Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy Associates With Premature Mortality and Major Cardiovascular Events in Later Life

Acknowledgements We thank Ms Katie Wilde, Data Management Team, University of Aberdeen and Lynsey Waugh, Information and Services Division of NHS Scotland for their help with data extraction and linkage. Funding sources This work was supported by funding from the Chief Scientist Office, Scotland. We also acknowledge support from Tommy’s and the British Heart Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. None of the authors are related to any of the funders

Is routine hospital episode data sufficient for identifying individuals with chronic kidney disease? : A comparison study with laboratory data

© The Author(s) 2014. Acknowledgements We thank the Information Services Division, Scotland, who provided the SMR01 data, and NHS Grampian, who provided the biochemistry data. We also thank the University of Aberdeen’s Data Management Team. Funding This work was supported by the Chief Scientists Office for Scotland (grant no. CZH/4/656).

Determining Pathways to Improvements in Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Results From the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Funded by: The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis British Society for Rheumatology to the University of Manchester Schering-Plough Wyeth Laboratories Abbott Laboratories Amgen

Determining Pathways to Improvements in Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Results From the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Funded by: The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis British Society for Rheumatology to the University of Manchester Schering-Plough Wyeth Laboratories Abbott Laboratories Amgen

The Longitudinal Course of Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register

Acknowledgment: The authors would like to thank the University of Manchester for access to the Norfolk Arthritis Register data and Professor Deborah Symmons for comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. K.L.D. is funded by a studentship from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen.

Vascular defects and spinal cord hypoxia in spinal muscular atrophy

© 2015 American Neurological Association. Funded by The Euan MacDonald Center for Motor Neurone Disease Research The SMA Trust Muscular Dystrophy UK The SMA Trust The SMA Trust Motor Neurone Disease Association National Institute for Health Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Center Medical Research Council Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

The changes in pain which mediate Reductions in fatigue likely reflect central not peripheral mechanisms : Results from the BSRBR-RA

Peer reviewed

Data Resource Profile : Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank (AMND)

Conflict of interest: None of the authors have any conflict of interest.

Incidentally Raised Cardiac Troponin I Has a Worse Prognosis in Older Patients Compared to Those with Normal Cardiac Troponin I and Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome : A Cohort Study

Acknowledgement J.H.B.-S. was supported by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) Research and Development (R&D) research capability funds between July 2013 and December 2014.

Risk of fracture amongst patients with Parkinson's disease and other forms of parkinsonism

Acknowledgements We thank all the participants who took part, the research fellows (Kate Taylor, Robert Caslake, David McGhee, Angus Macleod) and nurses (Clare Harris, Joanna Gordon, Anne Hayman, Hazel Forbes) who helped assess the participants, and the study secretaries (Susan Kilpatrick, Pam Rebecca) and data management team (Katie Wilde, David Ritchie). The PINE study was funded by the BMA Doris Hillier award, Parkinson's UK, the RS McDonald Trust, NHS Grampian Endowments, SPRING and the BUPA Foundation. None of the funders had any influence in the study design, the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, the writing of the report or the decision to submit the article for publication.

Chronic pelvic pain in women of reproductive and post-reproductive age : a population-based study

Abimbola Ayorinde’s PhD funded by the Medical Research Council. This study was funded by the British Pain Society (Mildred Clulow Award) and preparatory work by National Health Service Grampian.

Impact of Hemoglobin Levels and Anemia on Mortality in Acute Stroke : Analysis of UK Regional Registry Data, Systematic Review, and Meta‐Analysis

Funding Sources The NNUH Stroke and TIA Register is maintained by the NNUH NHS Foundation Trust Stroke Services and data management for this study is supported by the NNUH Research and Development Department through Research Capability Funds.

Determining Pathways to Improvements in Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Results From the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Funded by: The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis British Society for Rheumatology to the University of Manchester Schering-Plough Wyeth Laboratories Abbott Laboratories Amgen