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2021

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci

Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Prins, Bram P., Abdollahi, Mohammadreza, Armstrong, Nicola J., Aslibekyan, Stella, Bain, Lisa, Jefferis, Barbara, Baumert, Jens, Beekman, Marian, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bis, Joshua C., Mitchell, Braxton D., de Geus, Eco, Delgado, Graciela E., Marek, Diana, Eriksson, Joel, Kajantie, Eero, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kemp, John P., Lu, Chen, Marioni, Riccardo E., McLachlan, Stela, Milaneschi, Yuri, Nolte, Ilja M., Petrelis, Alexandros M., Porcu, Eleonora, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Naderi, Elnaz, Seppälä, Ilkka ... CHARGE Inflammation Working Group (2021). Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci. Human Molecular Genetics, 30 (5), 393-409. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab023

Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci

2021

Journal Article

Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA

Eilertsen, Espen Moen, Jami, Eshim Shahid, McAdams, Tom A., Hannigan, Laurie J., Havdahl, Alexandra S., Magnus, Per, Evans, David M. and Ystrom, Eivind (2021). Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA. Behavior Genetics, 51 (2), 154-161. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10036-6

Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA

2021

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color

Simcoe, Mark, Valdes, Ana, Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Hemani, Gibran, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Sala, Cinzia, Catamo, Eulalia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan, Hewitt, Alex, Wu, Wenting, Kraft, Peter, Hammond, Christopher J., Shi, Yuan, Chen, Yan ... the International Visible Trait Genetics Consortium (2021). Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color. Science Advances, 7 (11) abd1239, eabd1239. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd1239

Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color

2021

Journal Article

The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

Hwang, Liang-Dar, Mitchell, Brittany L., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2021). The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 223-236. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10044-0

The augmented Classical Twin Design: incorporating genome‐wide identity by descent sharing into twin studies in order to model violations of the equal environments assumption

2021

Journal Article

Modeling parent-specific genetic nurture in families with missing parental genotypes: application to birthweight and BMI

Tubbs, Justin D., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Luong, Justin, Evans, David M. and Sham, Pak C. (2021). Modeling parent-specific genetic nurture in families with missing parental genotypes: application to birthweight and BMI. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 289-300. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10040-w

Modeling parent-specific genetic nurture in families with missing parental genotypes: application to birthweight and BMI

2021

Journal Article

Variants associated with HHIP expression have sexdifferential effects on lung function

Fawcett, Katherine A., Obeidat, Ma'en, Melbourne, Carl, Shrine, Nick, Guyatt, Anna L., John, Catherine, Luan, Jian'an, Richmond, Anne, Moksnes, Marta R., Granell, Raquel, Weiss, Stefan, Imboden, Medea, May-Wilson, Sebastian, Hysi, Pirro, Boutin, Thibaud S., Portas, Laura, Flexeder, Claudia, Harris, Sarah E., Wang, Carol A., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Palviainen, Teemu, Foong, Rachel E., Keidel, Dirk, Minelli, Cosetta, Langenberg, Claudia, Bossé, Yohan, Berge, Maarten Van den, Sin, Don D., Hao, Ke ... Wain, Louise V. (2021). Variants associated with HHIP expression have sexdifferential effects on lung function. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 1-20. doi: 10.12688/WELLCOMEOPENRES.15846.2

Variants associated with HHIP expression have sexdifferential effects on lung function

2020

Journal Article

Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight

Moen, Gunn-Helen, Beaumont, Robin N., Grarup, Niels, Sommer, Christine, Shields, Beverley M., Lawlor, Deborah A., Freathy, Rachel M., Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2020). Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50 (1), 179-189. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa256

Investigating the causal effect of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels on offspring birthweight

2020

Journal Article

A cautionary note on using Mendelian randomization to examine the Barker hypothesis and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

D'Urso, Shannon, Wang, Geng, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). A cautionary note on using Mendelian randomization to examine the Barker hypothesis and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12 (5) PII S2040174420001105, 1-6. doi: 10.1017/S2040174420001105

