Scottish Health Survey: data publications

The following publications have utilised Scottish Health Survey data.  Please note that responsibility for all analyses and conclusions in these lies with the publication author(s).

2021

Stark S, Wardle H & Burdett I. (2021) Examining lottery play & risk among you people in Great Britain. Report prepared for Gambling Research Exchange (GREO), Guelph, Ontario, Canada. https://doi.org/10.33684/2021.002

Tattan-Birch H. (2021) Home smoking rules and exposure to secondhand smoke in adults: cotinine data from the Scottish Health Survey. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WSPVE

2020

Rowland MK, Rose J, McLean J, Knudsen L, Poliakov I, Foster E, Adamson AJ. (2020) Pilot of Intake 24 in the Scottish Health Survey.

2017

Robertson T, Beveridge G, Bromley C. (2017), Allostatic load as a predictor of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the general population: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183297

Abbood HM, Cherukara G, Pathan E, Macfarlane TV. (2017) Oral Health and Risk of Arthritis in the Scottish Population: Results from the Scottish Health Survey, Journal of Oral & Maxollifacial Research, Vol. 8

2016

Semlyen J, King M, Varney J, Hagger-Johnson G. (2016) Sexual orientation and symptoms of common mental disorder or low wellbeing: combined meta-analysis of 12 UK population health surveys, BMC Psychiatry, 16:67, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0767-z

Strain T, Fitzsimons C, Foster C, Mutrie N, Townsend N, Kelly P. (2016) Age-related comparisons by sex in the domains of aerobic physical activity for adults in Scotland, Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 3, p90-97

2015

Kyle RG, Neall RA, Atherton IM. (2015) Prevalence of Overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey, International Journal of Nursing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.015

Shiuie I. (2015) Indoor second-hand smoking could mediate the associations of foods and adult happiness: Scottish Health Survey, 2012, Environmental Science and Pollution Research International

Leung J. (2015) Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey, Supportive Care in Cancer, doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-2968-2

Shiuie I (2015) Gardening is beneficial for adult mental health: Scottish Health Survey, 2012–2013, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, doi: 10.3109/11038128.2015.1085596

Shiuie I. (2015) Correlations of indoor second-hand smoking, household smoking rules, regional deprivation and children mental health: Scottish Health Survey, 2013, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-4160-0

Shiuie I. (2015) Heart murmur and dysrhythmia are associated with accidents leading to poor mental health and cognition: Scottish Health Survey, 2013, International Journal of Cardiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.285

Shiuie I. (2015) Duration of daily TV/screen watching with cardiovascular, respiratory, mental and psychiatric health: Scottish Health Survey, 2012–2013, International Journal of Cardiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.259

2014

Hughes A, McMunn A, Bartley M, Kumari M. (2014) Elevated inflammatory biomarkers during unemployment: modification by age and country in the UK, J Epidemiol Community Health,, doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204404

Shiuie I, Shiuie M. (2014) Indoor temperature below 18 °C accounts for 9% population attributable risk for high blood pressure in Scotland, International Journal of Cardiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.040

Ul-Haq Z, Mackay DF, Pell JP. (2014) Association between physical and mental health-related quality of life and adverse outcomes; a retrospective cohort study of 5,272 Scottish adults, BMC Public Health, 14:1197, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1197

Shiuie I. (2014)  Daily walking >10 minutes could improve mental health in people with historical cardiovascular disease or COPD: Scottish Health Survey, 2012, International Journal of Cardiology, doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.058

Shiuie I. (2014) Hypertension, diabetes and poor mental health are associated with dissatisfaction of teeth appearance: Scottish Health Survey, 2012, International Journal of Cardiology, doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.079

Bromley C. (2014) Widening our gaze on multimorbidity – exploring the relative contributions of short and long-term conditions to poor physical and mental health outcomes in working-age adults using the 2008–2011 Scottish Health Survey, J Epidemiol Community Health, ;68:A56-A57 doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204726.120

Shiuie I. (2014) Effect of smoking ban at home on adult cardiovascular health: Scottish Health Survey, 2012, International Journal of Cardiology, doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.097

Gordon-Dseagu VLZ, Shelton N, Mindell J.(2014) Diabetes mellitus and mortality from all-causes, cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease:evidence from the Health Survey for England and Scottish Health Survey cohorts, Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.06.016

Shiue I. (2014) Modeling the Effects of Indoor Passive Smoking at Home, Work, or Other Households on Adult Cardiovascular and Mental Health: The Scottish Health Survey, 2008–2011. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 11, 3096-3107.

