… Harriet J Forbes research fellow in epidemiology, Krishnan Bhaskaran lecturer in statistical
epidemiology, Sara L Thomas clinical senior lecturer, Liam Smeeth professor of clinical …

The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is an ongoing primary care database of
anonymised medical records from general practitioners, with coverage of over 11.3 million …

Background High body-mass index (BMI) predisposes to several site-specific cancers, but a
large-scale systematic and detailed characterisation of patterns of risk across all common …

… Elizabeth J Williamson, # 2 Alex J Walker, # 1 Krishnan Bhaskaran, # 2 Seb Bacon, # 1
Chris Bates, # 3 Caroline E Morton, 1 Helen J Curtis, 1 Amir Mehrkar, 1 David Evans, 1 …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly affected mortality worldwide 1 . There is
unprecedented urgency to understand who is most at risk of severe outcomes, and this …

Background Whether HIV infection is associated with risk of death due to COVID-19 is
unclear. We aimed to investigate this association in a large-scale population-based study in …

Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority ethnic populations in the UK.
Our aim was to quantify ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 …

Background Establishing who is at risk from a novel rapidly arising cause of death, and why,
requires a new approach to epidemiological research with very large datasets and timely …

Background There are concerns that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK might
have worsened physical and mental health, and reduced use of health services. However, …

Patients with herpes zoster can develop persistent pain after rash healing, a complication
known as postherpetic neuralgia. By preventing zoster through vaccination, the risk of this …