MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Simple anthropometrics are more correlated with health variables than are estimates of body composition in Yup'ik people.

Bray M, Pomeroy J, Knowler WC, Bersamin A, Hopkins S, Brage S, Stanhope K, Havel PJ, and Boyer BB

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.20125)

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Updated genetic score based on 34 confirmed type 2 diabetes Loci is associated with diabetes incidence and regression to normoglycemia in the diabetes prevention program.

Hivert MF, Jablonski KA, Perreault L, Saxena R, McAteer JB, Franks PW, Hamman RF, Kahn SE, Haffner S, Meigs JB, Altshuler D, Knowler WC, Florez JC, and DIAGRAM Consortium

Diabetes. Mar 2011

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-1119)

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Between-monitor differences in step counts are related to body size: implications for objective physical activity measurement.

Pomeroy J, Brage S, Curtis JM, Swan PD, Knowler WC, and Franks PW

PLoS ONE. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0018942)

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The Gly482Ser genotype at the PPARGC1A gene and elevated blood pressure: a meta-analysis involving 13,949 individuals.

Vimaleswaran KS, Luan J, Andersen G, Muller YL, Wheeler E, Brito EC, O'Rahilly S, Pedersen O, Baier LJ, Knowler WC, Barroso I, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ, and Franks PW

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). May 2008

(DOI : 10.1152/japplphysiol.90423.2008)

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Testing of diabetes-associated WFS1 polymorphisms in the Diabetes Prevention Program.

Florez JC, Jablonski KA, McAteer J, Sandhu MS, Wareham NJ, Barroso I, Franks PW, Altshuler D, and Knowler WC

Diabetologia. Aug 2007

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-007-0891-x)

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