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2. Top 10 priorities for future infertility research: an international consensus development study

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AlAhwany, Hisham, Balaban, Ofra, Beebeejaun, Yusuf, Boivin, Jacky, Bosteels, Jan J.A., D’Angelo, Arianna, Dann, Leona F., De Jonge, Christopher J., du Mez, Elyce, Ferriani, Rui A., Gerval, Marie-Odile, Gingel, Lynda J., Greenblatt, Ellen M., Hartshorne, Geraldine, Helliwell, Charlie, Helliwell, Charlotte, Hughes, Lynda J., Jo, Junyoung, Jovanović, Jelena, Kiesel, Ludwig, Kietpeerakool, Chumnan, Kostova, Elena, Kucuk, Tansu, Lawrence, Robyn L., Lee, Nicole, Lindemann, Katy E., Loto, Olabisi M., Lutjen, Peter J., MacKinven, Michelle, Mascarenhas, Mariano, McLaughlin, Helen, Mills, David J., Mourad, Selma M., Nguyen, Linh K., Norman, Robert J., Olic, Maja, Overfield, Kristine L., Parker-Harris, Maria, Ramos, David G., Rendulic, Aleksandra, Repping, Sjoerd, Rizzo, Roberta, Salacone, Pietro, Saunders, Catherine H., Sengupta, Rinku, Sfontouris, Ioannis A., Silverman, Natalie R., Torrance, Helen L., Uphoff, Eleonora P., Wakeman, Sarah A., Wischmann, Tewes, Woodward, Bryan J., Youssef, Mohamed A., Duffy, J.M.N., Adamson, G.D., Benson, E., Bhattacharya, S., Bofill, M., Brian, K., Collura, B., Curtis, C., Evers, J.L.H., Farquharson, R.G., Fincham, A., Franik, S., Giudice, L.C., Glanville, E., Hickey, M., Horne, A.W., Hull, M.L., Johnson, N.P., Jordan, V., Khalaf, Y., Knijnenburg, J.M.L., Legro, R.S., Lensen, S., MacKenzie, J., Mavrelos, D., Mol, B.W., Morbeck, D.E., Nagels, H., Ng, E.H.Y., Niederberger, C., Otter, A.S., Puscasiu, L., Rautakallio-Hokkanen, S., Sadler, L., Sarris, I., Showell, M., Stewart, J., Strandell, A., Strawbridge, C., Vail, A., van Wely, M., Vercoe, M., Vuong, N.L., Wang, A.Y., Wang, R., Wilkinson, J., Wong, K., Wong, T.Y., and Farquhar, C.M.

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2021
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5. Mitochondrial diseases in Hong Kong: prevalence, clinical characteristics and genetic landscape

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Wong, T.Y., Belaramani, Kiran M., Chan, C.-k., Chan, W.K., Chan, W.L., Chang, Shek-kwan, Rodenburg, R.J.T., Smeitink, J., Yün, Chi-lap, Fung, Cheuk-Wing, Wong, T.Y., Belaramani, Kiran M., Chan, C.-k., Chan, W.K., Chan, W.L., Chang, Shek-kwan, Rodenburg, R.J.T., Smeitink, J., Yün, Chi-lap, and Fung, Cheuk-Wing

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2023

6. Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease.

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Vegte, Y.J. van de, Eppinga, R.N., Ende, M.Y. van der, Hagemeijer, Y.P., Mahendran, Y., Salfati, E., Smith, A.V., Tan, V.Y., Arking, D.E., Ntalla, I., Appel, E.V., Schurmann, C., Brody, J.A., Rueedi, R., Polasek, O., Sveinbjornsson, G., Lecoeur, C., Ladenvall, C., Zhao, J.H., Isaacs, A., Wang, L., Luan, Jian'an, Hwang, S.J., Mononen, N., Auro, K., Jackson, A.U., Bielak, L.F., Zeng, L., Shah, N., Nethander, M., Campbell, A., Rankinen, T., Pechlivanis, S., Qi, L., Zhao, Wei, Rizzi, F., Tanaka, T., Robino, A., Cocca, M., Lange, L., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Roselli, C., Zhang, W, Kleber, M.E., Guo, X., Lin, H.J., Pavani, F., Galesloot, T.E., Noordam, R., Milaneschi, Y., Schraut, K.E., Hoed, M. den, Degenhardt, F., Trompet, S., Berg, M.E. van den, Pistis, G., Tham, Y.C., Weiss, S., Sim, X.S., Li, H.L., Most, P.J. van der, Nolte, I.M., Lyytikäinen, L.P., Said, M.A., Witte, D.R., Iribarren, C., Launer, L., Ring, S.M., Vries, P.S. de, Sever, P., Linneberg, A., Bottinger, E.P., Padmanabhan, S., Psaty, B.M., Sotoodehnia, N., Kolcic, I., Arnar, D.O., Gudbjartsson, D.F., Holm, H., Balkau, B., Silva, C.T., Newton-Cheh, C.H., Nikus, K., Salo, P., Mohlke, K.L., Peyser, P.A., Schunkert, H., Lorentzon, M., Lahti, J., Rao, D.C., Cornelis, M.C., Faul, J.D., Smith, J.A., Stolarz-Skrzypek, K., Bandinelli, S., Concas, M.P., Sinagra, G., Meitinger, T., Waldenberger, M., Sinner, M.F., Strauch, K., Delgado, G.E., Taylor, K.D., Yao, J., Foco, L., Melander, O., Graaf, J. de, Mutsert, R. de, Geus, E.J.C. de, Johansson, Å., Joshi, P.K., Lind, L., Franke, A., Macfarlane, P.W., Tarasov, K.V., Tan, N., Felix, S.B., Tai, E.S., Quek, D.Q., Snieder, H., Ormel, J., Ingelsson, M., Lindgren, C., Morris, A.P., Raitakari, O.T., Hansen, T., Assimes, T., Gudnason, V., Timpson, N.J., Morrison, A.C., Munroe, P.B., Strachan, D.P., Grarup, N., Loos, R.J.F., Heckbert, S.R., Vollenweider, P., Hayward, C., Stefansson, K., Froguel, P., Groop, L., Wareham, N.J., Duijn, C.M. van, Feitosa, M.F., O'Donnell, C.J., Kähönen, M., Perola, M., Boehnke, M., Kardia, S.L.R., Erdmann, J., Palmer, C.N.A., Ohlsson, C., Porteous, D.J., Eriksson, J.G., Bouchard, C., Moebus, S., Kraft, P., Weir, D.R., Cusi, D., Ferrucci, L., Ulivi, S., Girotto, G., Correa, A., Kääb, S., Peters, A., Chambers, J.C., Kooner, J.S., März, W., Rotter, J.I., Hicks, A.A., Smith, J.G., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Mook-Kanamori, D.O., Penninx, B.W.J.H., Gyllensten, U., Wilson, J.F., Burgess, S., Sundström, J., Lieb, W., Jukema, J.W., Eijgelsheim, M., Lakatta, E.L.M., Cheng, C.Y., Dörr, M., Wong, T.Y., Sabanayagam, C., Oldehinkel, A.J., Riese, H., Lehtimäki, T., Verweij, N., Harst, P. van der, Vegte, Y.J. van de, Eppinga, R.N., Ende, M.Y. van der, Hagemeijer, Y.P., Mahendran, Y., Salfati, E., Smith, A.V., Tan, V.Y., Arking, D.E., Ntalla, I., Appel, E.V., Schurmann, C., Brody, J.A., Rueedi, R., Polasek, O., Sveinbjornsson, G., Lecoeur, C., Ladenvall, C., Zhao, J.H., Isaacs, A., Wang, L., Luan, Jian'an, Hwang, S.J., Mononen, N., Auro, K., Jackson, A.U., Bielak, L.F., Zeng, L., Shah, N., Nethander, M., Campbell, A., Rankinen, T., Pechlivanis, S., Qi, L., Zhao, Wei, Rizzi, F., Tanaka, T., Robino, A., Cocca, M., Lange, L., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Roselli, C., Zhang, W, Kleber, M.E., Guo, X., Lin, H.J., Pavani, F., Galesloot, T.E., Noordam, R., Milaneschi, Y., Schraut, K.E., Hoed, M. den, Degenhardt, F., Trompet, S., Berg, M.E. van den, Pistis, G., Tham, Y.C., Weiss, S., Sim, X.S., Li, H.L., Most, P.J. van der, Nolte, I.M., Lyytikäinen, L.P., Said, M.A., Witte, D.R., Iribarren, C., Launer, L., Ring, S.M., Vries, P.S. de, Sever, P., Linneberg, A., Bottinger, E.P., Padmanabhan, S., Psaty, B.M., Sotoodehnia, N., Kolcic, I., Arnar, D.O., Gudbjartsson, D.F., Holm, H., Balkau, B., Silva, C.T., Newton-Cheh, C.H., Nikus, K., Salo, P., Mohlke, K.L., Peyser, P.A., Schunkert, H., Lorentzon, M., Lahti, J., Rao, D.C., Cornelis, M.C., Faul, J.D., Smith, J.A., Stolarz-Skrzypek, K., Bandinelli, S., Concas, M.P., Sinagra, G., Meitinger, T., Waldenberger, M., Sinner, M.F., Strauch, K., Delgado, G.E., Taylor, K.D., Yao, J., Foco, L., Melander, O., Graaf, J. de, Mutsert, R. de, Geus, E.J.C. de, Johansson, Å., Joshi, P.K., Lind, L., Franke, A., Macfarlane, P.W., Tarasov, K.V., Tan, N., Felix, S.B., Tai, E.S., Quek, D.Q., Snieder, H., Ormel, J., Ingelsson, M., Lindgren, C., Morris, A.P., Raitakari, O.T., Hansen, T., Assimes, T., Gudnason, V., Timpson, N.J., Morrison, A.C., Munroe, P.B., Strachan, D.P., Grarup, N., Loos, R.J.F., Heckbert, S.R., Vollenweider, P., Hayward, C., Stefansson, K., Froguel, P., Groop, L., Wareham, N.J., Duijn, C.M. van, Feitosa, M.F., O'Donnell, C.J., Kähönen, M., Perola, M., Boehnke, M., Kardia, S.L.R., Erdmann, J., Palmer, C.N.A., Ohlsson, C., Porteous, D.J., Eriksson, J.G., Bouchard, C., Moebus, S., Kraft, P., Weir, D.R., Cusi, D., Ferrucci, L., Ulivi, S., Girotto, G., Correa, A., Kääb, S., Peters, A., Chambers, J.C., Kooner, J.S., März, W., Rotter, J.I., Hicks, A.A., Smith, J.G., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Mook-Kanamori, D.O., Penninx, B.W.J.H., Gyllensten, U., Wilson, J.F., Burgess, S., Sundström, J., Lieb, W., Jukema, J.W., Eijgelsheim, M., Lakatta, E.L.M., Cheng, C.Y., Dörr, M., Wong, T.Y., Sabanayagam, C., Oldehinkel, A.J., Riese, H., Lehtimäki, T., Verweij, N., and Harst, P. van der

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Contains fulltext : 296013.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access), Resting heart rate is associated with cardiovascular diseases and mortality in observational and Mendelian randomization studies. The aims of this study are to extend the number of resting heart rate associated genetic variants and to obtain further insights in resting heart rate biology and its clinical consequences. A genome-wide meta-analysis of 100 studies in up to 835,465 individuals reveals 493 independent genetic variants in 352 loci, including 68 genetic variants outside previously identified resting heart rate associated loci. We prioritize 670 genes and in silico annotations point to their enrichment in cardiomyocytes and provide insights in their ECG signature. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses indicate that higher genetically predicted resting heart rate increases risk of dilated cardiomyopathy, but decreases risk of developing atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, and cardio-embolic stroke. We do not find evidence for a linear or non-linear genetic association between resting heart rate and all-cause mortality in contrast to our previous Mendelian randomization study. Systematic alteration of key differences between the current and previous Mendelian randomization study indicates that the most likely cause of the discrepancy between these studies arises from false positive findings in previous one-sample MR analyses caused by weak-instrument bias at lower P-value thresholds. The results extend our understanding of resting heart rate biology and give additional insights in its role in cardiovascular disease development.

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2023

7. The promise of digital healthcare technologies.

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Yeung, A.W.K., Torkamani, A., Butte, A.J., Glicksberg, B.S., Schuller, B., Rodriguez, B., Ting, D.S.W., Bates, D., Schaden, E., Peng, H., Willschke, H., Laak, J.A.W.M. van der, Car, J., Rahimi, K., Celi, L.A., Banach, M., Kletecka-Pulker, M., Kimberger, O., Eils, R., Islam, S.M.S., Wong, S.T., Wong, T.Y., Gao, W., Brunak, S., Atanasov, A.G., Yeung, A.W.K., Torkamani, A., Butte, A.J., Glicksberg, B.S., Schuller, B., Rodriguez, B., Ting, D.S.W., Bates, D., Schaden, E., Peng, H., Willschke, H., Laak, J.A.W.M. van der, Car, J., Rahimi, K., Celi, L.A., Banach, M., Kletecka-Pulker, M., Kimberger, O., Eils, R., Islam, S.M.S., Wong, S.T., Wong, T.Y., Gao, W., Brunak, S., and Atanasov, A.G.

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Item does not contain fulltext, Digital health technologies have been in use for many years in a wide spectrum of healthcare scenarios. This narrative review outlines the current use and the future strategies and significance of digital health technologies in modern healthcare applications. It covers the current state of the scientific field (delineating major strengths, limitations, and applications) and envisions the future impact of relevant emerging key technologies. Furthermore, we attempt to provide recommendations for innovative approaches that would accelerate and benefit the research, translation and utilization of digital health technologies.

