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List of works by Nora Franceschini

A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

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A bivariate genome-wide approach to metabolic syndrome: STAMPEED consortium

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A comprehensive 1,000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

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A genome-wide association study meta-analysis of clinical fracture in 10,012 African American women

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A genome-wide association study of aging

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A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

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A meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies of survival to age 90 years or older: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium

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A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

A quantitative trait loci-specific gene-by-sex interaction on systolic blood pressure among American Indians: the Strong Heart Family Study

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A whole genome association study of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi

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ADAM19 and HTR4 variants and pulmonary function: Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium Targeted Sequencing Study

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APOL1 variants associate with increased risk of CKD among African Americans

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Accuracy of Self-Reported Weight in Hispanic/Latino Adults of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).

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Adiposity patterns and the risk for ESRD in postmenopausal women

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Admixture Mapping Identifies an Amerindian Ancestry Locus Associated with Albuminuria in Hispanics in the United States

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Admixture mapping in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos reveals regions of genetic associations with blood pressure traits

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

African Ancestry-Specific Alleles and Kidney Disease Risk in Hispanics/Latinos

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Analysis of Sequence Data Under Multivariate Trait-Dependent Sampling

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Arsenic-gene interactions and beta-cell function in the Strong Heart Family Study

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

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 of APOL1 With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Postmenopausal African American Women

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Association of Cardiometabolic Genes with Arsenic Metabolism Biomarkers in American Indian Communities: The Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS)

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Association of Sickle Cell Trait With Ischemic Stroke Among African Americans: A Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Association of Variants with Blood Pressure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Association of adiposity genetic variants with menarche timing in 92,105 women of European descent

scientific article published on 04 April 2013

Association of functional polymorphism rs2231142 (Q141K) in the ABCG2 gene with serum uric acid and gout in 4 US populations: the PAGE Study

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Association of genetic variants and incident coronary heart disease in multiethnic cohorts: the PAGE study

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study

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Association of sickle cell trait with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in African Americans

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Associations between incident ischemic stroke events and stroke and cardiovascular disease-related genome-wide association studies single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology study

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Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Author Correction: GWAS for male-pattern baldness identifies 71 susceptibility loci explaining 38% of the risk.

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Both rare and common variants in PCSK9 influence plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in American Indians

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CUBN is a gene locus for albuminuria

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Change in estimated GFR associates with coronary heart disease and mortality

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Combined admixture mapping and association analysis identifies a novel blood pressure genetic locus on 5p13: contributions from the CARe consortium

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Common genetic variation at the IL1RL1 locus regulates IL-33/ST2 signaling

scientific article published on 03 September 2013

Comparison of 2 models for gene-environment interactions: an example of simulated gene-medication interactions on systolic blood pressure in family-based data

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Comparison of genome-wide variation between Malawians and African ancestry HapMap populations

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Comparison of strategies for identification of regulatory quantitative trait loci of transcript expression traits

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Consistent directions of effect for established type 2 diabetes risk variants across populations: the population architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Consortium

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Correction: A whole genome association study of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi

scientific article published on 11 October 2010

Correction: Single-trait and multi-trait genome-wide association analyses identify novel loci for blood pressure in African-ancestry populations.

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Corrigendum: Rare coding variants and X-linked loci associated with age at menarche

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Cyclosporine arteriolopathy: Effects of drug withdrawal

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Cystatin C and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

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Diabetes Mellitus, Glycemic Traits, and Cerebrovascular Disease

scientific article published in 2021

Diabetes-specific genetic effects on obesity traits in American Indian populations: the Strong Heart Family Study

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Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

scientific article published in July 2015

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

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Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking

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Effects of Genetically Determined Iron Status on Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Effects of smoking on the genetic risk of obesity: the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study

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Estimated GFR and incident cardiovascular disease events in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study

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Evaluation of population impact of candidate polymorphisms for coronary heart disease in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort

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Evaluation of the metabochip genotyping array in African Americans and implications for fine mapping of GWAS-identified loci: the PAGE study

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Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Fine mapping and identification of serum urate loci in American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes

scientific article published in Nature Communications

GWAS for male-pattern baldness identifies 71 susceptibility loci explaining 38% of the risk.

