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G. Watt

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h-index: 50
Works: 247
Citations: 16K

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Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a cross-sectional study.
Karen N. Barnett, S. Mercer, M. Norbury, G. Watt +2 more
2012The Lancet6,160 citations Open access
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Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization
D. Arking, S. Pulit, L. Crotti, P. van der Harst +227 more
2014Nature Genetics321 citations Open access
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Association Between Genetic Variants on Chromosome 15q25 Locus and Objective Measures of Tobacco Exposure
M. Munafo, M. Timofeeva, R. Morris, D. Prieto-Merino +22 more
2012Journal of the National Cancer Institute221 citations Open access
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The influence of socioeconomic deprivation on multimorbidity at different ages: a cross-sectional study
S. Mercer, G. McLean, J. Gunn, S. Wyke +3 more
2014The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners183 citations Open access
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Education and training
G. Watt
2018The Exceptional Potential of General Practice158 citations
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Patient enablement requires physician empathy: a cross-sectional study of general practice consultations in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland
S. Mercer, B. Jani, M. Maxwell, Samuel Y. S. Wong +1 more
2012BMC Family Practice155 citations Open access
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General Practitioners’ Empathy and Health Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study of Consultations in Areas of High and Low Deprivation
S. Mercer, Maria Higgins, A. Bikker, B. Fitzpatrick +4 more
2016Annals of Family Medicine143 citations Open access
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Multimorbidity and the inverse care law in primary care
S. Mercer, B. Guthrie, J. Furler, G. Watt +1 more
2012British medical journal134 citations Open access
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The CARE Plus study – a whole-system intervention to improve quality of life of primary care patients with multimorbidity in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial and cost-utility analysis
S. Mercer, B. Fitzpatrick, B. Guthrie, E. Fenwick +8 more
2016BMC Medicine130 citations Open access
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Double trouble: the impact of multimorbidity and deprivation on preference-weighted health related quality of life a cross sectional analysis of the Scottish Health Survey
K. Lawson, S. Mercer, S. Wyke, E. Grieve +3 more
2013International Journal for Equity in Health99 citations Open access
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General practice funding underpins the persistence of the inverse care law: cross-sectional study in Scotland.
G. McLean, B. Guthrie, S. Mercer, G. Watt
2015The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners97 citations Open access
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Genetic variation in the 15q25 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster (CHRNA5–CHRNA3–CHRNB4) interacts with maternal self-reported smoking status during pregnancy to influence birth weight
J. Tyrrell, Ville Huikari, J. Christie, A. Cavadino +39 more
2012Human Molecular Genetics70 citations Open access
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Multimorbidity and Socioeconomic Deprivation in Primary Care Consultations
S. Mercer, Yue-Fang Zhou, G. Humphris, A. McConnachie +6 more
2018Annals of Family Medicine67 citations Open access
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Circulating 25OHD, dietary vitamin D, PTH, and calcium associations with incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: the MIDSPAN Family Study.
P. Welsh, O. Doolin, A. McConnachie, E. Boulton +7 more
2012Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism67 citations
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Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium
R. Morris, A. Taylor, M. Fluharty, J. Bjørngaard +58 more
2015BMJ Open63 citations Open access
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The ‘everyday work’ of living with multimorbidity in socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland
Rosaleen O'Brien, S. Wyke, G. Watt, B. Guthrie +1 more
2014Journal of Comorbidity55 citations Open access
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Stratification by Smoking Status Reveals an Association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 Genotype with Body Mass Index in Never Smokers
A. Taylor, Richard W. Morris, M. Fluharty, J. Bjørngaard +60 more
2014PLoS Genetics55 citations Open access
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The inverse care law and the potential of primary care in deprived areas.
S. Mercer, J. Patterson, J. Robson, Susan M. Smith +2 more
2021The Lancet45 citations Open access
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Patient centredness and the outcome of primary care consultations with patients with depression in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation.
B. Jani, A. Bikker, Maria Higgins, B. Fitzpatrick +3 more
2012The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners45 citations Open access
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Health-related quality of life of Gaza Palestinians in the aftermath of the winter 2008-09 Israeli attack on the Strip.
N. Abu-Rmeileh, Weeam Hammoudeh, A. Mataria, Abdullatif Husseini +6 more
2012European Journal of Public Health42 citations Open access
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The inverse care law revisited: a continuing blot on the record of the National Health Service.