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2023

12. Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

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Iurilli, M.L.C. Zhou, B. Bennett, J.E. Carrillo-Larco, R.M. Sophiea, M.K. Rodriguez-Martinez, A. Bixby, H. Solomon, B.D. Taddei, C. Danaei, G. Di Cesare, M. Stevens, G.A. Riley, L.M. Savin, S. Cowan, M.J. Bovet, P. Damasceno, A. Chirita-Emandi, A. Hayes, A.J. Ikeda, N. Jackson, R.T. Khang, Y.-H. Laxmaiah, A. Liu, J. Miranda, J.J. Saidi, O. Sebert, S. Sorić, M. Starc, G. Gregg, E.W. Abarca-Gómez, L. Abdeen, Z.A. Abdrakhmanova, S. Ghaffar, S.A. Rahim, H.F.A. Abu-Rmeileh, N.M. Garba, J.A. Acosta-Cazares, B. Adams, R.J. Aekplakorn, W. Afsana, K. Afzal, S. Agdeppa, I.A. Aghazadeh-Attari, J. Aguilar-Salinas, C.A. Agyemang, C. Ahmad, M.H. Ahmad, N.A. Ahmadi, A. Ahmadi, N. Ahmed, S.H. Ahrens, W. Aitmurzaeva, G. Ajlouni, K. Al-Hazzaa, H.M. Al-Lahou, B. Al-Raddadi, R. Alarouj, M. AlBuhairan, F. AlDhukair, S. Ali, M.M. Alkandari, A. Alkerwi, A. Allin, K. Alvarez-Pedrerol, M. Aly, E. Amarapurkar, D.N. Amiri, P. Amougou, N. Amouyel, P. Andersen, L.B. Anderssen, S.A. Ängquist, L. Anjana, R.M. Ansari-Moghaddam, A. Aounallah-Skhiri, H. Araújo, J. Ariansen, I. Aris, T. Arku, R.E. Arlappa, N. Aryal, K.K. Aspelund, T. Assah, F.K. Assunção, M.C.F. Aung, M.S. Auvinen, J. Mária Avdicová Avi, S. Azevedo, A. Azimi-Nezhad, M. Azizi, F. Azmin, M. Babu, B.V. Bæksgaard Jørgensen, M. Baharudin, A. Bahijri, S. Baker, J.L. Balakrishna, N. Bamoshmoosh, M. Banach, M. Bandosz, P. Banegas, J.R. Baran, J. Barbagallo, C.M. Barceló, A. Barkat, A. Barros, A.J.D. Barros, M.V.G. Basit, A. Bastos, J.L.D. Bata, I. Batieha, A.M. Batista, R.L. Battakova, Z. Batyrbek, A. Baur, L.A. Beaglehole, R. Bel-Serrat, S. Belavendra, A. Romdhane, H.B. Benedics, J. Benet, M. Bergh, I.H. Berkinbayev, S. Bernabe-Ortiz, A. Bernotiene, G. Bettiol, H. Bezerra, J. Bhagyalaxmi, A. Bharadwaj, S. Bhargava, S.K. Bhutta, Z.A. Bi, H. Bi, Y. Bia, D. Lele, E.C.B. Bikbov, M.M. Bista, B. Bjelica, D.J. Bjerregaard, P. Bjertness, E. Bjertness, M.B. Björkelund, C. Bloch, K.V. Blokstra, A. Bo, S. Bobak, M. Boddy, L.M. Boehm, B.O. Boeing, H. Boggia, J.G. Bogova, E. Boissonnet, C.P. Bojesen, S.E. Bonaccio, M. Bongard, V. Bonilla-Vargas, A. Bopp, M. Borghs, H. Braeckevelt, L. Braeckman, L. Bragt, M.C.E. Brajkovich, I. Branca, F. Breckenkamp, J. Breda, J. Brenner, H. Brewster, L.M. Brian, G.R. Brinduse, L. Brophy, S. Bruno, G. Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B. Bugge, A. Buoncristiano, M. Burazeri, G. Burns, C. de León, A.C. Cacciottolo, J. Cai, H. Cama, T. Cameron, C. Camolas, J. Can, G. Candido, A.P.C. Cañete, F. Capanzana, M.V. Capková, N. Capuano, E. Capuano, V. Cardol, M. Cardoso, V.C. Carlsson, A.C. Carmuega, E. Carvalho, J. Casajús, J.A. Casanueva, F.F. Celikcan, E. Censi, L. Cervantes-Loaiza, M. Cesar, J.A. Chamukuttan, S. Chan, A.W. Chan, Q. Chaturvedi, H.K. Chaturvedi, N. Rahim, N.C.A. Chee, M.L. Chen, C.-J. Chen, F. Chen, H. Chen, S. Chen, Z. Cheng, C.-Y. Cheraghian, B. Chetrit, A. Chikova-Iscener, E. Chiolero, A. Chiou, S.-T. Chirlaque, M.-D. Cho, B. Christensen, K. Christofaro, D.G. Chudek, J. Cifkova, R. Cilia, M. Cinteza, E. Claessens, F. Clarke, J. Clays, E. Cohen, E. Concin, H. Confortin, S.C. Cooper, C. Coppinger, T.C. Corpeleijn, E. Costanzo, S. Cottel, D. Cowell, C. Craig, C.L. Crampin, A.C. Crujeiras, A.B. Csilla, S. Cucu, A.M. Cui, L. Cureau, F.V. Czenczek-Lewandowska, E. D’Arrigo, G. d’Orsi, E. Dacica, L. Dal Re Saavedra, M.A. Dallongeville, J. Damsgaard, C.T. Dankner, R. Dantoft, T.M. Dasgupta, P. Dastgiri, S. Dauchet, L. Davletov, K. De Backer, G. De Bacquer, D. de Gaetano, G. De Henauw, S. de Oliveira, P.D. De Ridder, D. De Ridder, K. de Rooij, S.R. De Smedt, D. Deepa, M. Deev, A.D. DeGennaro, V., Jr Dehghan, A. Delisle, H. Delpeuch, F. Demarest, S. Dennison, E. Dereń, K. Deschamps, V. Dhimal, M. Di Castelnuovo, A.F. Dias-da-Costa, J.S. Díaz-Sánchez, M.E. Diaz, A. Dika, Z. Djalalinia, S. Djordjic, V. Do, H.T.P. Dobson, A.J. Donati, M.B. Donfrancesco, C. Donoso, S.P. Döring, A. Dorobantu, M. Dorosty, A.R. Doua, K. Dragano, N. Drygas, W. Duan, J.L. Duante, C.A. Duboz, P. Duda, R.B. Duleva, V. Dulskiene, V. Dumith, S.C. Dushpanova, A. Dzerve, V. Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, E. Eddie, R. Eftekhar, E. Egbagbe, E.E. Eggertsen, R. Eghtesad, S. Eiben, G. Ekelund, U. El-Khateeb, M. Ati, J.E. Eldemire-Shearer, D. Eliasen, M. Elliott, P. Engle-Stone, R. Enguerran, M. Erasmus, R.T. Erbel, R. Erem, C. Eriksen, L. Eriksson, J.G. Escobedo-de la Peña, J. Eslami, S. Esmaeili, A. Evans, A. Faeh, D. Fakhretdinova, A.A. Fall, C.H. Faramarzi, E. Farjam, M. Sant’Angelo, V.F. Farzadfar, F. Fattahi, M.R. Fawwad, A. Felix-Redondo, F.J. Ferguson, T.S. Fernandes, R.A. Fernández-Bergés, D. Ferrante, D. Ferrao, T. Ferrari, M. Ferrario, M.M. Ferreccio, C. Ferrer, E. Ferrieres, J. Figueiró, T.H. Fijalkowska, A. Fink, G. Fischer, K. Foo, L.H. Forsner, M. Fouad, H.M. Francis, D.K. Maria do Carmo Franco Frikke-Schmidt, R. Frontera, G. Fuchs, F.D. Fuchs, S.C. Fujiati, I.I. Fujita, Y. Fumihiko, M. Furusawa, T. Gaciong, Z. Gafencu, M. Galbarczyk, A. Galenkamp, H. Galeone, D. Galfo, M. 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Ramos, R. Rampal, L. Rampal, S. Rarra, V. Rascon-Pacheco, R.A. Rasmussen, M. Rech, C.R. Redon, J. Reganit, P.F.M. Regecová, V. Revilla, L. Rezaianzadeh, A. Ribas-Barba, L. Ribeiro, R. Riboli, E. Richter, A. Rigo, F. Rinaldo, N. de Wit, T.F.R. Rito, A. Ritti-Dias, R.M. Rivera, J.A. Robitaille, C. Roccaldo, R. Rodrigues, D. Rodríguez-Artalejo, F. del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez, M. Rodríguez-Villamizar, L.A. Roggenbuck, U. Rojas-Martinez, R. Rojroongwasinkul, N. Romaguera, D. Romeo, E.L. Rosario, R.V. Rosengren, A. Rouse, I. Roy, J.G.R. Rubinstein, A. Rühli, F.J. Ruidavets, J.-B. Ruiz-Betancourt, B.S. Ruiz-Castell, M. Moreno, E.R. Rusakova, I.A. Jonsson, K.R. Russo, P. Rust, P. Rutkowski, M. Sabanayagam, C. Sacchini, E. Sachdev, H.S. Sadjadi, A. Safarpour, A.R. Safiri, S. Saki, N. Salanave, B. Martinez, E.S. Salmerón, D. Salomaa, V. Salonen, J.T. Salvetti, M. Samoutian, M. Sánchez-Abanto, J. Sans, S. Marina, L.S. Santos, D.A. Santos, I.S. Santos, L.C. Santos, M.P. Santos, O. Santos, R. 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Vlasoff, T. Vocanec, D. Vollenweider, P. Völzke, H. Voutilainen, A. Voutilainen, S. Vrijheid, M. Vrijkotte, T.G.M. Wade, A.N. Wagner, A. Waldhör, T. Walton, J. Wambiya, E.O.A. Bebakar, A.M.W. Mohamud, W.N.W. de Souza Wanderley Júnior, R. Wang, M.-D. Wang, N. Wang, Q. Wang, X. Wang, Y.X. Wang, Y.-W. Wannamethee, S.G. Wareham, N. Weber, A. Wedderkopp, N. Weerasekera, D. Weghuber, D. Wei, W. Weres, A. Werner, B. Whincup, P.H. Widhalm, K. Widyahening, I.S. Wiecek, A. Wilks, R.J. Willeit, J. Willeit, P. Williams, J. Wilsgaard, T. Wojtyniak, B. Wong-McClure, R.A. Wong, A. Wong, J.E. Wong, T.Y. Woo, J. Woodward, M. Wu, F.C. Wu, J. Wu, L.J. Wu, S. Xu, H. Xu, L. Yaacob, N.A. Yamborisut, U. Yan, W. Yang, L. Yang, X. Yang, Y. Yardim, N. Yaseri, M. Yasuharu, T. Ye, X. Yiallouros, P.K. Yoosefi, M. Yoshihara, A. You, Q.S. You, S.-L. Younger-Coleman, N.O. Yusof, S.M. Yusoff, A.F. Zaccagni, L. Zafiropulos, V. Zainuddin, A.A. Zakavi, S.R. Zamani, F. Zambon, S. Zampelas, A. Zamrazilová, H. Zapata, M.E. Zargar, A.H. Zaw, K.K. Zdrojewski, T. Zejglicova, K. Vrkic, T.Z. Zeng, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, Z.-Y. Zhao, D. Zhao, M.-H. Zhao, W. Zhen, S. Zheng, W. Zheng, Y. Zholdin, B. Zhou, M. Zhu, D. Zins, M. Zitt, E. Zocalo, Y. Cisneros, J.Z. Zuziak, M. Ezzati, M. Filippi, S. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

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nutritional and metabolic diseases, sense organs, skin and connective tissue diseases
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From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions. © Copyright.

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2021

13. Association of common genetic variants with brain microbleeds

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Knol, M.J., Lu, D.W., Traylor, M., Adams, H.H.H., Romero, J.R.J., Smith, A.V., Fornage, M., Hofer, E., Liu, J.F., Hostettler, I.C., Luciano, M., Trompet, S., Giese, A.K., Hilal, S., Akker, E.B. van den, Vojinovic, D., Li, S., Sigurdsson, S., Lee, S.J. van der, Jack, C.R., Wilson, D., Yilmaz, P., Satizabal, C.L., Liewald, D.C.M., Grond, J. van der, Chen, C., Saba, Y., Lugt, A. van der, Bastin, M.E., Windham, B.G., Cheng, C.Y., Pirpamer, L., Kantarci, K., Himali, J.J., Yang, Q., Morris, Z., Beiser, A.S., Tozer, D.J., Vernooij, M.W., Amin, N., Beekman, M., Koh, J.Y., Stott, D.J., Houlden, H., Schmidt, R., Gottesman, R.F., MacKinnon, A.D., DeCarli, C., Gudnason, V., Deary, I.J., Duijn, C.M. van, Slagboom, P.E., Wong, T.Y., Rost, N.S., Jukema, J.W., Mosley, T.H., Werring, D.J., Schmidt, H., Wardlaw, J.M., Ikram, M.A., Seshadri, S., Launer, L.J., Markus, H.S., Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Neurodegeneration, Epidemiology, Neurosciences, Clinical Genetics, and Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

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0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Population, Genome-wide association study, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Odds ratio, Gastroenterology, Hyperintensity, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Genetic predisposition, medicine, Neurology (clinical), Allele, business, education, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Genetic association
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ObjectiveTo identify common genetic variants associated with the presence of brain microbleeds (BMBs).MethodsWe performed genome-wide association studies in 11 population-based cohort studies and 3 case–control or case-only stroke cohorts. Genotypes were imputed to the Haplotype Reference Consortium or 1000 Genomes reference panel. BMBs were rated on susceptibility-weighted or T2*-weighted gradient echo MRI sequences, and further classified as lobar or mixed (including strictly deep and infratentorial, possibly with lobar BMB). In a subset, we assessed the effects of APOE ε2 and ε4 alleles on BMB counts. We also related previously identified cerebral small vessel disease variants to BMBs.ResultsBMBs were detected in 3,556 of the 25,862 participants, of which 2,179 were strictly lobar and 1,293 mixed. One locus in the APOE region reached genome-wide significance for its association with BMB (lead single nucleotide polymorphism rs769449; odds ratio [OR]any BMB [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.33 [1.21–1.45]; p = 2.5 × 10−10). APOE ε4 alleles were associated with strictly lobar (OR [95% CI] 1.34 [1.19–1.50]; p = 1.0 × 10−6) but not with mixed BMB counts (OR [95% CI] 1.04 [0.86–1.25]; p = 0.68). APOE ε2 alleles did not show associations with BMB counts. Variants previously related to deep intracerebral hemorrhage and lacunar stroke, and a risk score of cerebral white matter hyperintensity variants, were associated with BMB.ConclusionsGenetic variants in the APOE region are associated with the presence of BMB, most likely due to the APOE ε4 allele count related to a higher number of strictly lobar BMBs. Genetic predisposition to small vessel disease confers risk of BMB, indicating genetic overlap with other cerebral small vessel disease markers.

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2020

14. The Bidirectional Relationship between Vision and Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Vu, T.A., Fenwick, E.K., Gan, A.T.L., Man, R.E.K., Tan, B.K.J., Gupta, P., Ho, K.C., Reyes-Ortiz, C.A., Trompet, S., Gussekloo, J., O'Brien, J.M., Mueller-Schotte, S., Wong, T.Y., Tham, Y.C., Cheng, C.Y., Lee, A.T.C., Rait, G., Swenor, B.K., Varadaraj, V., Brenowitz, W.D., Medeiros, F.A., Nael, V., Narasimhalu, K., Chen, C.L.H., Lamoureux, E.L., Bordeaux population health (BPH), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Subjects
Visual acuity, Bidirectional, Vision Disorders, Neuropsychological Tests, Visual impairment, Global Health, Cognition, Cognitive impairment, Risk Factors, Humans, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Cognitive Dysfunction, Dementia, Public Health, Morbidity
Abstract

TOPIC: Visual impairment (VI) and cognitive impairment (CIM) are prevalent age-related conditions that impose substantial burden on the society. While the bidirectional association of VI and CIM has been hypothesized, findings have been equivocal. Hence, we conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the bidirectional relationship between VI and CIM. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: 60% risk of CIM has not been well-elucidated in the literature. A bidirectional relationship between CIM and VI may provide opportunities for developing public health strategies for early detection and management of risk factors for both VI and CIM in older people. METHODS: Pubmed, Embase and Cochrane Central registers were systematically searched for observational studies, published from inception until 6 April 2020, in adults aged ? 40 years reporting objectively measured VI, and CIM assessment using clinically validated cognitive screening tests or diagnostic evaluation. Meta-analyses on cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between VI and CIM outcomes (any CIM assessed using screening tests, and clinically diagnosed dementia) were examined. Random effect models were used to generate pooled odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI). Publication bias and heterogeneity were examined using Egger's test, meta-regression, and trim-and-fill methods. RESULTS: Forty studies were included (N=47,913,570). Meta-analyses confirmed that persons with VI were more likely to have CIM, with significantly higher odds [OR (95%CI)] of: (i) any CIM [cross-sectional: 2.38 (1.84-3.07); longitudinal: 1.66 (1.46-1.89)], and (ii) clinically diagnosed dementia [(cross-sectional: 2.43 (1.48-4.01); longitudinal: 2.09 (1.37-3.21)], compared to persons without VI. Significant heterogeneity was partially explained by differences in age, sex and follow-up duration. There was also some evidence that individuals with CIM, relative to cognitively intact persons, were more likely to have VI, with most papers (8/9, 89%) reporting significantly positive associations, however meta-analyses on this association could not be conducted due to insufficient data. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our work suggests that VI is a risk factor of CIM while further work is needed to confirm the association of CIM as a risk factor for VI. Strategies for early detection and management of both visual and cognitive impairment in older people may minimize individual clinical and public health consequences.

