Published in Econ Hum Biol on June 02, 2012
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Associations between an obesity related genetic variant (FTO rs9939609) and prostate cancer risk. PLoS One (2010) 0.90
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Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2008) 25.83
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New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet (2010) 17.89
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature (2011) 13.25
Cohort Profile: the 'children of the 90s'--the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 11.79
Mendelian randomization: using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology. Stat Med (2008) 9.39
Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies. Lancet (2011) 9.07
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Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nat Genet (2010) 7.94
Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height. Nat Genet (2008) 7.31
Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1). J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 7.09
Cohort Profile: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 6.91
A common variant of HMGA2 is associated with adult and childhood height in the general population. Nat Genet (2007) 6.87
Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. JAMA (2008) 6.73
C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and cardiovascular disease prediction. N Engl J Med (2012) 6.39
Those confounded vitamins: what can we learn from the differences between observational versus randomised trial evidence? Lancet (2004) 6.37
Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution. PLoS Genet (2009) 5.81
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The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet (2012) 4.87
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GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science (2013) 4.71
Exercise for depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 4.30
Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: cross sectional multilevel evidence from the 1998-9 national family health survey. BMJ (2004) 4.22
Association of maternal weight gain in pregnancy with offspring obesity and metabolic and vascular traits in childhood. Circulation (2010) 4.12
Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function. Nat Genet (2009) 4.10
Association between maternal use of folic acid supplements and risk of autism spectrum disorders in children. JAMA (2013) 4.08
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Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young people: a systematic review of longitudinal, general population studies. Lancet (2004) 3.96
Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children. PLoS Med (2011) 3.94
Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low- and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 3.93
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Systematic review of long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt in adults. BMJ (2002) 3.87
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Genetic loci influencing kidney function and chronic kidney disease. Nat Genet (2010) 3.75
Clustered environments and randomized genes: a fundamental distinction between conventional and genetic epidemiology. PLoS Med (2007) 3.71
The accuracy of the Framingham risk-score in different socioeconomic groups: a prospective study. Br J Gen Pract (2005) 3.65
NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data. BMJ (2003) 3.60
Variations in the G6PC2/ABCB11 genomic region are associated with fasting glucose levels. J Clin Invest (2008) 3.51
Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review. BMJ (2006) 3.47
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The impact of residual and unmeasured confounding in epidemiologic studies: a simulation study. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 3.40
Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men. BMJ (2002) 3.33
Exercise for depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2009) 3.23
Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet (2012) 3.21
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The effect of rural-to-urban migration on obesity and diabetes in India: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med (2010) 3.16
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Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet (2011) 3.03
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Smoking cessation treatment and risk of depression, suicide, and self harm in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink: prospective cohort study. BMJ (2013) 2.86
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Association of body mass index with suicide mortality: a prospective cohort study of more than one million men. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 2.82
Comparison of the associations of body mass index and measures of central adiposity and fat mass with coronary heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a study using data from 4 UK cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 2.82
Treatment and prevention of obesity--are there critical periods for intervention? Int J Epidemiol (2006) 2.81
Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review. Age Ageing (2010) 2.78
Childhood IQ, social class, deprivation, and their relationships with mortality and morbidity risk in later life: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Psychosom Med (2003) 2.69
Associations of circulating C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 with cancer risk: findings from two prospective cohorts and a meta-analysis. Cancer Causes Control (2008) 2.68
Associations of gestational weight gain with maternal body mass index, waist circumference, and blood pressure measured 16 y after pregnancy: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 2.67
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What are the causal effects of breastfeeding on IQ, obesity and blood pressure? Evidence from comparing high-income with middle-income cohorts. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 2.54
Associations of pregnancy complications with calculated cardiovascular disease risk and cardiovascular risk factors in middle age: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Circulation (2012) 2.54
Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet (2012) 2.53
A systematic review of the association between circulating concentrations of C reactive protein and cancer. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 2.50
Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2012) 2.47
Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer. BMJ (2004) 2.46
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A common haplotype of the glucokinase gene alters fasting glucose and birth weight: association in six studies and population-genetics analyses. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 2.44
Missed appointments in primary care: questionnaire and focus group study of health professionals. Br J Gen Pract (2004) 2.43
Association of C-reactive protein with blood pressure and hypertension: life course confounding and mendelian randomization tests of causality. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2005) 2.42
The mortality divide in India: the differential contributions of gender, caste, and standard of living across the life course. Am J Public Health (2006) 2.42
Association of plasma uric acid with ischaemic heart disease and blood pressure: mendelian randomisation analysis of two large cohorts. BMJ (2013) 2.41
Indigenous health and socioeconomic status in India. PLoS Med (2006) 2.37
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Does psychological distress predict the risk of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack? The Caerphilly Study. Stroke (2002) 2.30
Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight. Nat Genet (2010) 2.30
Substantial intergenerational increases in body mass index are not explained by the fetal overnutrition hypothesis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 2.28
Socioeconomic position, co-occurrence of behavior-related risk factors, and coronary heart disease: the Finnish Public Sector study. Am J Public Health (2007) 2.28