@UCL The British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) is a prospective study in middle-aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British towns, recruited in 1978-1980.
New for researchers: The British Regional Heart Study dataset is now available via
@UKDataService
. 7,735 men, ~50 yrs of follow-up on heart health, frailty, dementia & more. @BHF@HDR_UK@BHFDataScience
The dataset covers:
❤️ Cardiovascular health
🧠 Dementia & frailty
⚖️ Behavioural & social factors
...providing unique insights into health & ageing over the life course. @UKDataService@HDRUK@UCL_PCPH@UCL_IEHC
Professor Goya Wannamethee, Study Director, said "This dataset provides valuable insights into how behavioural and social factors influences heart health and ageing over the life course."
New for researchers: The British Regional Heart Study dataset is now available via @UKDataService. 7,735 men, ~50 yrs of follow-up on heart health, frailty, dementia & more.
Association between poor oral health and deterioration of appetite in older age: results from longitudinal analyses of two prospective cohorts from the UK and USA https://t.co/hQtf7ToTSv
Wang, Q., Schmidt, A.F., Lennon, L.T. et al. Association of Life’s Simple 7 lifestyle metric with cardiometabolic disease-free life expectancy in older British men. Commun Med 4, 104 (2024). https://t.co/KsF7v6wMMu
Neighborhood Deprivation and Changes in Oral Health in Older Age: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study - S.G. Ganbavale, E. Papachristou, J.C. Mathers, A.O. Papacosta, L.T. Lennon, P.H. Whincup, S.G. Wannamethee, S.E. Ramsay, 2024 https://t.co/1jWtChNypO
Prospective associations between diet quality, dietary components, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in older British men. Eur J Nutr (2023). Wang Q et al. https://t.co/cexAtHxktS
https://t.co/irMQk8igiU
📢 We warmly welcome 3 new members to the UK Health Data Research Alliance - UK Dementia Research Institute @UKDRI, MRC National Survey of Health & Development @mrclha, & British Regional Heart Study @ucl_brhs.
Find out more: https://t.co/MSbEcYs4eK
Association between oral health markers and decline in muscle strength and physical performance in later life: longitudinal analyses of two prospective cohorts from the UK and the USA.
https://t.co/IPJpUuws3e
Cohort Profile Update: The British Regional
Heart Study 1978–2018: 40 years of follow-up of
older British men. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2022, 1–8
https://t.co/rJCffaxdpA
Cohort Profile
Haematological variables and risk of future venous thromboembolism in the British Regional Heart Study on men. Combined D‐dimer and APTT as a predictive test for thromboembolism
Oral health problems and risk of incident disability in two studies of older adults in the United Kingdom and the United States https://t.co/xNXtZTQ69D
Check out one of our #MostRead papers 💥
What is the association of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality? 🏃♀️
Thanks to @Ulf_Ekelund @PARG3 📄
Read on #OpenAccess ➡️ https://t.co/b3aApa9cmv