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2020

15. Prevalence and causes of decreased visual acuity in Singaporean Chinese preschoolers

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Dirani, M., Zhou, B., Hornbeak, D., Chang, B.C., Gazzard, G., Chia, A., Ling, Y., Selvaraj, P., Young, T.L., Varma, R., Wong, T.Y., and Saw, S.M.

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Preschool children -- Health aspects, Preschool children -- Surveys, Vision disorders in children -- Distribution, Vision disorders in children -- Demographic aspects, Vision disorders in children -- Surveys, Visual acuity -- Distribution, Visual acuity -- Demographic aspects, Visual acuity -- Surveys, Company distribution practices, Health
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2010

23. The metabolic syndrome and retinal microvascular signs in a Japanese population: the Funagata study

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Kawasaki, R., Tielsch, J.M., Wang, J.J., Wong, T.Y., Mitchell, P., Tano, Y., Tominaga, M., Oizumi, T., Daimon, M., Kato, T., Kawata, S., Kayama, T., and Yamashita, H.

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Metabolic syndrome X -- Development and progression, Metabolic syndrome X -- Demographic aspects, Diabetic retinopathy -- Development and progression, Diabetic retinopathy -- Demographic aspects, Health
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2008

24. A Study of Evolutionary Contingency: Characterisation, Mechanisms, and Evidence

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Wong, T.Y. William

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Convergent Evolution, Path Dependence, Sensitivity to Initial Conditions, Philosophy of Biology, Modal Range, Mass Extinctions, Evolutionary Contingency, Genetic Drift, Chance Variation, Random Mutations, Likelihood, Objective Probability, Evolutionary Idiosyncrasies
Abstract

This thesis focuses on three aspects of evolutionary contingency: (i) the characterisation of evolutionary contingency, (ii) the mechanisms of evolutionary contingency, and (iii) the evidence for and against evolutionary contingency. Part I of the thesis, which focuses on characterisation, challenges previous proposals of contingency by revealing their failure to entail the `biological evitability' of outcomes. I diagnose the issue under a dynamical systems framework to make explicit an often-overlooked fact. This is that any evolutionary outcome is preceded by a series of antecedents, which may have varying probabilities of occurrence. In response to the failure of these accounts, I advance an original conception of evolutionary contingency as non-trivial objective probability that overcomes the shortcomings of some previous proposals. According to this `outcome-based' account, contingency claims are probabilistic statements about an evolutionary outcome's objective probability of evolution. But contingency claims also ought to be indexed to a specifically defined `modal range', which, under the proposed account, is tantamount to the reference class. This additional apparatus allows for claims to be made more conceptually precise with respect to extent of modality, which, in turn, enables greater empirical tractability. Part II centres around the `sources of contingency'. There has been little systematic investigation into the possible sources of contingency. Contingency-theorists have repeatedly gestured to certain processes as being sources of contingency but have failed to provide explicit reasons. Chapters 4 and 5 investigate key candidate sources of contingency: random mutations, recombination, genetic drift, species sorting, and mass extinctions. I conclude that random mutations fail to be a strongsource of contingency as they are often biased towards particular mutational outcomes on account of certain physical dispositions. On the other hand, mass extinctions and some forms of genetic drift are paradigmatic sources of contingency. Just as contingency theses can vary in degree, so must sources of contingency. I provide an analysis of how the strength of a source of contingency varies; in short, it depends on the degree of bias towards any particular outcome(s). More technically, I import a statistical measure with which to evaluate the strength of a source of contingency, namely Shannon's information entropy. Part III focuses on the evidence for and against contingency and attempts to dissolve the methodological pessimism associated with evolutionary contingency in the literature. Previous discussions pertaining to evidence have narrowly focused on `convergent evolution'. I investigate its converse: `evolutionary idiosyncrasies' or the singular evolution of certain forms, and I argue that they are supportive of evolutionary contingency. Armed with convergent evolution's counterpart (i.e. idiosyncrasies), I formulate a likelihood framework (whilst making explicit certain idealisations) for evaluating the relative significance and/or strength of contingency in any particular domain. In this way, the number of convergences vis-à-vis the number of idiosyncrasies in a modal range can be informative of the degree of contingency in the modal range, thereby dissolving some of the methodological pessimism.

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2020
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25. Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error

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Fan, Q., Pozarickij, A., Tan, N.Y.Q., Guo, X., Verhoeven, V.J.M., Vitart, V., Guggenheim, J.A., Miyake, M., Tideman, J.W.L., Khawaja, A.P., Zhang, L., MacGregor, S., Hohn, R., Chen, P., Biino, G., Wedenoja, J., Saffari, S.E., Tedja, M.S., Xie, J, Lanca, C., Wang, Y.X., Sahebjada, S., Mazur, J., Mirshahi, A., Martin, N.G., Yazar, S., Pennell, C.E., Yap, M., Haarman, A.E.G., Enthoven, C.A., Polling, J., Hewitt, A.W., Jaddoe, V.W.V., Duijn, C.M. van, Hayward, C., Polasek, O., Tai, E.S., Yoshikatsu, H., Hysi, P.G., Young, T.L., Tsujikawa, A., Wang, J.J., Mitchell, P., Pfeiffer, N., Parssinen, O., Foster, P.J., Fossarello, M., Yip, S.P., Williams, C., Hammond, C.J., Jonas, J.B., He, M., Mackey, D.A., Wong, T.Y., Klaver, C.C.W., Saw, S.M., Baird, P.N., Cheng, C.Y., Fan, Q., Pozarickij, A., Tan, N.Y.Q., Guo, X., Verhoeven, V.J.M., Vitart, V., Guggenheim, J.A., Miyake, M., Tideman, J.W.L., Khawaja, A.P., Zhang, L., MacGregor, S., Hohn, R., Chen, P., Biino, G., Wedenoja, J., Saffari, S.E., Tedja, M.S., Xie, J, Lanca, C., Wang, Y.X., Sahebjada, S., Mazur, J., Mirshahi, A., Martin, N.G., Yazar, S., Pennell, C.E., Yap, M., Haarman, A.E.G., Enthoven, C.A., Polling, J., Hewitt, A.W., Jaddoe, V.W.V., Duijn, C.M. van, Hayward, C., Polasek, O., Tai, E.S., Yoshikatsu, H., Hysi, P.G., Young, T.L., Tsujikawa, A., Wang, J.J., Mitchell, P., Pfeiffer, N., Parssinen, O., Foster, P.J., Fossarello, M., Yip, S.P., Williams, C., Hammond, C.J., Jonas, J.B., He, M., Mackey, D.A., Wong, T.Y., Klaver, C.C.W., Saw, S.M., Baird, P.N., and Cheng, C.Y.

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Contains fulltext : 218869.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access), Corneal curvature, a highly heritable trait, is a key clinical endophenotype for myopia - a major cause of visual impairment and blindness in the world. Here we present a trans-ethnic meta-analysis of corneal curvature GWAS in 44,042 individuals of Caucasian and Asian with replication in 88,218 UK Biobank data. We identified 47 loci (of which 26 are novel), with population-specific signals as well as shared signals across ethnicities. Some identified variants showed precise scaling in corneal curvature and eye elongation (i.e. axial length) to maintain eyes in emmetropia (i.e. HDAC11/FBLN2 rs2630445, RBP3 rs11204213); others exhibited association with myopia with little pleiotropic effects on eye elongation. Implicated genes are involved in extracellular matrix organization, developmental process for body and eye, connective tissue cartilage and glycosylation protein activities. Our study provides insights into population-specific novel genes for corneal curvature, and their pleiotropic effect in regulating eye size or conferring susceptibility to myopia.

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2020

26. Association of common genetic variants with brain microbleeds

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Knol, M.J. (Maria), Lu, Dongwei, Traylor, M. (Matthew), Adams, H.H.H. (Hieab), Romero, J.R. (Jose Rafael), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Fornage, M. (Myriam), Hofer, E. (Edith), Liu, J. (Juan), Hostettler, Isabel C., Luciano, M. (Michelle), Trompet, S. (Stella), Giese, A.-K. (Anne-Katrin), Hilal, S. (Saima), Akker, E.B. (Erik) van den, Vojinović, D. (Dina), S. Li (Shuo), Sigurdsson, S. (Sigurdur), Lee, S.J. (Sven) van der, Jack Jr., C.R. (Clifford), Wilson, D. (Dana), Yilmaz, P. (Pinar), Satizabal, C.L. (Claudia), Liewald, D.C.M. (David), Grond, J. (Jeroen) van der, Chen, C. (Christopher), Saba, Y. (Yasaman), Lugt, A. (Aad) van der, Bastin, M.E. (Mark), Windham, B.G. (Gwen), Cheng, C-Y. (Ching-Yu), Pirpamer, Lukas, Kantarci, Kejal, Himali, J.J. (Jayandra), Yang, Q. (Qiong), Morris, Zoe, Beiser, A. (Alexa), Tozer, Daniel J., Vernooij, M.W. (Meike), Amin, N. (Najaf), Beekman, M. (Marian), Koh, J.Y. (Jia Yu), Stott, D.J.M. (David), Houlden, H. (Henry), Schmidt, R. (Reinhold), Gottesman, R.F. (Rebecca), MacKinnon, Andrew D., DeCarli, C. (Charles), Guonason, V. (Vilmundur), Deary, I.J. (Ian), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Slagboom, P.E. (Eline), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Rost, N.S. (Natalia), Jukeme, J.W. (J. Wouter), Mosley, T.H. (Thomas), Werring, D.J. (David), Schmidt, H. (Helena), Wardlaw, J.M. (J.), Ikram, M.A. (Arfan), Seshadri, S. (Sudha), Launer, L.J. (Lenore), Markus, H.S. (Hugh S.), Knol, M.J. (Maria), Lu, Dongwei, Traylor, M. (Matthew), Adams, H.H.H. (Hieab), Romero, J.R. (Jose Rafael), Smith, A.V. (Davey), Fornage, M. (Myriam), Hofer, E. (Edith), Liu, J. (Juan), Hostettler, Isabel C., Luciano, M. (Michelle), Trompet, S. (Stella), Giese, A.-K. (Anne-Katrin), Hilal, S. (Saima), Akker, E.B. (Erik) van den, Vojinović, D. (Dina), S. Li (Shuo), Sigurdsson, S. (Sigurdur), Lee, S.J. (Sven) van der, Jack Jr., C.R. (Clifford), Wilson, D. (Dana), Yilmaz, P. (Pinar), Satizabal, C.L. (Claudia), Liewald, D.C.M. (David), Grond, J. (Jeroen) van der, Chen, C. (Christopher), Saba, Y. (Yasaman), Lugt, A. (Aad) van der, Bastin, M.E. (Mark), Windham, B.G. (Gwen), Cheng, C-Y. (Ching-Yu), Pirpamer, Lukas, Kantarci, Kejal, Himali, J.J. (Jayandra), Yang, Q. (Qiong), Morris, Zoe, Beiser, A. (Alexa), Tozer, Daniel J., Vernooij, M.W. (Meike), Amin, N. (Najaf), Beekman, M. (Marian), Koh, J.Y. (Jia Yu), Stott, D.J.M. (David), Houlden, H. (Henry), Schmidt, R. (Reinhold), Gottesman, R.F. (Rebecca), MacKinnon, Andrew D., DeCarli, C. (Charles), Guonason, V. (Vilmundur), Deary, I.J. (Ian), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Slagboom, P.E. (Eline), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Rost, N.S. (Natalia), Jukeme, J.W. (J. Wouter), Mosley, T.H. (Thomas), Werring, D.J. (David), Schmidt, H. (Helena), Wardlaw, J.M. (J.), Ikram, M.A. (Arfan), Seshadri, S. (Sudha), Launer, L.J. (Lenore), and Markus, H.S. (Hugh S.)

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2020
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27. Common variants in SOX-2 and congenital cataract genes contribute to age-related nuclear cataract

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Yonova-Doing, E. (Ekaterina), Zhao, W. (Wanting), Igo Jr., R.P. (Robert), Wang, C. (Chunliang), Sundaresan, P. (Periasamy), Lee, K.E. (Kristine), Jun, G.R. (Gyungah R.), Alves, A.C. (Alexessander Couto), Chai, X. (Xiaoran), Chan, A.S.Y. (Anita S. Y.), Lee, M.C. (Mei Chin), Fong, A. (Allan), Tan, A.G. (Ava G.), Khor, C.C., Chew, E.Y. (Emily Y.), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro G.), Fan, Q. (Qiao), Chua, J. (Jacqueline), Chung, J. (Jaeyoon), Liao, J. (Jiemin), Colijn, J.M. (Johanna), Burdon, K.P. (Kathryn P.), Fritsche, L.G. (Lars), Swift, M.K. (Maria K.), Hilmy, M.H. (Maryam H.), Chee, M.L. (Miao Ling), Tedja, M. (Milly), Bonnemaijer, P.W.M. (Pieter), Gupta, P. (Preeti), Tan, Q.S. (Queenie S.), Li, Z. (Zheng), Vithana, E.N. (Eranga), Ravindran, R.D. (Ravilla D.), Chee, S.-P. (Soon-Phaik), Shi, Y. (Yuan), Liu, W. (Wenting), Su, X. (Xinyi), Sim, X. (Xueling), Shen, Y. (Yang), Wang, Y.X. (Ya Xing), Li, H. (Hengtong), Tham, Y.-C. (Yih-Chung), Teo, Y.Y. (Yik Ying), Aung, T. (Tin), Small, K.S. (Kerrin S.), Mitchell, P. (Paul), Jonas, J.B. (Jost B.), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Fletcher, A. (Astrid), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Klein, B.E.K. (Barbara E. K.), Wang, J.J. (Jie Jin), Iyengar, S.K. (Sudha K.), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher J.), Cheng, C.-Y. (Ching-Yu), Yonova-Doing, E. (Ekaterina), Zhao, W. (Wanting), Igo Jr., R.P. (Robert), Wang, C. (Chunliang), Sundaresan, P. (Periasamy), Lee, K.E. (Kristine), Jun, G.R. (Gyungah R.), Alves, A.C. (Alexessander Couto), Chai, X. (Xiaoran), Chan, A.S.Y. (Anita S. Y.), Lee, M.C. (Mei Chin), Fong, A. (Allan), Tan, A.G. (Ava G.), Khor, C.C., Chew, E.Y. (Emily Y.), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro G.), Fan, Q. (Qiao), Chua, J. (Jacqueline), Chung, J. (Jaeyoon), Liao, J. (Jiemin), Colijn, J.M. (Johanna), Burdon, K.P. (Kathryn P.), Fritsche, L.G. (Lars), Swift, M.K. (Maria K.), Hilmy, M.H. (Maryam H.), Chee, M.L. (Miao Ling), Tedja, M. (Milly), Bonnemaijer, P.W.M. (Pieter), Gupta, P. (Preeti), Tan, Q.S. (Queenie S.), Li, Z. (Zheng), Vithana, E.N. (Eranga), Ravindran, R.D. (Ravilla D.), Chee, S.-P. (Soon-Phaik), Shi, Y. (Yuan), Liu, W. (Wenting), Su, X. (Xinyi), Sim, X. (Xueling), Shen, Y. (Yang), Wang, Y.X. (Ya Xing), Li, H. (Hengtong), Tham, Y.-C. (Yih-Chung), Teo, Y.Y. (Yik Ying), Aung, T. (Tin), Small, K.S. (Kerrin S.), Mitchell, P. (Paul), Jonas, J.B. (Jost B.), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Fletcher, A. (Astrid), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Klein, B.E.K. (Barbara E. K.), Wang, J.J. (Jie Jin), Iyengar, S.K. (Sudha K.), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher J.), and Cheng, C.-Y. (Ching-Yu)

