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Ellena Badrick

Research Associate
Verified email at manchester.ac.uk
Cited by 4275

Work stress and coronary heart disease: what are the mechanisms?

…, M Malik, M Kumari, E Badrick… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine the biological and behavioural factors linking work stress with coronary
heart disease (CHD). Methods and results A total of 10 308 London-based male and female …

[HTML][HTML] The obesity paradox in cancer: a review

H Lennon, M Sperrin, E Badrick, AG Renehan - Current oncology reports, 2016 - Springer
There is a common perception that excess adiposity, commonly approximated by body mass
index (BMI), is associated with reduced cancer survival. A number of studies have emerged …

The relationship between smoking status and cortisol secretion

E Badrick, C Kirschbaum… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Context: Evidence for an association of smoking status with cortisol secretion is mixed.
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the relationship between smoking status and …

Neuroendocrine and inflammatory factors associated with positive affect in healthy men and women: the Whitehall II study

A Steptoe, K O'Donnell, E Badrick… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Positive affective states are associated with favorable health outcomes, but the underlying
mechanisms are poorly understood. The authors assessed associations between positive …

Self-reported sleep duration and sleep disturbance are independently associated with cortisol secretion in the Whitehall II study

M Kumari, E Badrick, J Ferrie, A Perski… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: The association of short sleep duration with cortisol secretion has not been thoroughly
examined in large community dwelling populations and the relative importance of short …

The CIRCORT database: Reference ranges and seasonal changes in diurnal salivary cortisol derived from a meta-dataset comprised of 15 field studies

…, T Stalder, M Jarczok, DM Almeida, E Badrick… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Diurnal salivary cortisol profiles are valuable indicators of adrenocortical functioning in
epidemiological research and clinical practice. However, normative reference values derived …

[HTML][HTML] Pioglitazone and bladder cancer risk: a multipopulation pooled, cumulative exposure analysis

…, J Tuomilehto, E Pukkala, I Keskimäki, E Badrick… - Diabetologia, 2015 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis The evidence on the association between pioglitazone use and bladder
cancer is contradictory, with many studies subject to allocation bias. The aim of our study was …

Cortisol secretion and fatigue: associations in a community based cohort

M Kumari, E Badrick, T Chandola, EK Adam… - …, 2009 - Elsevier
The association between fatigue and reduced activity in the hypothalamo-pituitary–adrenal (HPA)
axis has been described. However the temporal association between fatigue and HPA …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and cortisol secretion in an aging cohort

E Badrick, M Bobak, A Britton… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: Evidence for an association between alcohol consumption and activity of the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is inconclusive. Objective: Our objective was to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Collider bias is only a partial explanation for the obesity paradox

M Sperrin, J Candlish, E Badrick, A Renehan… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: “Obesity paradox” refers to an association between obesity and reduced
mortality (contrary to an expected increased mortality). A common explanation is collider …