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Research groups
Margaret Smith
Senior Statistician and Epidemiologist
I have been working in the Department since October 2014. I am a medical statistician and I am part of the CPRD (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) team. I have worked on the study design, data mangement and statistical analysis for many studies. My current collaborations include studies on fracture in people with intellectual disability, anaemia, and eosinophils in COPD. I'm also part of the Cancer Group. I am Deputy Directory of the MSc EBHC in medical statistics and a co-ordinator of the Big Data Epidemiology module. I also teach on the Introduction to Study design and Research Methods and the Essential Medical Statistics modules.
Before joining the Department I worked in the Nuffield Department of Population Health on two very large prospective observational studies of Chinese men and women.
Recent publications
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Cost-effectiveness of osteoporotic fracture risk assessment in people with intellectual disabilities
Preprint
Png ME. et al, (2025)
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Methods utilising routinely collected data for evaluating the effectiveness of population-level public health interventions to improve public awareness of cancer symptoms: protocol for a scoping review
Preprint
Smith M. et al, (2025)
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Trends in mortality in people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: population-based cohort study
Journal article
JONES N. et al, (2025), The Lancet Healthy Longevity
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Maternal anaemia and congenital heart disease in offspring: a case-control study using linked electronic health records in the United Kingdom
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Nair M. et al, (2025), BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Stroke incidence in heart failure and atrial fibrillation: population cohort study.
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Jones NR. et al, (2025), Br J Gen Pract
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Development and external validation of prediction models for major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture in people with intellectual disability
Preprint
Smith M. et al, (2025)
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Prevalence and patterns of testing for anaemia in primary care in England.
Journal article
Smith M. et al, (2024), Br J Gen Pract
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Maternal anaemia during pregnancy is associated with an increase in the risk of offspring congenital heart disease: a case-control study using linked electronic health records in England
Preprint
Nair M. et al, (2024)
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Heart failure and major haemorrhage in people with atrial fibrillation
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Jones NR. et al, (2024), Open Heart, 11
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Incidence of fractures in people with intellectual disabilities over the life course: a retrospective matched cohort study
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Frighi V. et al, (2022), eClinicalMedicine, 52
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Association between smoking, e-cigarette use and severe COVID-19: A cohort study
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Gao M. et al, (2022), International Journal of Epidemiology, 51, 1062 - 1072
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Consultations for clinical features of possible cancer and associated urgent referrals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cohort study from English primary care
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Nicholson BD. et al, (2022), British Journal of Cancer, 126, 948 - 956
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Blood eosinophils to guide inhaled maintenance therapy in a primary care COPD population
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Ashdown HF. et al, (2022), ERJ Open Research, 8
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Survival among people with heart failure and atrial fibrillation; a population cohort study
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Jones N. et al, (2022), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 43, 899 - 899
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Use and risk of side effects of antiresorptive medication in people with intellectual disabilities
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Frighi V. et al, (2022), NIHR Open Research, 2
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Statin prescription in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of exacerbations: A retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
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Smith MC. et al, (2021), BMJ Open, 11
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Statin prescription in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of exacerbations: a retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
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SMITH MC. et al, (2021), BMJ Open
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Weight change, cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular incidence in people with serious mental illness: Protocol of a population-based cohort study in the UK from 1998 to 2020
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Lee C. et al, (2021), BMJ Open, 11
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Association between antihypertensive treatment and adverse events: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Albasri A. et al, (2021), The BMJ, 372
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Changes in GFR and Albuminuria in Routine Clinical Practice and the Risk of Kidney Disease Progression
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Neuen BL. et al, (2021), American Journal of Kidney Diseases

