Recent Publications

Displaying 50 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

1. Interleukin-6 Receptor Mendelian Randomisation Analysis (IL6R MR) Consortium ,Hingorani AD,Casas JP (2012) The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet, 379(9822), 1214 - 1224. 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60110-X.
2. Pitha J,Lesna I,Poledne R,Kovar J,Lejskova M,Dvorakova H,Adamkova S,Lanska V,Bobak M (2012) Menopausal transition enhances the atherogenic risk of smoking in middle aged women International Journal of Cardiology, in press.
3. Hubacek JA,Viklicky O,Dlouha D,Bloudickova S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Adamkova V,Brabcova I,Pokorna E,Bobak M (2012) The FTO gene polymorphism is associated with end-stage renal disease: two large independent case-control studies in a general population. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 27(3), 1030 - 1035. 10.1093/ndt/gfr418.
4. Netuveli G,Pikhart H,Bobak M,Blane D (2012) Generic quality of life predicts all-cause mortality in the short term: evidence from British Household Panel Survey. J Epidemiol Community Health, 66(10), 962 - 966. 10.1136/jech-2011-200310.
5. Hubacek JA,Adamkova V,Dlouha D,Jirsa M,Šperl J,Tönjes A,Kovacs P,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Bobak M (2012) Fat mass and obesity-associated (fto) gene and alcohol intake. Addiction, 107(6), 1185 - 1186. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03825.x.
6. Hubacek JA,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Kubinova R,Bobak M (2012) ADH1B polymorphism, alcohol consumption, and binge drinking in Slavic Caucasians: results from the Czech HAPIEE study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 36(5), 900 - 905. 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01680.x.
7. Poledne R,Pilipcincova A,Bobak M,Pikhart H,Stavek P,Pitha J (2011) PROINFLAMMATION STATUS IN DEPRESSION AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS, 12(1), 122 - 122.
8. Makarenkova K,Malyutina S,Simonova G,Bobak M,Nikitin Y,Grp HAPIEE (2011) AVERAGE LIPID PARAMETERS IN THREE CENTERS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: HAPIEE PROJECT ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS, 12(1), 27 - 27.
9. Holmes MV,Newcombe P,Hubacek JA,Sofat R,Ricketts SL,Cooper J,Breteler MM,Bautista LE,Sharma P,Whittaker JC,Smeeth L,Fowkes FG,Algra A,Shmeleva V,Szolnoki Z,Roest M,Linnebank M,Zacho J,Nalls MA,Singleton AB,Ferrucci L,Hardy J,Worrall BB,Rich SS,Matarin M,Norman PE,Flicker L,Almeida OP,van Bockxmeer FM,Shimokata H,Khaw KT,Wareham NJ,Bobak M,Sterne JA,Smith GD,Talmud PJ,van Duijn C,Humphries SE,Price JF,Ebrahim S,Lawlor DA,Hankey GJ,Meschia JF,Sandhu MS,Hingorani AD,Casas JP (2011) Effect modification by population dietary folate on the association between MTHFR genotype, homocysteine, and stroke risk: a meta-analysis of genetic studies and randomised trials. Lancet, 378(9791), 584 - 594. 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60872-6.
10. Boylan S,Lallukka T,Lahelma E,Pikhart H,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Bragina O,Stepaniak U,Gillis-Januszewska A,Simonova G,Peasey A,Bobak M (2011) Socio-economic circumstances and food habits in Eastern, Central and Western European populations. Public Health Nutr, 14(4), 678 - 687. 10.1017/S1368980010002570.
11. Ryabikov A,Malyutina S,Halcox J,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M (2011) Prevalence and predictors of carotid wall triple line pattern in a general population sample. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 31(7), 1682 - 1688. 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.218057.
12. Hubáček JA,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Kubínová R,Bobák M (2011) FTO variant, energy intake, physical activity and basal metabolic rate in Caucasians. The HAPIEE study. Physiol Res, 60(1), 175 - 183.
13. Dunn JR,Bobak M (2011) Editorial changes at JECH. J Epidemiol Community Health, 65(7), 561. 10.1136/jech.2011.141648.
14. Bobrova N,West R,Malyutina D,Malyutina S,Bobak M (2010) Gender differences in drinking practices in middle aged and older Russians. Alcohol Alcohol, 45(6), 573 - 580. 10.1093/alcalc/agq069.