A cautionary note on using Mendelian randomization to examine the Barker hypothesis and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

2020

Journal Article

Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses

Brumpton, Ben, Sanderson, Eleanor, Heilbron, Karl, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Harrison, Sean, Vie, Gunnhild Åberge, Cho, Yoonsu, Howe, Laura D., Hughes, Amanda, Boomsma, Dorret I., Havdahl, Alexandra, Hopper, John, Neale, Michael, Nivard, Michel G., Pedersen, Nancy L., Reynolds, Chandra A., Tucker-Drob, Elliot M., Grotzinger, Andrew, Howe, Laurence, Morris, Tim, Li, Shuai, Brumpton, Ben, Sanderson, Eleanor, Heilbron, Karl, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Harrison, Sean, Vie, Gunnhild Åberge, Cho, Yoonsu, Howe, Laura D. ... Davies, Neil M. (2020). Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 3519, 3519. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17117-4

Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses

2020

Conference Publication

Do maternal intrauterine environmental influences that lower offspring birthweight causally increase offspring cardiometabolic risk factors in later life? A Mendelian randomization study of 45,849 genotyped parent offspring pairs in the HUNT study using the OpenMx software

Moen, Gunn-Helen, Brumpton, Ben, Willer, Cristen, Asvold, Bjorn Olav, Birkeland, Kare, Neale, Michael C., Freathy, Rachel M., Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Deborah A., Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). Do maternal intrauterine environmental influences that lower offspring birthweight causally increase offspring cardiometabolic risk factors in later life? A Mendelian randomization study of 45,849 genotyped parent offspring pairs in the HUNT study using the OpenMx software. 50th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Electr Network, Jun 26, 2020. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Do maternal intrauterine environmental influences that lower offspring birthweight causally increase offspring cardiometabolic risk factors in later life? A Mendelian randomization study of 45,849 genotyped parent offspring pairs in the HUNT study using the OpenMx software

2020

Journal Article

Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort

Moen, Gunn-Helen, Brumpton, Ben, Willer, Cristen, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Birkeland, Kåre I., Wang, Geng, Neale, Michael C., Freathy, Rachel M., Smith, George Davey, Lawlor, Deborah A., Kirkpatrick, Robert M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2020). Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5404, 5404. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19257-z

Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort

2020

Journal Article

Estimating indirect parental genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using virtual parental genotypes derived from sibling and half sibling pairs

Hwang, Liang-Dar, Tubbs, Justin D., Luong, Justin, Lundberg, Mischa, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Wang, Geng, Warrington, Nicole M., Sham, Pak C., Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel and Evans, David M. (2020). Estimating indirect parental genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using virtual parental genotypes derived from sibling and half sibling pairs. PLoS Genetics, 16 (10) e1009154, e1009154. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009154

Estimating indirect parental genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using virtual parental genotypes derived from sibling and half sibling pairs

2020

Journal Article

The Boulder Workshop Question Box

Evans, David M. (2020). The Boulder Workshop Question Box. Behavior Genetics, 51 (3), 181-190. doi: 10.1007/s10519-020-10022-y

The Boulder Workshop Question Box

2020

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Tung, Joyce Y., Eriksson, Nicholas, Albrecht, Eva, Aliev, Fazil, Andreassen, Ole A., Barroso, Inês, Beckmann, Jacques S., Boks, Marco P., Boomsma, Dorret I., Boyd, Heather A., Breteler, Monique M. B., Campbell, Harry, Chasman, Daniel I., Cherkas, Lynn F., Davies, Gail, de Geus, Eco J. C., Deary, Ian J., Deloukas, Panos, Dick, Danielle M., Duffy, David L., Eriksson, Johan G., Esko, Tõnu, Feenstra, Bjarke, Geller, Frank, Gieger, Christian, Giegling, Ina, Gordon, Scott D., Han, Jiali ... Medland, Sarah E. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (1), 59-70. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-00956-y

Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness

2020

Journal Article

Plasma cortisol, aldosterone, and ascorbic acid concentrations in patients with septic shock do not predict treatment effect of hydrocortisone on mortality. A nested cohort study

Cohen, Jeremy, Bellomo, Rinaldo, Billot, Laurent, Burrell, Louise M., Evans, David M., Finfer, Simon, Hammond, Naomi E., Li, Qiang, Liu, David, McArthur, Colin, McWhinney, Brett, Moore, John, Myburgh, John, Peake, Sandra, Pretorius, Carel, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Rhodes, Andrew, Saxena, Manoj, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Young, Morag J. and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2020). Plasma cortisol, aldosterone, and ascorbic acid concentrations in patients with septic shock do not predict treatment effect of hydrocortisone on mortality. A nested cohort study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 202 (5), 700-707. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202002-0281OC

Plasma cortisol, aldosterone, and ascorbic acid concentrations in patients with septic shock do not predict treatment effect of hydrocortisone on mortality. A nested cohort study

2020

Journal Article

Tasting as a social practice: a methodological experiment in making taste public

Jackson, Peter, Evans, David, Truninger, Monica, Baptista, Joao and Nunes, Nadia Carvalho (2020). Tasting as a social practice: a methodological experiment in making taste public. Social & Cultural Geography, 23 (5), 739-756. doi: 10.1080/14649365.2020.1809013

Tasting as a social practice: a methodological experiment in making taste public

2020

Journal Article

Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis

D'Urso, Shannon, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Peach, Elizabeth, De Guzman, Erika, Li, Qiang, Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Martin, Nicholas G., Ligthart, Symen, Brown, Matthew A., Powell, Joseph, McArthur, Colin, Rhodes, Andrew, Meyer, Jason, Finfer, Simon, Myburgh, John, Blumenthal, Antje, Cohen, Jeremy, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel and Evans, David M. (2020). Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (4) PII S1832427420000602, 204-213. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.60

Septic shock: a genomewide association study and polygenic risk score analysis

2020

Journal Article

Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: a genetic risk prediction study

Forgetta, Vincenzo, Keller-Baruch, Julyan, Forest, Marie, Durand, Audrey, Bhatnagar, Sahir, Kemp, John P., Nethander, Maria, Evans, Daniel, Morris, John A., Kiel, Douglas P., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Johansson, Helena, Harvey, Nicholas C., Mellström, Dan, Karlsson, Magnus, Cooper, Cyrus, Evans, David M., Clarke, Robert, Kanis, John A., Orwoll, Eric, McCloskey, Eugene V., Ohlsson, Claes, Pineau, Joelle, Leslie, William D., Greenwood, Celia M. T. and Richards, J. Brent (2020). Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: a genetic risk prediction study. PLOS Medicine, 17 (7) e1003152, e1003152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003152

Development of a polygenic risk score to improve screening for fracture risk: a genetic risk prediction study

2020

Journal Article

RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro

Loh, Nellie Y., Minchin, James E. N., Pinnick, Katherine E., Verma, Manu, Todorčević, Marijana, Denton, Nathan, Moustafa, Julia El-Sayed, Kemp, John P., Gregson, Celia L., Evans, David M., Neville, Matt J., Small, Kerrin S., McCarthy, Mark I., Mahajan, Anubha, Rawls, John F., Karpe, Fredrik and Christodoulides, Constantinos (2020). RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2797, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16592-z

RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro

2020

Journal Article

Proxy gene-by-environment Mendelian randomization for assessing causal effects of maternal exposures on offspring outcomes

Hwang, Liang-Dar and Evans, David M. (2020). Proxy gene-by-environment Mendelian randomization for assessing causal effects of maternal exposures on offspring outcomes. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49 (4), 1218-1220. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa069

Proxy gene-by-environment Mendelian randomization for assessing causal effects of maternal exposures on offspring outcomes