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52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass

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A Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER): Screening Experience and Baseline Characteristics

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

scientific article published on 13 May 2012

A genome-wide copy number association study of osteoporotic fractures points to the 6p25.1 locus.

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease

scientific article published on June 2016

A meta-analysis of thyroid-related traits reveals novel loci and gender-specific differences in the regulation of thyroid function

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ABCA1 gene variation and heart disease risk reduction in the elderly during pravastatin treatment

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Activation of hemostasis and decline in cognitive function in older people

scientific article published on 23 December 2009

Adipocytokines and risk of stroke in older people: a nested case-control study

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Annotation of loci from genome-wide association studies using tissue-specific quantitative interaction proteomics

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Apolipoprotein e genotype, plasma cholesterol, and cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

scientific article published on 4 November 2009

Are markers of inflammation more strongly associated with risk for fatal than for nonfatal vascular events?

scientific article published on 23 June 2009

Association Between Levothyroxine Treatment and Thyroid-Related Symptoms Among Adults Aged 80 Years and Older With Subclinical Hypothyroidism

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

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

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Association between apolipoprotein E4 and cognitive decline in elderly adults

scientific article published in November 2007

Association of Chromosome 9p21 With Subsequent Coronary Heart Disease Events

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Association of LPA Variants With Risk of Coronary Disease and the Implications for Lipoprotein(a)-Lowering Therapies: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Association of visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure with cognitive function in old age: prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Associations Between Thrombin Generation and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Patients: Results From the PROSPER Study

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Associations of Cytomegalovirus Infection With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Multiple Observational Cohort Studies of Older Adults

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Author Correction: Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Authors' Reply

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Biological correlates of blood pressure variability in elderly at high risk of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 8 October 2014

Blood Pressure Lowering Medication, Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability, and Cognitive Function in Old Age.

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Blood pressure variability and cardiovascular risk in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

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C-Reactive Protein and Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease and Global Vascular Events in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)

scientific article published on 05 February 2007

Can metabolic syndrome usefully predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Outcome data from two prospective studies

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Cholesterol absorption and synthesis markers in individuals with and without a CHD event during pravastatin therapy: insights from the PROSPER trial

scientific article published on January 2010

Circulating Interleukin-10 and Risk of Cardiovascular Events

scholarly article by Paul Welsh et al published October 2011 in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Cognitive Function in Dementia-Free Subjects and Survival in Old Age: The PROSPER Study

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

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

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Contrasting associations of insulin resistance with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in the elderly: PROSPER long-term follow-up

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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

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Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

scientific article published in July 2015

Discovery of Genetic Variation on Chromosome 5q22 Associated with Mortality in Heart Failure

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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

Drug-Gene Interactions of Antihypertensive Medications and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease: A Pharmacogenomics Study from the CHARGE Consortium

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Effect of Smoking on Blood Pressure and Resting Heart Rate: A Mendelian Randomization Meta-Analysis in the CARTA Consortium

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Equalization of four cardiovascular risk algorithms after systematic recalibration: individual-participant meta-analysis of 86 prospective studies.

scientific article published in February 2019

Erratum to "Traditional and new composite endpoints in heart failure clinical trials: facilitating comprehensive efficacy assessments and improving trial efficiency" [Eur J Heart Fail 2016;18:482-489].

scientific article published in June 2016

Erratum: Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published in July 2017

Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Fine mapping the CETP region reveals a common intronic insertion associated to HDL-C

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Fine-mapping of an expanded set of type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps

Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

Gene-gene Interaction Analyses for Atrial Fibrillation

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Genetic Interactions with Age, Sex, Body Mass Index, and Hypertension in Relation to Atrial Fibrillation: The AFGen Consortium

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Genetic Risk Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Genetic and lifestyle risk factors for MRI-defined brain infarcts in a population-based setting

Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

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Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA2 as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA2-lowering alleles

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Genetic predictors of fibrin D-dimer levels in healthy adults

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

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Genetic variation at the LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase gene loci, lipid levels, statin response, and cardiovascular disease incidence in PROSPER.

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Genetic variation at the NPC1L1 gene locus, plasma lipoproteins, and heart disease risk in the elderly

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Genetic variation at the PCSK9 locus moderately lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, but does not significantly lower vascular disease risk in an elderly population

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Genetic variation at the SLCO1B1 gene locus and low density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering response to pravastatin in the elderly

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Genetic variation in galectin-3 gene associates with cognitive function at old age.

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Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders

scientific article published in November 2018

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 Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension in the CHARGE Consortium: The CHARGE Pharmacogenetics Working Group

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Genome-wide Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis Identifies Seven Genetic Loci Influencing Erythrocyte Traits and a Role for RBPMS in Erythropoiesis

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function

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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 30,000 samples identifies seven novel loci for quantitative ECG traits

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human longevity identifies a novel locus conferring survival beyond 90 years of age.

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Genome-wide association study for circulating tissue plasminogen activator levels and functional follow-up implicates endothelial STXBP5 and STX2.

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Genome-wide association study of genetic determinants of LDL-c response to atorvastatin therapy: importance of Lp(a)

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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 identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

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Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.