15. Dragano N,Pikhart H,Jockel KH,Verde PE,Hoffmann B,Moebus S,Erbel R,Tiller D,Riedel N,Bobak M,Siegrist J,Greiser KH (2010) Urban health-do smoking rates vary between cities and what could be the reasons? A comparative multilevel analyses in 10 cities in Germany and the Czech Republic EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH, 20, 47 - 47.
16. Pikhart H,Bobak M,Peasey A,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Marmot MG (2010) EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN THREE POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: THE HAPIEE STUDY INT J BEHAV MED, 17, 136 - 136.
17. Pikhart H,Bobak M,Kubinova R,Dragano N (2010) DRINKING PATTERNS OF WINNERS AND LOOSERS OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: THE CZECH HAPIEE STUDY INT J BEHAV MED, 17, 285 - 285.
18. Vikhireva O,Pikhart H,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Peasey A,Topor-Madry R,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M (2010) Non-fatal injuries in three Central and Eastern European urban population samples: the HAPIEE study. Eur J Public Health, 20(6), 695 - 701. 10.1093/eurpub/ckp193.
19. Laszlo KD,Pikhart H,Kopp MS,Bobak M,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Szalavecz G,Marmot M (2010) Job insecurity and health: a study of 16 European countries Social Science and Medicine. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.022.
20. Hubacek JA,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Stavek P,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M (2010) APOE polymorphism and its effect on plasma C-reactive protein levels in a large general population sample. Hum Immunol, 71(3), 304 - 308. 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.01.008.
21. Nicholson A,Rose R,Bobak M (2010) Associations between different dimensions of religious involvement and self-rated health in diverse European populations. Health Psychol, 29(2), 227 - 235. 10.1037/a0018036.
22. Malyutina S,Denisova D,Bobak M,Nikitin Y (2010) PREDICTORS OF INCIDENT HYPERTENSION IN AN AGEING POPULATION JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 28, E313 - E314.
23. Bobrova N,West R,Malutina D,Koshkina E,Terkulov R,Bobak M (2009) Drinking alcohol surrogates among clients of an alcohol-misuser treatment clinic in Novosibirsk, Russia Subst Use Misuse, 44(13), 1821 - 1832.
24. Pikhart H,Poledne R,Kubinova K,Nicholson A,Peasey A,Capkova N,Hubacek JA,Bobak M (2009) Depressive symptoms and levels of C-reactive protein: a population-based study Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
25. Boylan S,Welch A,Pikhart H,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Bragina O,Simonova G,Stepaniak U,Januszewska A,Milla L,Peasey A,Marmot M,Bobak M (2009) Dietary habits in three Central and Eastern European countries: the HAPIEE study BMC Public Health, 9, 439.
26. Perlman F,Bobak M (2009) Assessing the contribution of unstable employment to mortality in posttransition Russia: prospective individual-level analyses from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey. Am J Public Health, 99(10), 1818 - 1825. 10.2105/AJPH.2008.154815.
27. Pikhart H,Poledne R,Kubinova R,Pilipcincova A,Nicholson A,Peasey A,Capkova N,Hubacek JA,Bobak M (2009) Elevated levels of C-reactive protein and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(3), 217 - 222. 10.1007/s00127-008-0422-1.
28. Szalavecz G,Chandola T,Pikhart H,Dragano N,Siegrist J,Jockel KH,Erbel R,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M,Kopp M (2009) Work Stress and Poor Health in Western European and in Post-communist countries: an East-West Comparison Study Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 10.1136/jech.2008.075978.
29. Bobak M,Richards M,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Shishkin S,Nikitin Y,Marmot M (2009) Association between year of birth and cognitive functions in Russia and the Czech Republic: cross-sectional results of the HAPIEE study. Neuroepidemiology, 33(3), 231 - 239. 10.1159/000229777.
30. Hubacek JA,Bloudickova S,Kubinova R,Pikhart H,Viklicky O,Bobak M (2009) Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in hemodialysed patients and healthy controls Biochemical Genetics. 10.1007/s10528-009-9266-y.
31. Barreto ML,Garcia AM,Bobak M,Aquino R,Porta M (2009) JECH: new editorial directions Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63(1), 1 - 2.
