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Early Life, Life Course and Gender Influences on Levels of C-Reactive Protein among Migrant Bangladeshis in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Begum, K., Cooper, G. D., Nahar, P., Akhter, N., Kasim, A., & Bentley, G. R. (2022). Early Life, Life Course and Gender Influences on Levels of C-Reactive Protein among Migrant Bangladeshis in the UK. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 10(1), 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab041

Background and objectives: Humans co-evolved with pathogens, especially helminths, that educate the immune system during development and lower inflammatory responses. Absence of such stimuli in industrialized countries is associated with higher basel... Read More about Early Life, Life Course and Gender Influences on Levels of C-Reactive Protein among Migrant Bangladeshis in the UK.

No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh (2021)
Journal Article
Chaney, C., Begum, K., Núñez-de la Mora, A., Sievert, L., Muttukrishna, S., Harries, V., …Bentley, G. (2022). No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh. American Journal of Human Biology, 34(3), Article e23631. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23631

Introduction: While many aspects of female ovarian function respond to environmental stressors, estradiol (E2) appears less sensitive to stressors than progesterone, except under extreme ecological conditions. However, earlier studies relied on saliv... Read More about No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh.

Reply to: Timing of puberty — body size or reproductive optimization? (2021)
Journal Article
Bentley, G. R., Bogin, B. A., Bar-Sadeh, B., Stöger, R., & Melamed, P. (online). Reply to: Timing of puberty — body size or reproductive optimization?. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-021-00502-4

Risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases Related to Obesity among First- and Second-Generation Bangladeshi Migrants Living in North-east or South-east England (2021)
Journal Article
Akhter, N., Begum, K., Nahar, P., Cooper, G., Vallis, D., Kasim, A., & Bentley, G. R. (2021). Risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases Related to Obesity among First- and Second-Generation Bangladeshi Migrants Living in North-east or South-east England. International Journal of Obesity, 45(7), 1588-1598. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00822-5

Background: Obesity is a global burden, which significantly increases the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). More than a quarter of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, but prevalence varies by ethnicity, and South Asians have the largest b... Read More about Risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases Related to Obesity among First- and Second-Generation Bangladeshi Migrants Living in North-east or South-east England.

Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, N., Sievert, L. L., Muttukrishna, S., Begum, K., Murphy, L., Sharmeen, T., …Bentley, G. R. (2021). Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 9(1), 164-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab001

Background and objectives Low levels of vitamin D among dark-skinned migrants to northern latitudes and increased risks for associated pathologies illustrate an evolutionary mismatch between an environment of high ultraviolet (UV) radiation to which... Read More about Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants.