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2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2018). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (4) ddx429, 742-756. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2018

Journal Article

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

Warrington, Nicole M., Freathy, Rachel M., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2018). Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (4), 1229-1241. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy015

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

2018

Journal Article

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

Qiao, Zhen, Powell, Joseph E. and Evans, David M. (2018). MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study. Genes, 9 (1) 53, 53. doi: 10.3390/genes9010053

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

2018

Journal Article

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Kemp, John P., Trajanoska, Katerina, Luan, Jian'an, Chesi, Alessandra, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Ham, Annelies, Hartwig, Fernando P., Evans, Daniel S., Joro, Raimo, Nedeljkovic, Ivana, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Zhu, Kun, Atalay, Mustafa, Liu, Ching-Ti, Nethander, Maria, Broer, Linda, Porleifsson, Gudmar, Mullin, Benjamin H., Handelman, Samuel K., Nalls, Mike A., Jessen, Leon E, Heppe, Denise H. M., Richards, J. Brent, Wang, Carol, Chawes, Bo, Schraut, Katharina E, Amin, Najaf ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects. American journal of human genetics, 102 (1), 88-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

2018

Journal Article

ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties

St Pourcain, B., Robinson, E. B., Anttila, V., Sullivan, B. B., Maller, J., Golding, J., Skuse, D., Ring, S., Evans, D. M., Zammit, S., Fisher, S. E., Neale, B. M., Anney, R. J. L., Ripke, S., Hollegaard, M. V., Werge, T., Ronald, A., Grove, J., Hougaard, D. M., Børglum, A. D., Mortensen, P. B., Daly, M. J. and Davey Smith, G. (2018). ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 263-270. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.198

ASD and schizophrenia show distinct developmental profiles in common genetic overlap with population-based social communication difficulties

2018

Journal Article

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

Trajanoska, Katerina, Morris, John A., Oei, Ling, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Evans, David M., Kiel, Douglas P., Ohlsson, Claes, Richards, J. Brent and Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study. BMJ, 362 k3225, k3225. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3225

Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: Genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study

2018

Conference Publication

The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape

Baird, D., Evans, D. S., Gregory, J. S., Saunders, F. R., Giuraniuc, C. V., Barr, R. J., Aspden, R. M., Kamanu, F. K., Kiel, D. P., Orwoll, E. S., Cummings, S. R., Lane, N. E., Mullins, B. H., Williams, F. M., Richards, B., Wilson, S. G., Spector, T. D., Faber, B. G., Lawlor, D. A., Beck, T. J., Evans, D. M., Paternoster, L., Karasikl, D. and Tobias, J. H. (2018). The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape. OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis - Promoting Clinical and Basic Research in Osteoarthritis, Liverpool, England, 26-29 April 2018. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

The genetic architecture of hip statistical shape models suggests that endochondral bone formation makes an important contribution to hip shape

2018

Conference Publication

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Horikoshi, Momoko, Day, Felix R., Ong, Ken K., McCarthy, Mark I., Perry, John R. B., Freathy, Rachel M. and Evans, David M. (2018). Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease. 27th Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society (IGES), San Diego, Ca, United States, 14-16 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic disease

2017

Journal Article

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

Hendricks, Audrey E., Bochukova, Elena G., Marenne, Gaelle, Keogh, Julia M., Atanassova, Neli, Bounds, Rebecca, Wheeler, Eleanor, Mistry, Vanisha, Henning, Elana, Koerner, Antje, Muddyman, Dawn, McCarthy, Shane, Hinney, Anke, Hebebrand, Johannes, Scott, Robert A., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Surendran, Praveen, Howson, Joanna M., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nielsen, Sune F., Afzal, Shoaib, Papadia, Sofia, Ashford, Sofie, Garg, Sumedha, Millhauser, Glenn L., Palomino, Rafael I. ... Yang, Jian (2017). Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 4394, 4394.1-4394.14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03054-8

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

2017

Journal Article

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

Zheng, Jie, Baird, Denis, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Bowden, Jack, Hemani, Gibran, Haycock, Philip, Evans, David M and Smith, George Davey (2017). Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies. Current epidemiology reports, 4 (4), 330-345. doi: 10.1007/s40471-017-0128-6

