Lawlor, Debbie A.

Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology

Lawlor, D. A., Harbord, R. M., Sterne, J. A. C., Timpson, N., & Davey Smith, G. (2008) · Statistics in Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Cited by 4,618

A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

Frayling, T. M., Timpson, N. J., Weedon, M. N., Zeggini, E., Freathy, R. M., Lindgren, C. M., Perry, J. R. B., Elliott, K. S., Lango, H., Rayner, N. W., et al. (2007) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

Cited by 4,531

Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Boyd, A., Golding, J., Macleod, J., Lawlor, D. A., Fraser, A., Henderson, J., Molloy, L., Ness, A., Ring, S., & Davey Smith, G. (2013) · International Journal of Epidemiology

Birth, Development, and HealthHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Cited by 2,996

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

Cohort Profile: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort

Fraser, A., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Tilling, K., Boyd, A., Golding, J., Davey Smith, G., Henderson, J., Macleod, J., Molloy, L., Ness, A., et al. (2013) · International Journal of Epidemiology

Birth, Development, and HealthHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Cited by 2,494

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

DIAGRAM Consortium, Dupuis, J., GIANT Consortium, Global BPgen Consortium, Anders Hamsten on behalf of Procardis Consortium, the MAGIC investigators, Langenberg, C., Prokopenko, I., Saxena, R., Soranzo, N., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 2,166

Exercise for depression

Cooney, G. M., Dwan, K., Greig, C. A., Lawlor, D. A., Rimer, J., Waugh, F. R., McMurdo, M., & Mead, G. E. (2013) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Physical Activity and HealthTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 1,834

Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

Willer, C. J., Sanna, S., Jackson, A. U., Scuteri, A., Bonnycastle, L. L., Clarke, R., Heath, S. C., Timpson, N. J., Najjar, S. S., Stringham, H. M., et al. (2008) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 1,585

Using multiple genetic variants as instrumental variables for modifiable risk factors

Palmer, T. M., Lawlor, D. A., Harbord, R. M., Sheehan, N. A., Tobias, J. H., Timpson, N. J., Smith, G. D., & Sterne, J. A. (2012) · Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Cited by 1,289

Association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity with mortality

Di Angelantonio, E., Kaptoge, S., Wormser, D., Willeit, P., Butterworth, A. S., Bansal, N., O’Keeffe, L. M., Gao, P., Wood, A. M., Burgess, S., et al. (2015) · JAMA

Chronic Disease Management StrategiesDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 1,155

Triangulation in aetiological epidemiology

Lawlor, D. A., Tilling, K., & Davey Smith, G. (2017) · International Journal of Epidemiology

Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesStatistical Methods in Epidemiology

Cited by 1,129

The effectiveness of exercise as an intervention in the management of depression: systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomised controlled trials

Lawlor, D. A., & Hopker, S. W. (2001) · BMJ

Physical Activity and HealthTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 995

Improving the accuracy of two-sample summary-data Mendelian randomization: moving beyond the NOME assumption

Bowden, J., Del Greco M, F., Minelli, C., Zhao, Q., Lawlor, D. A., Sheehan, N. A., Thompson, J., & Davey Smith, G. (2019) · International Journal of Epidemiology

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Cited by 995

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

Exercise for depression

Cooney, G. M., Dwan, K., Greig, C. A., Lawlor, D. A., Rimer, J., Waugh, F. R., McMurdo, M., & Mead, G. E. (2014) · Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Physical Activity and HealthTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 895

GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

Rietveld, C. A., Medland, S. E., Derringer, J., Yang, J., Esko, T., Martin, N. W., Westra, H.-J., Shakhbazov, K., Abdellaoui, A., Agrawal, A., et al. (2013) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 827

Commentary: Two-sample Mendelian randomization: opportunities and challenges

Lawlor, D. A. (2016) · International Journal of Epidemiology

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Cited by 810

Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease

Holmes, M. V., Asselbergs, F. W., Palmer, T. M., Drenos, F., Lanktree, M. B., Nelson, C. P., Dale, C. E., Padmanabhan, S., Finan, C., Swerdlow, D. I., et al. (2015) · European Heart Journal

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 748

Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms

Jones, S. E., Lane, J. M., Wood, A. R., van Hees, V. T., Tyrrell, J., Beaumont, R. N., Jeffries, A. R., Dashti, H. S., Hillsdon, M., Ruth, K. S., et al. (2019) · Nature Communications

Circadian rhythm and melatoninGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 691

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

Cited by 680

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

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

Clustered environments and randomized genes: a fundamental distinction between conventional and genetic epidemiology

Smith, G. D., Lawlor, D. A., Harbord, R., Timpson, N., Day, I., & Ebrahim, S. (2007) · PLoS Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyStatistical Methods in Epidemiology

Cited by 569