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Identification and validation of myocardial infarction and stroke outcomes at scale in UK Biobank

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Aims We aimed (i) to create algorithms for identifying stroke and acute myocardial infarction (MI) cases in a large prospective population-based study (UK Biobank), using linked data from national hospital admissions data and death registers, combined ...
Christian Schnier   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes: an observational and Mendelian randomization study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
IntroductionNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are both chronic multisystem diseases that cause tremendous health burdens worldwide.
Yuetian Yu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Cholesteatoma in the UK Biobank [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Otolaryngology
Level of Evidence: 3 Objective(s) To identify the risk factors for Cholesteatoma in a large UK cohort. Although some risk factors are well established (male sex, history of chronic otitis media), others require further evidence (deprivation, smoking). Design and Setting
Emma Wilson   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Comorbidities and ethnic health disparities in the UK biobank

open access: yesJAMIA Open, 2022
AbstractObjectiveThe goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between comorbidities and ethnic health disparities in a diverse, cosmopolitan population.Materials and MethodsWe used the UK Biobank (UKB), a large progressive cohort study of the UK population.
Whitney L Teagle   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
Between 2014 and 2023, 100,000 UK Biobank participants are undergoing brain, heart and abdominal MRI, as well as DXA and carotid ultrasound scans. In this review, authors provide a detailed overview of the rationale for the collection of these imaging ...
Thomas J. Littlejohns   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
The UK Biobank provides data for three depression-related phenotypes. Here, Howard et al. perform a genome-association study for broad depression, probable major depressive disorder (MDD) and hospital record-coded MDD in up to 322,580 UK Biobank ...
David M. Howard   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and the Risk of Death Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Analysis of the UK Biobank

open access: yesACR Open Rheumatology, 2021
Objectives The objectives for this study were to assess whether gout and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) diagnosis and to assess whether gout and/or RA are risk factors for death from COVID‐19 ...
Ruth K. Topless   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overestimated prediction using polygenic prediction derived from summary statistics

open access: yesBMC Genomic Data, 2023
Background When polygenic risk score (PRS) is derived from summary statistics, independence between discovery and test sets cannot be monitored. We compared two types of PRS studies derived from raw genetic data (denoted as rPRS) and the summary ...
David Keetae Park   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic risk, incident colorectal cancer, and the benefits of adhering to a healthy lifestyle: A prospective study using data from UK Biobank and FinnGen

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundGenetic factors increase the individual risk of colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the extent to which a healthy lifestyle can offset increased genetic risk is unknown. This study investigated whether a healthy lifestyle is associated with lower
E. Wu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

UK Biobank Motor Neurone Disease (MND) phenotype

open access: yes, 2019
UK Biobank Motor Neurone Disease (MND ...
UK Biobank Outcome Adjudication Group (7239638)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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