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Professor Gillian Bentley's Outputs (44)

Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls (2020)
Journal Article
Howland, R., Deziel, N., Bentley, G., Booth, M., Choudhury, O., Hofmann, J., Hoover, R., Katki, H., Trabert, B., Fox, S., Troisi, R., & Houghton, L. (2020). Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), Article 1185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041185

Timing of breast development (or thelarche) and its endogenous and exogenous determinants may underlie global variation in breast cancer incidence. The study objectives were to characterize endogenous estrogen levels and bisphenol A (BPA) exposure us... Read More about Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls.

Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’ (2018)
Journal Article
Langcaster-James, M., & Bentley, G. R. (2018). Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’. Robotics, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7040062

The increasing market for realistic sex dolls has led to heated debate about future relationships with these entities and whether they could lead to an increasing objectification of women or possibly encourage abuse. However, limited academic researc... Read More about Beyond the Sex Doll: Post-Human Companionship and the Rise of the ‘Allodoll’.

Childhood ecology influences salivary testosterone, pubertal age and stature of Bangladeshi UK migrant men (2018)
Journal Article
Magid, K., Chatterton, R. T., Ahamed, F. U., & Bentley, G. R. (2018). Childhood ecology influences salivary testosterone, pubertal age and stature of Bangladeshi UK migrant men. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(7), 1146-1154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0567-6

Male reproductive investment is energetically costly, and measures of human reproductive steroid hormones (testosterone), developmental tempo (pubertal timing) and growth (stature) correlate with local ecologies at the population level. It is unclear... Read More about Childhood ecology influences salivary testosterone, pubertal age and stature of Bangladeshi UK migrant men.

Hot flash report and measurement among Bangladeshi migrants, their London neighbors, and their community of origin (2016)
Journal Article
Sievert, L., Begum, K., Sharmeen, T., Murphy, L., Whitcomb, B., Chowdhury, O., …Bentley, G. (2016). Hot flash report and measurement among Bangladeshi migrants, their London neighbors, and their community of origin. American journal of physical anthropology, 161(4), 620-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23062

1 Objectives To examine hot flashes in relation to climate and activity patterns, and to compare subjective and objective hot flashes among Bangladeshi immigrants to London, their white London neighbors, and women still living in their community of o... Read More about Hot flash report and measurement among Bangladeshi migrants, their London neighbors, and their community of origin.

Applying evolutionary thinking in medicine: an introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Bentley, G. (2016). Applying evolutionary thinking in medicine: an introduction. In A. Alvergne, C. Jenkinson, & C. Faurie (Eds.), Evolutionary thinking in medicine : from research to policy and practice (1-16). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29716-3_1

Evolutionary approaches to medicine are varied and underpinned by an understanding of basic principles in evolutionary biology. Rather than considering immediate or proximate causes for pathologies, or norms among and between individuals which is mor... Read More about Applying evolutionary thinking in medicine: an introduction.

Hot flushes and reproductive hormone levels during the menopausal transition (2016)
Journal Article
Dhanoya, T., Sievert, L., Muttukrishna, S., Begum, K., Sharmeen, T., Kasim, A., …Bentley, G. (2016). Hot flushes and reproductive hormone levels during the menopausal transition. Maturitas: An international journal of midlife health and beyond, 89, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.03.017

Introduction Evidence suggests that hot flushes are associated with fluctuating levels of oestradiol (E2) during menop\\10.10.23.91\S5_WatchFolder\REJECTED\MNT_ELSEVIER_JOURNAL_MAT_6582_110ause, as well as changes in the levels of follicle-stimulatin... Read More about Hot flushes and reproductive hormone levels during the menopausal transition.

Ethnicity or environment: Effects of migration on ovarian reserve among Bangladeshi women in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Begum, K., Muttukrishna, S., Leidy Sievert, L., Sharmeen, T., Murphy, L., Chowdhury, M., …Bentley, G. (2016). Ethnicity or environment: Effects of migration on ovarian reserve among Bangladeshi women in the United Kingdom. Fertility and Sterility, 105(3), 744-754.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.11.024

Objective To assess whether the quality of early childhood environments among different groups of Bangladeshi women, including migrants to the United Kingdom (UK), contributes to variation in ovarian reserve and the rate of reproductive aging in late... Read More about Ethnicity or environment: Effects of migration on ovarian reserve among Bangladeshi women in the United Kingdom.