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Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

scientific article published on February 2016

Genome-wide study of gene variants associated with differential cardiovascular event reduction by pravastatin therapy

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Glycated hemoglobin measurement and prediction of cardiovascular disease

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

scientific article published on 24 September 2014

Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium

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High Innate Production Capacity of Proinflammatory Cytokines Increases Risk for Death from Cancer: Results of the PROSPER Study

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Concentration and Risk of First-Ever Cardiovascular Outcomes in 154,052 Participants

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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with cognitive decline in older adults at high cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Homocysteine levels and treatment effect in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk

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In search for genetic determinants of clinically meaningful differential cardiovascular event reduction by pravastatin in the PHArmacogenetic study of Statins in the Elderly at risk (PHASE)/PROSPER study.

scientific article published on 26 April 2014

Incident venous thromboembolic events in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

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Integrating genetic, transcriptional, and functional analyses to identify 5 novel genes for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

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

scientific article published on 8 September 2012

Intravenous Iron Dosing and Infection Risk in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the PIVOTAL Trial

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Invasive versus medically managed acute coronary syndromes with prior bypass (CABG-ACS): insights into the registry versus randomised trial populations

scientific article published in 2021

Investigating the relationships between unfavourable habitual sleep and metabolomic traits: evidence from multi-cohort multivariable regression and Mendelian randomization analyses

scientific article published on 18 March 2021

KIF6, LPA, TAS2R50, and VAMP8 genetic variation, low density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering response to pravastatin, and heart disease risk reduction in the elderly

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Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation.

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Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

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Leptin predicts diabetes but not cardiovascular disease: results from a large prospective study in an elderly population

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Lipid-Related Markers and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction ⬇️

scientific article published on June 20, 2012

Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2), inflammatory biomarkers, and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

Long-term effects of statin treatment in elderly people: extended follow-up of the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)

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Meta-analysis of 49 549 individuals imputed with the 1000 Genomes Project reveals an exonic damaging variant in ANGPTL4 determining fasting TG levels

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of HDL cholesterol response to statins

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Metabolomic Consequences of Genetic Inhibition of PCSK9 Compared With Statin Treatment

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation

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Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and cognitive decline in older adults at high cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on 9 July 2014

Ninety-nine independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function include genes associated with brain health and structure (N = 280,360)

No evidence for genome-wide interactions on plasma fibrinogen by smoking, alcohol consumption and body mass index: results from meta-analyses of 80,607 subjects

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Non-homologous end-joining pathway associated with occurrence of myocardial infarction: gene set analysis of genome-wide association study data

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Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

scientific article (publication date: 3 October 2016)

Novel genetic markers associate with atrial fibrillation risk in Europeans and Japanese

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics identifies phenylalanine as a novel predictor of incident heart failure hospitalisation: results from PROSPER and FINRISK 1997.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

PCSK9 SNP rs11591147 is associated with low cholesterol levels but not with cognitive performance or noncardiovascular clinical events in an elderly population

scientific article published on February 2013

Pharmacogenetic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of LDL cholesterol response to statins

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Plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins as predictors of cardiovascular risk and treatment benefit in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

scientific article published on 7 November 2005

Pravastatin and cognitive function in the elderly. Results of the PROSPER study

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

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Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

scientific article (publication date: February 2017)

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

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Reduced glomerular filtration rate and its association with clinical outcome in older patients at risk of vascular events: secondary analysis

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Replication of LDL GWAs hits in PROSPER/PHASE as validation for future (pharmaco)genetic analyses

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Resting heart rate and incident heart failure and cardiovascular mortality in older adults: role of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction: the PROSPER study

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Risk stratification and treatment effect of statins in secondary cardiovascular prevention in old age: Additive value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Secretory phospholipase A(2)-IIA and cardiovascular disease: a mendelian randomization study

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Spatial QRS-T Angle and Cognitive Decline in Older Subjects

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention: a meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials involving 65,229 participants

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Statins and blood pressure

scientific article published in November 2008

Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Study protocol; Thyroid hormone Replacement for Untreated older adults with Subclinical hypothyroidism - a randomised placebo controlled Trial (TRUST).

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Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Risk of Stroke Events and Fatal Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Analysis

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Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and the Risk of Heart Failure in Older Persons at High Cardiovascular Risk

scholarly article by David Nanchen et al published March 2012 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and functional capacity among elderly.

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Subsequent Event Risk in Individuals With Established Coronary Heart Disease

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Systematic Evaluation of Pleiotropy Identifies 6 Further Loci Associated With Coronary Artery Disease ⬇️

scientific article published on February 2017

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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The incidence and risk factors for new onset atrial fibrillation in the PROSPER study

scientific article published on 16 February 2011

The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Thyroid Function Within the Reference Range and the Risk of Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Analysis

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Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism.

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Total cerebral blood flow and mortality in old age: a 12-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Traditional and new composite endpoints in heart failure clinical trials: facilitating comprehensive efficacy assessments and improving trial efficiency

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

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

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Unraveling the Directional Link between Adiposity and Inflammation: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Approach.

scientific article published in December 2009

Unraveling the directional link between adiposity and inflammation: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization approach

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Vertebral artery stenting to prevent recurrent stroke in symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis: the VIST RCT

scientific article published in August 2019

Visit-to-visit lipid variability: Clinical significance, effects of lipid-lowering treatment, and (pharmaco)genetics

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Vitamin K Supplementation to Improve Vascular Stiffness in CKD: The K4Kidneys Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

White Matter Lesion Progression: Genome-Wide Search for Genetic Influences

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