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Steptoe A

University College London
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Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing

A Steptoe, A Deaton, AA Stone - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Subjective wellbeing and health are closely linked to age. Three aspects of subjective
wellbeing can be distinguished—evaluative wellbeing (or life satisfaction), hedonic wellbeing (…

Stress and cardiovascular disease

A Steptoe, M Kivimäki - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2012 - nature.com
The physiological reaction to psychological stress, involving the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical
and sympatho–adrenomedullary axes, is well characterized, but its link to …

Do stress-related psychosocial factors contribute to cancer incidence and survival?

Y Chida, M Hamer, J Wardle, A Steptoe - Nature clinical practice …, 2008 - nature.com
A substantial body of research has investigated the associations between stress-related
psychosocial factors and cancer outcomes. Previous narrative reviews have been inconclusive. …

Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

A Steptoe, A Shankar… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Both social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality, but it is uncertain
whether their effects are independent or whether loneliness represents the emotional …

Loss and gain of Drosophila TDP-43 impair synaptic efficacy and motor control leading to age-related neurodegeneration by loss-of-function phenotypes

…, DM Humphrey, CJH Elliott, A Stepto… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Cytoplasmic accumulation and nuclear clearance of TDP-43 characterize familial and sporadic
forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration, suggesting …

Gender differences in food choice: the contribution of health beliefs and dieting

J Wardle, AM Haase, A Steptoe, M Nillapun… - Annals of behavioral …, 2004 - Springer
Background: Gender differences in health behaviors have been reported in many studies
but causal mechanisms have been neglected.Purpose and Methods: This study examines 4 …

Loneliness, social isolation, and behavioral and biological health indicators in older adults.

A Shankar, A McMunn, J Banks, A Steptoe - Health psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: A number of mechanisms have been proposed through which social isolation
and loneliness may affect health, including health-related behavioral and biological factors. …

Stem cell transcriptome profiling via massive-scale mRNA sequencing

…, GJ Faulkner, MK Brown, DF Taylor, AL Steptoe… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
We developed a massive-scale RNA sequencing protocol, short quantitative random RNA
libraries or SQRL, to survey the complexity, dynamics and sequence content of transcriptomes …

Cohort profile: the English longitudinal study of ageing

A Steptoe, E Breeze, J Banks… - International journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is a panel study of a representative cohort
of men and women living in England aged ≥50 years. It was designed as a sister study to …

[HTML][HTML] Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies

…, DA Lawlor, SM Robinson, JM Starr, A Steptoe… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is
associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the …