[HTML][HTML] A lifecourse mendelian randomization study highlights the long-term influence of childhood body size on later life heart structure

K O'Nunain, C Park, H Urquijo, GM Leyden… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Children with obesity typically have larger left ventricular heart dimensions during
adulthood. However, whether this is due to a persistent effect of adiposity extending into …

[HTML][HTML] Lifestyle choices mediate the association between educational attainment and BMI in older adults in China: A cross-sectional study

L Wang, J Ren, J Chen, R Gao, B Bai, H An… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the Chinese population ages, unhealthfully high body mass index (BMI) levels in older
adults are becoming a public health concern as an unhealthfully high BMI is an ill-being …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of polygenic scores across diverse diseases in a hospital cohort for predictive modeling

TH Sun, CC Wang, TY Liu, SC Lo, YX Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polygenic scores estimate genetic susceptibility to diseases. We systematically calculated
polygenic scores across 457 phenotypes using genotyping array data from China Medical …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding Genetics, Ancestry, and Geospatial Context for Precision Health

S Koyama, Y Wang, K Paruchuri, MM Uddin, SMJ Cho… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Mass General Brigham, an integrated healthcare system based in the Greater
Boston area of Massachusetts, annually serves 1.5 million patients. We established the …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in the ability of socioeconomic position to predict individual body mass index: an analysis of repeated cross-sectional data, 1991–2019

L Wright, CB Staatz, RJ Silverwood, D Bann - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The widening of group-level socioeconomic differences in body mass index
(BMI) has received considerable research attention. However, the predictive power of …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic differences in body mass index: the contribution of genetic factors

K Silventoinen, H Lahtinen, F Kilpi, TT Morris… - International Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Higher mean body mass index (BMI) among lower socioeconomic position
(SEP) groups is well established in Western societies, but the influence of genetic factors on …

Trans‐ethnic polygenic risk scores for body mass index: An international hundred K+ cohorts consortium study

HQ Qu, JJ Connolly, P Kraft, J Long… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background While polygenic risk scores hold significant promise in estimating an
individual's risk of developing a complex trait such as obesity, their application in the clinic …

Genetically Predicted Blood Pressure and Cognition in Midlife: A UK Biobank Study

MJ Lennon, A Thalamuthu, BCP Lam, JD Crawford… - …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: This UK Biobank study uses a mendelian randomization approach to
mitigate the variability and confounding that has affected previous analyses of the …

Trends across time in socioeconomic differences in body mass index: a comparison of population and individual-level approaches

L Wright, CB Staatz, RJ Silverwood, D Bann - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Socioeconomic differences in body mass index (BMI) have widened alongside
the obesity epidemic. However, the utility of socioeconomic position (SEP) indicators at the …

[HTML][HTML] Gene-environment Interplay in the Development of Overweight

M de Roo, C Hartman, R Veenstra, IM Nolte… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Overweight in youth is influenced by genes and environment. Gene-environment
interaction (G× E) has been demonstrated in twin studies and recent developments in …