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Nuclear cataract is the most common type of age-related cataract and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Age-related nuclear cataract is heritable (h2 = 0.48), but little is known about specific genetic factors underlying this condition. Here we report findings from the largest to date multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (discovery cohort N = 14,151 and replication N = 5299) of the International Cataract Genetics Consortium. We confirmed the known genetic association of CRYAA (rs7278468, P = 2.8 × 10−16) with nuclear cataract and identified five new loci associated with this disease: SOX2-OT (rs9842371, P = 1.7 × 10

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2020
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28. The Impact of Strategic White Matter Hyperintensity Lesion Location on Language

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Hilal, S. (Saima), Biesbroek, J.M. (J. Matthijs), Vrooman, H.A. (Henri), Chong, E. (Eddie), Kuijf, H.J. (Hugo J.), Venketasubramanian, N. (Narayanaswamy), Cheng, C.-Y. (Ching-Yu), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Biessels, G.J. (Geert Jan), Chen, C. (Christopher), Hilal, S. (Saima), Biesbroek, J.M. (J. Matthijs), Vrooman, H.A. (Henri), Chong, E. (Eddie), Kuijf, H.J. (Hugo J.), Venketasubramanian, N. (Narayanaswamy), Cheng, C.-Y. (Ching-Yu), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Biessels, G.J. (Geert Jan), and Chen, C. (Christopher)

Abstract

Objective: The impact of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on language possibly depends on lesion location through disturbance of strategic white matter tracts. We examined the impact of WMH location on language in elderly Asians. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Population-based. Participants: Eight-hundred nineteen residents of Singapore, ages (≥65 years). Measurements: Clinical, cognitive and 3T magnetic resonance imaging assessments were performed on all participants. Language was assessed using the Modified Boston Naming Test (MBNT) and Verbal Fluency (VF). Hypothesis-free region-of-interest-based (ROI) analyses based on major white matter tracts were used to determine the association between WMH location and language. Conditional dependencies between the regional WMH volumes and language were examined using Bayesian-network analysis. Results: ROI-based analyses showed that WMH located within the anterior thalamic radiation (mean difference: −0.12, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.22; −0.02, p = 0.019) and uncinate fasciculus (mean difference: −0.09, 95% CI: −0.18; −0.01, p = 0.022) in the left hemisphere were significantly associated with worse VF but did not survive multiple testing. Conversely, WMH volume in the left cingulum of cingulate gyrus was significantly associated with MBNT performance (mean difference: −0.09, 95% CI: −0.17; −0.02, p = 0.016). Bayesian-network analyses confirmed the left cingulum of cingulate gyrus as a direct determinant of MBNT performance. Conclusion: Our findings identify the left cingulum of cingulate gyrus as a strategic white matter tract for MBNT, suggesting that language – is sensitive to subcortical ischemic damage. Future studies on the role of sporadic ischemic lesions and vascular cognitive impairment should not only focus on total WMH volume but should also take WMH lesion location into account when addressing language.

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2020
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29. Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

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Taddei, C. (Cristina), Zhou, B. (Bin), Bixby, H. (Honor), Carrillo-Larco, R.M. (Rodrigo M.), Danaei, G. (Goodarz), Jackson, R.T. (Rod T.), Farzadfar, F. (Farshad), Sophiea, M.K. (Marisa K.), Di Cesare, M. (Mariachiara), Iurilli, M.L.C. (Maria Laura Caminia), Martinez, A.R. (Andrea Rodriguez), Asghari, G. (Golaleh), Dhana, K. (Klodian), Gulayin, P. (Pablo), Kakarmath, S. (Sujay), Santero, M. (Marilina), Voortman, R.G. (Trudy), Riley, L.M. (Leanne M.), Cowan, M.J. (Melanie J.), Savin, S. (Stefan), Bennett, J.E. (James E.), Stevens, G.A. (Gretchen A.), Paciorek, C.J. (Christopher J.), Aekplakorn, W. (Wichai), Cifkova, R. (Renata), Giampaoli, S. (Simona), Kengne, A.P. (Andre Pascal), Khang, Y.-H. (Young-Ho), Kuulasmaa, K. (Kari), Laxmaiah, A. (Avula), Margozzini, P. (Paula), Mathur, P. (Prashant), Nordestgaard, B.G. (Børge), Zhao, D. (Dong), Aadahl, M. (Mette), Abarca-Gómez, L. (Leandra), Rahim, H.A. (Hanan Abdul), Abu-Rmeileh, N.M. (Niveen M.), Acosta-Cazares, B. (Benjamin), Adams, R.J. (Robert J.), Agdeppa, I.A. (Imelda A.), Aghazadeh-Attari, J. (Javad), Aguilar-Salinas, C.A. (Carlos A.), Agyemang, C.O. (Charles), Ahluwalia, T.S. (Tarunveer Singh), Ahmad, N.A. (Noor Ani), Ahmadi, A. (Ali), Ahmadi, N. (Naser), Ahmed, S.H. (Soheir H.), Ahrens, W. (W.), Ajlouni, K. (Kamel), Alarouj, M. (Monira), AlBuhairan, F. (Fadia), AlDhukair, S. (Shahla), Ali, M.M. (Mohamed M.), Alkandari, A. (Abdullah), Alkerwi, A. (Ala’a), Aly, E. (Eman), Amarapurkar, D.N. (Deepak N.), Amouyel, P. (Philippe), Andersen, L.B. (Lars Bo), Anderssen, S.A. (Sigmund A.), Anjana, R.M. (Ranjit Mohan), Ansari-Moghaddam, A. (Alireza), Aounallah-Skhiri, H. (Hajer), Araújo, J. (Joana), Ariansen, I. (Inger), Aris, T. (Tahir), Arku, R.E. (Raphael E.), Arlappa, N. (Nimmathota), Aryal, K.K. (Krishna K.), Aspelund, T. (Thor), Assunção, M.C.F. (Maria Cecília F.), Auvinen, J. (Juha), Avdicová, M. (Mária), Azevedo, A. (Ana), Azizi, J. (Joshan), Azmin, M. (Mehrdad), Balakrishna, N. (Nagalla), Bamoshmoosh, M. (Mohamed), Banach, M. (Maciej), Bandosz, P. (Piotr), Banegas, J.R. (José R.), Barbagallo, C.M. (Carlo M.), Barceló, A. (Alberto), Barkat, A. (Amina), Bata, I. (Iqbal), Batieha, A.M. (Anwar M.), Batyrbek, A. (Assembekov), Baur, L.A. (Louise A.), Beaglehole, R. (Robert), Belavendra, A. (Antonisamy), Ben Romdhane, H. (Habiba), Benet, M. (Mikhail), Benn, M. (Marianne), Berkinbayev, S. (Salim), Bernabe-Ortiz, A. (Antonio), Bernotiene, G. (Gailute), Bettiol, H. (Heloisa), Bhargava, S.K. (Santosh K.), Bi, Y. (Yufang), Bienek, A. (Asako), Bikbov, M. (Mukharram), Bista, B. (Bihungum), Bjerregaard, P. (Peter), Bjertness, E. (Espen), Bjertness, M.B. (Marius B.), Björkelund, C. (Cecilia), Bloch, K.V. (Katia V.), Blokstra, A. (Anneke), Bo, S. (Simona), Boehm, B.O. (Bernhard O.), Boggia, J.G. (Jose G.), Boissonnet, C.P. (Carlos P.), Bonaccio, M. (Marialaura), Bongard, V. (Vanina), Borchini, R. (Rossana), Borghs, H. (Herman), Bovet, P. (Pascal), Brajkovich, I. (Imperia), Breckenkamp, J. 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(Ahmed A.), Maggi, S. (Stefania), Magliano, D.J., Magriplis, E. (Emmanuella), Mahasampath, G. (Gowri), Maire, B. (Bernard), Makdisse, M. (Marcia), Malekzadeh, F. (Fatemeh), Malekzadeh, R. (Reza), Rao, K.M. (Kodavanti Mallikharjuna), Manios, Y., Mann, J.I. (Jim I.), Mansour-Ghanaei, F. (Fariborz), Manzato, E. (Enzo), Marques-Vidal, P. (Pedro), Martorell, R. (Reynaldo), Mascarenhas, L.P. (Luis P.), Mathiesen, E.B. (Ellisiv), Matsha, T.E. (Tandi E.), Mavrogianni, C. (Christina), McFarlane, S.R. (Shelly R.), McGarvey, S.T. (Stephen T.), McLachlan, S. (Stela), McLean, R.M. (Rachael M.), McLean, S.B. (Scott B.), McNulty, B.A. (Breige A.), Mediene-Benchekor, S. (Sounnia), Mehdipour, P. (Parinaz), Mehlig, K. (Kirsten), Mehrparvar, A.H. (Amir Houshang), Meirhaeghe, A. (Aline), Meisinger, C. (Christa), Menezes, A.M.B. (Ana M.B.), Menon, G.R. (Geetha R.), Merat, S. (Shahin), Mereke, A. (Alibek), Meshram, I.I. (Indrapal I.), Metcalf, P. (Patricia), Meyer, H.E. (Haakon E.), Mi, J. (Jie), Michels, N. (Nathalie), Miller, J.C. (Jody C.), Minderico, C.S. (Cláudia S.), Mini, G.K. (G. K.), Miquel, J.F. (Juan Francisco), Miranda, J.J. (J. Jaime), Mirjalili, M.R. (Mohammad Reza), Mirrakhimov, E. (Erkin), Modesti, P.A. (Pietro A.), Moghaddam, S.S. (Sahar Saeedi), Mohajer, B. (Bahram), Mohamed, M.K. (Mostafa K.), Mohammad, K. (Kazem), Mohammadi, Z. (Zahra), Mohammadifard, N. (Noushin), Mohammadpourhodki, R. (Reza), Mohan, V. (Viswanathan), Mohanna, S. (Salim), Yusoff, M.F.M. (Muhammad Fadhli Mohd), Mohebbi, I. (Iraj), Mohebi, F. (Farnam), Moitry, M. (Marie), Møllehave, L.T. (Line T.), Møller, N.C. (Niels C.), Molnár, D. (Dénes), Momenan, A. (Amirabbas), Mondo, C.K. (Charles K.), Monterrubio-Flores, E. (Eric), Moosazadeh, M. (Mahmood), Morejon, A. (Alain), Moreno, L. (Luis), Morgan, K. (Karen), Morin, S.N. (Suzanne N.), Moschonis, G. (George), Mossakowska, M. (Malgorzata), Mostafa, A. (Aya), Mota, J. (Jorge), Motlagh, M.E. (Mohammad Esmaeel), Motta, J. (Jorge), Msyamboza, K.P. (Kelias P.), Muiesan, M.L. (Maria Lorenza), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Mursu, J. (Jaakko), Mustafa, N. (Norlaila), Nabipour, I. (Iraj), Naderimagham, S. (Shohreh), Nagel, G. (Gabriele), Naidu, B.M. (Balkish M.), Najafi, F. (Farid), Nakamura, H. (Harunobu), Námešná, J. (Jana), Nang, E.E.K. (Ei Ei K.), Nangia, V.B. (Vinay B.), Nauck, M. (Matthias), Neal, W.A. (William A.), Nejatizadeh, A. (Azim), Nenko, I. (Ilona), Nervi, F. (Flavio), Nguyen, N.D. (Nguyen D.), Nguyen, Q.N. (Quang Ngoc), Nieto-Martínez, R.E. (Ramfis E.), Nihal, T. (Thomas), Niiranen, T.J. (Teemu J.), Ning, G. (Guang), Ninomiya, T. (Toshiharu), Noale, M. (Marianna), Noboa, O.A. (Oscar A.), Noto, D. (Davide), Nsour, M.A. (Mohannad Al), Nuhoğlu, I. (Irfan), O’Neill, T.W. (Terence W.), O’Reilly, D. (Dermot), Ochoa-Avilés, A.M. (Angélica M.), Oh, K. (Kyungwon), Ohtsuka, R. (Ryutaro), Olafsson, Ö. (Örn), Olié, V. (Valérie), Oliveira, I.O. (Isabel O.), Omar, M.A. (Mohd Azahadi), Onat, A. (Altan), Ong, S.K. (Sok King), Ordunez, P. (Pedro), Ornelas, R. (Rui), Ortiz, P.J. (Pedro J.), Osmond, C. (Clive), Ostojic, S.M. (Sergej M.), Ostovar, A. (Afshin), Otero, J.A. (Johanna A.), Owusu-Dabo, E. (Ellis), Paccaud, F.M. (Fred Michel), Pahomova, E. (Elena), Pajak, A. (Andrzej), Palmieri, L. (Luigi), Pan, W.-H. (Wen-Harn), Panda-Jonas, S. (Songhomitra), Panza, F. (Francesco), Parnell, W.R. (Winsome R.), Patel, N.D. (Nikhil D.), Peer, N. (Nasheeta), Peixoto, S.V. (Sergio Viana), Peltonen, M. (Markku), Pereira, A. (A.), Peters, A. (Annette), Petersmann, A. (Astrid), Petkeviciene, J. (Janina), Peykari, N. (Niloofar), Pham, S.T. (Son Thai), Pichardo, R.N. (Rafael N.), Pigeot, I. (Iris), Pilav, A. (Aida), Pilotto, A. (Alberto), Piwonska, A. (Aleksandra), Pizarro, A.N. (Andreia N.), Plans-Rubió, P. (Pedro), Plata, S. (Silvia), Pohlabeln, H. (Hermann), Porta, M. (Miquel), Portegies, M.L.P. (Marileen), Poudyal, A. (Anil), Pourfarzi, F. (Farhad), Poustchi, H. (Hossein), Pradeepa, R. (Rajendra), Price, J.F. (Jacqueline F.), Providencia, R. (Rui), Puder, J.J. (Jardena J.), Puhakka, S.E. (Soile E.), Punab, M. (Margus), Qorbani, M. (Mostafa), Bao, T.Q. (Tran Quoc), Radisauskas, R. (Ricardas), Rahimikazerooni, S. (Salar), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Rao, S.R. (Sudha Ramachandra), Ramachandran, A. (Ambady), Ramos, E. (Elisabete), Ramos, R. (Rafel), Rampal, L. (Lekhraj), Rampal, S. (Sanjay), Redón, J. (Josep), Reganit, P.F.M. (Paul Ferdinand M.), Revilla, L. (Luis), Rezaianzadeh, A. (Abbas), Ribeiro, R. (Robespierre), Richter, A. (Adrian), Rigo, F. (Fernando), Rinke de Wit, T.F. (Tobias), Rodríguez Artalejo, F. (Fernando), del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez, M. (María), Rodríguez-Villamizar, L.A. (Laura A.), Roggenbuck, U. (Ulla), Rojas-Martinez, R. (Rosalba), Romaguera, D. (Dora), Romeo, E.L. (Elisabetta L.), Rosengren, A. (Annika), Roy, J.G.R. (Joel G. R.), Rubinstein, A. (Adolfo), Ruidavets, J.-B. (Jean-Bernard), Ruiz-Betancourt, B.S. (Blanca Sandra), Russo, P. (Paola), Rust, P. 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(Svetlana A.), Shamah-Levy, T. (Teresa), Sharafkhah, M. (Maryam), Sharma, S.K. (Sanjib K.), Shaw, J.E., Shayanrad, A. (Amaneh), Shi, Z. (Zumin), Shibuya, K. (Kenji), Shimizu-Furusawa, H. (Hana), Shin, D.W. (Dong Wook), Shin, Y. (Youchan), Shirani, M. (Majid), Shiri, R. (Rahman), Shrestha, N. (Namuna), Si-Ramlee, K. (Khairil), Siani, A. (Alfonso), Siantar, R. (Rosalynn), Sibai, A.M. (Abla M.), Silva, D.A.S. (Diego Augusto Santos), Simon, M. (Mary), Simons, J. (Judith), Simons, L.A. (Leon A.), Sjöström, M. (Michael), Skaaby, T. (Tea), Slowikowska-Hilczer, J. (Jolanta), Slusarczyk, P. (Przemyslaw), Smeeth, L. (Liam), Snijder, M.B. (Marieke), Söderberg, S. (Stefan), Soemantri, A. (Augustinus), Sofat, R. (Reecha), Solfrizzi, V. (Vincenzo), Somi, M.H. (Mohammad Hossein), Sonestedt, E. (Emily), Sørensen, T.I.A. (Thorkild), Jérome, C.S. (Charles Sossa), Soumaré, A. (Aicha), Sozmen, K. (Kaan), Sparrenberger, K. (Karen), Staessen, J.A. (Jan), Stathopoulou, M.G. (Maria G), Stavreski, B. (Bill), Steene-Johannessen, J. (Jostein), Stehle, P. (Peter), Stein, A.D. (Aryeh D.), Stessman, J. (Jochanan), Stevanović, R. (Ranko), Stieber, J. (Jutta), Stöckl, D. (Doris), Stokwiszewski, J. (Jakub), Stronks, K. (Karien), Strufaldi, M.W. (Maria Wany), Suárez-Medina, R. (Ramón), Sun, C.-A. (Chien-An), Sundström, J. (Johan), Suriyawongpaisal, P. (Paibul), Sy, R.G. (Rody G.), Sylva, R.C. (René Charles), Szklo, M. (Moyses), Tai, E.S. (Shyong), Tamosiunas, A. (Abdonas), Tan, E.J. (Eng Joo), Tarawneh, M.R. (Mohammed Rasoul), Tarqui-Mamani, C.B. (Carolina B.), Taylor, A. (Anne), Taylor, J. (Julie), Tell, G.S. (Grethe S.), Tello, T. (Tania), Thankappan, K.R. (K. R.), Thijs, L. (Lutgarde), Thuesen, B.H. (Betina H.), Toft, U. (Ulla), Tolonen, H.K. (Hanna K.), Tolstrup, J.S. (Janne), Topbas, M. (Murat), Topór-Madry, R. (Roman), Tormo, M.J., Tornaritis, M.J. (Michael J.), Torrent, M. (Maties), Torres-Collado, L. (Laura), Traissac, P. (Pierre), Trinh, O.T.H. (Oanh T. H.), Truthmann, J. (Julia), Tsugane, S. (Shoichiro), Tulloch-Reid, M.K. (Marshall K.), Tuomainen, T.-P. (Tomi-Pekka), Tuomilehto, J. (Jaakko), Tybjaerg-Hansen, A. (Anne), Tzourio, C. (Christophe), Ueda, P. (Peter), Ugel, E. (Eunice), Ulmer, H. (Hanno), Unal, B. (Belgin), Uusitalo, H., Valdivia, G. (Gonzalo), Valvi, D. (Damaskini), Dam, R.M. (Rob) van, Schouw, Y.T. (Yvonne) van der, Van Herck, K. (Koen), Van Minh, H. (Hoang), Rossem, L. (Lenie) van, Schoor, N.M. (Natasja) van, Valkengoed, I. (Irene) van, Vanderschueren, D. (Dirk), Vanuzzo, D. (Diego), Varbo, A. (Anette), Varona-Pérez, P. (Patricia), Vasan, S.K. (Senthil K.), Vatten, L. (Lars), Vega, T. (Tomas), Veidebaum, T. (Toomas), Velasquez-Melendez, G. (Gustavo), Venero-Fernández, S.J. (Silvia J.), Veronesi, G. (Giovanni), Verschuren, W.M.M. (W. M. Monique), Victora, C.G. (Cesar G.), Vidiawati, D. (Dhanasari), Viet, L. (Lucie), Villalpando, S. (Salvador), Vioque, J. (Jesus), Virtanen, J.K. (Jyrki K.), Visvikis-Siest, S. (Sophie), Viswanathan, B. (Bharathi), Vlasoff, T. (Tiina), Vollenweider, P. (Peter), Voutilainen, A. (Ari), Wade, A.N. (Alisha N.), Wagner, A. (Aline), Walton, J. (Janette), Bebakar, W.M.W. (Wan Mohamad Wan), Mohamud, W.N.W. (Wan Nazaimoon Wan), Wang, M.-D. (Ming-Dong), Wang, N. (Ningli), Wang, Q. (Qian), Wang, Y.X. (Ya Xing), Wang, Y.-W. (Ying-Wei), Wannamethee, S.G. (Goya), Wedderkopp, N. (Niels), Wei, W. (Wenbin), Whincup, P.H. (Peter), Widhalm, K. (Kurt), Widyahening, I.S. (Indah S.), Wiecek, A. (Andrzej), Wijga, A.H. (Alet), Wilks, R.J. (Rainford J.), Willeit, J. (Johann), Willeit, P. (Peter), Wilsgaard, T. (Tom), Wojtyniak, B. (Bogdan), Wong-McClure, R.A. (Roy A.), Wong, A. (Andrew), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Woo, J. (Jean), Woodward, M. (Mark), Wu, F.C. (Frederick C.), Wu, S. (Shouling), Xu, H. (Haiquan), Xu, L. (Liang), Yan, W. (Weili), Yang, X. (Xiaoguang), Yasuharu, T. (Tabara), Ye, X. (Xingwang), Yeow, T.P. (Toh Peng), Yiallouros, P.K. (P.), Yoosefi, M. (Moein), Yoshihara, A. (Akihiro), You, S.-L. (San-Lin), Younger-Coleman, N.O. (Novie O.), Yusoff, A.F. (Ahmad Faudzi), Zainuddin, A.A. (Ahmad A.), Zakavi, S.R. (Seyed Rasoul), Zali, M.R. (Mohammad Reza), Zamani, F. (Farhad), Zambon, S. (Sabina), Zampelas, A. (Antonis), Zaw, K.K. (Ko Ko), Zdrojewski, T. (T.), Vrkic, T.Z. (Tajana Zeljkovic), Zhang, Z.-Y. (Zhen-Yu), Zhao, W. (Wenhua), Zhen, S. (Shiqi), Zheng, Y. (Yingfeng), Zholdin, B. (Bekbolat), Zhussupov, B. (Baurzhan), Zoghlami, N. (Nada), Cisneros, J.Z. (Julio Zuñiga), Gregg, E.W. (Edward W.), and Ezzati, M. (Majid)

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High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world3 and countries are using lipid-lowering medications at varying rates. These changes can have distinct effects on the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol, which have different effects on human health4,5. However, the trends of HDL and non-HDL cholesterol levels over time have not been previously reported in a global analysis. Here we pooled 1,127 population-based studies that measured blood lipids in 102.6 million individuals aged 18 years and older to estimate trends from 1980 to 2018 in mean total, non-HDL and HDL cholesterol levels for 200 countries. Globally, there was little change in total or non-HDL cholesterol from 1980 to 2018. This was a net effect of increases in low- and middle-income countries, especially in east and southeast Asia, and decreases in high-income western countries, especially those in northwestern Europe, and in central and eastern Europe. As a result, countries with the highest level of non-HDL cholesterol—which is a marker of cardiov

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2020
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30. Understanding myopia: Pathogenesis and mechanisms

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Wong, T.Y., Chakraborty, Ranjay, Read, Scott, Vincent, Stephen, Wong, T.Y., Chakraborty, Ranjay, Read, Scott, and Vincent, Stephen

Abstract

Myopia is a common refractive error, characterized by an excessive increase in axial length relative to the refractive power of the eye. Despite much research, the mechanisms underlying the development of myopia are unknown. A large body of work on animal models (such as chicks, guinea pigs, and monkeys) has been instrumental to our understanding of visually guided ocular growth, and potential mechanisms leading to myopia. These studies have shown that experimentally degrading the quality of the image formed on the retina by introducing translucent diffusers (i.e., form-deprivation), or altering the focal point of the image with respect to the retinal plane by imposing plus or minus lenses to the eyes (i.e., lens induced defocus) results in abnormal eye growth and development of reflective errors. Ocular changes in response to form-deprivation and lens induced defocus are primarily associated with changes in axial length (mainly due to changes in vitreous chamber depth) and choroidal thickness. These experimentally induced ocular changes quickly revert to normal upon removal of the imposed optical treatment. Physiological changes in retinal cells and neurotransmitters (such as dopamine), presence of ocular aberrations, altered accommodative response to visual stimuli, and even subtle variations in natural circadian rhythms of axial length may all influence ocular growth, and hence susceptibility to myopia. In fact, several optical interventions alter ocular aberrations, peripheral refraction, and the accommodative response of the eye in an attempt to arrest myopia development. Epidemiological studies have also linked excessive near work, better socioeconomic status, and urbanization to myopia, although the exact cause for these associations remain elusive. Based on decades of work on the effects of ambient lighting on refractive development in laboratory animals, recent clinical studies have revealed protective effects of greater outdoor exposures on development

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2020

32. Top 10 priorities for future infertility research: an international consensus development study

Author

Duffy, J.M.N., primary, Adamson, G.D., additional, Benson, E., additional, Bhattacharya, S., additional, Bofill, M., additional, Brian, K., additional, Collura, B., additional, Curtis, C., additional, Evers, J.L.H., additional, Farquharson, R.G., additional, Fincham, A., additional, Franik, S., additional, Giudice, L.C., additional, Glanville, E., additional, Hickey, M., additional, Horne, A.W., additional, Hull, M.L., additional, Johnson, N.P., additional, Jordan, V., additional, Khalaf, Y., additional, Knijnenburg, J.M.L., additional, Legro, R.S., additional, Lensen, S., additional, MacKenzie, J., additional, Mavrelos, D., additional, Mol, B.W., additional, Morbeck, D.E., additional, Nagels, H., additional, Ng, E.H.Y., additional, Niederberger, C., additional, Otter, A.S., additional, Puscasiu, L., additional, Rautakallio-Hokkanen, S., additional, Sadler, L., additional, Sarris, I., additional, Showell, M., additional, Stewart, J., additional, Strandell, A., additional, Strawbridge, C., additional, Vail, A., additional, van Wely, M., additional, Vercoe, M., additional, Vuong, N.L., additional, Wang, A.Y., additional, Wang, R., additional, Wilkinson, J., additional, Wong, K., additional, Wong, T.Y., additional, Farquhar, C.M., additional, AlAhwany, Hisham, additional, Balaban, Ofra, additional, Beebeejaun, Yusuf, additional, Boivin, Jacky, additional, Bosteels, Jan J.A., additional, D’Angelo, Arianna, additional, Dann, Leona F., additional, De Jonge, Christopher J., additional, du Mez, Elyce, additional, Ferriani, Rui A., additional, Gerval, Marie-Odile, additional, Gingel, Lynda J., additional, Greenblatt, Ellen M., additional, Hartshorne, Geraldine, additional, Helliwell, Charlie, additional, Helliwell, Charlotte, additional, Hughes, Lynda J., additional, Jo, Junyoung, additional, Jovanović, Jelena, additional, Kiesel, Ludwig, additional, Kietpeerakool, Chumnan, additional, Kostova, Elena, additional, Kucuk, Tansu, additional, Lawrence, Robyn L., additional, Lee, Nicole, additional, Lindemann, Katy E., additional, Loto, Olabisi M., additional, Lutjen, Peter J., additional, MacKinven, Michelle, additional, Mascarenhas, Mariano, additional, McLaughlin, Helen, additional, Mills, David J., additional, Mourad, Selma M., additional, Nguyen, Linh K., additional, Norman, Robert J., additional, Olic, Maja, additional, Overfield, Kristine L., additional, Parker-Harris, Maria, additional, Ramos, David G., additional, Rendulic, Aleksandra, additional, Repping, Sjoerd, additional, Rizzo, Roberta, additional, Salacone, Pietro, additional, Saunders, Catherine H., additional, Sengupta, Rinku, additional, Sfontouris, Ioannis A., additional, Silverman, Natalie R., additional, Torrance, Helen L., additional, Uphoff, Eleonora P., additional, Wakeman, Sarah A., additional, Wischmann, Tewes, additional, Woodward, Bryan J., additional, and Youssef, Mohamed A., additional

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2021
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36. Hypertensive retinopathy and incident coronary heart disease in high risk men. (Clinical Science)

Author

Duncan, B.B., Wong, T.Y., Tyroler, H.A., Davis, C.E., and Fuchs, F.D.

Subjects
Coronary heart disease -- Development and progression -- Prognosis -- Complications and side effects, Retinal diseases -- Prognosis -- Development and progression -- Complications and side effects, Hypertension -- Prognosis -- Development and progression -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

Background/aim: Although routine ophthalmoscopy is recommended in the evaluation of people with hypertension, the prognostic significance of retinopathy is unknown. The purpose of this study is to determine if hypertensive [...]

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2002

37. Retinal microvascular abnormalities and blood pressure in older people: The Cardiovascular Health Study. (Clinical Science)

Author

Wong, T.Y., Hubbard, L.D., Klein, R., Marino, E.K., Kronmal, R., Sharrett, A.R., Siscovick, D.S., Burke, G., and Tielsch, J.M.

Subjects
Aged -- Health aspects -- Measurement -- Physiological aspects, Blood vessels -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects -- Measurement, Blood pressure -- Measurement, Retina -- Blood-vessels, Health, Physiological aspects, Measurement, Health aspects
Abstract

Aim: To examine the relation between blood pressure and retinal microvascular abnormalities in older people. Methods: The Cardiovascular Health Study is a prospective cohort study conducted in four US communities [...]

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2002

38. Education, socioeconomic status, and ocular dimensions in Chinese adults: The Tanjong Pagar Survey. (World View)

Author

Wong, T.Y., Foster, P.J., Johnson, G.J., and Seah, S.K.L.

Subjects
Chinese -- Health aspects, Eye -- Accommodation and refraction, Myopia -- Development and progression, Health, Development and progression, Health aspects
Abstract

Aim: To relate indices of education, occupation, and socioeconomic status to acular dimensions and refraction in an adult populatian. Methods: A population based, crass sectional survey of adult Chinese aged [...]

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2002

39. Relation of ocular trauma to cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts: The Beaver Dam Eye Study. (Scientific Correspondence)

Author

Wong, T.Y., Klein, B.E.K., Klein, R., and Tomany, S.C.

Subjects
Ophthalmology -- Research, Cataract -- Causes of -- Research, Eye -- Injuries, Health
Abstract

Background: The consequences of minor ocular trauma in the general population are unclear. The relation of self reported ocular trauma to cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts is described in [...]

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2002

40. Indoor dose conversion coefficients for radon progeny for different ambient environments

Author

Yu, K.N, Wong, T.Y., Law, I.Y.P., Lau, B.M.F., and Nikezic, D.

Subjects
Atmospheric radon -- Research, Aerosols -- Research, Pollution control industry -- Research, Environmental issues, Science and technology
Abstract

The following study examines common ambient aerosols, including marine, urban and traffic influenced aerosols. Because studies show that indoor aerosols are derived primarily from outdoor sources, it is important to examine the effects of different ambient environments on indoor radon dose. Inhaled progeny of (super 222) RN (radon progeny) is the biggest source of irradiation of the human respiratory tract, and studies of underground miners of uranium and other minerals have given estimates of lung cancer risk from exposure to radon progeny.

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2001

41. Carcinogenesis of Male Oral Submucous Fibrosis Alters Salivary Microbiomes

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Chen, M.Y., primary, Chen, J.W., additional, Wu, L.W., additional, Huang, K.C., additional, Chen, J.Y., additional, Wu, W.S., additional, Chiang, W.F., additional, Shih, C.J., additional, Tsai, K.N., additional, Hsieh, W.T., additional, Ho, Y.H., additional, Wong, T.Y., additional, Wu, J.H., additional, and Chen, Y.L., additional

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2020
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42. Characterization of alginate lyase from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

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Preston, Lori A., Wong, T.Y., Bender, Carol L., and Schiller, Neal L.

Subjects
Pseudomonas syringae -- Physiological aspects, Amino acids -- Structure-activity relationships, Histidine -- Physiological aspects, Tryptophan -- Physiological aspects, Biological sciences
Abstract

The biochemical characteristics of alginate lyase from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae reveal that the enzyme preferes deacetylated polymannuronic acid and histidine and tryptophan residues at positions 204 and 207 determine its activity.

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2000

43. Retinopathy predicts coronary heart disease mortality

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Liew, G., Wong, T.Y., Mitchell, P., Cheung, N., and Wang, J.J.

Subjects
Retinal diseases -- Physiological aspects, Retinal diseases -- Research, Coronary heart disease -- Risk factors, Coronary heart disease -- Patient outcomes, Coronary heart disease -- Research, Health
Published
2009

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

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Chauhan, G., Adams, H.H.H., Satizabal, C.L., Bis, J.C., Teumer, A., Sargurupremraj, M., Hofer, E., Trompet, S., Hilal, S., Smith, A.V., Jian, X.Q., Malik, R., Traylor, M., Pulit, S.L., Amouyel, P., Mazoyer, B., Zhu, Y.C., Kaffashian, S., Schilling, S., Beecham, G.W., Montine, T.J., Schellenberg, G.D., Kjartansson, O., Gudnason, V., Knopman, D.S., Griswold, M.E., Windham, B.G., Gottesman, R.F., Mosley, T.H., Schmidt, R., Saba, Y., Schmidt, H., Takeuchi, F., Yamaguchi, S., Nabika, T., Kato, N., Rajan, K.B., Aggarwal, N.T., Jager, P.L. de, Evans, D.A., Psaty, B.M., Rotter, J.I., Rice, K., Lopez, O.L., Liao, J.M., Chen, C., Cheng, C.Y., Wong, T.Y., Ikram, M.K., Lee, S.J. van der, Amin, N., Chouraki, V., DeStefano, A.L., Aparicio, H.J., Romero, J.R., Maillard, P., DeCarli, C., Wardlaw, J.M., Hernandez, M.D.V., Luciano, M., Liewald, D., Deary, I.J., Starr, J.M., Bastin, M.E., Maniega, S.M., Slagboom, P.E., Beekman, M., Deelen, J., Uh, H.W., Lemmens, R., Brodaty, H., Wright, M.J., Ames, D., Boncoraglio, G.B., Hopewell, J.C., Beecham, A.H., Blanton, S.H., Wright, C.B., Sacco, R.L., Wen, W., Thalamuthu, A., Armstrong, N.J., Chong, E., Schofield, P.R., Kwok, J.B., Grond, J. van der, Stott, D.J., Ford, I., Jukema, J.W., Vernooij, M.W., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A.G., Lugt, A. van der, Wittfeld, K., Grabe, H.J., Hosten, N., Sarnowski, B. von, Volker, U., Levi, C., Jimenez-Conde, J., Sharma, P., Sudlow, C.L.M., Rosand, J., Woo, D., Cole, J.W., Meschia, J.F., Slowik, A., Thijs, V., Lindgren, A., Melander, O., Grewal, R.P., Rundek, T., Rexrode, K., Rothwell, P.M., Arnett, D.K., Jern, C., Johnson, J.A., Benavente, O.R., Wasssertheil-Smoller, S., Lee, J.M., Wong, Q., Mitchell, B.D., Rich, S.S., McArdle, P.F., Geerlings, M.I., Graaf, Y. van der, Bakker, P.I.W. de, Asselbergs, F.W., Srikanth, V., Thomson, R., McWhirter, R., Moran, C., Callisaya, M., Phan, T., Rutten-Jacobs, L.C.A., Bevan, S., Tzourio, C., Mather, K.A., Sachdev, P.S., Duijn, C.M. van, Worrall, B.B., Dichgans, M., Kittner, S.J., Markus, H.S., Ikram, M.A., Fornage, M., Launer, L.J., Seshadri, S., Longstreth, W.T., Debette, S., Stroke Genetics Network SiGN, ISGC, METASTROKE, ADGC, and CHARGE Consortium

Subjects
Meta-analysis, Mendelian Randomization, Blood Pressure, Polymorphisms, Genome-wide Association, Silent, Insights, Small Vessel Disease, Matter Hyperintensity Volume, Ischemic Stroke, Doenças Cardio e Cérebro-vasculares
Abstract

Collaborators (845): Astrid M. Vicente Free PMC article:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369905/ Objective: To explore genetic and lifestyle risk factors of MRI-defined brain infarcts (BI) in large population-based cohorts. Methods: We performed meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and examined associations of vascular risk factors and their genetic risk scores (GRS) with MRI-defined BI and a subset of BI, namely, small subcortical BI (SSBI), in 18 population-based cohorts (n = 20,949) from 5 ethnicities (3,726 with BI, 2,021 with SSBI). Top loci were followed up in 7 population-based cohorts (n = 6,862; 1,483 with BI, 630 with SBBI), and we tested associations with related phenotypes including ischemic stroke and pathologically defined BI. Results: The mean prevalence was 17.7% for BI and 10.5% for SSBI, steeply rising after age 65. Two loci showed genome-wide significant association with BI: FBN2, p = 1.77 × 10-8; and LINC00539/ZDHHC20, p = 5.82 × 10-9. Both have been associated with blood pressure (BP)-related phenotypes, but did not replicate in the smaller follow-up sample or show associations with related phenotypes. Age- and sex-adjusted associations with BI and SSBI were observed for BP traits (p value for BI, p [BI] = 9.38 × 10-25; p [SSBI] = 5.23 × 10-14 for hypertension), smoking (p [BI] = 4.4 × 10-10; p [SSBI] = 1.2 × 10-4), diabetes (p [BI] = 1.7 × 10-8; p [SSBI] = 2.8 × 10-3), previous cardiovascular disease (p [BI] = 1.0 × 10-18; p [SSBI] = 2.3 × 10-7), stroke (p [BI] = 3.9 × 10-69; p [SSBI] = 3.2 × 10-24), and MRI-defined white matter hyperintensity burden (p [BI] = 1.43 × 10-157; p [SSBI] = 3.16 × 10-106), but not with body mass index or cholesterol. GRS of BP traits were associated with BI and SSBI (p ≤ 0.0022), without indication of directional pleiotropy. Conclusion: In this multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis, including over 20,000 population-based participants, we identified genetic risk loci for BI requiring validation once additional large datasets become available. High BP, including genetically determined, was the most significant modifiable, causal risk factor for BI. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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2019

