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Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (2024)
Journal Article
Llewellyn, A., Simmonds, M., Marshall, D., Harden, M., Woods, B., Humphries, S. E., Ramaswami, U., Priestley-Barnham, L., Fisher, M., Tata, L. J., & Qureshi, N. (2024). Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Atherosclerosis, Article 118598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.118598

Background and aims: Statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe combination therapy are recommended lipid-lowering therapies (LLTs) in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH). However, their relative effectiveness is not well u... Read More about Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.

Short-term risk of cardiovascular events in people newly diagnosed with gout (2024)
Journal Article
Cipolletta, E., Nakafero, G., Richette, P., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M. A., Tata, L. J., & Abhishek, A. (2024). Short-term risk of cardiovascular events in people newly diagnosed with gout. Arthritis and Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42986

Objectives
To investigate the temporal association between first diagnosis of gout and cardiovascular events in the short-term.

Methods
We performed a self-controlled case series analysis and a cohort study using data from linked primary care, h... Read More about Short-term risk of cardiovascular events in people newly diagnosed with gout.

Cardiovascular events in gout patients starting urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation and mortality data (2024)
Journal Article
CIPOLLETTA, E., Nakafero, G., McCormick, N., Yokose, C., Avery, A., Mamas, M., Choi, H., Tata, L., & Abhishek, A. (in press). Cardiovascular events in gout patients starting urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation and mortality data. The Lancet Rheumatology,

Background Starting urate-lowering therapy (ULT) may trigger gout flares. Gout flares have been temporally associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events (CVEs).
Objective To estimate the risk of CVEs among patients with gout initiating... Read More about Cardiovascular events in gout patients starting urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation and mortality data.

Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018 (2024)
Journal Article
Tyrrell, E. G., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2024). Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01268-7

Background
There have been sharp increases in antidepressant and opioid prescriptions over the last 10 years, as well as increased over-the-counter medicine availability. However, the impact on childhood medicinal poisonings rates, particularly by s... Read More about Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018.

Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., Marshall, H., Smith, G., Long, G., & Tata, L. J. (2023). Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models. Nature Communications, 14, Article 7258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42776-4

The COVID-19 pandemic led to unparalleled pressure on healthcare services. Improved healthcare planning in relation to diseases affecting the respiratory system has consequently become a key concern. We investigated the value of integrating sales of... Read More about Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models.

Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making (2023)
Book Chapter
Lang, A., Dolan, E., Tata, L., & Goulding, J. (2023). Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making. In M. Melles, A. Albayrak, & R. H. Goossens (Eds.), Convergence: Breaking Down Barriers Between Disciplines: Proceedings of the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, HEPS2022. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32198-6_11

This paper describes early results of a small qualitative study investigating the potential impact of shopping loyalty card data (SLCD) in the diagnostic pathway for ovarian cancer. There is early evidence that pharmaceutical products such as pain re... Read More about Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making.

Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., Tata, L., & Lang, A. (2023). Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey. JMIR Cancer, 9, Article e37141. https://doi.org/10.2196/37141

Background

Shopping data can be analysed using machine learning techniques to study population health. It is unknown if use of such methods can successfully investigate pre-diagnosis purchases linked to self-medication of symptoms of ovarian cance... Read More about Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey.

Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout (2022)
Journal Article
Cipolletta, E., Tata, L. J., Nakafero, G., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M. A., & Abhishek, A. (2022). Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout. Journal of the American Medical Association, 328(5), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.11390

Importance: Gout is associated with cardiovascular diseases. The temporal association between gout flares and cardiovascular events has not been investigated. Objective: To investigate whether there is a transient increase in risk of cardiovascular e... Read More about Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout.

