MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Antenatal Determinants of Childhood Obesity in High-Risk Offspring: Protocol for the DiGest Follow-Up Study.

Jones D, De Lucia Rolfe E, Rennie KL, Griep LMO, Kusinski LC, Hughes DJ, Brage S, Ong KK, Beardsall K, and Meek CL

Nutrients. Jan 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/nu13041156)

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Vomiting in pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of low birth weight: a cohort study.

Petry CJ, Ong KK, Beardsall K, Hughes IA, Acerini CL, and Dunger DB

BMC pregnancy and childbirth. Aug 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12884-018-1786-1)

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Heritability of childhood weight gain from birth and risk markers for adult metabolic disease in prepubertal twins.

Beardsall K, Ong KK, Murphy N, Ahmed ML, Zhao JH, Peeters MW, and Dunger DB

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. Sep 2009

(DOI : 10.1210/jc.2009-0757)

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Prevalence and determinants of hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants: cohort analyses of the NIRTURE study.

Beardsall K, Vanhaesebrouck S, Ogilvy-Stuart AL, Vanhole C, Palmer CR, Ong K, vanWeissenbruch M, Midgley P, Thompson M, Thio M, Cornette L, Ossuetta I, Iglesias I, Theyskens C, de Jong M, Gill B, Ahluwalia JS, de Zegher F, and Dunger DB

The Journal of pediatrics. Aug 2009

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.032)

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Early elective insulin therapy can reduce hyperglycemia and increase insulin-like growth factor-I levels in very low birth weight infants.

Beardsall K, Ogilvy-Stuart AL, Frystyk J, Chen JW, Thompson M, Ahluwalia J, Ong KK, and Dunger DB

The Journal of pediatrics. Jan 2007

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.068)

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