45. Erratum: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6))

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Stanaway, J.D. Afshin, A. Gakidou, E. Lim, S.S. Abate, D. Abate, K.H. Abbafati, C. Abbasi, N. Abbastabar, H. Abd-Allah, F. Abdela, J. Abdelalim, A. Abdollahpour, I. Abdulkader, R.S. Abebe, M. Abebe, Z. Abera, S.F. Abil, O.Z. Abraha, H.N. Abrham, A.R. Abu-Raddad, L.J. Abu-Rmeileh, N.M.E. Accrombessi, M.M.K. Acharya, D. Acharya, P. Adamu, A.A. Adane, A.A. Adebayo, O.M. Adedoyin, R.A. Adekanmbi, V. Ademi, Z. Adetokunboh, O.O. Adib, M.G. Admasie, A. Adsuar, J.C. Afanvi, K.A. Afarideh, M. Agarwal, G. Aggarwal, A. Aghayan, S.A. Agrawal, A. Agrawal, S. Ahmadi, A. Ahmadi, M. Ahmadieh, H. Ahmed, M.B. Aichour, A.N. Aichour, I. Aichour, M.T.E. Akbari, M.E. Akinyemiju, T. Akseer, N. Al-Aly, Z. Al-Eyadhy, A. Al-Mekhlafi, H.M. Alahdab, F. Alam, K. Alam, S. Alam, T. Alashi, A. Alavian, S.M. Alene, K.A. Ali, K. Ali, S.M. Alijanzadeh, M. Alizadeh-Navaei, R. Aljunid, S.M. Alkerwi, A. Alla, F. Alsharif, U. Altirkawi, K. Alvis-Guzman, N. Amare, A.T. Ammar, W. Anber, N.H. Anderson, J.A. Andrei, C.L. Androudi, S. Animut, M.D. Anjomshoa, M. Ansha, M.G. Antó, J.M. Antonio, C.A.T. Anwari, P. Appiah, L.T. Appiah, S.C.Y. Arabloo, J. Aremu, O. Ärnlöv, J. Artaman, A. Aryal, K.K. Asayesh, H. Ataro, Z. Ausloos, M. Avokpaho, E.F.G.A. Awasthi, A. Ayala Quintanilla, B.P. Ayer, R. Ayuk, T.B. Azzopardi, P.S. Babazadeh, A. Badali, H. Badawi, A. Balakrishnan, K. Bali, A.G. Ball, K. Ballew, S.H. Banach, M. Banoub, J.A.M. Barac, A. Barker-Collo, S.L. Bärnighausen, T.W. Barrero, L.H. Basu, S. Baune, B.T. Bazargan-Hejazi, S. Bedi, N. Beghi, E. Behzadifar, M. Behzadifar, M. Béjot, Y. Bekele, B.B. Bekru, E.T. Belay, E. Belay, Y.A. Bell, M.L. Bello, A.K. Bennett, D.A. Bensenor, I.M. Bergeron, G. Berhane, A. Bernabe, E. Bernstein, R.S. Beuran, M. Beyranvand, T. Bhala, N. Bhalla, A. Bhattarai, S. Bhutta, Z.A. Biadgo, B. Bijani, A. Bikbov, B. Bilano, V. Bililign, N. Bin Sayeed, M.S. Bisanzio, D. Biswas, T. Bjørge, T. Blacker, B.F. Bleyer, A. Borschmann, R. Bou-Orm, I.R. Boufous, S. Bourne, R. Brady, O.J. Brauer, M. Brazinova, A. Breitborde, N.J.K. Brenner, H. Briko, A.N. Britton, G. Brugha, T. Buchbinder, R. Burnett, R.T. Busse, R. Butt, Z.A. Cahill, L.E. Cahuana-Hurtado, L. Campos-Nonato, I.R. Cárdenas, R. Carreras, G. Carrero, J.J. Carvalho, F. Castañeda-Orjuela, C.A. Castillo Rivas, J. Castro, F. Catalá-López, F. Causey, K. Cercy, K.M. Cerin, E. Chaiah, Y. Chang, H.-Y. Chang, J.-C. Chang, K.-L. Charlson, F.J. Chattopadhyay, A. Chattu, V.K. Chee, M.L. Cheng, C.-Y. Chew, A. Chiang, P.P.-C. Chimed-Ochir, O. Chin, K.L. Chitheer, A. Choi, J.-Y.J. Chowdhury, R. Christensen, H. Christopher, D.J. Chung, S.-C. Cicuttini, F.M. Cirillo, M. Cohen, A.J. Collado-Mateo, D. Cooper, C. Cooper, O.R. Coresh, J. Cornaby, L. Cortesi, P.A. Cortinovis, M. Costa, M. Cousin, E. Criqui, M.H. Cromwell, E.A. Cundiff, D.K. Daba, A.K. Dachew, B.A. Dadi, A.F. Damasceno, A.A.M. Dandona, L. Dandona, R. Darby, S.C. Dargan, P.I. Daryani, A. Das Gupta, R. Das Neves, J. Dasa, T.T. Dash, A.P. Davitoiu, D.V. Davletov, K. De la Cruz-Góngora, V. De La Hoz, F.P. De Leo, D. De Neve, J.-W. Degenhardt, L. Deiparine, S. Dellavalle, R.P. Demoz, G.T. Denova-Gutiérrez, E. Deribe, K. Dervenis, N. Deshpande, A. Des Jarlais, D.C. Dessie, G.A. Deveber, G.A. Dey, S. Dharmaratne, S.D. Dhimal, M. Dinberu, M.T. Ding, E.L. Diro, H.D. Djalalinia, S. Do, H.P. Dokova, K. Doku, D.T. Doyle, K.E. Driscoll, T.R. Dubey, M. Dubljanin, E. Duken, E.E. Duncan, B.B. Duraes, A.R. Ebert, N. Ebrahimi, H. Ebrahimpour, S. Edvardsson, D. Effiong, A. Eggen, A.E. El Bcheraoui, C. El-Khatib, Z. Elyazar, I.R. Enayati, A. Endries, A.Y. Er, B. Erskine, H.E. Eskandarieh, S. Esteghamati, A. Estep, K. Fakhim, H. Faramarzi, M. Fareed, M. Farid, T.A. Sá Farinha, C.S.E. Farioli, A. Faro, A. Farvid, M.S. Farzaei, M.H. Fatima, B. Fay, K.A. Fazaeli, A.A. Feigin, V.L. Feigl, A.B. Fereshtehnejad, S.-M. Fernandes, E. Fernandes, J.C. Ferrara, G. Ferrari, A.J. Ferreira, M.L. Filip, I. Finger, J.D. Fischer, F. Foigt, N.A. Foreman, K.J. Fukumoto, T. Fullman, N. Fürst, T. Furtado, J.M. Futran, N.D. Gall, S. Gallus, S. Gamkrelidze, A. Ganji, M. Garcia-Basteiro, A.L. Gardner, W.M. Gebre, A.K. Gebremedhin, A.T. Gebremichael, T.G. Gelano, T.F. Geleijnse, J.M. Geramo, Y.C.D. Gething, P.W. Gezae, K.E. Ghadimi, R. Ghadiri, K. Ghasemi Falavarjani, K.G. Ghasemi-Kasman, M. Ghimire, M. Ghosh, R. Ghoshal, A.G. Giampaoli, S. Gill, P.S. Gill, T.K. Gillum, R.F. Ginawi, I.A. Giussani, G. Gnedovskaya, E.V. Godwin, W.W. Goli, S. Gómez-Dantés, H. Gona, P.N. Gopalani, S.V. Goulart, A.C. Grada, A. Grams, M.E. Grosso, G. Gugnani, H.C. Guo, Y. Gupta, R. Gupta, R. Gupta, T. Gutiérrez, R.A. Gutiérrez-Torres, D.S. Haagsma, J.A. Habtewold, T.D. Hachinski, V. Hafezi-Nejad, N. Hagos, T.B. Hailegiyorgis, T.T. Hailu, G.B. Haj-Mirzaian, A. Haj-Mirzaian, A. Hamadeh, R.R. Hamidi, S. Handal, A.J. Hankey, G.J. Hao, Y. Harb, H.L. Harikrishnan, S. Haro, J.M. Hassankhani, H. Hassen, H.Y. Havmoeller, R. Hawley, C.N. Hay, S.I. Hedayatizadeh-Omran, A. Heibati, B. Heidari, B. Heidari, M. Hendrie, D. Henok, A. Heredia-Pi, I. Herteliu, C. Heydarpour, F. Heydarpour, S. Hibstu, D.T. Higazi, T.B. Hilawe, E.H. Hoek, H.W. Hoffman, H.J. Hole, M.K. Homaie Rad, E. Hoogar, P. Hosgood, H.D. Hosseini, S.M. Hosseinzadeh, M. Hostiuc, M. Hostiuc, S. Hoy, D.G. Hsairi, M. Hsiao, T. Hu, G. Hu, H. Huang, J.J. Hussen, M.A. Huynh, C.K. Iburg, K.M. Ikeda, N. Ilesanmi, O.S. Iqbal, U. Irvani, S.S.N. Irvine, C.M.S. Islam, S.M.S. Islami, F. Jackson, M.D. Jacobsen, K.H. Jahangiry, L. Jahanmehr, N. Jain, S.K. Jakovljevic, M. James, S.L. Jassal, S.K. Jayatilleke, A.U. Jeemon, P. Jha, R.P. Jha, V. Ji, J.S. Jonas, J.B. Jonnagaddala, J. Jorjoran Shushtari, Z.J. Joshi, A. Jozwiak, J.J. Jürisson, M. Kabir, Z. Kahsay, A. Kalani, R. Kanchan, T. Kant, S. Kar, C. Karami, M. Karami Matin, B.K. Karch, A. Karema, C. Karimi, N. Karimi, S.M. Kasaeian, A. Kassa, D.H. Kassa, G.M. Kassa, T.D. Kassebaum, N.J. Katikireddi, S.V. Kaul, A. Kawakami, N. Kazemi, Z. Kazemi Karyani, A. Kefale, A.T. Keiyoro, P.N. Kemp, G.R. Kengne, A.P. Keren, A. Kesavachandran, C.N. Khader, Y.S. Khafaei, B. Khafaie, M.A. Khajavi, A. Khalid, N. Khalil, I.A. Khan, G. Khan, M.S. Khan, M.A. Khang, Y.-H. Khater, M.M. Khazaei, M. Khazaie, H. Khoja, A.T. Khosravi, A. Khosravi, M.H. Kiadaliri, A.A. Kiirithio, D.N. Kim, C.-I. Kim, D. Kim, Y.-E. Kim, Y.J. Kimokoti, R.W. Kinfu, Y. Kisa, A. Kissimova-Skarbek, K. Kivimäki, M. Knibbs, L.D. Knudsen, A.K.S. Kochhar, S. Kokubo, Y. Kolola, T. Kopec, J.A. Kosen, S. Koul, P.A. Koyanagi, A. Kravchenko, M.A. Krishan, K. Krohn, K.J. Kromhout, H. Kuate Defo, B. Kucuk Bicer, B. Kumar, G.A. Kumar, M. Kuzin, I. Kyu, H.H. Lachat, C. Lad, D.P. Lad, S.D. Lafranconi, A. Lalloo, R. Lallukka, T. Lami, F.H. Lang, J.J. Lansingh, V.C. Larson, S.L. Latifi, A. Lazarus, J.V. Lee, P.H. Leigh, J. Leili, M. Leshargie, C.T. Leung, J. Levi, M. Lewycka, S. Li, S. Li, Y. Liang, J. Liang, X. Liao, Y. Liben, M.L. Lim, L.-L. Linn, S. Liu, S. Lodha, R. Logroscino, G. Lopez, A.D. Lorkowski, S. Lotufo, P.A. Lozano, R. Lucas, T.C.D. Lunevicius, R. Ma, S. Macarayan, E.R.K. Machado, Í.E. Madotto, F. Mai, H.T. Majdan, M. Majdzadeh, R. Majeed, A. Malekzadeh, R. Malta, D.C. Mamun, A.A. Manda, A.-L. Manguerra, H. Mansournia, M.A. Mantovani, L.G. Maravilla, J.C. Marcenes, W. Marks, A. Martin, R.V. Martins, S.C.O. Martins-Melo, F.R. März, W. Marzan, M.B. Massenburg, B.B. Mathur, M.R. Mathur, P. Matsushita, K. Maulik, P.K. Mazidi, M. McAlinden, C. McGrath, J.J. McKee, M. Mehrotra, R. Mehta, K.M. Mehta, V. Meier, T. Mekonnen, F.A. Melaku, Y.A. Melese, A. Melku, M. Memiah, P.N. Memish, Z.A. Mendoza, W. Mengistu, D.T. Mensah, G.A. Mensink, G.B.M. Mereta, S.T. Meretoja, A. Meretoja, T.J. Mestrovic, T. Mezgebe, H.B. Miazgowski, B. Miazgowski, T. Millear, A.I. Miller, T.R. Miller-Petrie, M.K. Mini, G.K. Mirarefin, M. Mirica, A. Mirrakhimov, E.M. Misganaw, A.T. Mitiku, H. Moazen, B. Mohajer, B. Mohammad, K.A. Mohammadi, M. Mohammadifard, N. Mohammadnia-Afrouzi, M. Mohammed, S. Mohebi, F. Mokdad, A.H. Molokhia, M. Momeniha, F. Monasta, L. Moodley, Y. Moradi, G. Moradi-Lakeh, M. Moradinazar, M. Moraga, P. Morawska, L. Morgado-Da-Costa, J. Morrison, S.D. Moschos, M.M. Mouodi, S. Mousavi, S.M. Mozaffarian, D. Mruts, K.B. Muche, A.A. Muchie, K.F. Mueller, U.O. Muhammed, O.S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Muller, K. Musa, K.I. Mustafa, G. Nabhan, A.F. Naghavi, M. Naheed, A. Nahvijou, A. Naik, G. Naik, N. Najafi, F. Nangia, V. Nansseu, J.R. Nascimento, B.R. Neal, B. Neamati, N. Negoi, I. Negoi, R.I. Neupane, S. Newton, C.R.J. Ngunjiri, J.W. Nguyen, A.Q. Nguyen, G. Nguyen, H.T. Nguyen, H.L.T. Nguyen, H.T. Nguyen, M. Nguyen, N.B. Nichols, E. Nie, J. Ningrum, D.N.A. Nirayo, Y.L. Nishi, N. Nixon, M.R. Nojomi, M. Nomura, S. Norheim, O.F. Noroozi, M. Norrving, B. Noubiap, J.J. Nouri, H.R. Nourollahpour Shiadeh, M. Nowroozi, M.R. Nsoesie, E.O. Nyasulu, P.S. Obermeyer, C.M. Odell, C.M. Ofori-Asenso, R. Ogbo, F.A. Oh, I.-H. Oladimeji, O. Olagunju, A.T. Olagunju, T.O. Olivares, P.R. Olsen, H.E. Olusanya, B.O. Olusanya, J.O. Ong, K.L. Ong, S.K. Oren, E. Orpana, H.M. Ortiz, A. Ota, E. Otstavnov, S.S. Øverland, S. Owolabi, M.O. Mahesh, P.A. Pacella, R. Pakhare, A.P. Pakpour, A.H. Pana, A. Panda-Jonas, S. Park, E.-K. Parry, C.D.H. Parsian, H. Patel, S. Pati, S. Patil, S.T. Patle, A. Patton, G.C. Paudel, D. Paulson, K.R. Paz Ballesteros, W.C. Pearce, N. Pereira, A. Pereira, D.M. Perico, N. Pesudovs, K. Petzold, M. Pham, H.Q. Phillips, M.R. Pillay, J.D. Piradov, M.A. Pirsaheb, M. Pischon, T. Pishgar, F. Plana-Ripoll, O. Plass, D. Polinder, S. Polkinghorne, K.R. Postma, M.J. Poulton, R. Pourshams, A. Poustchi, H. Prabhakaran, D. Prakash, S. Prasad, N. Purcell, C.A. Purwar, M.B. Qorbani, M. Radfar, A. Rafay, A. Rafiei, A. Rahim, F. Rahimi, Z. Rahimi-Movaghar, A. Rahimi-Movaghar, V. Rahman, M. Rahman, M.H.U. Rahman, M.A. Rai, R.K. Rajati, F. Rajsic, S. Raju, S.B. Ram, U. Ranabhat, C.L. Ranjan, P. Rath, G.K. Rawaf, D.L. Rawaf, S. Reddy, K.S. Rehm, C.D. Rehm, J. Reiner, R.C. Reitsma, M.B. Remuzzi, G. Renzaho, A.M.N. Resnikoff, S. Reynales-Shigematsu, L.M. Rezaei, S. Ribeiro, A.L.P. Rivera, J.A. Roba, K.T. Rodríguez-Ramírez, S. Roever, L. Román, Y. Ronfani, L. Roshandel, G. Rostami, A. Roth, G.A. Rothenbacher, D. Roy, A. Rubagotti, E. Rushton, L. Sabanayagam, C. Sachdev, P.S. Saddik, B. Sadeghi, E. Saeedi Moghaddam, S. Safari, H. Safari, Y. Safari-Faramani, R. Safdarian, M. Safi, S. Safiri, S. Sagar, R. Sahebkar, A. Sahraian, M.A. Sajadi, H.S. Salam, N. Salamati, P. Saleem, Z. Salimi, Y. Salimzadeh, H. Salomon, J.A. Salvi, D.D. Salz, I. Samy, A.M. Sanabria, J. Sanchez-Niño, M.D. Sánchez-Pimienta, T.G. Sanders, T. Sang, Y. Santomauro, D.F. Santos, I.S. Santos, J.V. Santric Milicevic, M.M. Sao Jose, B.P. Sardana, M. Sarker, A.R. Sarmiento-Suárez, R. Sarrafzadegan, N. Sartorius, B. Sarvi, S. Sathian, B. Satpathy, M. Sawant, A.R. Sawhney, M. Saylan, M. Sayyah, M. Schaeffner, E. Schmidt, M.I. Schneider, I.J.C. Schöttker, B. Schutte, A.E. Schwebel, D.C. Schwendicke, F. Scott, J.G. Seedat, S. Sekerija, M. Sepanlou, S.G. Serre, M.L. Serván-Mori, E. Seyedmousavi, S. Shabaninejad, H. Shaddick, G. Shafieesabet, A. Shahbazi, M. Shaheen, A.A. Shaikh, M.A. Shamah Levy, T. Shams-Beyranvand, M. Shamsi, M. Sharafi, H. Sharafi, K. Sharif, M. Sharif-Alhoseini, M. Sharifi, H. Sharma, J. Sharma, M. Sharma, R. She, J. Sheikh, A. Shi, P. Shibuya, K. Shiferaw, M.S. Shigematsu, M. Shin, M.-J. Shiri, R. Shirkoohi, R. Shiue, I. Shokraneh, F. Shoman, H. Shrime, M.G. Shupler, M.S. Si, S. Siabani, S. Sibai, A.M. Siddiqi, T.J. Sigfusdottir, I.D. Sigurvinsdottir, R. Silva, D.A.S. Silva, J.P. Silveira, D.G.A. Singh, J.A. Singh, N.P. Singh, V. Sinha, D.N. Skiadaresi, E. Skirbekk, V. Smith, D.L. Smith, M. Sobaih, B.H. Sobhani, S. Somayaji, R. Soofi, M. Sorensen, R.J.D. Soriano, J.B. Soyiri, I.N. Spinelli, A. Sposato, L.A. Sreeramareddy, C.T. Srinivasan, V. Starodubov, V.I. Steckling, N. Stein, D.J. Stein, M.B. Stevanovic, G. Stockfelt, L. Stokes, M.A. Sturua, L. Subart, M.L. Sudaryanto, A. Sufiyan, M.B. Sulo, G. Sunguya, B.F. Sur, P.J. Sykes, B.L. Szoeke, C.E.I. Tabarés-Seisdedos, R. Tabuchi, T. Tadakamadla, S.K. Takahashi, K. Tandon, N. Tassew, S.G. Tavakkoli, M. Taveira, N. Tehrani-Banihashemi, A. Tekalign, T.G. Tekelemedhin, S.W. Tekle, M.G. Temesgen, H. Temsah, M.-H. Temsah, O. Terkawi, A.S. Tessema, B. Teweldemedhin, M. Thankappan, K.R. Theis, A. Thirunavukkarasu, S. Thomas, H.J. Thomas, M.L. Thomas, N. Thurston, G.D. Tilahun, B. Tillmann, T. To, Q.G. Tobollik, M. Tonelli, M. Topor-Madry, R. Torre, A.E. Tortajada-Girbés, M. Touvier, M. Tovani-Palone, M.R. Towbin, J.A. Tran, B.X. Tran, K.B. Truelsen, T.C. Truong, N.T. Tsadik, A.G. Tudor Car, L. Tuzcu, E.M. Tymeson, H.D. Tyrovolas, S. Ukwaja, K.N. Ullah, I. Updike, R.L. Usman, M.S. Uthman, O.A. Vaduganathan, M. Vaezi, A. Valdez, P.R. Van Donkelaar, A. Varavikova, E. Varughese, S. Vasankari, T.J. Venkateswaran, V. Venketasubramanian, N. Villafaina, S. Violante, F.S. Vladimirov, S.K. Vlassov, V. Vollset, S.E. Vos, T. Vosoughi, K. Vu, G.T. Vujcic, I.S. Wagnew, F.S. Waheed, Y. Waller, S.G. Walson, J.L. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Y.-P. Weiderpass, E. Weintraub, R.H. Weldegebreal, F. Werdecker, A. Werkneh, A.A. West, J.J. Westerman, R. Whiteford, H.A. Widecka, J. Wijeratne, T. Winkler, A.S. Wiyeh, A.B. Wiysonge, C.S. Wolfe, C.D.A. Wong, T.Y. Wu, S. Xavier, D. Xu, G. Yadgir, S. Yadollahpour, A. Yahyazadeh Jabbari, S.H. Yamada, T. Yan, L.L. Yano, Y. Yaseri, M. Yasin, Y.J. Yeshaneh, A. Yimer, E.M. Yip, P. Yisma, E. Yonemoto, N. Yoon, S.-J. Yotebieng, M. Younis, M.Z. Yousefifard, M. Yu, C. Zaidi, Z. Zaman, S.B. Zamani, M. Zavala-Arciniega, L. Zhang, A.L. Zhang, H. Zhang, K. Zhou, M. Zimsen, S.R.M. Zodpey, S. Murray, C.J.L. GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators

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Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk–outcome associations. With each annual GBD study, we update the GBD CRA to incorporate improved methods, new risks and risk–outcome pairs, and new data on risk exposure levels and risk–outcome associations. Methods We used the CRA framework developed for previous iterations of GBD to estimate levels and trends in exposure, attributable deaths, and attributable disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), by age group, sex, year, and location for 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or groups of risks from 1990 to 2017. This study included 476 risk–outcome pairs that met the GBD study criteria for convincing or probable evidence of causation. We extracted relative risk and exposure estimates from 46 749 randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, household surveys, census data, satellite data, and other sources. We used statistical models to pool data, adjust for bias, and incorporate covariates. Using the counterfactual scenario of theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL), we estimated the portion of deaths and DALYs that could be attributed to a given risk. We explored the relationship between development and risk exposure by modelling the relationship between the Socio-demographic Index (SDI) and risk-weighted exposure prevalence and estimated expected levels of exposure and risk-attributable burden by SDI. Finally, we explored temporal changes in risk-attributable DALYs by decomposing those changes into six main component drivers of change as follows: (1) population growth; (2) changes in population age structures; (3) changes in exposure to environmental and occupational risks; (4) changes in exposure to behavioural risks; (5) changes in exposure to metabolic risks; and (6) changes due to all other factors, approximated as the risk-deleted death and DALY rates, where the risk-deleted rate is the rate that would be observed had we reduced the exposure levels to the TMREL for all risk factors included in GBD 2017. Findings In 2017, 34·1 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 33·3–35·0) deaths and 1·21 billion (1·14–1·28) DALYs were attributable to GBD risk factors. Globally, 61·0% (59·6–62·4) of deaths and 48·3% (46·3–50·2) of DALYs were attributed to the GBD 2017 risk factors. When ranked by risk-attributable DALYs, high systolic blood pressure (SBP) was the leading risk factor, accounting for 10·4 million (9·39–11·5) deaths and 218 million (198–237) DALYs, followed by smoking (7·10 million [6·83–7·37] deaths and 182 million [173–193] DALYs), high fasting plasma glucose (6·53 million [5·23–8·23] deaths and 171 million [144–201] DALYs), high body-mass index (BMI; 4·72 million [2·99–6·70] deaths and 148 million [98·6–202] DALYs), and short gestation for birthweight (1·43 million [1·36–1·51] deaths and 139 million [131–147] DALYs). In total, risk-attributable DALYs declined by 4·9% (3·3–6·5) between 2007 and 2017. In the absence of demographic changes (ie, population growth and ageing), changes in risk exposure and risk-deleted DALYs would have led to a 23·5% decline in DALYs during that period. Conversely, in the absence of changes in risk exposure and risk-deleted DALYs, demographic changes would have led to an 18·6% increase in DALYs during that period. The ratios of observed risk exposure levels to exposure levels expected based on SDI (O/E ratios) increased globally for unsafe drinking water and household air pollution between 1990 and 2017. This result suggests that development is occurring more rapidly than are changes in the underlying risk structure in a population. Conversely, nearly universal declines in O/E ratios for smoking and alcohol use indicate that, for a given SDI, exposure to these risks is declining. In 2017, the leading Level 4 risk factor for age-standardised DALY rates was high SBP in four super-regions: central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia; north Africa and Middle East; south Asia; and southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania. The leading risk factor in the high-income super-region was smoking, in Latin America and Caribbean was high BMI, and in sub-Saharan Africa was unsafe sex. O/E ratios for unsafe sex in sub-Saharan Africa were notably high, and those for alcohol use in north Africa and the Middle East were notably low. Interpretation By quantifying levels and trends in exposures to risk factors and the resulting disease burden, this assessment offers insight into where past policy and programme efforts might have been successful and highlights current priorities for public health action. Decreases in behavioural, environmental, and occupational risks have largely offset the effects of population growth and ageing, in relation to trends in absolute burden. Conversely, the combination of increasing metabolic risks and population ageing will probably continue to drive the increasing trends in non-communicable diseases at the global level, which presents both a public health challenge and opportunity. We see considerable spatiotemporal heterogeneity in levels of risk exposure and risk-attributable burden. Although levels of development underlie some of this heterogeneity, O/E ratios show risks for which countries are overperforming or underperforming relative to their level of development. As such, these ratios provide a benchmarking tool to help to focus local decision making. Our findings reinforce the importance of both risk exposure monitoring and epidemiological research to assess causal connections between risks and health outcomes, and they highlight the usefulness of the GBD study in synthesising data to draw comprehensive and robust conclusions that help to inform good policy and strategic health planning. Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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46. Retinal vascular calibre and the risk of coronary heart disease-related death

Author

Wang, J.J., Liew, G., Wong, T.Y., Smith, W., Klein, R., Leeder, S.R., and Mitchell, P.

