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A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank.
Xueyi Shen, David M Howard, Mark J Adams, W David Hill, Toni-Kim Clarke, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Ian J Deary, Heather C Whalley, Andrew M McIntosh
May 08, 2021
Depression is a leading cause of worldwide disability but there remains considerable uncertainty regarding its neural and behavioural associations. Here, using non-overlapping Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) datasets as a...
Identifying dementia outcomes in UK Biobank
Tim Wilkinson, Christian Schnier, Kathryn Bush, Kristiina Rannikmäe, David E Henshall, Chris Lerpiniere, Naomi E Allen, Robin Flaig, Tom C Russ, Deborah Bathgate, Suvankar Pal, John T O'Brien, Cathie LM Sudlow, Dementias Platform UK and UK Biobank
Mar 06, 2019
Prospective, population-based studies that recruit participants in mid-life are valuable resources for dementia research. Follow-up in these studies is often through linkage to routinely-collected healthcare datasets. We...
Investigation of associations between retinal microvascular parameters and albuminuria in UK Biobank
Euan N Paterson, Chris Cardwell, Thomas J MacGillivray, Emanuele Trucco, Alexander S Doney, Paul Foster, Alexander P Maxwell, Gareth J McKay, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium
May 10, 2021
BACKGROUND: Associations between microvascular variation and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been reported previously. Non-invasive retinal fundus imaging enables evaluation of the microvascular network and may offer insight...
Genetically modulated educational attainment and coronary disease risk.
Lingyao Zeng, Ioanna Ntalla, Thorsten Kessler, Adnan Kastrati, Jeanette Erdmann, UK Biobank CardioMetabolic Consortium CHD working group, John Danesh, Hugh Watkins, Nilesh J Samani, Panos Deloukas, Heribert Schunkert
May 03, 2019
Atherosclerosis Coronary Artery Disease Genetics genome-wide association studies School education Coronary Disease Educational Status Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetic variation Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Life Style Male Mendelian Randomization Analysis Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Risk Factors
Genome-wide association studies for corneal and refractive astigmatism in UK Biobank demonstrate a shared role for myopia susceptibility loci.
Previous studies have suggested that naturally occurring genetic variation contributes to the risk of astigmatism. The purpose of this investigation was to identify genetic markers associated with corneal and refractive...
Astigmatism Biological Specimen Banks Cornea Corneal Diseases Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors Humans Male Middle Aged Myopia Nuclear Proteins Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases United Kingdom White People
Consensus for genes to be included on cancer panel tests offered by UK genetics services
Amy Taylor, Angela F Brady, Ian M Frayling, Helen Hanson, Marc Tischkowitz, Clare Turnbull, Lucy Side, UK Cancer Genetics Group (UK-CGG)
May 18, 2018
Genetic testing for hereditary cancer predisposition has evolved rapidly in recent years with the discovery of new genes, but there is much debate over the clinical utility of testing genes for which there are currently limited...
Surveillance recommendations for DICER1 pathogenic variant carriers
Jette J Bakhuizen, Helen Hanson, Karin van der Tuin, Fiona Lalloo, Marc Tischkowitz, Karin Wadt, Marjolijn CJ Jongmans, SIOPE Host Genome Working Group, CanGene-CanVar Clinical Guideline Working Group, Expert Network Members
Oct 01, 2021
DICER1 syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that predisposes to a wide spectrum of tumors. Developing surveillance protocols for this syndrome is challenging because uncertainty exists about the clinical efficacy of surveillance...
The Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC): Vaccine effectiveness study designs
Typhoid fever is estimated to cause between 11.9-26.9 million infections globally each year with 129,000-216,510 deaths. Access to improved water sources have reduced disease incidence in parts of the world but the use of...
Gestational diabetes
Ponnusamy Saravanan, Diabetes in Pregnancy Working Group, Maternal Medicine Clinical Study Group, UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Apr 30, 2021
Gestational diabetes, the most common medical disorder in pregnancy, is defined as glucose intolerance resulting in hyperglycaemia that begins or is first diagnosed in pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is associated with increased...
A commonly occurring genetic variant within the NPLOC4-TSPAN10-PDE6G gene cluster is associated with the risk of strabismus.
Denis Plotnikov, Rupal L Shah, Jamille N Rodrigues, Phillippa M Cumberland, Jugnoo S Rahi, Pirro G Hysi, Denize Atan, Cathy Williams, Jeremy A Guggenheim, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium
Jul 18, 2019
Strabismus refers to an abnormal alignment of the eyes leading to the loss of central binocular vision. Concomitant strabismus occurs when the angle of deviation is constant in all positions of gaze and often manifests in early...