Bhattacharjee A, Maiti T, Petrie D. (2014) Spatial structures of health outcomes and health behaviours in Scotland: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey. SEEC Discussion Papers, no. 1401.

2013

Gray L, McCartney G, White IR, Katikireddi SV, Rutherford L, Gorman E,  Leyland AH. (2013) Use of record-linkage to handle non-response and improve alcohol consumption estimates in health survey data: a study protocol. BMJ Open 3, no. 3.

Jagger, Daryll C, Sherriff A, Macpherson LM. (2013) "Measuring socio‐economic inequalities in edentate Scottish adults–cross‐sectional analyses using Scottish Health Surveys 1995–2008/09." Community dentistry and oral epidemiology.

Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2013) "Overweight and obese cardiac patients have better prognosis despite reporting worse perceived health and more conventional risk factors." Preventive Medicine.

Stamatakis E, Hamer M, O'Donovan G, Batty GD, Kivimaki M. (2013) "A non-exercise testing method for estimating cardiorespiratory fitness: associations with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a pooled analysis of eight population-based cohorts." European Heart Journal 34, no. 10: 750-758.

Andre KP, Czernichow S, Stamatakis E,Hamer M, Batty GD (2013). "Fibrinogen and future cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes: Aetiological associations and risk prediction using individual participant data from nine community-based prospective cohort studies." Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 10, no. 2: 143-151.

Elwell-Sutton TM, Schooling CM. (2013) "PS13 Equity of access to Health Care and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases in Scotland and Hong Kong." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 66, no. Suppl 1: A43-A43.

Gordon-Dseagu VLZ, Shelton N,  Mindell, J. (2013) "PP28 Exploring the Associations between Diabetes and Site-Specific cancer Mortality: Evidence from the Health Survey for England and Scottish Health Survey linked to Mortality Data." J Epidemiol Community Health;67:A60

Moody A, Scholes S, Mindell J.(2013) "OP04 Airway Obstruction and All-Cause and Respiratory Mortality: Exploring the Relationship between three Definitions of Obstruction, Smoking using Healths Survey for England and Scottish Health Survey Data." J Epidemiol Community Health:67:A5

Gorman E, Leyland AH, McCartney G, White IR, Katikireddi SV, Rutherford L,  Graham L, Gray L. (2013) "Quantifying non-response bias in the Scottish Health Survey by comparison of alcohol-related harms with the general population." European Journal of Public Health, Volume 23

2012

Gray L, McCartney G, White IR, Given L, Katikireddi SV, Leyland AH. (2012)  Exploring Impacts of Survey Non-Response using Record-Linkage of Scottish Health Survey Data (2003 to 2008). J Epidemiol Community Health ;66:A28-A29 doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201753.073

Catto S, Tod E, McCartney G. (2012) Scotland's mental health: adults 2012. NHS Health Scotland.

Atherton IM, Evants JMM, Dibben CJL, Woods LM, Hubbard G. (2012) Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0226-x

Brown B, Demou E, Tristram MA, Gilmour H, Sanati KA, Macdonald EB. (2012) Employment status and health: understanding the health of the economically inactive population in Scotland. BMC Public Health, 12:327 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-327.

Inglis SC, Lewsey JD, Lowe GDO, Jhund P, Gillies M, Stewart S, Capewell S, MacIntyre K, McMurray JJV. (2012)  Angina and intermittent claudication in 7403 participants of the 2003 Scottish Health Survey: Impact on general and mental health, quality of life and five-year mortality. International Journal of Cardiology.

Mitchell J. (2012)  Is physical activity in natural environments better for mental health than physical activity in other environments? Social Science and Medicine.

