Publications by authors named "P Whincup"
Background: While people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more susceptible to infections, studies potentially underestimate the true burden of infection-related mortality since they rely on clinical coding systems primarily structured by body system, and by only focusing on underlying cause. This study examined cause-specific mortality in people with T2D compared to the general population during 2015-2019, focusing on infections.
Methods: 509,403 people aged 41-90 years with T2D alive on 1/1/2015 in Clinical Practice Research Datalink were matched to 976,431 without diabetes on age, sex, and ethnicity.
Introduction: Childhood adiposity markers can be standardised for height in the form of indices (marker/height) to make meaningful comparisons of adiposity patterns within and between individuals of differing heights. The optimal value of p has been shown to differ by birth year, sex, age, and ethnicity. We investigated whether height powers for childhood weight and fat mass (FM) differed by birth year, sex, or age over the period before and during the child obesity epidemic in Copenhagen.
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- Social connections significantly affect the progression of frailty in older adults, with higher levels of social engagement linked to a reduced risk of developing frailty.* -
- Increases in loneliness were associated with a higher risk of frailty, indicating that social isolation can negatively impact health outcomes.* -
- Maintaining and increasing social engagement can help prevent frailty and even reverse its effects, suggesting that fostering social connections is crucial for older adults' wellbeing.*
Background: There is a growing epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries, often attributed to urbanization, although there are limited data from marginalized rural populations. This study aimed to estimate prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases and associated risk factors in transitional rural communities.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of Montubio adults aged 18-94 years living in agricultural communities in a tropical coastal region of Ecuador.