• Association of Assisted Reproductive Technology With Offspring Growth and Adiposity From Infancy to Early Adulthood 

      Elhakeem, Ahmed; Taylor, Amy E.; Inskip, Hazel M.; Huang, Jonathan Yinhao; Tafflet, Muriel; Vinther, Johan L.; Asta, Federica; Erkamp, Jan S.; Gagliardi, Luigi; Guerlich, Kathrin; Halliday, Jane; Harskamp-van Ginkel, Margreet W.; He, Jian-Rong; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Lewis, Sharon; Maher, Gillian M.; Manios, Yannis; Mansell, Toby; McCarthy, Fergus; McDonald, Sheila W.; Medda, Emanuela; Nisticò, Lorenza; Pinot de Moira, Angela; Popovic, Maja; Reiss, Irwin K. M.; Rodrigues, Carina; Salika, Theodosia; Smith, Ash; Stazi, Maria A.; Walker, Caroline; Wu, Muci; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Henrique, Barros; Brescianini, Sonia; Burgner, David; Chan, Jerry K. Y.; Charles, Marie-Aline; Eriksson, Johan G.; Gaillard, Romy; Grote, Veit; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Heude, Barbara; Koletzko, Berthold; Morton, Susan; Moschonis, George; Murray, Deirdre; O'Mahony, Desmond; Porta, Daniela; Qiu, Xiu; Magnus, Maria Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use 

      Liu, Ming; Jiang, Yu; Wedow, Robbee; Li, Yue; Brazel, David M.; Chen, Fang; Datta, Gargi; Davila-Velderrain, Jose; Mitchell, Amy; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Sivertsen, Børge; Stordal, Eystein; Morken, Gunnar; Kallestad, Håvard; Heuch, Ingrid; Zwart, John-Anker; Fjukstad, Katrine Kveli; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Skrove, Marit Synnøve; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Drange, Ole Kristian; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Choquet, Hélène; Docherty, Anna R.; Faul, Jessica D.; Foerster, Johanna R.; Fritsche, Lars; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gordon, Scott D.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Huang, Hongyan; Jang, Seon-Kyeong; Jansen, Philip R.; Ling, Yueh; Mägi, Reedik; Matoba, Nana; McMahon, George; Mulas, Antonella; Orrú, Valeria; Palviainen, Teemu; Pandit, Anita; Reginsson, Gunnar W.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Taylor, Amy E.; Turman, Constance; Willemsen, Gonneke; Young, Hannah; Young, Kendra A.; Zajac, Gregory J.M.; Zhao, Wei; Zhou, Wei; Björnsdóttir, Gyda Thora; Boardman, Jason D.; Boehnke, Michael; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Chen, Chu; Davies, Gareth E.; Eaton, Charles B.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Hveem, Kristian; Vrieze, Scott (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex diseases and disorders1. They are heritable2,3 and etiologically related4,5 behaviors that have been resistant to gene discovery ...
    • Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: Evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium 

      Morris, Richard W.; Taylor, Amy E.; Fluharty, Meg E.; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Campbell, Archie; Marioni, Riccardo; Kumari, Meena; Korhonen, Tellervo; Männistö, Satu; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Kaakinen, Marika; Cavadino, Alana; Postmus, Iris; Husemoen, Lise Lotte N.; Skaaby, Tea; Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh; Treur, Jorien L.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Dale, Caroline; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Lahti, Jari; Palotie, Aarno; Räikkönen, Katri; McConnachie, Alex; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Wong, Andrew; Dalgård, Christine; Paternoster, Lavinia; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Tyrrell, Jessica; Horwood, John; Fergusson, David M.; Kennedy, Martin A.; Nohr, Ellen A.; Christiansen, Lene; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Kuh, Diana; Watt, Graham; Eriksson, Johan G.; Whincup, Peter H.; Vink, Jacqueline M.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie; Linneberg, Allan; Ford, Ian; Jukema, J. Wouter; Power, Chris; Hyppönen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Preisig, Martin; Borodulin, Katja; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kivimaki, Mika; Smith, Blair H.; Hayward, Caroline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Munafo, Marcus R.; Sattar, Naveed (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Objectives: To investigate, using a Mendelian randomisation approach, whether heavier smoking is associated with a range of regional adiposity phenotypes, in particular those related to abdominal adiposity. Design: ...
    • Is smoking heaviness causally associated with alcohol use? A Mendelian randomization study in four European cohorts 

      Taylor, Michelle; Rode, Line; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Taylor, Amy E.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Lewis, Glyn; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Hickman, Matthew; Munafò, Marcus R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Observational studies have shown that tobacco and alcohol use co-occur, but it is not clear whether this relationship is causal. Methods Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ...
    • Long-term cardiometabolic health in people born after assisted reproductive technology: a multi-cohort analysis 

