| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 2,641 |
| 2 | Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 754 |
| 3 | The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2015 | 472 |
| 4 | The interface between delirium and dementia in elderly adults | Lancet Neurology, The | 2015 | 448 |
| 5 | Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review | Age and Ageing | 2011 | 381 |
| 6 | Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 367 |
| 7 | Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual‐level meta‐analysis | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2012 | 338 |
| 8 | Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty | Nature Genetics | 2009 | 317 |
| 9 | Identification of heart rate–associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 282 |
| 10 | Cohort Profile: Updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 257 |
| 11 | Life course variations in the associations between FTO and MC4R gene variants and body size | Human Molecular Genetics | 2010 | 227 |
| 12 | Ambient Air Pollution and Adult Asthma Incidence in Six European Cohorts (ESCAPE) | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2015 | 197 |
| 13 | From Developmental Origins of Adult Disease to Life Course Research on Adult Disease and Aging: Insights from Birth Cohort Studies | Annual Review of Public Health | 2013 | 178 |
| 14 | Weight loss is associated with improvements in cognitive function among overweight and obese people: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | 2017 | 169 |
| 15 | Using a birth cohort to study ageing: representativeness and response rates in the National Survey of Health and Development | European Journal of Ageing | 2013 | 167 |
| 16 | Age and Gender Differences in Physical Capability Levels from Mid-Life Onwards: The Harmonisation and Meta-Analysis of Data from Eight UK Cohort Studies | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 148 |
| 17 | Impact of ethnic density on adult mental disorders: narrative review | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2012 | 136 |
| 18 | Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias | The Cochrane Library | 2015 | 121 |
| 19 | Operationalising resilience in longitudinal studies: a systematic review of methodological approaches | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2017 | 100 |
| 20 | Coordinated Analysis of Age, Sex, and Education Effects on Change in MMSE Scores | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | 2013 | 95 |
| 21 | Physical Activity Across Adulthood and Physical Performance in Midlife | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2011 | 94 |
| 22 | An Evaluation of the Precision of Measurement of Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales in a Population Sample | Social Indicators Research | 2010 | 93 |
| 23 | A life course approach to reproductive health: Theory and methods | Maturitas | 2010 | 90 |
| 24 | Do positive children become positive adults? Evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort study | Journal of Positive Psychology | 2011 | 88 |
| 25 | Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study | European Journal of Public Health | 2012 | 87 |
| 26 | Fish consumption and cognitive function among older people in the UK: Baseline data from the OPAL study | Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging | 2009 | 86 |
| 27 | The relationship between fatigue and psychiatric disorders: Evidence for the concept of neurasthenia | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 2009 | 82 |
| 28 | Daily profiles of energy and nutrient intakes: are eating profiles changing over time? | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2012 | 77 |
| 29 | Time-of-day and nutrient composition of eating occasions: prospective association with the metabolic syndrome in the 1946 British birth cohort | International Journal of Obesity | 2013 | 72 |
| 30 | Parental practices predict psychological well-being in midlife: life-course associations among women in the 1946 British birth cohort | Psychological Medicine | 2010 | 63 |
| 31 | The relationship between early personality and midlife psychological well-being: evidence from a UK birth cohort study | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 2008 | 62 |
| 32 | Changes in the behavioural determinants of health during the COVID-19 pandemic: gender, socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in five British cohort studies | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2021 | 62 |
| 33 | Is chair rise performance a useful measure of leg power? | Aging Clinical and Experimental Research | 2010 | 61 |
| 34 | Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum | BMC Medicine | 2018 | 61 |
| 35 | Neighbourhood social environment and depressive symptoms in mid-life and beyond | Ageing and Society | 2011 | 60 |
| 36 | Menopausal status and physical performance in midlife | Menopause | 2008 | 58 |
| 37 | Contribution of functional variation in the IL13 gene to allergy, hay fever and asthma in the NSHD longitudinal 1946 birth cohort | Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2009 | 56 |
| 38 | Body weight through adult life and risk of urinary incontinence in middle-aged women: results from a British prospective cohort | International Journal of Obesity | 2008 | 54 |
| 39 | Gender and Life Course Occupational Social Class Differences in Trajectories of Functional Limitations in Midlife: Findings From the 1946 British Birth Cohort | Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences | 2011 | 53 |
| 40 | Meat, poultry and fish and risk of colorectal cancer: pooled analysis of data from the UK dietary cohort consortium | Cancer Causes and Control | 2010 | 49 |
| 41 | What do we mean by Alzheimer's disease? | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2010 | 49 |
| 42 | Lifelong socioeconomic position and physical performance in midlife: results from the British 1946 birth cohort | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 48 |
| 43 | The role of BMI across the life course in the relationship between age at menarche and diabetes, in a British Birth Cohort | Diabetic Medicine | 2012 | 45 |
| 44 | The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2020 | 45 |
| 45 | Birth weight and growth from infancy to late adolescence in relation to fat and lean mass in early old age: findings from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 43 |
| 46 | Do childhood cognitive ability or smoking behaviour explain the influence of lifetime socio-economic conditions on premature adult mortality in a British post war birth cohort? | Social Science and Medicine | 2009 | 42 |
| 47 | Does retirement influence cognitive performance? The Whitehall II Study | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2011 | 41 |
| 48 | The Role of Lifestyle Behaviors on 20-Year Cognitive Decline | Journal of Aging Research | 2012 | 40 |
| 49 | Trends in food consumption over 30 years: evidence from a British birth cohort | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2015 | 39 |
| 50 | Population Genomics of Cardiometabolic Traits: Design of the University College London-London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine-Edinburgh-Bristol (UCLEB) Consortium | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 39 |
