List of works - Lina Zgaga

A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample

scientific article

A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance

scientific article published on 13 May 2012

A meta-analysis of genome-wide data from five European isolates reveals an association of COL22A1, SYT1, and GABRR2 with serum creatinine level

scientific article

Abundant pleiotropy in human complex diseases and traits.

scientific article published on November 2011

Aetiology of community-acquired neonatal sepsis in low and middle income countries

scientific article (publication date: December 2011)

Ambient UVB Dose and Sun Enjoyment Are Important Predictors of Vitamin D Status in an Older Population.

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

An evaluation of different meta-analysis approaches in the presence of allelic heterogeneity

scientific article published on February 2012

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal disease

scientific article (publication date: 13 April 2011)

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

An evaluation of oxygen systems for treatment of childhood pneumonia

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

An evaluation of respiratory administration of measles vaccine for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children

scientific article

An evaluation of the emerging interventions against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)-associated acute lower respiratory infections in children

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

An evaluation of the emerging vaccines against influenza in children.

scientific article

An evaluation of the emerging vaccines and immunotherapy against staphylococcal pneumonia in children

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Association among education level, occupation status, and consanguinity in Tunisia and Croatia

scientific article

Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies

scientific article published on 23 December 2011

Association between home birth and breast feeding outcomes: a cross-sectional study in 28 125 mother-infant pairs from Ireland and the UK.

scientific article published on 08 August 2016

Association of nephrolithiasis and gene for glucose transporter type 9 (SLC2A9): study of 145 patients

scientific article

Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

scientific article

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Common variant in myocilin gene is associated with high myopia in isolated population of Korcula Island, Croatia

scientific article published on February 2009

Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Common variation near CDKN1A, POLD3 and SHROOM2 influences colorectal cancer risk

scientific article

DNA mismatch repair gene MSH6 implicated in determining age at natural menopause

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Diet, environmental factors, and lifestyle underlie the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in healthy adults in Scotland, and supplementation reduces the proportion that are severely deficient

scientific article

Discovery and fine mapping of serum protein loci through transethnic meta-analysis

scientific article

Does inbreeding affect N-glycosylation of human plasma proteins?

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Effects of isolation and inbreeding on human quantitative traits: an example of biochemical markers of hemostasis and inflammation

scientific article published in October 2008

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

scientific article published in November 2011

Estimating the burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Africa: A systematic analysis

scientific article

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

scientific article

FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

scientific article published on 16 September 2012

Farming, Foreign Holidays, and Vitamin D in Orkney

scientific article

GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests involvement of the CADM2 gene.

scientific article

Genetic comparison of a Croatian isolate and CEPH European founders

scientific article

Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53949).

scientific article

Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

article

Genetic variants in RBFOX3 are associated with sleep latency

scientific article

Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity

scientific article

Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function.

scientific article

Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function

scientific article

Genome-wide association study to identify common variants associated with brachial circumference: a meta-analysis of 14 cohorts

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Genome-wide association uncovers shared genetic effects among personality traits and mood states

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

Genomics meets glycomics-the first GWAS study of human N-Glycome identifies HNF1α as a master regulator of plasma protein fucosylation

scientific article

Health Care Utilisation by Bullying Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study of A 9-Year-Old Cohort in Ireland.

scientific article published on 25 February 2018

Heritabilities of ocular biometrical traits in two croatian isolates with extended pedigrees

scientific article

High prevalence of glaucoma in Veli Brgud, Croatia, is caused by a dominantly inherited T377M mutation in the MYOC gene

article

Historic, demographic, and genetic evidence for increased population frequencies of CCR5Delta32 mutation in Croatian Island isolates after lethal 15th century epidemics

scientific article

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

scientific article

Identification of susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer in a genome-wide meta-analysis

scientific article

Incidence and mortality trends of gastric and colorectal cancers in Croatia, 1988-2008.

scientific article published in April 2012

Individual multi-locus heterozygosity is associated with lower morning plasma cortisol concentrations

scientific article published on 7 June 2013

Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D on colorectal cancer risk: a mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article

Integration of genome-wide association studies with biological knowledge identifies six novel genes related to kidney function

scientific article published on 8 September 2012

Interactions between genetic variants in glucose transporter type 9 (SLC2A9) and dietary habits in serum uric acid regulation

scientific article

Loci associated with N-glycosylation of human immunoglobulin G show pleiotropy with autoimmune diseases and haematological cancers.

scientific article

Markers of Vitamin D Exposure and Esophageal Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Mendelian diseases and conditions in Croatian island populations: historic records and new insights

scientific article

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

scientific article

Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

scientific article

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

scientific article

Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

scientific article

Model selection approach suggests causal association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and colorectal cancer

scientific article

Mutations in HNF1A result in marked alterations of plasma glycan profile

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

New loci associated with central cornea thickness include COL5A1, AKAP13 and AVGR8.

scientific article

New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

scientific article

Patterns of Smoking Behaviour in Low-Income Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study of Differential Effects on Infant Birth Weight

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Plasma vitamin D concentration influences survival outcome after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer

scientific article

Polymorphisms in B3GAT1, SLC9A9 and MGAT5 are associated with variation within the human plasma N-glycome of 3533 European adults

Pre-diagnostic statin use, lymph node status and mortality in women with stages I-III breast cancer

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

Prevalence of increased body weight and hypertension in the population of Croatian mainland and Adriatic Islands--are islanders really healthier?