Serum urate outcomes of treat-to-target urate lowering treatment: results of a nationwide cohort study from 1997 to the COVID-19 pandemic using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2022)
Journal Article
Abhishek, A., Cipolletta, E., Nakafero, G., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M., & Tata, L. J. (2022). Serum urate outcomes of treat-to-target urate lowering treatment: results of a nationwide cohort study from 1997 to the COVID-19 pandemic using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/ard-2022-222668

Has the gout epidemic peaked in the UK? A nationwide cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, from 1997 to across the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 (2022)
Journal Article
Abhishek, A., Tata, L. J., Mamas, M., & Avery, A. J. (2022). Has the gout epidemic peaked in the UK? A nationwide cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, from 1997 to across the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(6), 898-899. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221989

Correction: A Direct-to-Public Peer Support Program (Big White Wall) Versus Web-Based Information to Aid the Self-management of Depression and Anxiety: Results and Challenges of an Automated Randomized Controlled Trial (2021)
Journal Article
Morriss, R., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Rawsthorne, M., Coulson, N., Simpson, S., Guo, B., …Williams, L. (2021). Correction: A Direct-to-Public Peer Support Program (Big White Wall) Versus Web-Based Information to Aid the Self-management of Depression and Anxiety: Results and Challenges of an Automated Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), Article e31543. https://doi.org/10.2196/31543

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/23487.].

A direct-to-public peer support program (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid the self-management of depression and anxiety: Results and challenges of an automated randomized controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Rawsthorne, M., Tata, L., Williams, L., Morriss, R., Guo, B., Simpson, S., …Moran, P. (2021). A direct-to-public peer support program (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid the self-management of depression and anxiety: Results and challenges of an automated randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(4), Article e23487. https://doi.org/10.2196/23487

Background: Effective help for depression and anxiety reaches a small proportion of people who might benefit from it. The scale of the problem suggests the need for effective, safe web-based public health services delivered directly to the public. On... Read More about A direct-to-public peer support program (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid the self-management of depression and anxiety: Results and challenges of an automated randomized controlled trial.

Trends in prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to pregnant women in primary care in England (2021)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., Reeves Vaz, L., Fiaschi, L., Tata, L., & Coleman, T. (2021). Trends in prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to pregnant women in primary care in England. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23(9), 1607-1610. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab037

Introduction: Smoking during pregnancy remains common and the English National Health Service (NHS) has recently been directed to prioritise providing cessation support for pregnant women. We investigated the impact on prescribing of stop smoking tre... Read More about Trends in prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to pregnant women in primary care in England.

Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study (2020)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A., Kabra, P., Tata, L., Hayter, M., & Fogarty, A. (2021). Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 26(3), 327-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13524

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that systemic inflammation is inversely associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls in India. Methods: The study population consisted of adolescent girls aged between 10 and 19years living in a r... Read More about Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study.

Do working practices of cancer nurse specialists improve clinical outcomes? Retrospective cohort analysis from the English National Lung Cancer Audit (2020)
Journal Article
Stewart, I., Leary, A., Khakwani, A., Borthwick, D., Tod, A., Hubbard, R., …Tata, L. J. (2021). Do working practices of cancer nurse specialists improve clinical outcomes? Retrospective cohort analysis from the English National Lung Cancer Audit. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 118, Article 103718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103718

Background
Cancer nurse specialists are advanced practitioners who offer continuity of care and expert support for people diagnosed with specific cancers. Health Education England's Cancer Workforce Plan prioritises expansion of cancer nurse special... Read More about Do working practices of cancer nurse specialists improve clinical outcomes? Retrospective cohort analysis from the English National Lung Cancer Audit.

Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study (2019)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Tata, L. J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2020). Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 16(2), Article e12908. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12908

Objective:
We aimed to explore the association of physical parameters with haemoglobin (Hb) levels to test the hypothesis that impaired physical development is associated with anaemia.

Methods:
A cross-sectional survey study recruited adolescent... Read More about Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study.

Clinical management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum across primary and secondary care: a population based study (2019)
Journal Article
Fiaschi, L., Nelson-Piercy, C., Deb, S., King, R., & Tata, L. (2019). Clinical management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum across primary and secondary care: a population based study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 126(10), 1201-1211. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15662

Objectives: To assess how nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) are managed and treated across primary and secondary care.

Design: Population-based pregnancy cohort
Setting: Medical records (CPRD-GOLD) from Englan... Read More about Clinical management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum across primary and secondary care: a population based study.

Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort (2018)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Szatkowski, L., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2019). Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21(4), 409–415. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty019

Objective: To compare risk of stillbirth between maternal smokers and those prescribed NRT during pregnancy.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis nested in a pregnancy cohort with longitudinal routinely-recorded medical data.

Setting: United Kingdo... Read More about Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort.

Peripartum hysterectomy: an economic analysis of direct healthcare costs using routinely collected data (2017)
Journal Article
Achana, F., Fleming, K., Tata, L., Sultan, A. A., & Petrou, S. (2018). Peripartum hysterectomy: an economic analysis of direct healthcare costs using routinely collected data. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 125(7), 874-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14950

Objective
To estimate resource use and costs associated with peripartum hysterectomy for the English National Health Service.

Design/Setting
Analysis of linked Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episodes Statistics (CPRD‐HES) data.... Read More about Peripartum hysterectomy: an economic analysis of direct healthcare costs using routinely collected data.

Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Myles, P. R., Dixit, J., Tata, L. J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2017). Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study. Public Health, 151, 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.06.023

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in Maharashtra state, India.

Study design: Prospective study
Methods: Women between 3... Read More about Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study.

Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England (2017)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Kendrick, D., Tata, L. J., & Orton, E. (2017). Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England. Injury Prevention, 23(6), 396-402. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042294

Background: Maternal depression is common and associated with several child health outcomes. The impact on childhood injuries is underexplored, with existing studies relying on maternal reporting of injury occurrences. Using population healthcare dat... Read More about Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England.

Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India (2017)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A., Bapat, S., Myles, P., Fogarty, A., & Tata, L. (in press). Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India. F1000Research, 6(72), https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10659.1

Background: Although preterm delivery and low birth weight (LBW) have been studied in India, findings may not be generalisable to rural areas such as the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. There is limited information available on maternal and c... Read More about Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India.

Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS) (2017)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A., Fogarty, A., Tata, L., & Myles, P. R. (2017). Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS). F1000Research, 6(25), https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10556.1

A 2015 Lancet paper by Patel et al. on healthcare access in India comprehensively discussed national health programmes where some benefits are linked with the country’s Below Poverty Line (BPL) registration scheme. BPL registration aims to support po... Read More about Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS).

Development and validation of risk prediction model for venous thromboembolism in postpartum women: multinational cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Sultan, A. A., West, J., Grainge, M. J., Riley, R. D., Tata, L. J., Stephansson, O., …Ludvigsson, J. F. (2016). Development and validation of risk prediction model for venous thromboembolism in postpartum women: multinational cohort study. BMJ, 355(i6253), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6253

Objective: To develop and validate a risk prediction model for venous thromboembolism in the first six weeks after delivery (early postpartum).

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Records from England based Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)... Read More about Development and validation of risk prediction model for venous thromboembolism in postpartum women: multinational cohort study.

Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli’s hemometer among adolescent girls in rural India (2016)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Dixit, J., Fogarty, A. W., Tata, L. J., & Myles, P. R. (2016). Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli’s hemometer among adolescent girls in rural India. BMJ Innovations, 2, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2016-000139

Objective: The study objective was to compare haemoglobin measurements between the NBM 200 (non-invasive haemoglobin sensor) and Sahli’s hemometer in adolescent girls in a rural Indian setting.

Methods: Participants included girls aged between 13... Read More about Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli’s hemometer among adolescent girls in rural India.

Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and risk factors in 1,010 adolescent girls from rural Maharashtra, India: a cross-sectional survey (2016)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Myles, P. R., Fogarty, A. W., Dixit, J., & Tata, L. J. (2017). Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and risk factors in 1,010 adolescent girls from rural Maharashtra, India: a cross-sectional survey. Public Health, 142, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.07.010

Objective: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most common nutritional disorder observed in adolescent girls in India. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with IDA in rural Maharashtra, India to address current evid... Read More about Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and risk factors in 1,010 adolescent girls from rural Maharashtra, India: a cross-sectional survey.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England (2016)
Journal Article
Abdul Sultan, A., West, J., Ban, L., Humes, D., Tata, L. J., Fleming, K. M., Nelson-Piercy, C., & Card, T. R. (2016). Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(7), 1621-1630. https://doi.org/10.1097/MIB.0000000000000802

Background: There is limited contemporary population based evidence on adverse birth outcomes and pregnancy related complications for women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study provides such estimates of these risks and assesses variatio... Read More about Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England.