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Coronary heart disease -- Risk factors, Sex factors in disease -- Research, Retina -- Blood-vessels, Retina -- Physiological aspects, Retina -- Demographic aspects, Retina -- Research, Health
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47. Child Health CheckPoint: cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

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Clifford, Susan A., Davies, Sarah, Wake, Melissa, Azzopardi, P.S., Baur, L.A., Burgner, D.P., Carlin, J.B., Cheung, M., Dwyer, T., Edwards, B., Ellul, S., Gillespie, A.N., Gold, Lisa, Grobler, A.C., Kerr, J.A., Lycett, Kate, Lange, K., Mensah, F.K., Olds, T.S., Ranganathan, S., Rogers, H., Saffery, R., Sawyer, M., Simm, P.J., Stevens, L., Wong, T.Y., Zubrick, S.R., Clifford, Susan A., Davies, Sarah, Wake, Melissa, Azzopardi, P.S., Baur, L.A., Burgner, D.P., Carlin, J.B., Cheung, M., Dwyer, T., Edwards, B., Ellul, S., Gillespie, A.N., Gold, Lisa, Grobler, A.C., Kerr, J.A., Lycett, Kate, Lange, K., Mensah, F.K., Olds, T.S., Ranganathan, S., Rogers, H., Saffery, R., Sawyer, M., Simm, P.J., Stevens, L., Wong, T.Y., and Zubrick, S.R.

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48. Genetic variants linked to myopic macular degeneration in persons with high myopia: CREAM Consortium

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Wong, Y.L., Hysi, P., Cheung, G., Tedja, M., Hoang, Q.V., Tompson, S.W., Whisenhunt, K.N., Verhoeven, V., Zhao, W., Hess, M., Wong, C.W., Kifley, A., Hosoda, Y., Haarman, A.E.G., Hopf, S., Laspas, P., Sensaki, S., Sim, X., Miyake, M., Tsujikawa, A., Lamoureux, E., Ohno-Matsui, K., Nickels, S., Mitchell, P., Wong, T.Y., Wang, J.J., Hammond, C.J., Barathi, V.A., Cheng, C.Y., Yamashiro, K., Young, T.L., Klaver, C.C.W., Saw, S.M., Wong, Y.L., Hysi, P., Cheung, G., Tedja, M., Hoang, Q.V., Tompson, S.W., Whisenhunt, K.N., Verhoeven, V., Zhao, W., Hess, M., Wong, C.W., Kifley, A., Hosoda, Y., Haarman, A.E.G., Hopf, S., Laspas, P., Sensaki, S., Sim, X., Miyake, M., Tsujikawa, A., Lamoureux, E., Ohno-Matsui, K., Nickels, S., Mitchell, P., Wong, T.Y., Wang, J.J., Hammond, C.J., Barathi, V.A., Cheng, C.Y., Yamashiro, K., Young, T.L., Klaver, C.C.W., and Saw, S.M.

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Contains fulltext : 208643.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access), PURPOSE: To evaluate the roles of known myopia-associated genetic variants for development of myopic macular degeneration (MMD) in individuals with high myopia (HM), using case-control studies from the Consortium of Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM). METHODS: A candidate gene approach tested 50 myopia-associated loci for association with HM and MMD, using meta-analyses of case-control studies comprising subjects of European and Asian ancestry aged 30 to 80 years from 10 studies. Fifty loci with the strongest associations with myopia were chosen from a previous published GWAS study. Highly myopic (spherical equivalent [SE]

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

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Aparicio H.J., Del C. Valdes Hernandez M., Luciano M., Liewald D., Deary I.J., Starr J.M., Bastin M.E., Maniega S.M., Slagboom P.E., Beekman M., Deelen J., Uh H.-W., Lemmens R., Brodaty H., Wright M.J., Ames D., Boncoraglio G.B., Hopewell J.C., Beecham A.H., Blanton S.H., Wright C.B., Sacco R.L., Wen W., Thalamuthu A., Armstrong N.J., Chong E., Schofield P.R., Kwok J.B., van der Grond J., Stott D.J., Ford I., Jukema J.W., Vernooij M.W., Hofman A., Uitterlinden A.G., van der Lugt A., Wittfeld K., Grabe H.J., Hosten N., von Sarnowski B., Volker U., Levi C., Jimenez-Conde J., Sharma P., Sudlow C.L.M., Rosand J., Woo D., Cole J.W., Meschia J.F., Slowik A., Thijs V., Lindgren A., Melander O., Grewal R.P., Rundek T., Rexrode K., Rothwell P.M., Arnett D.K., Jern C., Johnson J.A., Benavente O.R., Wasssertheil-Smoller S., Lee J.-M., Wong Q., Mitchell B.D., Rich S.S., McArdle P.F., Geerlings M.I., van der Graaf Y., de Bakker P.I.W., Asselbergs F.W., Srikanth V., Thomson R., McWhirter R., Moran C., Callisaya M., Phan T., Rutten-Jacobs L.C.A., Bevan S., Tzourio C., Mather K.A., Sachdev P.S., van Duijn C.M., Worrall B.B., Dichgans M., Kittner S.J., Markus H.S., Ikram M.A., Fornage M., Launer L.J., Seshadri S., Longstreth W.T., Debette S., Chauhan G., Adams H.H.H., Satizabal C.L., Bis J.C., Teumer A., Sargurupremraj M., Hofer E., Trompet S., Hilal S., Smith A.V., Jian X., Malik R., Traylor M., Pulit S.L., Amouyel P., Mazoyer B., Zhu Y.-C., Kaffashian S., Schilling S., Beecham G.W., Montine T.J., Schellenberg G.D., Kjartansson O., Gudnason V., Knopman D.S., Griswold M.E., Windham B.G., Gottesman R.F., Mosley T.H., Schmidt R., Saba Y., Schmidt H., Takeuchi F., Yamaguchi S., Nabika T., Kato N., Rajan K.B., Aggarwal N.T., De Jager P.L., Evans D.A., Psaty B.M., Rotter J.I., Rice K., Lopez O.L., Liao J., Chen C., Cheng C.-Y., Wong T.Y., Ikram M.K., van der Lee S.J., Amin N., Chouraki V., Destefano A.L., Romero J.R., Maillard P., Decarli C., Wardlaw J.M., Aparicio H.J., Del C. Valdes Hernandez M., Luciano M., Liewald D., Deary I.J., Starr J.M., Bastin M.E., Maniega S.M., Slagboom P.E., Beekman M., Deelen J., Uh H.-W., Lemmens R., Brodaty H., Wright M.J., Ames D., Boncoraglio G.B., Hopewell J.C., Beecham A.H., Blanton S.H., Wright C.B., Sacco R.L., Wen W., Thalamuthu A., Armstrong N.J., Chong E., Schofield P.R., Kwok J.B., van der Grond J., Stott D.J., Ford I., Jukema J.W., Vernooij M.W., Hofman A., Uitterlinden A.G., van der Lugt A., Wittfeld K., Grabe H.J., Hosten N., von Sarnowski B., Volker U., Levi C., Jimenez-Conde J., Sharma P., Sudlow C.L.M., Rosand J., Woo D., Cole J.W., Meschia J.F., Slowik A., Thijs V., Lindgren A., Melander O., Grewal R.P., Rundek T., Rexrode K., Rothwell P.M., Arnett D.K., Jern C., Johnson J.A., Benavente O.R., Wasssertheil-Smoller S., Lee J.-M., Wong Q., Mitchell B.D., Rich S.S., McArdle P.F., Geerlings M.I., van der Graaf Y., de Bakker P.I.W., Asselbergs F.W., Srikanth V., Thomson R., McWhirter R., Moran C., Callisaya M., Phan T., Rutten-Jacobs L.C.A., Bevan S., Tzourio C., Mather K.A., Sachdev P.S., van Duijn C.M., Worrall B.B., Dichgans M., Kittner S.J., Markus H.S., Ikram M.A., Fornage M., Launer L.J., Seshadri S., Longstreth W.T., Debette S., Chauhan G., Adams H.H.H., Satizabal C.L., Bis J.C., Teumer A., Sargurupremraj M., Hofer E., Trompet S., Hilal S., Smith A.V., Jian X., Malik R., Traylor M., Pulit S.L., Amouyel P., Mazoyer B., Zhu Y.-C., Kaffashian S., Schilling S., Beecham G.W., Montine T.J., Schellenberg G.D., Kjartansson O., Gudnason V., Knopman D.S., Griswold M.E., Windham B.G., Gottesman R.F., Mosley T.H., Schmidt R., Saba Y., Schmidt H., Takeuchi F., Yamaguchi S., Nabika T., Kato N., Rajan K.B., Aggarwal N.T., De Jager P.L., Evans D.A., Psaty B.M., Rotter J.I., Rice K., Lopez O.L., Liao J., Chen C., Cheng C.-Y., Wong T.Y., Ikram M.K., van der Lee S.J., Amin N., Chouraki V., Destefano A.L., Romero J.R., Maillard P., Decarli C., and Wardlaw J.M.

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Objective To explore genetic and lifestyle risk factors of MRI-defined brain infarcts (BI) in large population-based cohorts. Methods We performed meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and examined associations of vascular risk factors and their genetic risk scores (GRS) with MRI-defined BI and a subset of BI, namely, small subcortical BI (SSBI), in 18 population-based cohorts (n=20,949) from 5 ethnicities (3,726 with BI, 2,021 with SSBI). Top loci were followed up in 7 population-based cohorts (n = 6,862; 1,483 with BI, 630 with SBBI), and we tested associations with related phenotypes including ischemic stroke and pathologically defined BI. Results The mean prevalence was 17.7% for BI and 10.5% for SSBI, steeply rising after age 65. Two loci showed genome-wide significant association with BI: FBN2, p = 1.77 x 10-8; and LINC00539/ZDHHC20, p = 5.82 x 10-9. Both have been associated with blood pressure (BP)-related phenotypes, but did not replicate in the smaller follow-up sample or show associations with related phenotypes. Age- and sex-adjusted associations with BI and SSBI were observed for BP traits (p value for BI, p[BI] = 9.38 x 10-25; p [SSBI] = 5.23 x 10-14 for hypertension), smoking (p[BI]= 4.4 x 10-10; p [SSBI] = 1.2 x 10 -4), diabetes (p[BI] = 1.7 x 10 -8; p [SSBI] = 2.8 x 10 -3), previous cardiovascular disease (p [BI] = 1.0 x 10-18; p [SSBI] = 2.3 x 10-7), stroke (p [BI] = 3.9 x 10-69; p [SSBI] = 3.2 x 10 -24), and MRI-defined white matter hyperintensity burden (p [BI]=1.43 x 10-157; p [SSBI] = 3.16 x 10-106), but not with body mass index or cholesterol. GRS of BP traits were associated with BI and SSBI (p <= 0.0022), without indication of directional pleiotropy. Conclusion In this multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis, including over 20,000 population-based participants, we identified genetic risk loci for BI requiring validation once additional large datasets become available. High BP, including genetically determined, was the most significa

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50. Additive effect of cerebral atrophy on cognition in dementia-free elderly with cerebrovascular disease

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Xu, X. (Xin), Phua, A.K.S. (April Ka Sin), Collinson, S.L. (Simon L.), Hilal, S. (Saima), Ikram, M.K. (Kamran), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Cheng, C.Y. (Ching Yu), Venketasubramanian, N. (Narayanaswamy), Chen, C. (Christopher), Xu, X. (Xin), Phua, A.K.S. (April Ka Sin), Collinson, S.L. (Simon L.), Hilal, S. (Saima), Ikram, M.K. (Kamran), Wong, T.Y. (Tien Yin), Cheng, C.Y. (Ching Yu), Venketasubramanian, N. (Narayanaswamy), and Chen, C. (Christopher)

Abstract

Objective: To explore the additive effect of neurodegenerative diseases, measured by atrophy, on neurocognitive function in Asian dementia-free elderly with cerebrovascular disease (CeVD). Methods: The present study employed a cross-sectional design and was conducted between 2010 and 2015 among community-dwelling elderly participants recruited into the study. Eligible participants were evaluated with an extensive neuropsychological battery and neuroimaging. The weighted CeVD burden scale comprising markers of both small- and large-vessel diseases was applied, with a score of ≥2, indicating significant CeVD burden. Cortical atrophy (CA) and medial temporal atrophy (MTA) were graded using the global cortical atrophy scale and Schelten's scale, respectively. Global and domain-specific (attention, executive function, language, visuomotor speed, visuoconstruction, visual memory, and verbal memory) neurocognitive performance was measured using a locally validated neuropsychological battery (Vascular Dementia Battery, VDB). Results: A total of 819 dementia-free participants were included in the analysis. Among none-mild CeVD subjects, there was no significant difference in the global cognitive performance across atrophy groups (no atrophy, CA, and CA+MTA). However, in moderate-severe CeVD subjects, CA+MTA showed significantly worse global cognitive performance compared with those with CA alone (mean difference=-0.35, 95% CI -0.60 to -0.11, p=0.002) and those without atrophy (mean difference=-0.46, 95% CI -0.74 to -0.19, p<0.001, p<0.001). In domain-specific cognitive performance, subjects with CA+MTA performed worse than other groups in visual memory (p=0.005), executive function (p=0.001) and visuomotor speed (p<0.001) in moderate-severe CeVD but not in none-mild CeVD. Conclusions and relevance: Atrophy and moderate-severe CeVD burden showed an additive effect on global and domain-specific cognitive performance. This study highlights the importance of investigating the me

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2019
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