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Gene-centric meta-analysis in 87,736 individuals of European ancestry identifies multiple blood-pressure-related loci

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Generalization and dilution of association results from European GWAS in populations of non-European ancestry: the PAGE study

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Generalization of associations of kidney-related genetic loci to American Indians

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

Genetic Diversity and Association Studies in US Hispanic/Latino Populations: Applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

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Genetic Testing in Clinical Settings

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Genetic Variants Related to Cardiometabolic Traits Are Associated to B Cell Function, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes Among AmeriCan Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study

scholarly article by Poojitha Balakrishnan et al published 2018 in Frontiers in Genetics

Genetic Variants in SGLT1, Glucose Tolerance, and Cardiometabolic Risk

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Genetic analysis of hsCRP in American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function

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Genetic determinants of lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology (PAGE) study

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Genetic determinants of the ankle-brachial index: a meta-analysis of a cardiovascular candidate gene 50K SNP panel in the candidate gene association resource (CARe) consortium

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Genetic diversity is a predictor of mortality in humans

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Genetic evidence for a normal-weight "metabolically obese" phenotype linking insulin resistance, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and type 2 diabetes

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Genetic influence on variation in serum uric acid in American Indians: the strong heart family study

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

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Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

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Genetic risk factors for BMI and obesity in an ethnically diverse population: results from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology (PAGE) study

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Genetic variability of smoking persistence in African Americans

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Genetic variants associated with earlier age at menopause increase the risk of cardiovascular events in women

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Genetic variants associated with fasting glucose and insulin concentrations in an ethnically diverse population: results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

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Genetic variants in Arhgef11 are associated with kidney injury in the Dahl salt-sensitive rat.

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

Genetic variants in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes jointly contribute to kidney function in American Indians: the Strong Heart Family Study

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Genetic variation and reproductive timing: African American women from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study

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Genetic, physiological, and lifestyle predictors of mortality in the general population

Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages Across Ancestries: The PAGE Study

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Genetics of hypertension: discoveries from the bench to human populations

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Genetics of kidney traits in worldwide populations: the Continental Origins and Genetic Epidemiology Network (COGENT) Kidney Consortium

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Genetics, ancestry, and hypertension: implications for targeted antihypertensive therapies

scientific article published on August 2014

Genome-Wide Association Analysis of the Sense of Smell in U.S. Older Adults: Identification of Novel Risk Loci in African-Americans and European-Americans.

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease in Prospective Cohort Studies: The CHARGE Consortium

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Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Traits by Hispanic/Latino Background: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Genome-wide Association Study of Platelet Count Identifies Ancestry-Specific Loci in Hispanic/Latino Americans

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Genome-wide Association of Kidney Traits in Hispanics/Latinos Using Dense Imputed Whole Genome Sequencing Data: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Genome-wide Meta-analysis on the Sense of Smell Among US Older Adults

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

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Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations

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Genome-wide association analysis of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) in African Americans: a short report

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

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Genome-wide association and population genetic analysis of C-reactive protein in African American and Hispanic American women

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Genome-wide association of trajectories of systolic blood pressure change

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Genome-wide association studies identify CHRNA5/3 and HTR4 in the development of airflow obstruction

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Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis identify loci associated with ventricular and supraventricular ectopy.