Differing patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations among 0–4 year old children from England (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Tata, L. J., Kendrick, D., Burch, T., Kennedy, M., & Orton, E. (2016). Differing patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations among 0–4 year old children from England. Burns, 42(7), 1609-1616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2016.05.007

Objective: To describe patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations by age, sex, calendar year and socioeconomic status among 0-4 year olds in England for the period 1998-2013.

Participants: 708,050 children with linked primary care a... Read More about Differing patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations among 0–4 year old children from England.

Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0–24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2016). Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0–24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data. European Journal of Public Health, 26(6), 940-946. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw064

Background:
Understanding patterns of injury in England is challenging due to a lack of national injury surveillance data. Through recent linkage of a large primary care research database to hospitalization and mortality data, we describe the epide... Read More about Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0–24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data.

Hospital admission for hyperemesis gravidarum: a nationwide study of occurrence, reoccurrence and risk factors among 8.2 million pregnancies (2016)
Journal Article
Fiaschi, L., Nelson-Piercy, C., & Tata, L. J. (2016). Hospital admission for hyperemesis gravidarum: a nationwide study of occurrence, reoccurrence and risk factors among 8.2 million pregnancies. Human Reproduction, 31(8), 1675-1684. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dew128

STUDY QUESTION: What are the maternal risk factors for hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) hospital admission, readmission and reoccurrence in a following pregnancy?
SUMMARY ANSWER: Young age, less socioeconomic deprivation, nulliparity, Asian or Black ethn... Read More about Hospital admission for hyperemesis gravidarum: a nationwide study of occurrence, reoccurrence and risk factors among 8.2 million pregnancies.

Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study (2016)
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Tyrrell, E. G., Orton, E., & Tata, L. J. (2016). Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study. Injury Prevention, 22(6), 400-406. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041901

Background: Poisonings are a common cause of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Yet surveillance data indicating current incidence rates (IRs) and time trends are lacking, making policy development and service planning difficult. We utilised... Read More about Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study.

The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Zingone, F., Abdul Sultan, A., Crooks, C. J., Tata, L. J., Ciacci, C., & West, J. (in press). The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 44(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13652

Background: Patients with coeliac disease are considered as individuals for whom pneumococcal vaccination is advocated.

Aim: To quantify the risk of community-acquired pneumonia among patients with coeliac disease, assessing whether vaccination ag... Read More about The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study.

Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India (2016)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Fogarty, A. W., Tata, L. J., Dixit, J., & Myles, P. R. (in press). Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India. BMJ Innovations, 2, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000085

Objective: This study aimed to assess a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 in pregnant women in a rural Indian setting.
Methods: The study population consisted of women between 3 to 5 months of pregnancy, from 33 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara... Read More about Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India.

Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study (2015)
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Ban, L., Tata, L. J., Humes, D., Fiaschi, L., & Card, T. R. (2015). Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 42(7), https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13354

Background: Clinical studies have reported reduced fertility in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Aim: To compare fertility rates in women with IBD to those in women without IBD and assess whether the relative fertility differed followi... Read More about Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study.

Causes of death in people with coeliac disease in England compared with the general population: a competing risk analysis (2015)
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Abdul Sultan, A., Crooks, C. J., Card, T. R., Tata, L. J., Fleming, K. M., & West, J. (2015). Causes of death in people with coeliac disease in England compared with the general population: a competing risk analysis. Gut, 64(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308285

INTRODUCTION: Quantifying excess cause-specific mortality among people with coeliac disease (CD) compared with the general population accounting for competing risks will allow accurate information to be given on risk of death from specific causes.... Read More about Causes of death in people with coeliac disease in England compared with the general population: a competing risk analysis.

Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Tata, L. J., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2015). Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041561

Background: English national injury data collection systems are restricted to hospitalisations and deaths. With recent linkage of a large primary care database, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), with secondary care and mortality data we... Read More about Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance.

