Verweij, Niek

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Study, T. L. C., Locke, A. E., The ADIPOGen Consortium, The AGEN-BMI Working Group, The CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, The CKDGen Consortium, The, G. L. G. C., The, I. C. B. P., The MAGIC Investigators, The MuTHER Consortium, et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Consortium, Wood, A. R., The MIGen Consortium, The PAGE Consortium, Study, T. L. C., Esko, T., Yang, J., Vedantam, S., Pers, T. H., Gustafsson, S., et al. (2014) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

The ADIPOGen Consortium, Shungin, D., The CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, The CKDGen Consortium, The GEFOS Consortium, The GENIE Consortium, The, G. L. G. C., The, I. C. B. P., The International Endogene Consortium, Study, T. L. C., et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

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Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

Program, T. M. V., Evangelou, E., Warren, H. R., Mosen-Ansorena, D., Mifsud, B., Pazoki, R., Gao, H., Ntritsos, G., Dimou, N., Cabrera, C. P., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Okbay, A., Beauchamp, J. P., Fontana, M. A., Lee, J. J., Pers, T. H., Rietveld, C. A., Turley, P., Chen, G.-B., Emilsson, V., Meddens, S. F. W., et al. (2016) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

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Identification of 64 novel genetic loci provides an expanded view on the genetic architecture of coronary artery disease

van der Harst, P., & Verweij, N. (2018) · Circulation Research

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

Graham, S. E., Clarke, S. L., Wu, K.-H. H., Kanoni, S., Zajac, G. J. M., Ramdas, S., Surakka, I., Ntalla, I., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., et al. (2021) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

CARDIoGRAM consortium, Codd, V., Nelson, C. P., Albrecht, E., Mangino, M., Deelen, J., Buxton, J. L., Hottenga, J. J., Fischer, K., Esko, T., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M., Eliasen, A. U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., et al. (2022) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials

Swerdlow, D. I., Preiss, D., Kuchenbaecker, K. B., Holmes, M. V., Engmann, J. E. L., Shah, T., Sofat, R., Stender, S., Johnson, P. C. D., Scott, R. A., et al. (2015) · The Lancet

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

Holmes, M. V., Dale, C. E., Zuccolo, L., Silverwood, R. J., Guo, Y., Ye, Z., Prieto-Merino, D., Dehghan, A., Trompet, S., Wong, A., et al. (2014) · BMJ

Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 669

Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

Okbay, A., Wu, Y., Wang, N., Jayashankar, H., Bennett, M., Nehzati, S. M., Sidorenko, J., Kweon, H., Goldman, G., Gjorgjieva, T., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

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PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

Schmidt, A. F., Swerdlow, D. I., Holmes, M. V., Patel, R. S., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Lyall, D. M., Hartwig, F. P., Horta, B. L., Hyppönen, E., Power, C., et al. (2017) · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Common and rare variant associations with clonal haematopoiesis phenotypes

Kessler, M. D., Damask, A., O’Keeffe, S., Banerjee, N., Li, D., Watanabe, K., Marketta, A., Van Meter, M., Semrau, S., Horowitz, J., et al. (2022) · Nature

Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

CHARGE-Heart Failure Consortium, Surendran, P., EchoGen Consortium, METASTROKE Consortium, GIANT Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Study, L. C., Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Understanding Society Scientific Group, EPIC-CVD Consortium, et al. (2016) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation and Relationship With Cardiovascular Events, Heart Failure, and Mortality

Vermond, R. A., Geelhoed, B., Verweij, N., Tieleman, R. G., Van der Harst, P., Hillege, H. L., Van Gilst, W. H., Van Gelder, I. C., & Rienstra, M. (2015) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

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Sequencing of 640,000 exomes identifies GPR75 variants associated with protection from obesity

Akbari, P., Gilani, A., Sosina, O., Kosmicki, J. A., Khrimian, L., Fang, Y.-Y., Persaud, T., Garcia, V., Sun, D., Li, A., et al. (2021) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

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KLB is associated with alcohol drinking, and its gene product β-Klotho is necessary for FGF21 regulation of alcohol preference

Schumann, G., Liu, C., O’Reilly, P., Gao, H., Song, P., Xu, B., Ruggeri, B., Amin, N., Jia, T., Preis, S., et al. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fibroblast Growth Factor ResearchNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

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A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation

Vujkovic, M., Ramdas, S., Lorenz, K. M., Guo, X., Darlay, R., Cordell, H. J., He, J., Gindin, Y., Chung, C., Myers, R. P., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 205

Germline Mutations in CIDEB and Protection against Liver Disease

Verweij, N., Haas, M. E., Nielsen, J. B., Sosina, O. A., Kim, M., Akbari, P., De, T., Hindy, G., Bovijn, J., Persaud, T., et al. (2022) · New England Journal of Medicine

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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A deep catalogue of protein-coding variation in 983,578 individuals

Sun, K. Y., Bai, X., Chen, S., Bao, S., Zhang, C., Kapoor, M., Backman, J., Joseph, T., Maxwell, E., Mitra, G., et al. (2024) · Nature

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis

Helgadottir, A., Thorleifsson, G., Gretarsdottir, S., Stefansson, O. A., Tragante, V., Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Jonsdottir, I., Bjornsson, T., Steinthorsdottir, V., Verweij, N., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 125

Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways

Young, W. J., Lahrouchi, N., Isaacs, A., Duong, T., Foco, L., Ahmed, F., Brody, J. A., Salman, R., Noordam, R., Benjamins, J.-W., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis

Benyamin, B., Esko, T., Ried, J. S., Radhakrishnan, A., Vermeulen, S. H., Traglia, M., Gögele, M., Anderson, D., Broer, L., Podmore, C., et al. (2014) · Nature Communications

Iron Metabolism and DisordersGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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