Steptoe, Andrew

Acute inflammation and negative mood: mediation by cytokine activation

Wright, C. E., Strike, P. C., Brydon, L., & Steptoe, A. (2005) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Tryptophan and brain disordersStress Responses and Cortisol

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Long working hours, socioeconomic status, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data from 222 120 individuals

Kivimäki, M., Virtanen, M., Kawachi, I., Nyberg, S. T., Alfredsson, L., Batty, G. D., Bjorner, J. B., Borritz, M., Brunner, E. J., Burr, H., et al. (2015) · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Workplace Health and Well-beingSleep and Work-Related Fatigue

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The role of psychobiological pathways in socio-economic inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk

Steptoe, A. (2002) · European Heart Journal

Health disparities and outcomesCardiac Health and Mental Health

Cited by 274

Loneliness and stress-related inflammatory and neuroendocrine responses in older men and women

Hackett, R. A., Hamer, M., Endrighi, R., Brydon, L., & Steptoe, A. (2012) · Psychoneuroendocrinology

Stress Responses and CortisolHealth disparities and outcomes

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Positive affect and psychobiological processes

Dockray, S., & Steptoe, A. (2010) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Stress Responses and CortisolPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 263

Social Isolation and Stress-related Cardiovascular, Lipid, and Cortisol Responses

Grant, N., Hamer, M., & Steptoe, A. (2009) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Stress Responses and CortisolHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 263

Stage fright in orchestral musicians; A study of cognitive and behavioural strategies in performance anxiety

Steptoe, A., & Fidler, H. (1987) · British Journal of Psychology

Diverse Music Education InsightsMusicians’ Health and Performance

Cited by 263

Loneliness, social integration, and incident dementia over 6 years: Prospective findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Rafnsson, S. B., Orrell, M., d’Orsi, E., Hogervorst, E., & Steptoe, A. (2020) · The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 262

Leading a meaningful life at older ages and its relationship with social engagement, prosperity, health, biology, and time use

Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 254

Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis of 124,808 Men and Women

Nyberg, S. T., Fransson, E. I., Heikkilä, K., Ahola, K., Alfredsson, L., Bjorner, J. B., Borritz, M., Burr, H., Dragano, N., Goldberg, M., et al. (2014) · Diabetes Care

Workplace Health and Well-beingEmployment and Welfare Studies

Cited by 249

Individual and Area-Based Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Dementia Incidence in England: Evidence From a 12-Year Follow-up in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Cadar, D., Lassale, C., Davies, H., Llewellyn, D. J., Batty, G. D., & Steptoe, A. (2018) · JAMA Psychiatry

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 245

Social isolation: an underappreciated determinant of physical health

Holt-Lunstad, J., & Steptoe, A. (2022) · Current Opinion in Psychology

Health disparities and outcomesDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 216

Dispositional optimism and health behaviour in community‐dwelling older people: Associations with healthy ageing

Steptoe, A., Wright, C., Kunz‐Ebrecht, S. R., & Iliffe, S. (2006) · British Journal of Health Psychology

Optimism, Hope, and Well-beingAging and Gerontology Research

Cited by 211

Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers

Fancourt, D., Williamon, A., Carvalho, L. A., Steptoe, A., Dow, R., & Lewis, I. (2016) · ecancermedicalscience

Music Therapy and HealthCancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Cited by 201

Motives underlying healthy eating: Using the food choice questionnaire to explain variation in dietary intake

POLLARD, T. M., STEPTOE, A., & WARDLE, J. (1998) · Journal of Biosocial Science

Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNutritional Studies and Diet

Cited by 198

Psychosocial Factors and Sleep Efficiency: Discrepancies Between Subjective and Objective Evaluations of Sleep

Jackowska, M., Dockray, S., Hendrickx, H., & Steptoe, A. (2011) · Psychosomatic Medicine

Sleep and related disordersSleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Cited by 188

Modifiable risk factors explain socioeconomic inequalities in dementia risk: evidence from a population-based prospective cohort study

Deckers, K., Cadar, D., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Verhey, F. R. J., Steptoe, A., & Köhler, S. (2019) · Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 182

Disruption of multisystem responses to stress in type 2 diabetes: Investigating the dynamics of allostatic load

Steptoe, A., Hackett, R. A., Lazzarino, A. I., Bostock, S., La Marca, R., Carvalho, L. A., & Hamer, M. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Stress Responses and CortisolAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Cited by 167

Dispositional optimism and stress-induced changes in immunity and negative mood

Brydon, L., Walker, C., Wawrzyniak, A. J., Chart, H., & Steptoe, A. (2009) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Optimism, Hope, and Well-beingStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 165

Synergistic effects of psychological and immune stressors on inflammatory cytokine and sickness responses in humans

Brydon, L., Walker, C., Wawrzyniak, A., Whitehead, D., Okamura, H., Yajima, J., Tsuda, A., & Steptoe, A. (2009) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Stress Responses and CortisolTryptophan and brain disorders

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Psychological stress activates interleukin-1β gene expression in human mononuclear cells

Brydon, L., Edwards, S., Jia, H., Mohamed-Ali, V., Zachary, I., Martin, J. F., & Steptoe, A. (2005) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Stress Responses and CortisolTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 159

Psychosocial Factors in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk

Hackett, R. A., & Steptoe, A. (2016) · Current Cardiology Reports

Cardiac Health and Mental HealthDiabetes Management and Education

Cited by 152

Are we all in this together? Longitudinal assessment of cumulative adversities by socioeconomic position in the first 3 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Wright, L., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2020) · Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Health disparities and outcomesSocial impacts of COVID-19

Cited by 145

Low Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Distress as Synergistic Predictors of Mortality From Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease

Lazzarino, A. I., Hamer, M., Stamatakis, E., & Steptoe, A. (2013) · Psychosomatic Medicine

Health disparities and outcomesCardiac Health and Mental Health

Cited by 140