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci associated with circulating phospho- and sphingolipid concentrations

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Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci for type 2 diabetes-attributed end-stage kidney disease in African Americans

Genome-wide association study of age at menarche in African-American women

scientific article published on 17 April 2013

Genome-wide association study of lung function decline in adults with and without asthma

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

Genome-wide detection of allele specific copy number variation associated with insulin resistance in African Americans from the HyperGEN study

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Genome-wide joint meta-analysis of SNP and SNP-by-smoking interaction identifies novel loci for pulmonary function

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Genome-wide linkage analysis of pulse pressure in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study

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Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

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

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

Genomic analyses for age at menarche identify 389 independent signals and indicate BMI-independent effects of puberty timing on cancer susceptibility

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

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

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Genotype-by-sex interaction on fasting insulin concentration: the HyperGEN study

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HDAC9 is implicated in atherosclerotic aortic calcification and affects vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Heritability and preliminary genome-wide linkage analysis of arsenic metabolites in urine

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Imputation of coding variants in African Americans: better performance using data from the exome sequencing project

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Imputation of exome sequence variants into population- based samples and blood-cell-trait-associated loci in African Americans: NHLBI GO Exome Sequencing Project.

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Incident Chronic Kidney Disease Risk among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

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Interleukin-6 Signaling Effects on Ischemic Stroke and other Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Mendelian Randomization Study

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study

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Investigation of gene-by-sex interactions for lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study

scientific article published in May 2013

Kidney Function and Cardiovascular Events in Postmenopausal Women: The Impact of Race and Ethnicity in the Women's Health Initiative

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Lack of associations of ten candidate coronary heart disease risk genetic variants and subclinical atherosclerosis in four US populations: the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair

scientific article published in December 2015

Large-scale genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses of longitudinal change in adult lung function

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

scientific article published in November 2015

Leveraging linkage evidence to identify low-frequency and rare variants on 16p13 associated with blood pressure using TOPMed whole genome sequencing data

scientific article published on 22 January 2019

Leveraging population admixture to characterize the heritability of complex traits

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Linkage analysis of glomerular filtration rate in American Indians.

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array.

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Longitudinal age-dependent effect on systolic blood pressure.

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Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Mapping of a blood pressure QTL on chromosome 17 in American Indians of the strong heart family study

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

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Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

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Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Meta-analysis of correlated traits via summary statistics from GWASs with an application in hypertension

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Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque

scientific article published on 11 September 2011

Meta-analysis of loci associated with age at natural menopause in African-American women

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Molecular mechanisms underlying variations in lung function: a systems genetics analysis

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions

Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids

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Multi-ancestry sleep-by-SNP interaction analysis in 126,926 individuals reveals lipid loci stratified by sleep duration

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Multiethnic Exome-Wide Association Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Multiethnic Meta-analysis Identifies New Loci for Pulmonary Function

Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function

scientific article published in Nature Communications

N-acetylcysteine for the prevention of radiocontrast induced nephropathy: a meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials.

scientific article published on March 2004

NFAT5 and SLC4A10 Loci Associate with Plasma Osmolality

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

NPHS2 gene, nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a HuGE review

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New Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 Individuals

scientific article published in October 2017

No evidence of interaction between known lipid-associated genetic variants and smoking in the multi-ethnic PAGE population

scientific article published on 08 October 2013

Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Orthostatic hypotension and incident chronic kidney disease: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.

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Orthostatic hypotension and novel blood pressure-associated gene variants: Genetics of Postural Hemodynamics (GPH) Consortium

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Orthostatic hypotension as a risk factor for incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

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

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Phosphodiesterase 1 regulation is a key mechanism in vascular aging

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Post-genome-wide association study challenges for lipid traits: describing age as a modifier of gene-lipid associations in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Prevalence and Correlates of CKD in Hispanics/Latinos in the United States

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Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in Hispanics/Latinos With CKD in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Prospective associations of coronary heart disease loci in African Americans using the MetaboChip: the PAGE study

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Rare Exome Sequence Variants in CLCN6 Reduce Blood Pressure Levels and Hypertension Risk

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Rare coding variants and X-linked loci associated with age at menarche

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Rare variant associations with waist-to-hip ratio in European-American and African-American women from the NHLBI-Exome Sequencing Project

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

Rare variants in fox-1 homolog A (RBFOX1) are associated with lower blood pressure.

