Ben Cairns

• Body mass index and healthcare costs: a systematic literature review of individual participant data studies

  Kent S. et al, (2017), Obesity Reviews

• Association between physical activity and body fat percentage, with adjustment for BMI: a large cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank.

  Bradbury KE. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7, e011843 - e011843

• Association between physical activity and body fat percentage, with adjustment for BMI: a large cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank

  Bradbury KE. et al, (2017), BMJ Open

• Clinical information has low sensitivity for postmortem diagnosis of heart valve disease.

  Coffey S. et al, (2017), Heart

• The role of health-related behavioural factors in accounting for inequalities in coronary heart disease risk by education and area deprivation: prospective study of 1.2 million UK women

  Floud SK. et al, (2016), BMC Medicine

• The effects of age, adiposity, and physical activity on the risk of 7 site-specific fractures in postmenopausal women

  Lacombe J. et al, (2016), Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

• Body size in early life and risk of lymphoid malignancies and histological subtypes in adulthood.

  Yang TO. et al, (2016), International journal of cancer, 139, 42 - 49

• Relationship of height to site-specific fracture risk in postmenopausal women

  Armstrong ME. et al, (2016), Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

• The modern epidemiology of heart valve disease.

  Coffey S. et al, (2016), Heart, 102, 75 - 85

• Variations in vascular mortality trends, 2001-2010, among 1.3 million women with different lifestyle risk factors for the disease.

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2015), Eur J Prev Cardiol, 22, 1626 - 1634

• Validity over time of self-reported anthropometric variables during follow-up of a large cohort of UK women.

  Wright FL. et al, (2015), BMC Med Res Methodol, 15

• Social participation and coronary heart disease risk in a large prospective study of UK women

  Floud S. et al, (2015), European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

• Tea and coffee and risk of endometrial cancer: cohort study and meta-analysis.

  Yang TO. et al, (2015), Am J Clin Nutr, 101, 570 - 578

• Frequent physical activity may not reduce vascular disease risk as much as moderate activity: large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom.

  Armstrong ME. et al, (2015), Circulation, 131, 721 - 729

• Age at menarche and risks of coronary heart and other vascular diseases in a large UK cohort.

  Canoy D. et al, (2015), Circulation, 131, 237 - 244

• Response to letter regarding article, "frequent physical activity may not reduce vascular disease risk as much as moderate activity: Large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom"

  Armstrong MEG. et al, (2015), Circulation, 132

• Cancer and high body-mass index: global burden, global effort?

  Cairns BJ., (2015), Lancet Oncol, 16, 3 - 4

• Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium.

  Pot GK. et al, (2014), Eur J Clin Nutr, 68, 1353 - 1358

• Source of dietary fibre and diverticular disease incidence: a prospective study of UK women.

  Crowe FL. et al, (2014), Gut, 63, 1450 - 1456

• Birth weight and adult cancer incidence: large prospective study and meta-analysis.

  Yang TO. et al, (2014), Ann Oncol, 25, 1836 - 1843

• Air pollution and traffic noise: do they cause atherosclerosis?

  Cairns BJ. and Baigent C., (2014), Eur Heart J, 35, 826 - 828

• Hospital admissions in relation to body mass index in UK women: a prospective cohort study.

  Reeves GK. et al, (2014), BMC Med, 12

• Marital status and ischemic heart disease incidence and mortality in women: a large prospective study.

  Floud S. et al, (2014), BMC Med, 12

• Incidence of gastrointestinal cancers by ethnic group in England, 2001-2007.

  Ali R. et al, (2013), Gut, 62, 1692 - 1703

• Coronary heart disease incidence in women by waist circumference within categories of body mass index.

  Canoy D. et al, (2013), Eur J Prev Cardiol, 20, 759 - 762

• Good news for "Alice": height and sex differences in cancer risk.

  Cairns BJ. and Green J., (2013), J Natl Cancer Inst, 105, 841 - 843

• Metformin and mortality. Reply to Lund SS [letter].