Socioeconomic variation in the incidence of childhood coeliac disease in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Zingone, F., West, J., Crooks, C. J., Fleming, K. M., Card, T. R., Ciacci,, C., & Tata, L. J. (2015). Socioeconomic variation in the incidence of childhood coeliac disease in the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-307105

BACKGROUND: Serological studies indicate that evidence of coeliac disease (CD) exists in about 1% of all children, but we lack estimates of current diagnostic patterns among children and how they vary by socioeconomic group.

METHODS: We identifie... Read More about Socioeconomic variation in the incidence of childhood coeliac disease in the UK.

Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring (2015)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Szatkowski, L., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2015). Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring. Pediatrics, 135(5), https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-2560

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is now being used as a smoking cessation aid during pregnancy, although little is known about fetal safety. We assessed the relationship between early pregnancy exposure to NRT or smoking... Read More about Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring.

Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study (2015)
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Baker, R., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2015). Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305715

Aim: To investigate risk factors for first long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years old in order to provide evidence about which families could benefit from injury prevention interventions.
Methods: Population-based matched nested case–control... Read More about Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study.

Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation?: an ecological study (2015)
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Sandford, H., Tata, L. J., Browne, I., & Pritchard, C. (2015). Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation?: an ecological study. Vaccine, 33(9), 1218-1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.006

Objective: To determine whether there was an association between the coverage of booster immunisation of Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis and Polio (DTaP/IPV) and second Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) dose by age 5 in accordance with the En... Read More about Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation?: an ecological study.

Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5 (2014)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Kendrick, D., West, J., & Tata, L. J. (2014). Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e111631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111631

BACKGROUND: Injury is a significant cause of childhood death and can result in substantial long-term disability. Injuries are more common in children from socio-economically deprived families, contributing to health inequalities between the most and... Read More about Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5.

A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy (2014)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Tata, L. J., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Szatkowski, L. (2015). A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), 547-554. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu060

Background: We aimed to assess the potential usefulness of primary care data for estimating smoking prevalence in pregnancy by comparing the primary care data estimates with those obtained from other data sources.
Methods: In The Health Improvement... Read More about A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy.

Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy: a population-based study using primary care data (2014)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Szatkowski, L., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2014). Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy: a population-based study using primary care data. British Journal of General Practice, Article e554-e560. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14X681361

Background Licensing arrangements for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the UK were broadened in 2005 to allow prescribing to pregnant smokers. However, estimates of NRT prescribing in pregnant females in the UK are currently lacking.


Aim To... Read More about Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy: a population-based study using primary care data.

Impact of risk factors on the timing of first postpartum venous thromboembolism: a population-based cohort study from England (2014)
Journal Article
Abdul Sultan, A., Grainge, M. J., West, J., Fleming, K. M., Nelson-Piercy, C., & Tata, L. J. (in press). Impact of risk factors on the timing of first postpartum venous thromboembolism: a population-based cohort study from England. Blood, 124(18), https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-05-572834

For women with preeclampsia, BMI >30 kg/m2, infection, or those having cesarean delivery, VTE risk remained elevated for 6 weeks postpartum.For women with postpartum hemorrhage or preterm birth, the relative rate of VTE was only increased for the fir... Read More about Impact of risk factors on the timing of first postpartum venous thromboembolism: a population-based cohort study from England.

Pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes among women with celiac disease: a population-based study from England (2014)
Journal Article
Abdul Sultan, A., Tata, L. J., Fleming, K. M., Crooks, C. J., Ludvigsson, J. F., Dhalwani, N. N., …West, J. (in press). Pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes among women with celiac disease: a population-based study from England. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 109(10), https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2014.196

OBJECTIVES: Evidence-based information about adverse birth outcomes and pregnancy complications is crucial when counseling women with celiac disease (CD); however, limited population-based data on such risks exist. We estimated these for pregnant wom... Read More about Pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes among women with celiac disease: a population-based study from England.

