Laura Gray

All publications

Journal articles

• Gray L (2025) The Importance of Missing Data in Estimating BMI Trajectories. Scientific Reports.
• Gray LA (2024) Evidence for central obesity risk-related thresholds for adolescents aged 11 to 18 years in England using the LMS method. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice. View this article in WRRO
• Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M, Kersbergen I & Holmes J (2024) A latent class analysis of international change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing: a repeat cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 19(6). View this article in WRRO
• Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M & Holmes J (2023) A latent class analysis of change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing in England during the decline in youth alcohol consumption: a repeat cross-sectional study. Preventive Medicine Reports, 36. View this article in WRRO
• Opazo Breton M & Gray L (2023) An age-period-cohort approach to studying long-term trends in obesity and overweight in England (1992-2019). Obesity.
• Gray LA, Hernandez Alava M & Wailoo AJ (2022) Correction to: Mapping the EORTC QLQ-C30 to EQ-5D-3L in patients with breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 22(1).
• McGrath M, Gray LA, Rek B, Davies KC, Savage Z, McLean J, Stenson A & Zahedi S (2022) Can microprocessor knees reduce the disparity in trips and falls risks between above and below knee prosthesis users?. PLoS ONE, 17(9 September). View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA, Breeze PR & Williams EA (2022) BMI trajectories, morbidity, and mortality in England : a two-step approach to estimating consequences of changes in BMI. Obesity. View this article in WRRO
• Breeze P, Gray LA, Thomas C, Bates SE & Brennan A (2022) Estimating the impact of changes in weight and BMI on EQ-5D-3L : a longitudinal analysis of a behavioural group-based weight loss intervention. Quality of Life Research. View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA, Hernandez Alava M & Wailoo AJ (2021) Mapping the EORTC QLQ-C30 to EQ-5D-3L in patients with breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 21(1).
• Hernandez M, Wailoo A, Pudney S, Gray L & Manca A (2020) Mapping clinical outcomes to generic preference-based outcome measures: development and comparison of methods. Health Technology Assessment Journal (HTA Journal), 24(34). View this article in WRRO
• Moore S, Allen D, Amos Y, Blake J, Brennan A, Buykx P, Goodacre S, Gray L, Irving A, O'Cathain A , Sivarajasingam V et al (2020) Evaluating alcohol intoxication management services: the EDARA mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(24), 1-214.
• Gray L (2020) Propensity Score Matching in the Absence of Randomized Controlled Trials: A Case Study on the Effects of Breastfeeding on Childhood Obesity. View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA, Wailoo AJ & Hernandez Alava M (2018) Mapping the FACT-B Instrument to EQ-5D-3L in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Adjusted Limited Dependent Variable Mixture Models versus Response Mapping. Value in Health, 21(12), 1399-1405. View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA, Hernández Alava M & Wailoo AJ (2018) Development of Methods for the Mapping of Utilities Using Mixture Models: Mapping the AQLQ-S to the EQ-5D-5L and the HUI3 in Patients with Asthma. Value in Health, 21(6), 748-757. View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA, Hernandez Alava M, Kelly MP & Campbell MJ (2018) Family lifestyle dynamics and childhood obesity: Evidence from the millennium cohort study. BMC Public Health, 18(1). View this article in WRRO
• Gray LA & Alava MH (2018) A command for fitting mixture regression models for bounded dependent variables using the beta distribution. Stata Journal, 18(1), 51-75. View this article in WRRO
• Gibson LA, Alava MH, Kelly MP & Campbell MJ (2017) The effects of breastfeeding on childhood BMI: A propensity score matching approach. Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom), 39(4), e152-e160. View this article in WRRO
• Stevenson MD, Wailoo AJ, Tosh JC, Hernandez-Alava M, Gibson LA, Stevens JW, Archer RJ, Simpson EL, Hock ES, Young A & Scott DL (2017) The cost-effectiveness of sequences of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment in England for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who can tolerate methotrexate. Journal of Rheumatology, 44(7), 973-980.
• Gray L, Killedar A & Breeze P () Obesity across the life course. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. View this article in WRRO
• Tuck C, Timtoni Iddrisu AR, Moro SA, Akparibo R, Aryeetey R, Gray L & Cooper R () A public health call for action to address liver cancer and hepatitis in northern Ghana. Communications Medicine.
• Tuck C, Akparibo R, Gray L, Saraj H, Timtoni Iddrisu A-R, Rahman Abane T, Deedat AA, Areetey R, Abubakari Baba B, Azure A & Cooper R () What are the lived experiences of cancer patients and their families in northern Ghana? A qualitative narrative interview and creative task approach. BMJ Open.
• Tuck C, Gray L, Suraj H, Timtoni Iddrisu A-R, Tampuri A-R, Aryeetey R, Baba BA, Akparibo R & Cooper R () A cross-sector approach to explore socio-ecological associations with treatment engagement behaviours in Northern Ghana. Journal of Cancer Policy.
• Keetharuth AD, Gray L, McGrane E, Worboys H & Orozco-Leal G () Mapping Short Warwick and Edinburgh Measure of Well Being Scale (SWEMWBS) to Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to estimate health utilities. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
• Tuck C, Cooper R, Aryeetey R, Gray L & Akparibo R () A critical review and analysis of the context, current burden, and application of policy to improve cancer equity in Ghana. International Journal for Equity in Health.
• Tuck C, Akparibo R, Gray L, Aryeetey R & Cooper R () What influences cancer treatment service access in Ghana? A critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Open.

Conference proceedings papers

• Gray L, Mensah J, Boadu I, Opazo Breton M, Nii Okai Aryeetey R & Akparibo R (2024) EPH152 An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Studying Long-Term Trends in Obesity and Overweight in Women in Ghana (2003–2023). Value in Health, Vol. 27(12) (pp S249-S249)
• Gray LA (2024) BMI trajectories and the influence of missing data. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 34(Supplement_3) View this article in WRRO
• (2024) 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024). Obesity Facts, Vol. 17(Suppl. 1) (pp 7-515)
• Gray L (2022) Using Response Mapping to generate utility values for the SWEMWBS using the ReQoL-UI. Frisch Centre
• Gray L (2020) PMU30 BMI Trajectories, Mortality and Comorbidity in Older Adults. Value in Health, Vol. 23 (pp S608-S608)
• (2020) POSTER DISCUSSION. Obesity Reviews, Vol. 21(S1) View this article in WRRO
• Tuck C, Baba A, Cooper R, Gray L, Akparibo R, Aryeetey R, Timtoni A & Rahman T () The feasibility of applying individual patient data to assess inequity in cancer treatment retention in Northern Ghana - early results. Population Medicine, Vol. 5(Supplement)
• Tuck C, Boadu I, Akparibo R, Gray L, Aryeetey R & Cooper R () Positionality, reflexivity and ethics in global public health research. Population Medicine, Vol. 5(Supplement)

Reports

• Pryce RE, Buykx P, Gray L, Stone T, Drummond C & Brennan A (2017) Estimates of alcohol dependence in England based on APMS 2014, including estimates of children living in a household with an adult with alcohol dependence. Prevalence, trends, and amenability to treatment
• Bell H, Wailoo AJ, Hernandez M, Grieve R, Faria R, Gibson LA & Grimm S (2016) The Use of Real World Data for the Estimation of Treatment Effects in NICE Decision Making.
• Gibson L, Hernandez Alava M & Wailoo A (2015) Progression of disease in people with rheumatoid arthritis treated with non biologic therapies

Theses / Dissertations

• Gibson LA (2016) A public health approach to childhood obesity: the role of econometrics.