  Stevens RJ. et al, (2013), Diabetologia, 56, 939 - 940

• Childhood cancer incidence in British Indians & Whites in Leicester, 1996-2008.

  Sayeed S. et al, (2013), PLoS One, 8

• Body mass index and incident coronary heart disease in women: a population-based prospective study

  Canoy D. et al, (2013), BMC Medicine, 11

• Erratum to: Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.

  Stevens RJ. et al, (2012), Diabetologia, 55, 3399 - 3400

• Vascular disease in women: comparison of diagnoses in hospital episode statistics and general practice records in England.

  Wright FL. et al, (2012), BMC Med Res Methodol, 12

• Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.

  Stevens RJ. et al, (2012), Diabetologia, 55, 2593 - 2603

• A short-term increase in cancer risk associated with daytime napping is likely to reflect pre-clinical disease: prospective cohort study.

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2012), Br J Cancer, 107, 527 - 530

• Estimating the alcohol-breast cancer association: a comparison of diet diaries, FFQs and combined measurements.

  Keogh RH. et al, (2012), Eur J Epidemiol, 27, 547 - 559

• Postmenopausal endometrial cancer risk and body size in early life and middle age: prospective cohort study.

  Yang TY. et al, (2012), Br J Cancer, 107, 169 - 175

• Different effects of age, adiposity and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women.

  Armstrong ME. et al, (2012), Bone, 50, 1394 - 1400

• Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium.

  Hutchinson J. et al, (2012), Eur J Clin Nutr, 66, 561 - 568

• BIRTH WEIGHT AND CANCER IN ADULT FEMALES AFTER MIDDLE AGE

  Yang T. et al, (2011), PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 70, 362 - 362

• Dietary fat and breast cancer: comparison of results from food diaries and food-frequency questionnaires in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium.

  Key TJ. et al, (2011), Am J Clin Nutr, 94, 1043 - 1052

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  Wang XS. et al, (2011), Occupational Medicine, 61

• Shift work and chronic disease: the epidemiological evidence Reply

  Wang X-S. et al, (2011), OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD, 61, 444 - 444

• VALIDATION OF NHS HOSPITAL ADMISSION RECORDS FOR ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE IN THE MILLION WOMEN STUDY

  Wright L. et al, (2011), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65, A160 - A160

• INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT ANALYSIS OF SECULAR TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN UK WOMEN, 2000-2009

  Cairns B. et al, (2011), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65, A14 - A14

• Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk.

  Green J. et al, (2011), Lancet Oncol, 12, 785 - 794

• DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF BODY MASS INDEX AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE RISK OF ANKLE, WRIST AND HIP FRACTURES IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

  Armstrong M. et al, (2011), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65, A89 - A89

• CHILDHOOD, EARLY ADULTHOOD, AND MIDDLE AGE ADIPOSITY AND RISK OF POSTMENOPAUSAL ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

  Yang TO. et al, (2011), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65, A20 - A20

• BODY MASS INDEX AND RISK OF INCIDENT ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

  Canoy D. et al, (2011), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65, A229 - A229

• Reported frequency of physical activity in a large epidemiological study: relationship to specific activities and repeatability over time.

  Armstrong ME. et al, (2011), BMC Med Res Methodol, 11

• Body mass index and physical activity in relation to the incidence of hip fracture in postmenopausal women.

  Armstrong ME. et al, (2011), J Bone Miner Res, 26, 1330 - 1338

• Shift work and chronic disease: the epidemiological evidence.

  Wang XS. et al, (2011), Occup Med (Lond), 61, 78 - 89

• Lifetime body size and reproductive factors: comparisons of data recorded prospectively with self reports in middle age.

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2011), BMC Med Res Methodol, 11

• That rising obesity levels will greatly add to the burden of cancer: misconceptions I.

