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Sinead Brophy

Professor of Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
Verified email at swansea.ac.uk
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Ankylosing spondylitis: interaction between genes, joints, age at onset, and disease expression.

S Brophy, A Calin - The Journal of rheumatology, 2001 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with symptom
onset generally occurring in the late teens/mid-twenties. In women, a younger age at onset …

The prevalence, severity, and impact of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes

M Davies, S Brophy, R Williams, A Taylor - Diabetes care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To determine the prevalence of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN)
in a population-based sample and to estimate its severity and impact. RESEARCH …

The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index (BASRI): a new, validated approach to disease assessment

K MacKay, C Mack, S Brophy, A Calin - Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop a reproducible and simple radiologic scoring system for the spine in
patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS): the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index for …

Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes in Europe is prevalent with a broad clinical phenotype: Action LADA 7

…, WA Scherbaum, R Williams, S Brophy… - Diabetes …, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Specific autoantibodies characterize type 1 diabetes in childhood but are also
found in adult-onset diabetes, even when initially non–insulin requiring, eg, with latent …

[HTML][HTML] Algorithms for the capture and adjudication of prevalent and incident diabetes in UK Biobank

SV Eastwood, R Mathur, M Atkinson, S Brophy… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objectives UK Biobank is a UK-wide cohort of 502,655 people aged 40–69, recruited from
National Health Service registrants between 2006–10, with healthcare data linkage. Type 2 …

Pregnancy and birth cohort resources in Europe: a large opportunity for aetiological child health research

…, JP Bonde, S Brescianini, S Brophy… - Paediatric and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background During the past 25 years, many pregnancy and birth cohorts have been
established. Each cohort provides unique opportunities for examining associations of early‐life …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for childhood obesity at age 5: Analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study

S Brophy, R Cooksey, MB Gravenor, R Mistry… - BMC public health, 2009 - Springer
Background Weight at age 5 is a predictor for future health of the individual. This study
examines risk factors for childhood obesity with a focus on ethnicity. Methods Data from the …

Predictors of longterm outcome in ankylosing spondylitis.

MF Doran, S Brophy, K MacKay, G Taylor… - The Journal of …, 2003 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine predictors of longterm outcome in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively on constitutional and environmental factors …

The natural history of ankylosing spondylitis as defined by radiological progression.

S Brophy, K Mackay, A Al-Saidi, G Taylor… - The Journal of …, 2002 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Radiological status is an important objective endpoint in the assessment of
ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We investigated the disease development of AS using radiological …

Diagnosed prevalence of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder in Wales, UK: a national electronic cohort study and case–control comparison

…, EJ Reinhold, E Choy, RA Lyons, ST Brophy - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the epidemiology of diagnosed hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD)
and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) using linked electronic medical records. To …