Landy R, Walsh D, Ramsay J. (2012) Do socio-economic, behavioural and biological risk factors explain the poor health profile of the UK's sickest city? Journal of Public Health; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds020

Ul-Haq Z, Mackay DF, Fenwick E, Pell JP. (2012) Impact of metabolic comorbidity on the association between body mass index and health-related quality of life: a Scotland-wide cross-sectional study of 5,608 particpants. BMC Public Health,12:143 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-143

Watt RG, Tsakos G, de Oliveira C, Hamer M (2012) Tooth Loss and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk – Results from the Scottish Health Survey. PLoS ONE 7(2): e30797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030797

Teckle P, Hannaford P, Sutton M. (2012) Is the health of people living in rural areas different from those in cities? Evidence from routine data linked with the Scottish Health Survey. BMC Health Services Research, 12:43

Hamer M, Ingle L, Carroll S, Stamatakis, E. (2012) Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk: Possible Protective Mechanisms? Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: January 2012 - Volume 44 - Issue 1 - p 84-88. doi: 10.1249?MSS.0b013e3182251077

2011

Hamer M, Batty GD,  Kivimaki M. (2011) Sleep loss due to worry and future risk of cardiovascluar disease and all-cause mortality: the Scottish Health Survey.  European Journal of Preventive Cardiology; doi:10.1177/1741826711426092

Gray L, Leyland AH, Benzeval M, Watt GCM. (2011) Are there gender differences in the relative predictive ability of lung function in all-cause mortality? Findings from 13 years of follow-up in the Scottish Health Survey-mortality linked datasets (1995 to 2008). J Epidemiol Community Health;65:A25 doi:10.1136/jech.2011.143586.55

Hotchkiss JW, Davies CA, Leyland AH. (2011) Adiposity has differing associations with coronary heart disease incidence and mortality in the Scottish Health Survey Cohort: Cross sectional surveys with follow-up. J Epidemiol Community Health ;65:A16-A17 doi:10.1136/jech.2011.143586.37

Hamer M, Batty GD, Kivimaki M, Stamatakis E. (2011) Physical Functional Health and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease: The Scottish Health Survey. Arch Intern Med.171(6):593-594.

Hamer M, Batty GD, Seldenrijk A, Kivimaki M. (2011) Antidepressant medication use and future risk of cardiovascular disease: the Scottish Health Survey Eur Heart J 32(4): 437-442

Hamer M, Ford T, Stamatakis E, Dockray S, Batty GD. (2011) Objectively Measured Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Mental Health in Children: Evidence From the Scottish Health Survey. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165(4):326-331.

Hotchkiss JW, Davies C, Gray L, Bromley C, Capewell S, Leyland AH. (2011) Trends in adult cardiovascular disease risk factors and their socio-economic patterning in the Scottish population 1995-2008: cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open 2011; bmjopen-2011-000176. Published: 9 August 2011 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000176

Lawder RI, Storey GC, Walsh D, Whyte B, Hanlon P. (2011) Epidemiology of hospitalization due to alcohol-related harm: Evidence from a Scottish cohort study. Public Health: Volume 125, Issue 8, August 2011, Pages 533-539

Hamer M, Kengne AP, Batty GD, Cooke D Stamatakis E. (2011), Temporal trends in diabetes prevalence and key diabetes risk factors in Scotland, 2003-2008. Diabetic Medicine, 28: 595-598. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03254.x

Ingle L, Carroll S, Stamatakis E, Hamer M. (2011). Benefit of adding lifestyle-related risk factors for prediction of cardiovascular death among cardiac patients. International Journal of Cardiology. Article in Press http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527311005262

Stamatakis E, Hamer M, Dunstan DW. (2011) Screen-Based Entertainment Time, All-Cause Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events: Population-Based Study With Ongoing Mortality and Hospital Events Follow-Up. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Volume 57, Issue 3, 18 January 2011, Pages 292-299.

Gakidou E et al. (2011) Management of diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors in seven countries: a comparison of data from national health examination surveys. Bull World Health Organ [online]. 2011, vol.89, n.3, pp. 172-183. ISSN 0042-9686.

