantaged socioeconomic position (SEP) have been observed to have higher levels of testosterone. It is unclear whether these associations arise because testosterone has a causal impact on SEP. In 306,248 participants of UK Biobank, we ... ...

    Abstract Men with more advantaged socioeconomic position (SEP) have been observed to have higher levels of testosterone. It is unclear whether these associations arise because testosterone has a causal impact on SEP. In 306,248 participants of UK Biobank, we performed sex-stratified genome-wide association analysis to identify genetic variants associated with testosterone. Using the identified variants, we performed Mendelian randomization analysis of the influence of testosterone on socioeconomic position, including income, employment status, neighborhood-level deprivation, and educational qualifications; on health, including self-rated health and body mass index; and on risk-taking behavior. We found little evidence that testosterone affected socioeconomic position, health, or risk-taking. Our results therefore suggest that it is unlikely that testosterone meaningfully affects these outcomes in men or women. Differences between Mendelian randomization and multivariable-adjusted estimates suggest that previously reported associations with socioeconomic position and health may be due to residual confounding or reverse causation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.abf8257
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