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2022

Journal Article

Mendelian randomization analysis of factors related to ovulation and reproductive function and endometrial cancer risk

D’Urso, Shannon, Arumugam, Pooja, Weider, Therese, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Bond, Tom A., Kemp, John P., Warrington, Nicole M., Evans, David M., O’Mara, Tracy A. and Moen, Gunn-Helen (2022). Mendelian randomization analysis of factors related to ovulation and reproductive function and endometrial cancer risk. BMC Medicine, 20 (1) 419, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02585-w

Mendelian randomization analysis of factors related to ovulation and reproductive function and endometrial cancer risk

2022

Journal Article

Birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a discordant twin study in the UK Biobank

Wang, Geng, Bond, Tom A., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a discordant twin study in the UK Biobank. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 14 (2) PII S2040174422000538, 1-7. doi: 10.1017/s2040174422000538

Birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a discordant twin study in the UK Biobank

2022

Conference Publication

Using structural equation modelling to partition genetic effects on birth weight at human leukocyte antigen loci into maternal and fetal components

Wang, Geng, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Using structural equation modelling to partition genetic effects on birth weight at human leukocyte antigen loci into maternal and fetal components. International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2022 Annual Meeting, Paris, France, 7 - 9 September 2022. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22503

Using structural equation modelling to partition genetic effects on birth weight at human leukocyte antigen loci into maternal and fetal components

2022

Conference Publication

Partitioning genetic effects on birth weight into maternal and fetal components at classical HLA loci

Wang, Geng, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Partitioning genetic effects on birth weight into maternal and fetal components at classical HLA loci. DOHaD World Congress 2022, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 27 - 31 August 2022.

Partitioning genetic effects on birth weight into maternal and fetal components at classical HLA loci

2022

Journal Article

Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth

Brito Nunes, Caroline, Huang, Peiyuan, Wang, Geng, Lundberg, Mischa, D’Urso, Shannon, Wootton, Robyn E., Borges, Maria Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A., Warrington, Nicole M., Evans, David M., Hwang, Liang-Dar and Moen, Gunn-Helen (2022). Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac121

Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth

2022

Book Chapter

Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs

Hwang, Liang-Dar, Davies, Neil M., Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2022). Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs. Combining human genetics and causal inference to understand human disease and development. (pp. 137-150) edited by George Davey Smith, Rebecca Richmond and Jean-Baptiste Pingault. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Integrating family-based and Mendelian randomization designs

2022

Journal Article

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

Wang, Geng, Bhatta, Laxmi, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Kemp, John P., Bond, Tom A., Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Brumpton, Ben, Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2022). Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health. Hypertension, 79 (1), 170-177. doi: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17701

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

2021

Journal Article

Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight

Thompson, William D., Beaumont, Robin N., Kuang, Alan, Warrington, Nicole M., Ji, Yingjie, Tyrrell, Jess, Wood, Andrew R., Scholtens, Denise, Knight, Bridget A., Evans, David M., Lowe, Bill L., Santorelli, Gillian, Azad, Raq, Mason, Dan, Hattersley, Andrew T., Frayling, Timothy M., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A. and Freathy, Rachel M. (2021). Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight. Human Molecular Genetics, 31 (11), 1762-1775. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab356

Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight

2021

Conference Publication

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

Wang, Geng, Bhatta, Laxmi, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Kemp, John P., Bond, Tom A., Asvold, Bjorn Olav, Brumpton, Ben, Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2021). Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health. Behavior Genetics Association 51st Annual Meeting, Online (Zoom), 29 June 2021. New York, United States: Springer.

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

2021

Conference Publication

Methods for Enabling and Improving the Power of Mendelian Randomization Studies of Parental Environmental Exposures and Offspring Outcomes

Moen, Gunn-Helen, Bhatta, Laxmi, Asvold, Bjorn Olav, Brumpton, Ben, Warrington, Nicole M. and Evans, David M. (2021). Methods for Enabling and Improving the Power of Mendelian Randomization Studies of Parental Environmental Exposures and Offspring Outcomes. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.

Methods for Enabling and Improving the Power of Mendelian Randomization Studies of Parental Environmental Exposures and Offspring Outcomes

2021

Conference Publication

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

Wang, Geng, Bhatta, Laxmi, Moen, Gunn-Helen, Hwang, Liang-Dar, Kemp, John P., Bond, Tom A., Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Brumpton, Ben, Evans, David M. and Warrington, Nicole M. (2021). Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health. American Society of Human Genetics 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual, 18 - 22 October 2021.

Investigating a potential causal relationship between maternal blood pressure during pregnancy and future offspring cardiometabolic health

2021

Journal Article

Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile

Thompson, William D., Beaumont, Robin N., Kuang, Alan, Warrington, Nicole M., Ji, Yingjie, Tyrrell, Jessica, Wood, Andrew R., Scholtens, Denise M., Knight, Bridget A., Evans, David M., Lowe, William L., Santorelli, Gillian, Azad, Rafaq, Mason, Dan, Hattersley, Andrew T., Frayling, Timothy M., Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Borges, Maria Carolina, Lawlor, Deborah A. and Freathy, Rachel M. (2021). Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile. Diabetologia, 64 (12), 2790-2802. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05570-9

Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile

2021

Journal Article

Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data

Warrington, Nicole M., Hwang, Liang-Dar, Nivard, Michel G. and Evans, David M. (2021). Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 5420, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25723-z

Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on offspring phenotypes using genome-wide summary results data

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

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

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

The effect of plasma lipids and lipid-lowering interventions on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study

Zheng, Jie, Brion, Marie-Jo, Kemp, John P., Warrington, Nicole M., Borges, Maria-Carolina, Hemani, Gibran, Richardson, Tom G., Rasheed, Humaira, Qiao, Zhen, Haycock, Philip, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Davey Smith, George, Tobias, Jon H. and Evans, David M. (2020). The effect of plasma lipids and lipid-lowering interventions on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 35 (7) jbmr.3989, 1224-1235. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3989

The effect of plasma lipids and lipid-lowering interventions on bone mineral density: a Mendelian randomization study