2017 · The Lancet
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
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3,587 papers in total1993 · Neurology
Vascular dementia
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2015 · Nature
Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
4,538 citationsRead
2013 · Nature Genetics
Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease
4,326 citationsRead
2010 · Nature
Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids
3,526 citationsRead
2013 · Nature Genetics
Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels
2,992 citationsRead
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3,587 papers in total2022
2021
2020
- Twenty-seven-year time trends in dementia incidence in Europe and the United StatesNeurology · 480 citations
- Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participantsThe Lancet · 416 citations
2019
- Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influencesNature Genetics · 752 citations
- Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adultsNature · 732 citations
- Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factorsNature Genetics · 592 citations
2018
- Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traitsNature Genetics · 1,379 citations
- Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillationNature Genetics · 773 citations
- Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex DisordersThe American Journal of Human Genetics · 420 citations
2017
- Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's diseaseNature Genetics · 1,008 citations
- Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marksNature Genetics · 554 citations
- Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular riskNature Genetics · 554 citations
- Cerebral Perfusion and the Risk of DementiaCirculation · 518 citations
- The Rotterdam Study: 2018 update on objectives, design and main resultsEuropean Journal of Epidemiology · 434 citations
- Excessive burden of lysosomal storage disorder gene variants in Parkinson’s diseaseBrain · 430 citations
2016
- Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participantsThe Lancet · 2,577 citations
- Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working GroupMolecular Psychiatry · 1,320 citations
- Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainmentNature · 1,303 citations
- DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to deathAging · 1,121 citations
- Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analysesNature Genetics · 1,012 citations
- Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposityNature · 948 citations
- Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette SmokingCirculation Cardiovascular Genetics · 931 citations
- DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysisThe American Journal of Human Genetics · 888 citations
- Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraineNature Genetics · 692 citations
- Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosisNature Genetics · 572 citations
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disordersMolecular Psychiatry · 564 citations
- Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart diseaseScience · 543 citations
- Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney functionNature Communications · 517 citations
- Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult diseaseNature · 501 citations
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From OpenAlex- article189
- review11
- Nature Genetics60
- Nature12
- The Lancet9
- Stroke8
- Neurology8
- André Gerardus Uitterlinden57
- Monique M.B. Breteler46
- Cornelia M. van Duijn43
- Jacqueline C.M. Witteman39
- Albert V. Smith35
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