G. Watt
2018The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners41 citations Open access
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Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Cardiac Biomarkers in 2 United Kingdom Cohort Studies
P. Welsh, C. Hart, O. Papacosta, D. Preiss +8 more
2015HYPERTENSION41 citations Open access
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How do general practitioners understand health inequalities and do their professional roles offer scope for mitigation? Constructions derived from the deep end of primary care
Breannon Babbel, M. Mackenzie, A. Hastings, G. Watt
201933 citations Open access
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The development and optimisation of a primary care-based whole system complex intervention (CARE Plus) for patients with multimorbidity living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation
S. Mercer, Rosaleen O'Brien, B. Fitzpatrick, Maria Higgins +3 more
2016Chronic Illness32 citations Open access
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Explaining the social patterning of lung function in adulthood at different ages: the roles of childhood precursors, health behaviours and environmental factors
L. Gray, A. Leyland, M. Benzeval, G. Watt
2013Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health30 citations Open access
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In search of the cancer candidate: can lay epidemiology help?
S. Macdonald, G. Watt, U. Macleod
2013Sociology of Health and Illness27 citations Open access
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How can socioeconomic inequalities in hospital admissions be explained? A cohort study
G. McCartney, C. Hart, G. Watt
2013BMJ Open23 citations Open access
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Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland Midspan Family Study
L. Gray, G. Davey Smith, A. McConnachie, G. Watt +4 more
2012International Journal of Epidemiology21 citations Open access
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The Exceptional Potential of General Practice
G. Watt
2018The Exceptional Potential of General Practice18 citations
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Distribution of GPs in Scotland by age, gender and deprivation
D. Blane, G. McLean, G. Watt
2015Scottish Medical Journal16 citations Open access
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Attitudes towards health inequalities amongst GP trainers in Glasgow, and their ideas for changes in training
D. Blane, H. Hannah, G. McLean, M. Lough +1 more
2013Education for Primary Care15 citations
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What can the NHS do to prevent and reduce health inequalities?
G. Watt
2013The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners15 citations Open access
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After 50 years and 200 papers, what can the Midspan cohort studies tell us about our mortality?
L. Gruer, C. Hart, G. Watt
2017Public Health14 citations Open access
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A Change Model for GPs Serving Deprived Areas
D. Blane, Petra Sambale, Andrea E. Williamson, G. Watt
2017Annals of Family Medicine14 citations Open access
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Tackling and mitigating health inequalities – policymakers and practitioners 'talk and draw' their theories
M. Mackenzie, A. Hastings, Breannon Babbel, Sarah J. Simpson +1 more
201714 citations
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Variation in the SLC23A1 gene does not influence cardiometabolic outcomes to the extent expected given its association with l-ascorbic acid
K. Wade, N. Forouhi, D. Cook, P. Johnson +15 more
2014American Journal of Clinical Nutrition14 citations Open access
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GP experience of the impact of austerity on patients and general practices in very deprived areas
D. Blane, G. Watt
201214 citations
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Improving Equity Through Primary Care: Proceedings of the 2019 Toronto International Conference on Quality in Primary Care
Braden G. O'Neill, R. Ferrer, P. O’Brien, G. Watt +9 more
2020Annals of Family Medicine13 citations Open access
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What are the CPD needs of GPs working in areas of high deprivation? Report of a focus group meeting of ‘GPs at the Deep End’
R. Macvicar, Andrea E. Williamson, D. Cunningham, G. Watt
201512 citations
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General practitioners’ patient-centredness and responses to patients’ emotional cues and concerns: relationships with perceived empathy in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation
Jenna-Marie Lundy, A. Bikker, Maria Higgins, G. Watt +3 more
201511 citations Open access
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University of Dundee Stratification by Smoking Status Reveals an Association of CHRNA 5-A 3-B 4 Genotype with Body Mass Index in Never Smokers
A. Taylor, R. Morris, M. Fluharty, J. Bjørngaard +60 more
201410 citations
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GPs at the Deep End: Identifying and addressing social disadvantage wherever it lies.
Joo-Inn Chew, Susan Baglow, G. Watt, P. Tait +2 more
2019Australian Journal of General Practice9 citations Open access
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Soft governance, restratification and the 2004 general medical services contract: the case of UK primary care organisations and general practice teams.
Suzanne Grant, A. Ring, M. Gabbay, B. Guthrie +5 more
2015Sociology of Health and Illness9 citations Open access
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COVID-19 vaccines for Palestinians.
G. Watt, R. Giacaman, H. Zurayk, E. Bjertness +10 more
2021The Lancet8 citations Open access
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Looking beyond “the house of care” for long term conditions
G. Watt
2013British medical journal8 citations
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Progress of The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance.
G. Watt, R. Giacaman, H. Zurayk, R. Horton
2014The Lancet7 citations
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Altogether now? Austerity at the Deep End.
D. Blane, G. Watt
2012The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners6 citations Open access
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The subversive challenges of multimorbidity.
G. Watt
2017The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners5 citations Open access
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Developing general practitioners for the Deep End
G. Watt
20155 citations
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Epidemiology of multimorbidity – Authors' reply
B. Guthrie, G. Watt, S. Wyke, S. Mercer
2012The Lancet5 citations Open access
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