MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Distinct Body Mass Index Trajectories to Young-Adulthood Obesity and Their Different Cardiometabolic Consequences.

Norris T, Mansukoski L, Gilthorpe MS, Hamer M, Hardy R, Howe LD, Hughes AD, Li L, O'Donnell E, Ong KK, Ploubidis GB, Silverwood RJ, Viner RM, and Johnson W

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315782)

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Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation.

Min JL, Hemani G, Hannon E, Dekkers KF, Castillo-Fernandez J, Luijk R, Carnero-Montoro E, Lawson DJ, Burrows K, Suderman M, Bretherick AD, Richardson TG, Klughammer J, Iotchkova V, Sharp G, Al Khleifat A, Shatunov A, Iacoangeli A, McArdle WL, Ho KM, Kumar A, Söderhäll C, Soriano-Tárraga C, Giralt-Steinhauer E, Kazmi N, Mason D, McRae AF, Corcoran DL, Sugden K, Kasela S, Cardona A, Day FR, Cugliari G, Viberti C, Guarrera S, Lerro M, Gupta R, Bollepalli S, Mandaviya P, Zeng Y, Clarke TK, Walker RM, Schmoll V, Czamara D, Ruiz-Arenas C, Rezwan FI, Marioni RE, Lin T, Awaloff Y, Germain M, Aïssi D, Zwamborn R, van Eijk K, Dekker A, van Dongen J, Hottenga JJ, Willemsen G, Xu CJ, Barturen G, Català-Moll F, Kerick M, Wang C, Melton P, Elliott HR, Shin J, Bernard M, Yet I, Smart M, Gorrie-Stone T, BIOS Consortium, Shaw C, Al Chalabi A, Ring SM, Pershagen G, Melén E, Jiménez-Conde J, Roquer J, Lawlor DA, Wright J, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Moffitt TE, Poulton R, Esko T, Milani L, Metspalu A, Perry JRB, Ong KK, Wareham NJ, Matullo G, Sacerdote C, Panico S, Caspi A, Arseneault L, Gagnon F, Ollikainen M, Kaprio J, Felix JF, Rivadeneira F, Tiemeier H, van IJzendoorn MH, Uitterlinden AG, Jaddoe VWV, Haley C, McIntosh AM, Evans KL, Murray A, Räikkönen K, Lahti J, Nohr EA, Sørensen TIA, Hansen T, Morgen CS, Binder EB, Lucae S, González JR, Bustamante M, Sunyer J, Holloway JW, Karmaus W, Zhang H, Deary IJ, Wray NR, Starr JM, Beekman M, van Heemst D, Slagboom PE, Morange PE, Trégouët DA, Veldink JH, Davies GE, de Geus EJC, Boomsma DI, Vonk JM, Brunekreef B, Koppelman GH, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Huang RC, Pennell CE, van Meurs J, Ikram MA, Hughes AD, Tillin T, Chaturvedi N, Pausova Z, Paus T, Spector TD, Kumari M, Schalkwyk LC, Visscher PM, Davey Smith G, Bock C, Gaunt TR, Bell JT, Heijmans BT, Mill J, and Relton CL

Nature genetics. Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1038/s41588-021-00923-x)

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Ethnic differences in cross-sectional associations between impaired glucose regulation, identified by oral glucose tolerance test or HbA1c values, and cardiovascular disease in a cohort of European and South Asian origin.

Eastwood SV, Tillin T, Mayet J, Shibata DK, Wright A, Heasman J, Beauchamp N, Forouhi NG, Hughes AD, and Chaturvedi N

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.12895)

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Associations Between Prediabetes, by Three Different Diagnostic Criteria, and Incident CVD Differ in South Asians and Europeans.

Eastwood SV, Tillin T, Sattar N, Forouhi NG, Hughes AD, and Chaturvedi N

Diabetes care. May 2015

(DOI : 10.2337/dc15-1078)

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Diabetes risk and amino acid profiles: cross-sectional and prospective analyses of ethnicity, amino acids and diabetes in a South Asian and European cohort from the SABRE (Southall And Brent REvisited) Study.

Tillin T, Hughes AD, Wang Q, Würtz P, Ala-Korpela M, Sattar N, Forouhi NG, Godsland IF, Eastwood SV, McKeigue PM, and Chaturvedi N

Diabetologia. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-015-3517-8)

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Ethnic differences in associations between fat deposition and incident diabetes and underlying mechanisms: the SABRE study.

Eastwood SV, Tillin T, Dehbi HM, Wright A, Forouhi NG, Godsland I, Whincup P, Sattar N, Hughes AD, and Chaturvedi N

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.20997)

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Ethnicity-specific obesity cut-points in the development of Type 2 diabetes - a prospective study including three ethnic groups in the United Kingdom.

Tillin T, Sattar N, Godsland IF, Hughes AD, Chaturvedi N, and Forouhi NG

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.12576)

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Ethnicity and prediction of cardiovascular disease: performance of QRISK2 and Framingham scores in a U.K. tri-ethnic prospective cohort study (SABRE--Southall And Brent REvisited).

Tillin T, Hughes AD, Whincup P, Mayet J, Sattar N, McKeigue PM, Chaturvedi N, and SABRE Study Group

Heart (British Cardiac Society). Nov 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304474)

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Thigh fat and muscle each contribute to excess cardiometabolic risk in South Asians, independent of visceral adipose tissue.

Eastwood SV, Tillin T, Wright A, Mayet J, Godsland I, Forouhi NG, Whincup P, Hughes AD, and Chaturvedi N

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.20796)

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Estimation of CT-derived abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots from anthropometry in Europeans, South Asians and African Caribbeans.

Eastwood SV, Tillin T, Wright A, Heasman J, Willis J, Godsland IF, Forouhi N, Whincup P, Hughes AD, and Chaturvedi N

PLoS ONE. May 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0075085)

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Insulin resistance and truncal obesity as important determinants of the greater incidence of diabetes in Indian Asians and African Caribbeans compared with Europeans: the Southall And Brent REvisited (SABRE) cohort.

Tillin T, Hughes AD, Godsland IF, Whincup P, Forouhi NG, Welsh P, Sattar N, McKeigue PM, and Chaturvedi N

Diabetes care. Sep 2012

(DOI : 10.2337/dc12-0544)

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The relationship between metabolic risk factors and incident cardiovascular disease in Europeans, South Asians, and African Caribbeans: SABRE (Southall and Brent Revisited) -- a prospective population-based study.

Tillin T, Hughes AD, Mayet J, Whincup P, Sattar N, Forouhi NG, McKeigue PM, and Chaturvedi N

Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.046)

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