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Publications for Dr Nigel Unwin

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2005 Publications

2004 Publications

Fischbacher CM, Blackwell CC, Bhopal R, Ingram R, Unwin NC, White M. Serological evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in UK South Asian and European populations: implications for gastric cancer and coronary heart disease. Journal of Infection. 2004; 48: 168-74.

Pollock RD, Unwin NC, Connolly V.  Knowledge and practice of foot care in people with diabetes.  Diabetes Res. Clin Pract. 2004; 64(2): 117-122.

Sobngwi E, Mbanya J-C, Unwin NC, Procher R, Kengne A-C, Fezeu L, Minkoulou M, Tournoux C, Gautier J-F, Aspray TJ, Alberti KGMM.  Exposure over the life-course to an urban environment and its relation with obesity, diabetes and hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon.  International Journal of Epidemiology. 2004; 33: 769-776.

Syed AA, Irving JA, Redfern CP, Hall AG, Unwin NC, White M, Bhopal RS, Alberti KG, Weaver JU. Low prevalence of the N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor in South Asians living in the United Kingdom. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2004; 89: 232-5.

2003 Publications

Whiting DR, Hayes L, Unwin NC. Diabetes in Africa. Challenges to health care for diabetes in Africa. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk. 2003; 10: 103-10.

Tavridou A, Unwin N, Bhopal R, Laker MF. Predictors of lipoprotein(a) levels in a European and South Asian population in the Newcastle Heart Project. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2003; 33: 686-92.

Pollard TM, Carlin LE, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Fischbacher C. Social networks and coronary heart disease risk factors in South Asians and Europeans in the UK. Ethnicity and Health. 2003; 8: 263-75.

Parker L, Lamont DW, Unwin N, Pearce MS, Bennett SM, Dickinson HO, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KG, Craft AW. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years. Diabetic Medicine. 2003; 20: 406-15.

Hu G. Gender difference in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality related to hyperglycaemia and newly-diagnosed diabetes. Diabetologia. 2003; 46: 608-17.

Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Rutter MK, Unwin NC, Marshall SM, White M, Alberti KG. Microalbuminuria is more frequent in South Asian than in European origin populations: a comparative study in Newcastle, UK. Diabetic Medicine. 2003; 20: 31-6.

Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Blackwell CC, Ingram R, Unwin NC, White M, Alberti KG. IgG is higher in South Asians than europeans: does infection contribute to ethnic variation in cardiovascular disease? Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 2003; 23: 703-4.

2002 Publications

Unwin N, Shaw J, Zimmet P, Alberti KG. Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glycaemia: the current status on definition and intervention. Diabetic Medicine. 2002; 19: 708-23.

Sobngwi E, Mbanya JC, Unwin NC, Kengne AP, Fezeu L, Minkoulou EM, Aspray TJ, Alberti KG. Physical activity and its relationship with obesity, hypertension and diabetes in urban and rural Cameroon. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 2002; 26: 1009-16.

Roper NA, Bilous RW, Kelly WF, Unwin NC, Connolly VM. Cause-specific mortality in a population with diabetes: South Tees Diabetes Mortality Study. Diabetes Care. 2002; 25: 43-8.

Jagoe K, Edwards R, Mugusi F, Whiting D, Unwin N. Tobacco smoking in Tanzania, East Africa: population based smoking prevalence using expired alveolar carbon monoxide as a validation tool. Tobacco Control. 2002; 11: 210-4.

Hayes L, White M, Unwin N, Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, Harland J, Alberti KG. Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population. Journal of Public Health Medicine. 2002; 24: 170-8.

Bhopal R, Hayes L, White M, Unwin N, Harland J, Ayis S, Alberti G. Ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in coronary heart disease, diabetes and risk factors in Europeans and South Asians. Journal of Public Health Medicine. 2002; 24: 95-105.