A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Houghton, L., Cooper, G., Bentley, G., Booth, M., Chowdhury, O., Troisi, R., …Katki, H. (2014). A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 16(6), Article 469. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-014-0469-8

Introduction: Earlier menarche is related to subsequent breast cancer risk, yet international differences in the age and tempo of other pubertal milestones and their relationships with body mass index (BMI) are not firmly established in populations a... Read More about A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer.

Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Houghton, L., Cooper, G., Booth, M., Chowdhury, O., Troisi, R., Ziegler, R., …Bentley, G. (2014). Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e109200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109200

Background: Adrenarche is a key early life event that marks middle childhood at approximately 7 years of age. Earlier work with British-Bangladeshi migrant women suggested that environmental conditions experienced before adrenarche influence adult re... Read More about Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK.

Somatic, mood, and vasomotor symptoms at midlife in relation to family structure and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh (2013)
Journal Article
Sharmeen, T., Sievert, L., Begum, K., Chowdhury, O., Muttukrishna, S., & Bentley, G. (2013). Somatic, mood, and vasomotor symptoms at midlife in relation to family structure and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Anthropological Review, 76(2), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2013-0019

The purpose of this study was to test whether the frequencies of vasomotor, somatic, and emotional symptoms at midlife were associated with household composition or workloads. Patrilocal family arrangements are common in Bangladesh and, since mothers... Read More about Somatic, mood, and vasomotor symptoms at midlife in relation to family structure and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Life course effects on age at menopause among Bangladeshi sedentees and migrants to the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Murphy, L., Sievert, L., Begum, K., Sharmeen, T., Puleo, E., Chowdhury, O., …Bentley, G. (2013). Life course effects on age at menopause among Bangladeshi sedentees and migrants to the UK. American Journal of Human Biology, 25(1), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22345

Objectives: To assess how different variables experienced across the life course, but particularly during early life, might affect age at menopause among 174 Bangladeshi migrants to London by comparing them to 157 nonmigrant sedentees and 154 women o... Read More about Life course effects on age at menopause among Bangladeshi sedentees and migrants to the UK.

Dental analyses of the Bab edh-Dhra’ human remains. (2008)
Book Chapter
Bentley, G., & Perry, V. (2008). Dental analyses of the Bab edh-Dhra’ human remains. In D. Ortner, & B. Frohlich (Eds.), The EB I Tombs and Burials of Bâb edh Dhrâ, Jordan. AltaMira Press

Early life effects on reproductive function. (2008)
Book Chapter
Núñez-de la Mora, A., & Bentley, G. (2008). Early life effects on reproductive function. In W. Trevathan, E. Smith, & J. McKenna (Eds.), Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives (149-168). Oxford University Press

Practical aspects of Evolutionary Medicine. (2008)
Book Chapter
Bentley, G., & Aunger, R. (2008). Practical aspects of Evolutionary Medicine. In S. Elton, & P. O'Higgins (Eds.), Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects (215-237.). CRC Press

Betel nut use among first and second generation Bangladeshi women in London, UK. (2007)
Journal Article
Nunez-de la Mora, A., Napolitano, D., Uddin, F., Choudhury, O., & Bentley, G. (2007). Betel nut use among first and second generation Bangladeshi women in London, UK. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 9(4), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-007-9041-2

This study evaluated the effects of socio-economic variables and migration history on the prevalence of betel nut and smokeless tobacco use in both UK- and Bangladeshi born migrant women resident in London. No significant difference in betel nut use... Read More about Betel nut use among first and second generation Bangladeshi women in London, UK..

The impact of developmental conditions on adult salivary estradiol levels: Why this differs from progesterone? (2007)
Journal Article
Nunez de la Mora, A., Bentley, G., Choudhury, O., Napolitano, D., & Chatterton, R. (2008). The impact of developmental conditions on adult salivary estradiol levels: Why this differs from progesterone?. American Journal of Human Biology, 20(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.20698

Women living in energetically stressful conditions have significantly lower baseline salivary steroid levels compared to those in affluent environments. Developmental hypotheses suggest that interpopulation variation in ovarian function results from... Read More about The impact of developmental conditions on adult salivary estradiol levels: Why this differs from progesterone?.