Ong, Ken K.

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

Cited by 4,534

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

MAGIC, Speliotes, E. K., on behalf of Procardis Consortium, Willer, C. J., Berndt, S. I., Monda, K. L., Thorleifsson, G., Jackson, A. U., Allen, H. L., Lindgren, C. M., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 2,912

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

23andMe Research Team, Lee, J. J., COGENT (Cognitive Genomics Consortium), Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Wedow, R., Okbay, A., Kong, E., Maghzian, O., Zacher, M., Nguyen-Viet, T. A., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 2,470

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

Cited by 1,853

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

Cited by 1,580

Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity

The Prostate, L., Loos, R. J. F., KORA, Study, N. H., Initiative, D. G., Study, T. S., The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, FUSION, Lindgren, C. M., Li, S., et al. (2008) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

Cited by 1,325

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

MAGIC, Heid, I. M., Jackson, A. U., Randall, J. C., Winkler, T. W., Qi, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Thorleifsson, G., Zillikens, M. C., Speliotes, E. K., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 931

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

Do, R., Willer, C. J., Schmidt, E. M., Sengupta, S., Gao, C., Peloso, G. M., Gustafsson, S., Kanoni, S., Ganna, A., Chen, J., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 862

Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

The Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ruth, K. S., Day, F. R., Tyrrell, J., Thompson, D. J., Wood, A. R., Mahajan, A., Beaumont, R. N., Wittemans, L., Martin, S., et al. (2020) · Nature Medicine

Hormonal and reproductive studiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 720

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Berndt, S. I., Gustafsson, S., Mägi, R., Ganna, A., Wheeler, E., Feitosa, M. F., Justice, A. E., Monda, K. L., Croteau-Chonka, D. C., Day, F. R., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

Cited by 646

Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

Day, F., Karaderi, T., Jones, M. R., Meun, C., He, C., Drong, A., Kraft, P., Lin, N., Huang, H., Broer, L., et al. (2018) · PLOS Genetics

Ovarian function and disordersGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 619

Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

Study, A. O. C., Perry, J. R. B., The GENICA Network, kConFab, Study, T. L. C., The InterAct Consortium, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Day, F., Elks, C. E., Sulem, P., et al. (2014) · Nature

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 604

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Study, T. L. C., Day, F. R., The InterAct Consortium, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, PRACTICAL consortium, Thompson, D. J., Helgason, H., Chasman, D. I., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 587

Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

Zanoni, P., Khetarpal, S. A., Larach, D. B., Hancock-Cerutti, W. F., Millar, J. S., Cuchel, M., DerOhannessian, S., Kontush, A., Surendran, P., Saleheen, D., et al. (2016) · Science

Cholesterol and Lipid MetabolismLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 545

Early age at menarche associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality

Lakshman, R., Forouhi, N. G., Sharp, S. J., Luben, R., Bingham, S. A., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N. J., & Ong, K. K. (2009) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Menopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsHypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

Cited by 542

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

Min, J. L., Hemani, G., Hannon, E., Dekkers, K. F., Castillo-Fernandez, J., Luijk, R., Carnero-Montoro, E., Lawson, D. J., Burrows, K., Suderman, M., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 506

Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

The GIANT Consortium, Elks, C. E., Perry, J. R. B., Sulem, P., Chasman, D. I., Franceschini, N., He, C., Lunetta, K. L., Visser, J. A., Byrne, E. M., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 504

An international consortium update: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome in adolescence

Ibáñez, L., Oberfield, S. E., Witchel, S., Auchus, R. J., Chang, R. J., Codner, E., Dabadghao, P., Darendeliler, F., Elbarbary, N. S., Gambineri, A., et al. (2017) · Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Ovarian function and disordersGenetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Cited by 463

Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome

Day, F. R., Hinds, D. A., Tung, J. Y., Stolk, L., Styrkarsdottir, U., Saxena, R., Bjonnes, A., Broer, L., Dunger, D. B., Halldorsson, B. V., et al. (2015) · Nature Communications

Ovarian function and disordersGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 459

Childhood obesity and the timing of puberty

Ahmed, M. L., Ong, K. K., & Dunger, D. B. (2009) · Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesObesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Cited by 409

Impact of common genetic determinants of hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis

Wheeler, E., Leong, A., Liu, C.-T., Hivert, M.-F., Strawbridge, R. J., Podmore, C., Li, M., Yao, J., Sim, X., Hong, J., et al. (2017) · PLOS Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 408

Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

The PRACTICAL Consortium, Day, F. R., kConFab Investigators, AOCS Investigators, Scotland, G., EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Study, L. C., Ruth, K. S., Thompson, D. J., Lunetta, K. L., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBRCA gene mutations in cancer

Cited by 402

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

Liu, C., Marioni, R. E., Hedman, Å. K., Pfeiffer, L., Tsai, P.-C., Reynolds, L. M., Just, A. C., Duan, Q., Boer, C. G., Tanaka, T., et al. (2018) · Molecular Psychiatry

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Cited by 402

Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty

Ong, K. K., Elks, C. E., Li, S., Zhao, J. H., Luan, J., Andersen, L. B., Bingham, S. A., Brage, S., Smith, G. D., Ekelund, U., et al. (2009) · Nature Genetics

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 366