Hamer M, Chida Y. (2011) Life satisfaction and inflammatory biomarkers: The 2008 Scottish Health Survey. Japanese Psychogical Research, Special Issue Volume 53. Issue 2, pages 133-139

2010

Gray L, Merlo J, Mindell J, Hallqvist J, Tafforeau J, O'Reilly J, Regidor E, Næss Ø, Kelleher C, Helakorpi S, Lange C, Leyland A. (2010) International differences in self-reported health measures in 33 major metropolitan areas in Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 1-8.

Hotchkiss JW, Leyland AH. (2010) The relationship between body size and mortality in the linked Scottish Health Surveys: cross sectional surveys with follow-up. International Journal of Obesity (1-14).

Lawder R, Harding O, Stockton D, Fischbacher C, Brewster DH, Chalmers J, Finlayson A, Conway CI. (2010) Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003. BMC Public Health.

de Oliveira C, Watt R, Hamer M. (2010) Toothbrushing, inflammation, and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from Scottish Health Survey. BMJ. 2010; 340: c2451

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Batty D. (2010) Objectively Assessed Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Mental Health in Adults: Cross-sectional and Prospective Evidence From the Scottish Health Survey. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(8):(doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.76).

Gray L, Batty GD, Craig P, Stewart C, Whyte B, Finlayson A, Leyland AH. (2010) Cohort Profile: The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort: linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies Int. J. Epidemiol. 39(2): 345-350

Lawson KD, Fenwick EAL, Pell ACH, Pell JP. (2010) Comparison of mass and targeted screening strategies for cardiovascular risk: simulation of the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and coverage using a cross-sectional survey of 3921 people. Heart 2010;96:208-212

Hamer M, Chida Y, Stamatakis E. (2010) Association of Very Highly Elevated C-Reactive Protein Concentration with Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality. Clin Chem 2010 56: 132-135.

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Kivimaki M, Lowe GD, Batty GD. (2010) Objectively Measured Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. What Is the Mediating Role of Inflammatory and Hemostatic Factors? J Am Coll Cardiol, 2010; 56:18-23, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.032

Hamer M, Batty GD, Stamatakis E, Kivimaki M. (2010) Hypertension Awareness and Psychological Distress Hypertension. 2010;56:547-550

Whittaker W, Sutton M, Maxwell M, Munoz-Arroyo R, MacDonald S, Power A, Smith M, Wilson P, Morrison J. (2010) Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on state benefits: analysis of routinely available data. BMJ 2010;341:doi:10.1136/bmj.c3838

Hamer M,Batty GD, Marmot MG, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimäki M. (2010) Anti-depressant medication use and C-reactive protein: Results from two population-based studies. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 168-173

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Mishra GD. (2010) Television- and Screen-Based Activity and Mental Well-Being in Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volume 38, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 375-380

2009

Hotchkiss JW, Davies CA, Gray L, Bromley C, Capewell S, Leyland AH. (2009) Society for Social Medicine abstracts: 031 Socio-economic patterning of the trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Scotland: Scottish Health Surveys 1995 to 2008. Epidemiol Community Health 2010;64:A12-A13 2009

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Batty GD. (2009) 'Objectively Assessed Second Hand Smoke Exposure and Mental Health in Adults', cross sectional and prospective evidence from the Scottish Health Survey, Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(8):(doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.76).

Eberth B,Smith, MD. (2009) ' Modelling the participation decision and duration of sporting activity in Scotland', Economic Modelling.

Catto S, Gibbs D, Mitchell R. (2009) Are people becoming more active? Combined results from Scotland's routine national surveys. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland; 2009.

Popham F. (2009) Intergenerational social class stability and mobility are associated with large absolute differences in adult participation in sport and exercise. British Journal of Sports Medicine doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.059626

Gray L, Leyland AH. (2009) A multilevel analysis of diet and socio-economic status in Scotland: investigating the Glasgow effect. Public Health Nutrition 2009; 12:1351-8.

Gray L, Leyland A. (2009) Is the 'Glasgow effect' of cigarette smoking explained by socio-economic status?: A multi-level analysis. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:245 dol:10.1186/1471-2458-9-245.

Gray L, Batty GD, Craig P, Stewart C, Whyte B, Finlayson A, Leyland AH. (2009) "The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort: linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies" International Journal of Epidemiology Cohort Profile.