32. Bobak M,Marmot M (2009) Societal transition and health The Lancet, 373(9661), 360 - 362.
33. Reshetnikov OV,Kurilovich SA,Bobak M,Maliutina SK,Pylenkova ED (2009) [Gastrointestinal symptoms in adult population of Novosibirsk city: prevalence and risk factors] Ter Arkh, 81(2), 11 - 16.
34. Bobak M,Richards M,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Shishkin S,Nikitin Y,Marmot M (2009) Age-related decline in cognitive functions in Russia and the Czech Republic. Cross-sectional results of the HAPIEE study Neuroepidemiology, 33(3), 231 - 239.
35. Bobak M,Hemingway H (2009) Quality of acute coronary care in emerging economies Canadian Medical Association Journal, 180(12), 1190 - 1191.
36. Pikhartova J,Chandola T,Kubinova R,Bobak M,Nicholson A,Pikhart H (2009) Neighbourhood socioeconomic indicators and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic: a population based study. International Journal of Public Health. 10.1007/s00038-009-8029-1.
37. Webb EA,Kuh D,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Bobak M (2008) Estimation of secular trends in adult height, and childhood socioeconomic circumstances in three Eastern European populations Economics and Human Biology, 6(2), 228 - 236.
38. Webb A,Kuh D,Peasey A,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Topor-Madry R,Denisova D,Capkova N,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in Central and Eastern Europe Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(4), 351 - 357.
39. Nicholson A,Pikhart H,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Topor-Madry R,Nikitin Y,Capkova N,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Socio-economic status over the life-course and depressive symptoms in men and women in Eastern Europe Journal of Affective Disorders, 105(1-3), 125 - 136. 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.026.
40. Pikhart H,Nicholson A,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Bobak M,Marmot M (2008) Quality of life in early old age and mortality in Eastern European population European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, S54.
41. Hubacek JA,Bohuslavova R,Kuthanova L,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Marmot MG,Bobak M (2008) The FTO Gene and Obesity in a Large Eastern European Population Sample: The HAPIEE Study. Obesity, 16(12), 2764 - 2766. 10.1038/oby.2008.421.
42. Vrablik M,Ceska R,Adamkova V,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M,Hubacek JA (2008) MLXIPL variant in individuals with low and high triglyceridemia in white population in Central Europe. Human Genetics, 124(5), 553 - 555. 10.1007/s00439-008-0577-6.
43. Perlman F,Bobak M (2008) Socioeconomic and behavioural determinants of mortality in post-transition Russia: a prospective population study Annals of Epidemiology, 18(2), 92 - 100.
44. Perlman F,Bobak M (2008) Determinants of self rated health and mortality in Russia - are they the same? International Journal for Equity in Health(7), 19.
45. Malyutina S,Bobak M,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Denisova D,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,HAPIEE Project (2008) The relationship of hypertension and blood pressure control with socioeconomic characteristics in three Eastern European populations: The HAPIEE project JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 26, S113 - S114.
46. Nicholson A,Pikhart H,Kubinova R,Capkova N,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Social position at different points of the life-course and depressive symptoms of men and women in the Czech Republic (Socioekonomická pozice v různých obdobích života a depresivní symptomy u mužů a žen v České republice; in Czech language) Prakticky lekar, 88(5), 276 - 281.
47. Hubacek JA,Adamková V,Stavek P,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Apolipoprotein E Arg136 > Cys mutation and hyperlipidemia in a large central European population sample Clinica Chimica Acta, 388(1-2), 217 - 218.
48. Badrick E,Bobak M,Britton A,Kirschbaum C,Marmot M,Kumari M (2008) The relationship between alcohol consumption and cortisol secretion in an ageing cohort Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93(3), 750 - 757.
49. Topor-Madry R,Gilis-Januszewska A,Webb E,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Bobak M,Peasey A,Pikhart H (2008) The value of different cut-off points of waist circumference used in the metabolic syndrome definitions in determination of the cardiometabolic risk in Czech Republic, Russia and Poland (HAPIEE Study) European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, S79.
50. Bobak M,Gjonca A (2007) Commentary: migration and health--what about those who stay at home? Int J Epidemiol, 36(6), 1272 - 1273. 10.1093/ije/dym237.