BACKGROUND Childhood obesity levels are rising with estimates suggesting that around one in three children in Western countries are overweight. People from lower socioeconomic status and ethnic minority backgrounds are at higher risk of obesity and subsequent CVD and diabetes. Within this study we examine the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and diabetes (obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypert...

BACKGROUND There has been limited examination of the contribution of socio-economic factors to the development of leg ulcers, despite the social patterning of many underlying risk factors. No previous studies were found that examined social patterns in the quality of treatment received by patients with leg ulcers. METHODS Using The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database we identified a co...

The revision of the sarcophagid species Lepidodexia (Orosarcophaga) ornata (Townsend, 1927) reveals its identity and a generic synonym. male terminalia this was studied in detail for first time revealed congeneric affinities with Oxyvinia Dodge, 1966. Consequently, status Orosarcophaga Townsend, 1927 revalidated, including 1966 as junior synonym, O. corroborated valid name. Moreover, we provide...

OBJECTIVE To describe the sociodemographic and geographic risk factors for incident Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection. DESIGN Cross sectional retrospective study of cases diagnosed in local genitourinary clinics. SETTING Coventry, West Midlands, from 1992 to 1996. SUBJECTS 582 female and 620 male Coventry residents aged 15-64 years diagnosed with one or more episodes of genital Chla...

Dielectric breakdown strength is one of the critical performance metrics for gases and mixtures used in large, high pressure gas time projection chambers. In this paper we experimentally study dielectric strengths several important chamber working gas-phase insulators over range 100 mbar to 10 bar, gap sizes ranging from 0.1to mm. Gases characterized include argon, xenon, CO2, CF4, 90-10 argon-...

An important unresolved question in sensory neuroscience is whether, and if so with what time course, tactile perception is enhanced by visual deprivation. In three experiments involving 158 normally sighted human participants, we assessed whether tactile spatial acuity improves with short-term visual deprivation over periods ranging from under 10 to over 110 minutes. We used an automated, prec...

These data present a new small-area deprivation measure, but also include a variety of other indicators, such as the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) and the Carstairs score. The data are for Scottish 2001 Datazones and for the years 2001 and 2011. In addition the data provide standardised self-reported measures of general health and limiting long-term illness. The theoretical back...

BACKGROUND Smoking prevalence is particularly high amongst more deprived social groups. This cross-sectional study uses the Mosaic classification to explore socioeconomic variations in the delivery and/or uptake of cessation interventions in UK primary care. METHODS Data from 460,938 smokers registered in The Health Improvement Network between 2008 and 2010 were analysed. Logistic regression ...

BACKGROUND Evidence from multilevel research investigating whether the places where people live influence their mental health remains inconclusive. The objectives of this study are to derive small area-level, or contextual, measures of the local social environment using benefits data from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and to investigate whether (1) the mental health status of indivi...