Adult Aged Animals Case-Control Studies Child Cohort Studies Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases Type 6 Female Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Male Mice Middle Aged Multigene Family Mutation Nuclear Proteins Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Retina Risk Factors strabismus Tetraspanins Visual Acuity
Describing a new food group classification system for UK biobank
Carmen Piernas, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Min Gao, Heather Young, Zoe Pollard, Angela Mulligan, Marleen Lentjes, Jennifer Carter, Kathryn Bradbury, Tim J Key, Susan A Jebb
Nov 25, 2021
PURPOSE: The UK Biobank study collected detailed dietary data using a web-based self-administered 24 h assessment tool, the Oxford WebQ. We aimed to describe a comprehensive food grouping system for this questionnaire and to...
Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults
Michael Inouye, Gad Abraham, Christopher P Nelson, Angela M Wood, Michael J Sweeting, Frank Dudbridge, Florence Y Lai, Stephen Kaptoge, Marta Brozynska, Tingting Wang, Shu Ye, Thomas R Webb, Martin K Rutter, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Riyaz S Patel, Ruth JF Loos, Bernard Keavney, Harry Hemingway, John Thompson, Hugh Watkins, Panos Deloukas, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Adam S Butterworth, John Danesh, Nilesh J Samani, UK Biobank CardioMetabolic Consortium CHD working group
Nov 22, 2018
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) has substantial heritability and a polygenic architecture. However, the potential of genomic risk scores to help predict CAD outcomes has not been evaluated comprehensively, because...
Coronary Artery Disease genomic risk prediction Primary Prevention Coronary Artery Disease Female Genome-Wide Association Study Genomics Humans Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Multifactorial Inheritance Predictive Value of Tests Primary Prevention Research Design Risk Assessment Risk Factors United Kingdom
Cross-phenotype analysis of Immunochip data identifies KDM4C as a relevant locus for the development of systemic vasculitis.
Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández, Francisco David Carmona, Raquel López-Mejías, Maria Francisca González-Escribano, Paul A Lyons, Ann W Morgan, Amr H Sawalha, Peter A Merkel, Kenneth GC Smith, Miguel A González-Gay, Javier Martín, UK GCA Consortium, Turkish Takayasu Study Group, Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, IgAV Study Group, AAV Study group Spanish GCA Study Group
Apr 18, 2018
OBJETIVE: Systemic vasculitides represent a heterogeneous group of rare complex diseases of the blood vessels with a poorly understood aetiology. To investigate the shared genetic component underlying their predisposition, we...
Autoantibodies outcomes research systemic sclerosis Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis Case-Control Studies Epigenesis Genetic Female Genetic Loci Genetic Predisposition to Disease Giant Cell Arteritis HLA-DQ Antigens HLA-DQ beta-Chains Humans Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases Linkage Disequilibrium Male Phenotype Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Protein Array Analysis Systemic Vasculitis Takayasu arteritis
Urinary Albumin, Sodium, and Potassium and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the UK Biobank
Daniela Zanetti, Helene Bergman, Stephen Burgess, Themistocles L Assimes, Vivek Bhalla, Erik Ingelsson
Feb 10, 2020
Urinary biomarkers are associated with cardiovascular disease, but the nature of these associations is not well understood. We performed multivariable-adjusted regression models to assess associations of random spot measurements...
blood pressure Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure type 2 diabetes mellitus Adiposity Adult Aged Albuminuria Biomarkers Cardiovascular Diseases Causality Comorbidity Confounding Factors Epidemiologic Diabetes mellitus Type 2 Dyslipidemias Female Follow-Up Studies Genetic Pleiotropy Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Kidney Diseases Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Potassium Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors sodium United Kingdom
Comparison of risk factor associations in UK Biobank against representative, general population based studies with conventional response rates
Abstract: Objective: To compare established associations between risk factors and mortality in UK Biobank, a study with an exceptionally low rate of response to its baseline survey, against those from representative studies that...
Using UK Biobank for sexual minority health research
Aim: Despite poorer health and healthcare outcomes experienced by lesbian, gay and bisexual adults, data for research to characterize and address these disparities remain limited. Patients & methods: We describe sexual history...