scientific article

Quantifying the increase in average human heterozygosity due to urbanisation

scientific article

Recurrent Coding Sequence Variation Explains Only A Small Fraction of the Genetic Architecture of Colorectal Cancer ⬇️

scientific article

Reply to F.J.S. Conway et al

SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout

scientific journal article

SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population

scientific article

Schizophrenia: Searching for the causes through many layers of complexity

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Sequencing of high-complexity DNA pools for identification of nucleotide and structural variants in regions associated with complex traits

scientific article published on 3 August 2011

Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

scientific article

Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in colorectal cancer

scientific article

The Association Between Infant Temperament and Breastfeeding Duration: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article

The Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults Presenting with Temporomandibular Disorders Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article

The TCF7L2 diabetes risk variant is associated with HbA₁(C) levels: a genome-wide association meta-analysis

scientific article

The association of dietary intake of purine-rich vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages and dairy with plasma urate, in a cross-sectional study

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study

scientific article

The contributions of adjusted ambient ultraviolet B radiation at place of residence and other determinants to serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

The natural history of small bowel angiodysplasia

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

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

scientific article

Vitamin D and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials

scientific article

List of works by Lina Zgaga

A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample

A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance

A meta-analysis of genome-wide data from five European isolates reveals an association of COL22A1, SYT1, and GABRR2 with serum creatinine level

Abundant pleiotropy in human complex diseases and traits.

Aetiology of community-acquired neonatal sepsis in low and middle income countries

Ambient UVB Dose and Sun Enjoyment Are Important Predictors of Vitamin D Status in an Older Population.

An evaluation of different meta-analysis approaches in the presence of allelic heterogeneity

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal disease

An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood pneumococcal pneumonia

An evaluation of oxygen systems for treatment of childhood pneumonia

An evaluation of respiratory administration of measles vaccine for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children

An evaluation of the emerging interventions against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)-associated acute lower respiratory infections in children

An evaluation of the emerging vaccines against influenza in children.

An evaluation of the emerging vaccines and immunotherapy against staphylococcal pneumonia in children

Association among education level, occupation status, and consanguinity in Tunisia and Croatia

Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies

Association between home birth and breast feeding outcomes: a cross-sectional study in 28 125 mother-infant pairs from Ireland and the UK.

Association of nephrolithiasis and gene for glucose transporter type 9 (SLC2A9): study of 145 patients

Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

Common variant in myocilin gene is associated with high myopia in isolated population of Korcula Island, Croatia

Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function

Common variation near CDKN1A, POLD3 and SHROOM2 influences colorectal cancer risk

DNA mismatch repair gene MSH6 implicated in determining age at natural menopause

Diet, environmental factors, and lifestyle underlie the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in healthy adults in Scotland, and supplementation reduces the proportion that are severely deficient

Discovery and fine mapping of serum protein loci through transethnic meta-analysis

Does inbreeding affect N-glycosylation of human plasma proteins?

Effects of isolation and inbreeding on human quantitative traits: an example of biochemical markers of hemostasis and inflammation

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

Estimating the burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Africa: A systematic analysis

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

Farming, Foreign Holidays, and Vitamin D in Orkney

GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests involvement of the CADM2 gene.

Genetic comparison of a Croatian isolate and CEPH European founders

Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53949).

Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

Genetic variants in RBFOX3 are associated with sleep latency

Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity

Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function.

Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function

Genome-wide association study to identify common variants associated with brachial circumference: a meta-analysis of 14 cohorts

Genome-wide association uncovers shared genetic effects among personality traits and mood states

Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women

Genomics meets glycomics-the first GWAS study of human N-Glycome identifies HNF1α as a master regulator of plasma protein fucosylation

Health Care Utilisation by Bullying Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study of A 9-Year-Old Cohort in Ireland.

Heritabilities of ocular biometrical traits in two croatian isolates with extended pedigrees

High prevalence of glaucoma in Veli Brgud, Croatia, is caused by a dominantly inherited T377M mutation in the MYOC gene

Historic, demographic, and genetic evidence for increased population frequencies of CCR5Delta32 mutation in Croatian Island isolates after lethal 15th century epidemics

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Identification of susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer in a genome-wide meta-analysis

Incidence and mortality trends of gastric and colorectal cancers in Croatia, 1988-2008.

Individual multi-locus heterozygosity is associated with lower morning plasma cortisol concentrations

Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D on colorectal cancer risk: a mendelian randomization analysis

Integration of genome-wide association studies with biological knowledge identifies six novel genes related to kidney function

Interactions between genetic variants in glucose transporter type 9 (SLC2A9) and dietary habits in serum uric acid regulation

Loci associated with N-glycosylation of human immunoglobulin G show pleiotropy with autoimmune diseases and haematological cancers.

Markers of Vitamin D Exposure and Esophageal Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Mendelian diseases and conditions in Croatian island populations: historic records and new insights

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

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

Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

Model selection approach suggests causal association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and colorectal cancer

Mutations in HNF1A result in marked alterations of plasma glycan profile

New loci associated with central cornea thickness include COL5A1, AKAP13 and AVGR8.

New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

Patterns of Smoking Behaviour in Low-Income Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study of Differential Effects on Infant Birth Weight

Plasma vitamin D concentration influences survival outcome after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer

Polymorphisms in B3GAT1, SLC9A9 and MGAT5 are associated with variation within the human plasma N-glycome of 3533 European adults

Pre-diagnostic statin use, lymph node status and mortality in women with stages I-III breast cancer

Prevalence of increased body weight and hypertension in the population of Croatian mainland and Adriatic Islands--are islanders really healthier?

Quantifying the increase in average human heterozygosity due to urbanisation

Recurrent Coding Sequence Variation Explains Only A Small Fraction of the Genetic Architecture of Colorectal Cancer ⬇️

Reply to F.J.S. Conway et al

SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout

SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population

Schizophrenia: Searching for the causes through many layers of complexity