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2011), Br J Cancer, 104, 4 - 5

• SLEEP DURATION AND BREAST CANCER RISK: A META-ANALYSIS

  Wang X. et al, (2010), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 64, A32 - A32

• CHILDHOOD ADIPOSITY AND BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE IN WOMEN IN MIDDLE AGE

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2010), EJC SUPPLEMENTS, 8, 17 - 17

• ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BIRTHWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN ADULT FEMALES

  Yang TYO. et al, (2010), JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 64, A18 - A19

• Alcohol intake and risk of colorectal cancer: results from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium.

  Park JY. et al, (2010), Br J Cancer, 103, 747 - 756

• Sudden increases in listeriosis rates in England and Wales, 2001 and 2003.

  Cairns BJ. and Payne RJ., (2009), Emerg Infect Dis, 15, 465 - 468

• Quantitative models of in vitro bacteriophage-host dynamics and their application to phage therapy.

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2009), PLoS Pathog, 5

• Evaluating the Expected Time to Population Extinction with Semi-Stochastic Models

  Cairns BJ., (2009), MATHEMATICAL POPULATION STUDIES, 16, 199 - 220

• Bacteriophage therapy and the mutant selection window.

  Cairns BJ. and Payne RJ., (2008), Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52, 4344 - 4350

• How patch configuration affects the impact of disturbances on metapopulation persistence.

  Vuilleumier S. et al, (2007), Theor Popul Biol, 72, 77 - 85

• A note on extinction times for the general birth, death and catastrophe process

  Pollett P. et al, (2007), Journal of Applied Probability, 44, 566 - 569

• A comparison of models for predicting population persistence

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2007), Ecological Modelling, 201, 19 - 26

• The role of habitat disturbance and recovery in metapopulation persistence.

  Wilcox C. et al, (2006), Ecology, 87, 855 - 863

• Uniqueness criteria for continuous-time Markov chains with general transition structures

  Chen A. et al, (2005), Advances in Applied Probability, 37, 1056 - 1074

• Models for predicting extinction times: Shall we dance (or walk or jump)?

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2005), MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings, 2061 - 2067

• Maximally rugged NK landscapes contain the highest peaks

  Skellett B. et al, (2005), GECCO 2005 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 579 - 584

• Approximating persistence in a general class of population processes.

  Cairns BJ. and Pollett PK., (2005), Theor Popul Biol, 68, 77 - 90

• Extinction times for a general birth, death and catastrophe process

  Cairns B. and Pollett PK., (2004), Journal of Applied Probability, 41, 1211 - 1218

• Evaluating persistence times in populations that are subject to local catastrophes

  Cairns BJ. et al, (2003), MODSIM 2003: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION, VOLS 1-4, 747 - 752

• Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Frequent Physical Activity May Not Reduce Vascular Disease Risk as Much as Moderate Activity: Large Prospective Study of Women in the United Kingdom”

  Armstrong ME. et al, Circulation

• Hypertension in pregnancy and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: a prospective study in a large UK cohort

  Canoy D. et al, International Journal of Cardiology

• Hospital costs in relation to body mass index in 1.1 million women in England: a prospective cohort study

  Kent S. et al, Lancet Public Health

• Cancer risk among 21st century blood transfusion recipients

  Yang TO. et al, Annals of Oncology

• Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: Individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

  Woodward M. et al, Lancet

• A replicated, genome-wide significant association of aortic stenosis with a genetic variant for Lp(a): meta-analysis of published and novel data

  Cairns BJ. et al, Circulation

Recent Publications

• Body mass index and healthcare costs: a systematic literature review of individual participant data studies

  Kent S. et al, (2017), Obesity Reviews

• Association between physical activity and body fat percentage, with adjustment for BMI: a large cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank.

  Bradbury KE. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7, e011843 - e011843

• Association between physical activity and body fat percentage, with adjustment for BMI: a large cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank

  Bradbury KE. et al, (2017), BMJ Open

• Clinical information has low sensitivity for postmortem diagnosis of heart valve disease.

  Coffey S. et al, (2017), Heart

• The role of health-related behavioural factors in accounting for inequalities in coronary heart disease risk by education and area deprivation: prospective study of 1.2 million UK women

  Floud SK. et al, (2016), BMC Medicine