The GRAPPA-OMERACT Working Group
Ying Ying Leung, William Tillett, Ana-Maria Orbai, Alexis Ogdie, Lihi Eder, Laura C Coates, Richard Holland, Anna Antony, Niti Goel, Philip J Mease
Jun 30, 2020
The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) working group provided updates at the 2019 GRAPPA annual meeting on its...
Genetically predicted plasma phospholipid arachidonic acid concentrations and 10 site-specific cancers in UK biobank and genetic consortia participants
Susanna C Larsson, Paul Carter, Mathew Vithayathil, Amy M Mason, Karl Michaëlsson, John A Baron, Stephen Burgess
Nov 03, 2020
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Arachidonic acid (AA) is metabolized by cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases to pro-inflammatory eicosanoids, which according to experimental research modulate tumor cell proliferation, differentiation, and...
The GRAPPA-OMERACT Working Group
Ying Ying Leung, William Tillett, Ana-Maria Orbai, Alexis Ogdie, Lihi Eder, Laura C Coates, Richard Holland, Anna Antony, Niti Goel, Philip J Mease
Jun 30, 2020
The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) working group provided updates at the 2019 GRAPPA annual meeting on its...
Cancer Variant Interpretation Group UK (CanVIG-UK)
Alice Garrett, Alison Callaway, Miranda Durkie, Cankut Cubuk, Mary Alikian, George J Burghel, Rachel Robinson, Louise Izatt, Sabrina Talukdar, Lucy Side, Treena Cranston, Sheila Palmer-Smith, Diana Baralle, Ian R Berry, James Drummond, Andrew J Wallace, Gail Norbury, Diana M Eccles, Sian Ellard, Fiona Lalloo, D Gareth Evans, Emma Woodward, Marc Tischkowitz, Helen Hanson, Clare Turnbull, CanVIG-UK
Mar 16, 2020
Advances in technology have led to a massive expansion in the capacity for genomic analysis, with a commensurate fall in costs. The clinical indications for genomic testing have evolved markedly; the volume of clinical...
The SPECTRUM Consortium
M Horton, PR Perman-Howe, C Angus, J Bishop, I Bogdanovica, A Brennan, J Britton, LS Brose, J Brown, J Collin, M Dockrell, N Fitzgerald, S Friel, D Gillespie, AB Gilmore, SE Hill, C Knai, T Langley, S Martin, A McNeill, G Moore, MR Munafò, RL Murray, M Opazo Breton, J Pearce, M Petticrew, G Reid, D Robson, H Rutter, L Shahab, N Shortt, K Smith, K Syrett, L Bauld
Dec 31, 2021
The main causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health inequalities and health inequity include consumption of unhealthy commodities such as tobacco, alcohol and/or foods high in fat, salt and/or sugar. These exposures...
The SPECTRUM Consortium
M Horton, PR Perman-Howe, C Angus, J Bishop, I Bogdanovica, A Brennan, J Britton, LS Brose, J Brown, J Collin, M Dockrell, N Fitzgerald, S Friel, D Gillespie, AB Gilmore, SE Hill, C Knai, T Langley, S Martin, A McNeill, G Moore, MR Munafò, RL Murray, M Opazo Breton, J Pearce, M Petticrew, G Reid, D Robson, H Rutter, L Shahab, N Shortt, K Smith, K Syrett, L Bauld
Dec 31, 2021
The main causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health inequalities and health inequity include consumption of unhealthy commodities such as tobacco, alcohol and/or foods high in fat, salt and/or sugar. These exposures...
Investigation and Management of Apparently Sporadic Central Nervous System Haemangioblastoma for Evidence of Von Hippel–Lindau Disease
Hugh Furness, Louay Salfity, Johanna Devereux, Dorothy Halliday, Helen Hanson, Deborah M. Ruddy, UK VHL Study Group UK VHL Study Group, Neha Shah, George Sultana, Emma R. Woodward, Richard N. Sandford, Katie M. Snape, Eamonn R. Maher
Sep 17, 2021
Haemangioblastomas are rare, highly vascularised tumours that typically occur in the cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord. Up to a third of individuals with a haemangioblastoma will have von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease....
Is occupational physical activity associated with mortality in UK Biobank?
Matthew Pearce, Tessa Strain, Katrien Wijndaele, Stephen J Sharp, Alexander Mok, Søren Brage
Aug 28, 2021
Background
Current physical activity guidelines do not distinguish between activity accumulated in different behavioural domains but some studies suggest that occupational physical activity (OPA) may not confer health...|
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