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Anthony A Laverty

Imperial College London
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Current smoking and COVID-19 risk: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people

…, N Rossi, J El-Sayed_Moustafa, AA Laverty… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The association between current tobacco smoking, the risk of developing
symptomatic COVID-19 and the severity of illness is an important information gap. Methods UK …

Two-year trends and predictors of e-cigarette use in 27 European Union member states

FT Filippidis, AA Laverty, V Gerovasili… - Tobacco …, 2017 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective This study assessed changes in levels of ever use, perceptions of harm from e-cigarettes
and sociodemographic correlates of use among European Union (EU) adults during …

Active travel to work and cardiovascular risk factors in the United Kingdom

AA Laverty, JS Mindell, EA Webb, C Millett - American Journal of Preventive …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Increasing active travel (walking, cycling, public transport) is increasingly seen
as integral to strategies to raise physical activity levels. Purpose This study examined (1) …

Hospital admissions for childhood asthma after smoke-free legislation in England

C Millett, JT Lee, AA Laverty, SA Glantz, A Majeed - Pediatrics, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the implementation of English smoke-free legislation in
July 2007 was associated with a reduction in hospital admissions for childhood asthma. …

[HTML][HTML] Artificially sweetened beverages and the response to the global obesity crisis

MC Borges, ML Louzada, TH de Sá, AA Laverty… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Anthony A. Laverty, … Citation: Borges MC, Louzada ML, de Sá TH, Laverty AA, Parra DC,
Garzillo JMF, et al. (2017) Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Response to the Global …

Designing and implementing a COPD discharge care bundle

…, N Cooley, K Kennie, M Lim, T Woodcock, AA Laverty… - Thorax, 2012 - thorax.bmj.com
National surveys have revealed significant differences in patient outcomes following admission
to hospital with acute exacerbation of COPD which are likely to be due to variations in …

[HTML][HTML] Rural, urban and migrant differences in non-communicable disease risk-factors in middle income countries: a cross-sectional study of WHO-SAGE data

O Oyebode, UJ Pape, AA Laverty, JT Lee, N Bhan… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Understanding how urbanisation and rural-urban migration influence risk-factors
for non-communicable disease (NCD) is crucial for developing effective preventative …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between commute mode and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality, and cancer incidence, using linked Census data over 25 …

…, S Cummins, C Millett, AA Laverty - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Active travel is increasingly recognised as an important source of physical activity.
We aimed to describe associations between commute mode and cardiovascular disease, …

[HTML][HTML] Sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption and adiposity changes: National longitudinal study

AA Laverty, L Magee, CA Monteiro, S Saxena… - international journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background In response to increasing policy action and public concern about the negative
health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), there is increased promotion of …

[HTML][HTML] Consultant input in acute medical admissions and patient outcomes in hospitals in England: a multivariate analysis

D Bell, A Lambourne, F Percival, AA Laverty, DK Ward - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Recent recommendations for physicians in the UK outline key aspects of care that should
improve patient outcomes and experience in acute hospital care. Included in these …