      Elhakeem, Ahmed; Taylor, Amy E.; Inskip, Hazel M.; Huang, Jonathan Yinhao; Mansell, Toby; Rodrigues, Carina; Asta, Federica; Blaauwendraad, Sophia M.; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Halliday, Jane; Harskamp-van Ginkel, Margreet W.; He, Jian-Rong; Jaddoe, Vincent W.V.; Lewis, Sharon; Maher, Gillian M.; Manios, Yannis; McCarthy, Fergus P.; Reiss, Irwin K.M.; Rusconi, Franca; Salika, Theodosia; Tafflet, Muriel; Qiu, Xiu; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Burgner, David; Chan, Jerry K.Y.; Gagliardi, Luigi; Gaillard, Romy; Heude, Barbara; Magnus, Maria Christine; Moschonis, George; Murray, Deirdre; Nelson, Scott M; Porta, Daniela; Saffery, Richard; Barros, Henrique; Eriksson, Johan G.; Vrijkotte, Tanja G.M.; Lawlor, Deborah A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aims: To examine associations of assisted reproductive technology (ART) conception (vs. natural conception: NC) with offspring cardiometabolic health outcomes and whether these differ with age. Methods and results: Differences ...
    • Model-based assessment of replicability for genome-wide association meta-analysis 

      McGuire, Daniel; Jiang, Yu; Liu, Mengzhen; Weissenkampen, J. Dylan; Eckert, Scott; Yang, Lina; Chen, Fang; Liu, MengZhen; Wedow, Robbee; Li, Yue; Brazel, David M.; Datta, Gargi; Davila-Velderrain, Jose; Tian, Chao; Zhan, Xiaowei; Choquet, H. éléne; Docherty, Anna R.; Faul, Jessica D.; Foerster, Johanna R.; Fritsche, Lars; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gordon, Scott D.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Huang, Hongyan; Jang, Seon-Kyeong; Jansen, Philip R.; Ling, Yueh; Ma ̈gi, Reedik; Matoba, Nana; McMahon, George; Mulas, Antonella; Orru, Valeria; Palviainen, Teemu; Pandit, Anita; Reginsson, Gunnar W.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Smith, Jennifer A.; Taylor, Amy E.; Turman, Constance; Willemsen, Gonneke; Young, Hannah; Young, Kendra A.; Zajac, Gregory J. M.; Zhao, Wei; Zhou, Wei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Boardman, Jason D.; Boehnke, Michael; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Chen, Chu; Cucca, Francesco; Davies, Gareth E.; Eaton, Charles B.; Ehringer, Marissa A.; Esko, Tõnu; Fiorillo, Edoardo; Gillespie, Nathan A.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Haller, Toomas; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; Heath, Andrew C.; Hewitt, John K.; Hickie, Ian B.; Hokanson, John E.; Hopfer, Christian J.; Hunter, David J.; Iacono, William G.; Johnson, Eric O.; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Keller, Matthew C.; Kellis, Manolis; Kooperberg, Charles; Kraft, Peter; Krauter, Kenneth S.; Laakso, Markku; Lind, Penelope A.; Loukola, Anu; Lutz, Sharon M.; Madden, Pamela A. F.; Martin, Nicholas G.; McGue, Matt; McQueen, Matthew B.; Medland, Sarah E.; Metspalu, Andres; Mohlke, Karen L.; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Okada, Yukinori; Peters, Ulrike; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Posthuma, Danielle; Reiner, Alexander P.; Rice, JP; Rimm, Eric; Rose, Richard J.; Runarsdottir, Valgerdur; Stallings, Michael C.; Stanˇca ́kova, Alena; Stefansson, Hreinn; Thai, Khanh K.; Tindle, Hilary A.; Tyrfingsson, Thorarinn; Wall, Tamara L.; Weir, David R.; Weisner, Constance M; Whitfield, John B.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Yin, Jie; Zuccolo, Luisa; Bierut, Laura J.; Hveem, Kristian; Lee, James J.; Munafo, Marcus R.; Saccone, Nancy L.; Willer, Cristen J; Cornelis, Marilyn C.; David, Sean P.; Hinds, David; Jorgenson, Eric; Kaprio, Jaakko; Stitzel, Jerry A.; Stefansson, Kari; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Abecasis, Goncalo; Liu, Dajiang J.; Vrieze, Scott; Berg, Arthur; Jiang, Bibo; Li, Qunhua (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) is an effective approach to enlarge sample sizes and empower the discovery of novel associations between genotype and phenotype. Independent replication has been used as a ...
    • Varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy for long-term smoking cessation: an observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink 

      Davies, Neil Martin; Taylor, Amy E.; Taylor, Gemma M.J.; Itani, Taha; Jones, Tim; Martin, Richard M.; Munafò, Marcus R.; Windmeijer, Frank; Thomas, Kyla H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Smoking is the leading avoidable cause of illness and premature mortality. The first-line treatments for smoking cessation are nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline. Meta-analyses of experimental studies ...