Ahmad N, Pollard TM, Unwin N. The optimal timing of blood collection during the menstrual cycle for the assessment of endogenous sex hormones: can inter-individual differences in levels over the whole cycle be assessed on a single day? Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 2002; 11: 147-51.

2001 Publications

White M, Harland JO, Bhopal RS, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Smoking and alcohol consumption in a UK Chinese population. Public Health. 2001; 115: 62-9.

Unwin N, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Mbanya JC, Kitange H, Hayes L, Edwards R, Aspray T, Alberti KG. Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: where do they feature in the health research agenda? Bulletin of the Word Health Organization. 2001; 79: 947-53.

Sobngwi E, Mbanya JC, Unwin NC, Aspray TJ, Alberti KG. Development and validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of physical activity in epidemiological studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 30: 1361-8.

Roper NA, Bilous RW, Kelly WF, Unwin NC, Connolly VM. Excess mortality in a population with diabetes and the impact of material deprivation: longitudinal, population based study. British Medical Journal. 2001; 322: 1389-93.

Patel S, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KG, Yallop J. Mismatch between perceived and actual overweight in diabetic and non-diabetic populations: a comparative study of South Asian and European women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001; 55: 332-3.

Oldroyd JC, Unwin NC, White M, Imrie K, Mathers JC, Alberti KG. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions to modify cardiovascular risk factors in men and women with impaired glucose tolerance: outcomes at 6 months. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2001; 52: 29-43.

Moshiro C, Mswia R, Alberti KG, Whiting DR, Unwin N. The importance of injury as a cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa: results of a community-based study in Tanzania. Public Health. 2001; 115: 96-102.

Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KG. The performance of the Rose angina questionnaire in South Asian and European origin populations: a comparative study in Newcastle, UK. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2001; 30: 1009-16.

Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, Walker M, White M, Alberti KG. Maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes varies by ethnic group: cross-sectional survey of Europeans and South Asians. Diabetes Care. 2001; 24: 1685-6.

Fischbacher C, Bhopal R, Patel S, White M, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Anaemia in Chinese, South Asian, and European populations in Newcastle upon Tyne: cross sectional study. British Medical Journal. 2001; 322: 958-9.

Dobson MG, Redfern CP, Unwin N, Weaver JU. The N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor: potential contribution to central obesity in men and lack of association with other risk factors for coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus. Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2001; 86: 2270-4.

Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N. Civilisation and its discontents: non-communicable disease, metabolic syndrome and rural-urban migration in Tanzania. Urban Anthropology. 2001; 30: 51-70.

Aspray TJ, Unwin N. Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2001; 498: 21-6.

Unwin, N. Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular mortality: comparison of fasting and 2-hour diagnostic criteria.  Prepared by the Decode Study Group. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2001; 161: 397-405.

2000 Publications

Walker RW, McLarty DG, Kitange HM, Whiting D, Masuki G, Mtasiwa DM, Machibya H, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Stroke mortality in urban and rural Tanzania. Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project. Lancet. 2000; 355: 1684-7.

Setel PW, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM, Hemed Y. Cause-specific adult mortality: Evidence from community-based surveillance --- selected sites, Tanzania, 1992-1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2000; 49: 416-419.

Rashid S, Aspray TJ, Edwards R, Mugusi F, Whiting D, Unwin NC, Setel P, Alberti KG. The pitfalls of measuring changes in smoking habits. Essential NCD Health Intervention Project Team. Tropical Doctor. 2000; 30: 160-1.

Levitt NS, Unwin NC, Bradshaw D, Kitange HM, Mbanya JC, Mollentze WF, Omar MA, Motala AA, Joubert G, Masuki G, Machibya H. Application of the new ADA criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes to population studies in sub-Saharan Africa. American diabetes association. Diabetic Medicine. 2000; 17: 381-5.

Lamont D, Parker L, White M, Unwin N, Bennett SM, Cohen M, Richardson D, Dickinson HO, Adamson A, Alberti KG, Craft AW. Risk of cardiovascular disease measured by carotid intima-media thickness at age 49-51: lifecourse study. British Medical Journal. 2000; 320: 273-8.

