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The UK Biobank [PDF]

Nature Methods, 2018
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Social determinants of health, accelerated biological aging, and long-term health outcomes

Nature Communications
Social determinants of health (SDHs) are the primary drivers of health inequalities, but whether biological aging plays a role in linking SDHs to health outcomes remains unclear.
Jiang Li, Jie Li, Xiaoqin Xu, Wenqi Shen, Ying Sun, Yanqi Fu, Xiao Tan, Ningjian Wang, Lu Qi, Bin Wang, Yingli Lu   +10 more
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Associations of oxidative balance score with mortality and cardiovascular events: cohort study from NHANES and UK Biobank

BMJ Open
Objective To investigate the associations of oxidative balance score (OBS) with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in two large, population-based cohorts.Design Cohort study and cross-sectional study ...
Xueke Bai, Shi Chen, Liang Chen, Xianqiang Wang, Haotian Zhang, Xingtong Zhou, Fengqing Zhang, Xiaohu Wang   +7 more
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Exploring Interaction between Genetically Predicted Body Mass Index and Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels on the Odds for Psoriasis in UK Biobank and the HUNT Study: A Factorial Mendelian Randomization Study

JID Innovations
Mendelian randomization (MR) studies show that higher body mass index (BMI) and lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) increase psoriasis risk. The combined effect of these factors has not been explored using factorial MR. Using cross-sectional data from UK
Marita Jenssen, Nikhil Arora, Mari Løset, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Laurent Thomas, Ole-Jørgen Bekkevold Vassmyr, Xiao-Mei Mai, Yi-Qian Sun, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Rolf Jorde, Tom Wilsgaard, Kjersti Danielsen, Ben Michael Brumpton   +12 more
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Will UK Biobank pay off?

BMJ, 2006
UK Biobank has been promised £61m funding to collect data about genetic and environmental factors that affect human health and disease.
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Discrepancies between general and central obesity in arterial stiffness: observational studies and Mendelian randomization study

BMC Medicine
Background Obesity has been linked to arterial stiffness, while no consensus was reached on the association. We aimed to clarify the association of general and central obesity with arterial stiffness by combining observational studies and Mendelian ...
Wuqing Huang, Zhaojing Gan, Ziting Gao, Qiaofen Lin, Xiaojiang Li, Wenhui Xie, Zesen Gao, Zhixian Zhou, Ziyi Qiu, Weihong Qiu, Shanshan Du, Liangwan Chen, Huashan Hong, Weimin Ye   +13 more
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Association between frailty and main work during the LIFE: A cross-sectional analysis of the UK Biobank

Experimental Gerontology
Background: The role of main work during the life course in predicting frailty, a typical geriatric syndrome, is still largely unknown. Therefore, with this research, we aimed to investigate the potential association between the main work done during the
Nicola Veronese, Laura Maniscalco, Domenica Matranga, Ligia J. Dominguez, Mario Barbagallo   +4 more
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Associations of socioeconomic status and health lifestyles with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: two nationwide population-based studies

BMC Public Health
Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk, with smoking and poor diet as major contributing factors.
Siying Liu, Tingting Liu, Cihang Lu, Jiahui Guo, Jie Li, Hanyu Wang, Bingxin You, Qiqiang Guo, Jing Zhang, Yongze Li   +9 more
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UK Biobank

Scientia, 2020
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Autistic Traits in the UK Biobank

Abstract This study describes the profile of more than 139,000 participants who completed the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in the UK Biobank, and tests whether the AQ’s key findings replicate in the largest sample to date of people who have completed the full 50-item version of the measure.
Matthew Fysh, Kevin Matlock, Alex Tsompanidis, Carrie Allison, Elizabeth Weir, Marcin Radecki, Fiona Matthews, Varun Warrier, David Greenberg, Simon Braschi, Simon Baron-Cohen   +10 more
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