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Carol Jagger is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in Medicine, Social Sciences, and Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Demography, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Carol Jagger has contributed to a number of influential papers, some of which include:

  • Prevalence of protein intake below recommended in community-dwelling older adults: a meta-analysis across cohorts from the PROMISS consortium, 2020, published in Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • Population-based estimates of healthy working life expectancy in England at age 50 years: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 2020, published in The Lancet Public Health
  • Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008-2016, and other countries of the EU28: An observational cross-sectional study, 2021, published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Evaluation of High Cholesterol and Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults Using Individual Patient Meta-Analysis, 2021, published in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
  • Trends in health expectancies: a systematic review of international evidence, 2021, published in BMJ Open

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carol Jagger include:

  • Andrew Kingston
  • Louise Robinson
  • Ngaire Kerse
  • Nuno Mendonça
  • Fiona E. Matthews

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • Nutrients
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Scientific Reports

Among book contributions, Carol Jagger has published in the International Handbook of Health Expectancies (2020) under Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe : A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

    A. Lobo;L. J. Launer;L. Fratiglioni;K. Andersen

  • Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies.

    Richard M. Dodds;Holly E. Syddall;Rachel Cooper;Michaela Benzeval

  • A two-decade comparison of prevalence of dementia in individuals aged 65 years and older from three geographical areas of England: results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study I and II.

    Fiona E Matthews;Antony Arthur;Linda E Barnes;John Bond

  • Prevalence of faecal incontinence in adults aged 40 years or more living in the community

    S Perry;C Shaw;C McGrother;R J Matthews

  • Projections of multi-morbidity in the older population in England to 2035: estimates from the Population Ageing and Care Simulation (PACSim) model

    Andrew Kingston;Louise Robinson;Heather Booth;Martin Knapp

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

  • A prospective study of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

    R Gadsby;A M Barnie-Adshead;C Jagger

  • Inequalities in healthy life years in the 25 countries of the European Union in 2005: a cross-national meta-regression analysis.

    Carol Jagger;Clare Gillies;Francesco Moscone;Emmanuelle Cambois

  • Frailty and the role of inflammation, immunosenescence and cellular ageing in the very old: Cross-sectional findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

    Joanna Collerton;Carmen Martin-Ruiz;Karen Davies;Catharien M. Hilkens

  • Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study

    Joanna Collerton;Karen Davies;Carol Jagger;Andrew Kingston

  • A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

    F. E. Matthews;F. E. Matthews;B. C. M. Stephan;L. Robinson;C. Jagger

  • Spirituality, religiosity, aging and health in global perspective: A review

    Zachary Zimmer;Carol Jagger;Chi Tsun Chiu;Mary Beth Ofstedal

  • Controlling hypertension and hypotension immediately post-stroke (CHHIPS): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial

    John F Potter;Thompson G Robinson;Gary A Ford;Amit Mistri

  • A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

    Joris Deelen;Joris Deelen;Daniel S. Evans;Dan E. Arking;Niccolò Tesi;Niccolò Tesi

  • Creating a coherent set of indicators to monitor health across Europe: the Euro-REVES 2 project.

    Jean-Marie Robine;Carol Jagger

  • Effects of antihypertensive treatment after acute stroke in the Continue Or Stop post-Stroke Antihypertensives Collaborative Study (COSSACS): a prospective, randomised, open, blinded-endpoint trial

    Thompson G Robinson;John F Potter;Gary A Ford;Christopher J Bulpitt

  • Health Expectancy Calculation by the Sullivan Method: A Practical Guide

    Carol Jagger;Herman Van Oyen;Jean-Marie Robine

  • The Global Activity Limitation Index measured function and disability similarly across European countries.

    Carol Jagger;Clare Gillies;Emmanuelle Cambois;Herman Van Oyen

  • Determining health expectancies.

    Jean-Marie Robine;Carol Jagger;Colin D. Mathers;Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Age-related frailty and its association with biological markers of ageing.

    Arnold Mitnitski;Joanna Collerton;Carmen Martin-Ruiz;Carol Jagger

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood Newcastle University
Fiona E. Matthews
Fiona E. Matthews Newcastle University
John C. Mathers
John C. Mathers Newcastle University
Carol Brayne
Carol Brayne University of Cambridge
Herman Van Oyen
Herman Van Oyen Ghent University
Thomas von Zglinicki
Thomas von Zglinicki Newcastle University
Kaarin J. Anstey
Kaarin J. Anstey University of New South Wales
Wilma J. Nusselder
Wilma J. Nusselder Erasmus University Rotterdam
Avan Aihie Sayer
Avan Aihie Sayer Newcastle University

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