Smoking cessation advice recorded during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care (2014)
Journal Article
Hardy, B., Szatkowski, L., Tata, L. J., Coleman, T., & Dhalwani, N. (2014). Smoking cessation advice recorded during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care. BMC Family Practice, 15(21), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-21

Background: United Kingdom (UK) national guidelines recommend that all pregnant women who smoke should be advised to quit at every available opportunity, and brief cessation advice is an efficient and cost-effective means to increase quit rates. The... Read More about Smoking cessation advice recorded during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care.

How to read a cohort study (2014)
Book Chapter
Tata, L. J. (2014). How to read a cohort study. In N. J. Talley, G. Richard Locke III, P. Moayyedi, J. West, & Y. A. Saito (Eds.), GI Epidemiology: Diseases and Clinical Methodology (15-29). (Second). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118727072.ch2

The cohort is the basis of all epidemiologic study designs as it is the closest way to study the natural progression of people's life course over which the temporal relationship between exposures and outcomes can be assessed. Although a cohort is def... Read More about How to read a cohort study.

Treatment decisions and survival for people with small-cell lung cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, H., Tata, L., Baldwin, D., Potter, V., Stanley, R., Khakwani, A., & Hubbard, R. (in press). Treatment decisions and survival for people with small-cell lung cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 110(4), https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.812

Background: Chemotherapy improves survival for many patients with SCLC, and hence it is important to understand variations in practice and outcomes for this treatment strategy.

Methods: We used the National Lung Cancer Audit and Hospital Episodes... Read More about Treatment decisions and survival for people with small-cell lung cancer.

The direct medical costs of epilepsy in children and young people: a population-based study of health resource utilisation (2014)
Journal Article
Ali, M. A. S., Elliott, R. A., & Tata, L. J. (in press). The direct medical costs of epilepsy in children and young people: a population-based study of health resource utilisation. Epilepsy Research, 108(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.12.014

We described the health resource utilisation (HRU) and associated direct medical costs of managing epilepsy in children and young people (CYP) using population-level data from the United Kingdom.

The study cohort were CYP born between 1988 and 20... Read More about The direct medical costs of epilepsy in children and young people: a population-based study of health resource utilisation.

Risk of first venous thromboembolism in pregnant women in hospital: population based cohort study from England (2013)
Journal Article
Sultan, A. A., West, J., Tata, L. J., Fleming, K. M., Nelson-Piercy, C., & Grainge, M. J. (2013). Risk of first venous thromboembolism in pregnant women in hospital: population based cohort study from England. BMJ, 347(7935), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6099

Objective: To examine the potential for preventing venous
thromboembolism during and after antepartum hospital admissions in pregnant women.

Design: Cohort study using linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and secondary (Hospital E... Read More about Risk of first venous thromboembolism in pregnant women in hospital: population based cohort study from England.

Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data (2013)
Journal Article
Shah, M., Orton, E., Tata, L., Gomes, C., & Kendrick, D. (2013). Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data. Burns, 39(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2013.03.022

Scald injury is common, accounting for half of all burns in pre-school children. Most scalds are preventable and health professionals can play an important role in targeting interventions to those at greatest risk. However, the potential for routinel... Read More about Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data.

Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data (2013)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Tata, L. J., Coleman, T., Fleming, K. M., & Szatkowski, L. (2013). Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. PLoS ONE, 8(9), Article e72218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072218

Background: Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, we assessed the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and inv... Read More about Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data.

The incidence of first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy using linked primary and secondary care data: a population based cohort study from England and comparative meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Sultan, A. A., Tata, L. J., Grainge, M. J., & West, J. (2013). The incidence of first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy using linked primary and secondary care data: a population based cohort study from England and comparative meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 8(7), Article e70310. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070310

Background: Recent linkage between primary and secondary care data has provided valuable information for studying
heath outcomes that may initially present in different health care settings. The aim of this study was therefore, twofold: to use linke... Read More about The incidence of first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy using linked primary and secondary care data: a population based cohort study from England and comparative meta-analysis.

Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data (2012)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Kendrick, D., West, J., & Tata, L. J. (2012). Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data. PLoS ONE, 7(4), Article e35193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035193

Background: Injuries in childhood are largely preventable yet an estimated 2,400 children die every day because of injury and violence. Despite this, the factors that contribute to injury occurrence have not been quantified at the population scale us... Read More about Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data.