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Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure and hypertension traits

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Regulation of CCR5 expression in human placenta: insights from a study of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi

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Replication of loci influencing ages at menarche and menopause in Hispanic women: the Women's Health Initiative SHARe Study

scientific article published on 30 November 2011

Replication of the effect of SLC2A9 genetic variation on serum uric acid levels in American Indians

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Reply to 'Misestimation of heritability and prediction accuracy of male-pattern baldness'.

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Reproductive aging-associated common genetic variants and the risk of breast cancer

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Role of Rare and Low-Frequency Variants in Gene-Alcohol Interactions on Plasma Lipid Levels

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

SOS2 and ACP1 Loci Identified through Large-Scale Exome Chip Analysis Regulate Kidney Development and Function

scientific article published on 5 December 2016

Sequence variation in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) as a determinant of risk of cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Sequencing of 2 subclinical atherosclerosis candidate regions in 3669 individuals: Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium Targeted Sequencing Study

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Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

scientific article published on 6 March 2019

Serum Calcification Propensity and Fetuin-A: Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Serum Uromodulin: A Biomarker of Long-Term Kidney Allograft Failure

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Sex and race differences in the prevalence of fatty liver disease as measured by computed tomography liver attenuation in European American and African American participants of the NHLBI family heart study

scientific article published on January 2012

Single-trait and multi-trait genome-wide association analyses identify novel loci for blood pressure in African-ancestry populations.

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Smoking patterns and chronic kidney disease in US Hispanics: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

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Smoking-by-genotype interaction in type 2 diabetes risk and fasting glucose

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Social- and behavioral-specific genetic effects on blood pressure traits: the Strong Heart Family Study

scientific article published on 16 June 2009

Strategies for Enriching Variant Coverage in Candidate Disease Loci on a Multiethnic Genotyping Array

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Summary of Genetic Analysis Workshop 15: Group 9 linkage analysis of the CEPH expression data

scientific article published on January 2007

The association of cell cycle checkpoint 2 variants and kidney function: findings of the Family Blood Pressure Program and the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study

scientific article published on 05 March 2009

The association of genetic variants of type 2 diabetes with kidney function

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

The association of the MYH9 gene and kidney outcomes in American Indians: the Strong Heart Family Study

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The association of the vanin-1 N131S variant with blood pressure is mediated by endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation and loss of function

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The genetic underpinnings of variation in ages at menarche and natural menopause among women from the multi-ethnic Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study: A trans-ethnic meta-analysis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

The influence of obesity-related single nucleotide polymorphisms on BMI across the life course: the PAGE study

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

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

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Trans-ethnic Fine Mapping Highlights Kidney-Function Genes Linked to Salt Sensitivity

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Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucose and Insulin

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Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of genetic loci for body mass index in the diverse ancestral populations of the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study reveals evidence for multiple signals at established loci

scientific article published on 8 April 2017

Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained

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Trans-ethnic kidney function association study reveals putative causal genes and effects on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Trans-ethnic meta-regression of genome-wide association studies accounting for ancestry increases power for discovery and improves fine-mapping resolution

scientific article published on September 2017

Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) polymorphism and context-specific risk of type 2 diabetes in African American and Caucasian adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

Uganda Genome Resource Enables Insights into Population History and Genomic Discovery in Africa

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Ultraconserved elements in the human genome: association and transmission analyses of highly constrained single-nucleotide polymorphisms

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Using multiple measures for quantitative trait association analyses: application to estimated glomerular filtration rate

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

Variant Discovery and Fine Mapping of Genetic Loci Associated with Blood Pressure Traits in Hispanics and African Americans

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Variants Associated with the Ankle Brachial Index Differ by Hispanic/Latino Ethnic Group: a genome-wide association study in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Variation in the checkpoint kinase 2 gene is associated with type 2 diabetes in multiple populations

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Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Loci Associated with Blood Cell Traits and Reveals a Role for Alternative GFI1B Splice Variants in Human Hematopoiesis

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Whole-exome imputation of sequence variants identified two novel alleles associated with adult body height in African Americans.

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Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare and low-frequency coding variants associated with LDL cholesterol

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