• Mortality among Care Home Residents in England during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of 4.3 million adults over the age of 65 

      Schultze, Anna; Nightingale, Emily; Evans, David; Hulme, William; Rosello, Alicia; Bates, Chris; Cockburn, Jonathan; MacKenna, Brian; Curtis, Helen J; Morton, Caroline E; Croker, Richard; Bacon, Seb; McDonald, Helen I; Rentsch, Christopher T; Bhaskaran, Krishnan; Mathur, Rohini; Tomlinson, Laurie A; Williamson, Elizabeth J; Forbes, Harriet; Tazare, John; Grint, Daniel; Walker, Alex J; Inglesby, Peter; DeVito, Nicholas J; Mehrkar, Amir; Hickman, George; Davy, Simon; Ward, Tom; Fisher, Louis; Green, Amelia CA; Wing, Kevin; Wong, Angel YS; McManus, Robert; Parry, John; Hester, Frank; Harper, Sam; Evans, Stephen JW; Douglas, Ian J; Smeeth, Liam; Eggo, Rosalind M; Goldacre, Ben; Leon, David A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-10)
      Background Residents in care homes have been severely impacted by COVID-19. We describe trends in the mortality risk among residents of care homes compared to private homes. Methods On behalf of NHS England we used OpenSAFELY-TPP to calculate monthly age-standardised risks of death due to all causes and COVID-19 among adults aged >=65 years between 1/2/2019 and 31/03/2021. Care home residents ...
    • Obesity Prevalence and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors in Russia and Norway 

      Kholmatova, Kamila Kahramonzhonovna; Krettek, Alexandra; Leon, David A; Malyutina, Sofia; Cook, Sarah; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Løvsletten, Ola; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-01)
      Associations between obesity and socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics vary between populations. Exploring such differences should throw light on factors related to obesity. We examined associations between general obesity (GO, defined by body mass index) and abdominal obesity (AO, defined by waist-to-hip ratio) and sex, age, socio-economic characteristics (education, financial ...