Commentary: Two-sample Mendelian randomization: opportunities and challenges

DA Lawlor - International journal of epidemiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In this volume of the IJE, Gao and colleagues explore the causal effect of adiposity on
several cancers using twosample Mendelian randomization (MR), and find some evidence …

Triangulation in aetiological epidemiology

DA Lawlor, K Tilling… - International journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Triangulation is the practice of obtaining more reliable answers to research questions
through integrating results from several different approaches, where each approach has …

Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: results from a prospective, longitudinal study

EC Dunn, TW Soare, Y Zhu, AJ Simpkin… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to early-life adversity is known to predict DNA methylation (DNAm)
patterns that may be related to psychiatric risk. However, few studies have investigated …

Adversity exposure during sensitive periods predicts accelerated epigenetic aging in children

S Marini, KA Davis, TW Soare, Y Zhu… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Exposure to adversity has been linked to accelerated biological aging, which in
turn has been shown to predict numerous physical and mental health problems. In recent …

What life course theoretical models best explain the relationship between exposure to childhood adversity and psychopathology symptoms: recency, accumulation, or …

EC Dunn, TW Soare, MR Raffeld, DS Busso… - Psychological …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAlthough childhood adversity is a potent determinant of psychopathology,
relatively little is known about how the characteristics of adversity exposure, including its …

The last two decades of life course epidemiology, and its relevance for research on ageing

Y Ben-Shlomo, R Cooper, D Kuh - International journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The term 'life course epidemiology'was coined in 1997 with the publication of the first edition
of A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology. 1 This book reviewed the pre …

Association between the timing of childhood adversity and epigenetic patterns across childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of …

AA Lussier, Y Zhu, BJ Smith, J Cerutti… - The Lancet Child & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Childhood adversity is a potent determinant of health across development and
is associated with altered DNA methylation signatures, which might be more common in …

[HTML][HTML] Life-course exposure to air pollution and biological ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

G Baranyi, IJ Deary, DL McCartney, SE Harris… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to air pollution is associated with a range of diseases. Biomarkers
derived from DNA methylation (DNAm) offer potential mechanistic insights into human …

An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research

S Zuber, L Bechtiger, JS Bodelet, M Golin… - Discover social science …, 2023 - Springer
Life course epidemiology seeks to understand the intricate relationships between risk factors
and health outcomes across different stages of life to inform prevention and intervention …

Life-course influences of poverty on violence and homicide: 30-year Brazilian birth cohort study

J Murray, M Degli Esposti… - International journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Homicide is the leading cause of death among young people in Latin America,
one of the world's most violent regions. Poverty is widely considered a key cause of …