McDonald et al. (2009) Association of self-reported alcohol use and hospitalization for an alcohol-related cause in Scotland: a record-linkage study of 23 183 individuals Addiction, 104, 593-602

Stamatakis E, Hillsdon M, Mishra G, Hamer M, Marmot M. (2009) Television viewing and other screen-based entertainment in relation to multiple socioeconomic status indicators and area deprivation: the Scottish Health Survey 2003 J Epidemiol Community Health 2009; 63:734-740

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Steptoe A. (2009) Dose-response relationship between physical activity and mental health: the Scottish Health Survey Br J Sports Med 2009;43:1111-1114

Hamer M, Chida Y, Molloy GJ. (2009). Psychological distress and cancer mortality.Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Volume 66. Issue 3, March 2009, Pages 255-258

Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2009) Physical activity and mortality in men and women with diagnosed cardiovascular disease Journal of Cardiovascular Risk April 2009 16: 156-160

Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2009) Physical Activity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events: Inflammatory and Metabolic Mechanisms. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. June 2009 - Volume 41 - Issue 6 - pp 1206-1211

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Mishra G. (2009) Psychological Distress, Television Viewing, and Physical Activity in Children Aged 4 to 12 Years. Pediatrics Vol. 123 No. 5 May 1, 2009

Stamatakis E, Hirani V, Rennie K. (2009) Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviours in relation to body mass index-defined and waist circumference-defined obesity. British Journal of Nutrition, 101, 765-77

Molloy GJ, Stamatakis E, Randall G, Hamer M. (2009) Marital status, gender and cardiovascular mortality: Behavioural, psychological distress and metabolic explanations. Social Science & Medicine. Volume 69, Issue 2, July 2009, Pages 223-228

Stamatakis E, Hamer M, Primatesta P. (2009) Cardiovascular medication, physical activity and mortality: cross-sectional population study with ongoing mortality follow-up. Heart 2009;95:448-453 doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.152041

Anandan C, Gupta R, Simpson CR, Fischbacher C, Sheikh A. (2009) Epidemiology and disease burden from allergic disease in Scotland: analyses of national databases. J R Soc Med. 2009 October 1; 102(10): 431-442.

2008

Gray L. (2008) Comparisons of health-related behaviours and health measures in Greater Glasgow with other regional areas in Europe. Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

Gray L, Leyland A. (2008) Overweight status and psychological well-being in adolescent boys and girls: a multilevel analysis. European Journal of Public Health, Vol 18, Issue 6, pp 616-621.

Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Steptoe A. (2008) Psychiatric Hospital Admissions, Behavioral Risk Factors, and All-Cause Mortality. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(22):2474-2479

Stafford M, De Silva M, Stansfeld S, Marmot M. (2008) Neighbourhood social capital and common mental disorder: Testing the link in a general population sample. Health & Place. Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2008, Pages 394-405

Hamer M, Molloy GJ, Stamatakis E. (2008) Psychological Distress as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Events: Pathophysiological and Behavioral Mechanisms. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Volume 52, Issue 25, 16 December 2008-23 December 2008, Pages 2156-2162

Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2008) The accumulative effects of modifiable risk factors on inflammation and haemostasis, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Volume 22, Issue 7, October 2008, Pages 1041-1043

Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2008) Inflammation as an intermediate pathway in the association between psychosocial stress and obesity. Physiology & Behavior. Volume 94, Issue 4, 5 July 2008, Pages 536-539

Claire E, Hastie SH, Pell JP. (2008) Impact of Smoking Cessation and Lifetime Exposure on C-Reactive Protein. Nicotine Tob Res (2008) 10 (4): 637-642.

2007

Lawder R, Elders A, Clark D, Whyte B. (2007) Using the linked Scottish Health Survey to predict hospitalisation and death: an analysis of the link between behavioural, biological and social risk factors and subsequent hospital admission and death in Scotland. ScotPho

Akbartabartoori M, Lean MEJ, Hankey CR. (2007) The associations between current recommendations for physical activity and cardiovascular risks associated with obesity. Eur J Clin Nutr (2007) in the press

Gray L. (2007) Comparisons Of Health-Related Behaviours And Health Measures Between Glasgow And The Rest Of Scotland

Popham F, Mitchell R. (2007) Relation of employment status to socioeconomic position and physical activity types. Preventive Medicine, doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.06.012.