Edwards R, Unwin N, Mugusi F, Whiting D, Rashid S, Kissima J, Aspray TJ, Alberti KG. Hypertension prevalence and care in an urban and rural area of Tanzania. Journal of Hypertension. 2000; 18: 145-52.

Connolly V, Unwin N, Sherriff P, Bilous R, Kelly W. Diabetes prevalence and socioeconomic status: a population based study showing increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in deprived areas. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2000; 54: 173-7.

Aspray TJ, Mugusi F, Rashid S, Whiting D, Edwards R, Alberti KG, Unwin NC. Rural and urban differences in diabetes prevalence in Tanzania: the role of obesity, physical inactivity and urban living. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2000; 94: 637-44.

Epidemiology of lower extremity amputation in centres in Europe, North America and East Asia. Prepared by The global lower extremity amputation study group. British Journal of Surgery. 2000; 87: 328-37.

1999 Publications

Unwin N, Mugusi F, Aspray T, Whiting D, Edwards R, Mbanya JC, Sobgnwi E, Rashid S, Alberti KG. Tackling the emerging pandemic of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the essential NCD health intervention project. Public Health. 1999; 113: 141-6.

Patel S, Unwin N, Bhopal R, White M, Harland J, Ayis SA, Watson W, Alberti KG. A comparison of proxy measures of abdominal obesity in Chinese, European and South Asian adults. Diabetic Medicine. 1999; 16: 853-60.

Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Yallop J, Walker L, Alberti KG, Harland J, Patel S, Ahmad N, Turner C, Watson B, Kaur D, Kulkarni A, Laker M, Tavridou A. Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: cross sectional study. British Medical Journal. 1999; 319: 215-20.

Unwin, N. Consequences of the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes in older men and women. The DECODE Study (Diabetes Epidemiology: Collaborative Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria in Europe). Diabetes Care. 1999; 22: 1667-71.

Unwin, N. Is fasting glucose sufficient to define diabetes? Epidemiological data from 20 European studies. Prepared by The DECODE-study group for The European Diabetes Epidemiology Group. Diabetes Epidemiology: Collaborative analysis of Diagnostic Criteria in Europe. Diabetologia. 1999; 42: 647-54.

Unwin, N. Glucose tolerance and mortality: comparison of WHO and American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria. Prepared by the DECODE study group for The European Diabetes Epidemiology Group. Diabetes Epidemiology: Collaborative analysis Of Diagnostic criteria in Europe. Lancet. 1999; 354: 617-21.

Publications from and prior to 1998

Unwin N, Thomson R, O'Byrne AM, Laker M, Armstrong H. Implications of applying widely accepted cholesterol screening and management guidelines to a British adult population: cross sectional study of cardiovascular disease and risk factors. British Medical Journal. 1998; 317: 1125-30.

Unwin N, Alberti KG, Bhopal R, Harland J, Watson W, White M. Comparison of the current WHO and new ADA criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in three ethnic groups in the UK. American Diabetes Association. Diabetic Medicine. 1998; 15: 554-7.

Lamont DW, Parker L, Cohen MA, White M, Bennett SM, Unwin NC, Craft AW, Alberti KG. Early life and later determinants of adult disease: a 50 year follow-up study of the Newcastle Thousand Families cohort. Public Health. 1998; 112: 85-93.

Unwin, N. Will new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus change phenotype of patients with diabetes? Reanalysis of European epidemiological data. Prepared by the DECODE Study Group on behalf of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group. British Medical Journal. 1998; 317: 371-5.

Unwin N, Harland J, White M, Bhopal R, Winocour P, Stephenson P, Watson W, Turner C, Alberti KG. Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, and glucose intolerance in Chinese and Europid adults in Newcastle, UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1997; 51: 160-6.

