Whitehall II study
@whitehall2study
The Whitehall II study, set up in 1985 to investigate the importance of social class on health, now seeks to investigate quality of life in an ageing cohort.
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http://www.ucl.ac.uk/whitehallII 16-09-2015 09:57:45
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So excited to kick off our Whitehall II Study National Institute for Health and Care Research project at UCLH UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences - patients, nurses and researchers as one hive mind! #alcohol #liver ARIG Annie Britton
29, Introducing Whitehall II Study to the CLOSER family! Whitehall II follows the lives of 10,308 participants aged 35-55 at recruitment from the British civil service in order to investigate the causes of social inequalities in health. ➡️Learn more: tinyurl.com/whitehall-ii
New publication Sex differences and the role of education in cognitive ageing: analysis of two UK-based prospective cohort studies Published in the Lancet Public Health The Lancet Public Health Whitehall II Study @ELSA_study Inserm authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24… 1/7
Whitehall II Study is the most downloaded dataset from Dementias Platform UK data portal.
Using data from the Whitehall II cohort study, Severine Sabia and team investigate whether sleep duration is associated with subsequent risk of developing multimorbidity among adults age 50, 60, and 70 years old in England. doi.org/10.1371/journa… Epi of Ageing Whitehall II Study
New publication from Joni Lindbohm Mika Kivimaki et al. suggests that autoimmune dysfunction may play a key role in diseases causing dementia and be a potential drug target to prevent Alzheimer’s disease Gill Livingston UCL EPH nature.com/nataging/volum…
Read our interview with Prof Mika Kivimaki, Director of the Whitehall II Study at UCL, who talks about his research in #epidemiology and what he finds most exciting about his work 👉 bit.ly/3O2QA4q
Association of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and light exposure with sleep in older adults rdcu.be/c1kZQ Inserm CRESS_UMR1153 Whitehall II Study
Physical activity & sedentary behaviour features that predict mortality risk: a #MachineLearning approach in Whitehall II Study #accelerometer substudy with ext. validation in #CoLaus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli… eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @EpiAgeing CRESS_UMR1153 Inserm UCL CHUV / Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
It was a pleasure to celebrate Whitehall II's 40th anniversary this month at UCL Sir Michael Marmot Mika Kivimaki Watch the recording of the event here: youtube.com/watch?v=__gLXn…
🚨New Whitehall II Imaging Study paper published in BMC Medicine. Findings suggest that maintaining the structural integrity of major arteries may benefit brain health & cognition in later life. Mika Kivimaki Epi of Ageing 📖 Article: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…