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Martin Gulliford is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's recent publications include studies addressing a range of health-related topics, particularly concerning chronic conditions and infectious diseases. Some notable papers are:

  • Cardiometabolic outcomes up to 12 months after COVID-19 infection. A matched cohort study in the UK (2022), published in PLoS Medicine
  • Identifying longitudinal clusters of multimorbidity in an urban setting: A population-based cross-sectional study (2021), published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Inequalities in developing multimorbidity over time: A population-based cohort study from an urban, multi-ethnic borough in the United Kingdom (2021), published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Realising the full potential of data-enabled trials in the UK: a call for action (2021), published in BMJ Open
  • Multiple morbidity across the lifespan in people with Down syndrome or intellectual disabilities: a population-based cohort study using electronic health records (2023), published in The Lancet Public Health

Frequent research topics explored include:

  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Emma Rezel-Potts, Mark Ashworth, Xiaohui Sun, Alastair D Hay, and Abdel Douiri.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, notably:

  • BMJ Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • PLoS Medicine

Their research output demonstrates a focus on addressing epidemiological and public health issues, using cohort studies and large population-based analyses to better understand multimorbidity, health inequalities, and the long-term effects of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • What does 'access to health care' mean?:

    Martin Gulliford;Jose Figueroa-Munoz;Myfanwy Morgan;David Hughes

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Methods for evaluating area-wide and organisation-based interventions in health and health care: a systematic review.

    O. C. Ukoumunne;M. C. Gulliford;S. Chinn;J. A.C. Sterne

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Components of variance and intraclass correlations for the design of community-based surveys and intervention studies: data from the Health Survey for England 1994.

    Martin C. Gulliford;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Susan Chinn

  • Patterns of intra-cluster correlation from primary care research to inform study design and analysis.

    Geoffrey Adams;Martin C. Gulliford;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Sandra Eldridge

  • Oxford Textbook of Public Health

    Roger Detels;Robert Beaglehole;Mary Ann Lansang;Martin Gulliford

  • Probability of an obese person attaining normal body weight: Cohort study using electronic health records

    Alison Fildes;Judith Charlton;Caroline Rudisill;Peter Littlejohns

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • What is 'continuity of care'?

    Martin Gulliford;Smriti Naithani;Myfanwy Morgan

  • Incidence of common compressive neuropathies in primary care.

    R Latinovic;M C Gulliford;R A C Hughes

  • Effects of prematurity and intrauterine growth on respiratory health and lung function in childhood

    R.J. Rona;M.C. Gulliford;S. Chinn

  • Monitoring blood glucose control in diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

    S Coster;M C Gulliford;P T Seed;J K Powrie

  • Chronic Inflammatory Disorders and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Coronary Heart Disease, and Stroke: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    Alexandru Dregan;Judith Charlton;Philip Chowienczyk;Martin Gulliford

  • Alarm symptoms in early diagnosis of cancer in primary care: cohort study using General Practice Research Database

    Roger Jones;Radoslav Latinovic;Judith Charlton;Martin C Gulliford

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Detels
Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Ashworth
Mark Ashworth King's College London
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Myfanwy Morgan
Myfanwy Morgan King's College London
Susan Chinn
Susan Chinn King's College London
Jackie Cassell
Jackie Cassell Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Munir Pirmohamed
Munir Pirmohamed University of Liverpool
Obioha C. Ukoumunne
Obioha C. Ukoumunne University of Exeter
Peter Littlejohns
Peter Littlejohns King's College London
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London

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