Tavridou A, Unwin N, White M, Laker MF, Alberti KGMM. The relationships between antioxidant vitamins and glucose intolerance in a population based survey. Clinica Chimica Acta. 1997; 226: 129-140.

Harland JO, Unwin N, Bhopal RS, White M, Watson B, Laker M, Alberti KG. Low levels of cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease in a UK Chinese population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1997; 51: 636-42.

Harland JO, White M, Bhopal RS, Raybould S, Unwin NC, Alberti KG. Identifying Chinese populations in the UK for epidemiological research: experience of a name analysis of the FHSA register. Family Health Services Authority. Public Health. 1997; 111: 331-7.

Ezenwaka CE, Akanji AO, Akanji BO, Unwin NC, Adejuwon CA. The prevalence of insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in healthy elderly southwestern Nigerians. Atherosclerosis. 1997; 128: 201-11.

Unwin N, Binns D, Elliott K, Kelly WF. The relationships between cardiovascular risk factors and socio-economic status in people with diabetes. Diabetic Medicine. 1996; 13: 72-9.

McLarty DG, Unwin N, Kitange HM, Alberti KG. Diabetes mellitus as a cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa: results of a community-based study in Tanzania. The Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project. Diabetic Medicine. 1996; 13: 990-4.

Kitange HM, Machibya H, Black J, Mtasiwa DM, Masuki G, Whiting D, Unwin N, Moshiro C, Klima PM, Lewanga M, Alberti KG, McLarty DG. Outlook for survivors of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa: adult mortality in Tanzania. Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project. British Medical Journal. 1996; 312: 216-20.

Ezenwaka CE, Akanji AO, Unwin N, Alberti KG. Are body mass or insulin resistance independently associated with cardiovascular risk factors in non-diabetic elderly Nigerians? Diabetic Medicine. 1996; 13: 874-81.

Edmonds M, Boutlon A, Buckenham T, Every N, Foster A, Freeman D, Gadsby R, Gibby O, Knowles A, Pooke M, Tovey F, Unwin N. St Vincent and improving diabetes care: report of the diabetic foot and amputation group. Diabetic Medicine. 1996; 13: S27-S42.

Cartwright C, Unwin N, Stephenson P. Agreement between the Takeda UA-731 automatic blood pressure measuring device and the manual mercury sphygmomanometer: an assessment under field conditions in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1996; 50: 218-22.

Berrish TS, Subhan FMM, Elliott C, Unwin N, Reed JW, Alberti KGMM. Exercise capacity: an important determinant of insulin sensitivity in the insulin stimulated state in normal man. Endocrinology and Metabolism. 1996; 3: 139-144.

Unwin N, Skillen A, Alberti KG. The Yellow Springs analyser gives lower results than other glucose oxidase methods of glucose measurement. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 1995; 32 ( Pt 3): 329-31.

Unwin NC. Promoting the public health benefits of cycling. Public Health. 1995; 109: 41-6.

Spencer I, Unwin N, Pledger G. Hospital investigation of men and women treated for angina. British Medical Journal. 1995; 310: 1576.

Unwin N. Capture-recapture and multiple-record systems estimation II: Applications in human diseases. Prepared by the International Working Group for Disease Monitoring and Forecasting. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1995; 142: 1059-68.

Unwin, N. Comparing the incidence of lower extremity amputations across the world: the Global Lower Extremity Amputation Study. Diabetic Medicine. 1995; 12: 14-8.

Unwin, N. Capture-recapture and multiple-record systems estimation I: History and theoretical development. Prepared by the International Working Group for Disease Monitoring and Forecasting. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1995; 142: 1047-58.

Unwin N. Cycling behaviour and cycle helmet use: a survey of university students. Health Education Journal. 1992; 51: 184-187.

Unwin NC. Cycle helmets--when is legislation justified? Journal of Medical Ethics. 1996; 22: 41-5.

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