Hag I, Hill J, Craig J, Ritchie L. (2007) "Implications of guidelines for statin treatment for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Risk factor analysis of the Scottish Health Survey 2003" HEART 93: A9-A10, Suppl. 1 JUN 2007.

2006

Akbartabartoori M, Lean MEJ, Hankey CR. (2006) Smoking combined with overweight or obesity markedly elevates cardiovascular risk factors. E J Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehab 13: 938-946

Hanlon, Walsh, Whyte. (2006) 'Let Glasgow Flourish' published 18 April 2006.

Allender S, Peto V, Scarborough P, Boxer A, Rayner M (2006) Diet, physical activity and obesity statistics. British Heart Foundation: London.

Akbartabartoori M, Lean MEJ, Hankey CR. (2006) "Smoking combined with overweight or obesity markedly elevates cardiovascular risk factors" EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION. DEC 2006

McAlaney J, McMahon J. (2006) "Establishing rates of binge drinking in the UK: Anomalies in the data" ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM.

Seymour J, Cairns J, Wilkie A, Sandercock PAG, Wardlaw JM. (2006) "Geographical access to imaging facilities for stroke patients in Scotland" HEALTH & PLACE. DEC 2006

Douglas F, Torrance N, van Teijlingen E, Meloni S, Kerr A. (2006) "Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity. A questionnaire survey" BMC PUBLIC HEALTH.

2005

Akbartabartoori M, Lean MEJ, Hankey CR. (2005) Relationships between cigarette smoking, body size and body shape. Int J Obes29: 236-243

Shelton, N. (2005) 'What not to eat? Unhealthy eating in Scotland: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey' Journal of Public Health 27(1) 36-44

Leyland AH. (2005) Socioeconomic gradients in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Scotland: the roles of composition and context. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005; 59:799-803.

McCreadie RG, Kelly C, Connolly M, Williams S, Baxter G, Lean M, Paterson JR. (2005) "Dietary improvement in people with schizophrenia - Randomised controlled trial" BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. OCT 2005

Cummins S, Stafford M, Macintyre S, Marmot M, Ellaway A. (2005) "Neighbourhood environment and its association with self rated health: evidence from Scotland and England" JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. MAR 2005

Akbartabartoori M, Lean MEJ, Hankey CR. (2005) "Relationships between cigarette smoking, body size and body shape" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. FEB 2005

2004

Akbartabartoori M, Hankey C, Lean M. (2004) "Relationship between physical activity, body weight and shape" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY.

Gupta R, Sheikh A, Strachan DP, Anderson HR. (2004) "Burden of allergic disease in the UK: secondary analyses of national databases" CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. APR 2004

Primatesta P, Poulter NR.  (2004) "Lipid levels and the use of lipid-lowering agents in England and Scotland" EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION.

Curnier A, Choudhary S. (2004) "Rhinophyrna: Dispelling the myths" PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

2003

McCreadie RG. (2003) Diet, smoking and cardiovascular risk in people with schizophrenia – Descriptive study. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY.

Kelly Y, Sacker A, Marmot M. (2003) Nutrition and respiratory health in adults: findings from the health survey for Scotland. Eur Respir J.

2002

Yikona JINM, Wallis EJ, Ramsay LE, Jackson PR. (2002) "Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation in uncomplicated mild hypertension. A comparison of risk assessment methods" JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION.

2001

Haq IU, Ramsay LE, Wallis EJ, Isles CG, Ritchie LD, Jackson PR. (2001) "Population implications of lipid lowering for prevention of coronary heart disease: data from the 1995 Scottish Health Survey" HEART

Wallis EJ, Ramsay LE, Haq IU, Ghahramani P, Jackson PR. (2001) "Is coronary risk an accurate surrogate for cardiovascular risk for treatment decisions in mild hypertension? A population validation" JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION.

2000

Wallis EJ, Ramsay LE, Haq IU, Ghahramani P, Jackson PR, Rowland-Yeo K, Yeo WW. (2000) "Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population" BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.