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

2017

Journal Article

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

Paternoster, Lavinia, Savenije, Olga E.M., Heron, Jon, Evans, David M., Vonk, Judith M., Brunekreef, Bert, Wijga, Alet H., Henderson, A. John, Koppelman, Gerard H. and Brown, Sara J. (2017). Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (3), 964-971. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.09.044

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

Laurin, Charles, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Hemani, Gibran, Smith, George Davey, Yang, Jian and Evans, David M. (2017). Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices. Behavior Genetics, 48 (1), 67-79. doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9880-0

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

2017

Journal Article

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

Warrington, N. M., Richmond, R., Fenstra, B., Myhre, R., Gaillard, R., Paternoster, L., Wang, C. A., Beaumont, R. N., Das, S., Murcia, M., Barton, S. J., Espinosa, A., Thiering, E., Atalay, M., Pitkänen, N., Ntalla, I., Jonsson, A. E., Freathy, R., Karhunen, V., Tiesler, C. M. T., Allard, C., Crawford, A., Ring, S. M., Melbye, M., Magnus, P., Rivadeneira, F., Skotte, L., Hansen, T., Marsh, J. ... Lawlor, D. A. (2017). Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 42 (4), 775-784. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.248

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

2017

Journal Article

Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

Hackinger, Sophie, Trajanoska, Katerina, Styrkarsdottir, Unnur, Zengini, Eleni, Steinberg, Julia, Ritchie, Graham R.S., Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos, Gilly, Arthur, Evangelou, Evangelos, Kemp, John P., Evans, David, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Jonsson, Helgi, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari, McCaskie, Andrew W., Brooks, Roger A., Wilkinson, Jeremy M., Rivadeneira, Fernando and Zeggini, Eleftheria (2017). Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus. Human Molecular Genetics, 26 (19), 3850-3858. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx285

Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

2017

Journal Article

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon J, Ring, Susan M, Fisher, Simon E, Medland, Sarah, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals. Biological psychiatry, 83 (7), 598-606. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.020

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

2017

Journal Article

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

Munafò, Marcus R, Tilling, Kate, Taylor, Amy E, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations. International journal of epidemiology, 47 (1) dyx217, 226-235. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx206

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

2017

Journal Article

Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

Kemp, John P., Morris, John A., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Warrington, Nicole M., Youlten, Scott E., Zheng, Jie, Gregson, Celia L., Grundberg, Elin, Trajanoska, Katerina, Logan, John G., Pollard, Andrea S., Sparkes, Penny C., Ghirardello, Elena J., Allen, Rebecca, Leitch, Victoria D., Butterfield, Natalie C., Komla-Ebri, Davide, Adoum, Anne-Tounsia, Curry, Katharine F., White, Jacqueline K., Kussy, Fiona, Greenlaw, Keelin M., Xu, Changjiang, Harvey, Nicholas C., Cooper, Cyrus, Adams, David J., Greenwood, Celia M. T., Maurano, Matthew T. ... Evans, David M. (2017). Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis. Nature Genetics, 49 (10), 1468-1475. doi: 10.1038/ng.3949

Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

2017

Journal Article

Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?

Richards, J. Brent and Evans, David M. (2017). Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?. BMJ, 358 j3849, j3849. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3849

Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?

2017

Journal Article

Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

Willems, Sara M., Wright, Daniel J., Day, Felix R., Trajanoska, Katerina, Joshi, Peter K., Morris, John A., Matteini, Amy M., Garton, Fleur C., Grarup, Niels, Oskolkov, Nikolay, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayse, Lek, Monkol, Xu, Liwen, Wang, Guan, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Gaulton, Kyle J., Lotta, Luca A., Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri, Rivas, Manuel A., White, Tom, Loh, Po-Ru, Aadahl, Mette, Amin, Najaf, Attia, John R., Austin, Krista, Benyamin, Beben ... Ohlsson, Claes (2017). Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 16015, 16015. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16015

Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness