Search Results - "Kelly Cho"
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Comparative Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines in U.S. Veterans
Published in The New England journal of medicine (13-01-2022)“…In an observational study involving nearly 440,000 veterans, both the BNT162b2 vaccine and the mRNA-1273 vaccine were highly effective at preventing infection,…”
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Diabetes Mellitus-Related All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a National Cohort of Adults
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (19-02-2019)“…Background Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) and has been associated with 2- to 4-fold higher mortality. Diabetes…”
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Prescription opioid duration of action and the risk of unintentional overdose among patients receiving opioid therapy
Published in JAMA internal medicine (01-04-2015)“…The unprecedented increase in unintentional overdose events that has occurred in tandem with escalating sales of prescription opioids over the past 2 decades…”
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Harmonizing Genetic Ancestry and Self-identified Race/Ethnicity in Genome-wide Association Studies
Published in American journal of human genetics (03-10-2019)“…Large-scale multi-ethnic cohorts offer unprecedented opportunities to elucidate the genetic factors influencing complex traits related to health and disease…”
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Genome-wide association study of peripheral artery disease in the Million Veteran Program
Published in Nature medicine (01-08-2019)“…Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; however, the extent to which genetic factors increase risk for…”
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Million Veteran Program's response to COVID-19: Survey development and preliminary findings
Published in PloS one (25-04-2022)“…In response to the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Million Veteran Program (MVP) organized efforts…”
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Association of cancer and Alzheimer's disease risk in a national cohort of veterans
Published in Alzheimer's & dementia (01-12-2017)“…To examine the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) among cancer survivors in a national database. Retrospective cohort of 3,499,378 mostly male US veterans aged…”
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Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index
Published in PloS one (11-11-2020)“…Available COVID-19 mortality indices are limited to acute inpatient data. Using nationwide medical administrative data available prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection…”
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Genome-wide association study of post-traumatic stress disorder reexperiencing symptoms in >165,000 US veterans
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-09-2019)“…Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major problem among military veterans and civilians alike, yet its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. We…”
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Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Aortic Stenosis Identifies Multiple Novel Loci in the Million Veteran Program
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (21-03-2023)“…Calcific aortic stenosis (CAS) is the most common valvular heart disease in older adults and has no effective preventive therapies. Genome-wide association…”
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Degree of adherence to plant-based diet and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective cohort study in the Million Veteran Program
Published in Public health nutrition (01-02-2023)“…To examine the association between adherence to plant-based diets and mortality. Prospective study. We calculated a plant-based diet index (PDI) by assigning…”
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Genetic architecture of heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction
Published in Nature communications (14-12-2022)“…Pharmacologic clinical trials for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction have been largely unsuccessful as compared to those for heart failure with…”
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Genome-wide association analysis and Mendelian randomization proteomics identify drug targets for heart failure
Published in Nature communications (10-07-2023)“…We conduct a large-scale meta-analysis of heart failure genome-wide association studies (GWAS) consisting of over 90,000 heart failure cases and more than 1…”
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Lipid levels and risk of acute pancreatitis using bidirectional Mendelian randomization
Published in Scientific reports (15-03-2024)“…Previous studies found lipid levels, especially triglycerides (TG), are associated with acute pancreatitis, but their causalities and bi-directions were not…”
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Random plasma glucose predicts the diagnosis of diabetes
Published in PloS one (19-07-2019)“…Early recognition of those at high risk for diabetes as well as diabetes itself can permit preventive management, but many Americans with diabetes are…”
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Moderate alcohol consumption on the risk of stroke in the Million Veteran Program
Published in BMC public health (12-12-2023)“…There is inconsistent evidence on the association of moderate alcohol consumption and stroke risk in the general population and is not well studied among U.S…”
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Visualizing novel connections and genetic similarities across diseases using a network-medicine based approach
Published in Scientific reports (01-09-2022)“…Understanding the genetic relationships between human disorders could lead to better treatment and prevention strategies, especially for individuals with…”
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Characterising the genetic architecture of changes in adiposity during adulthood using electronic health records
Published in Nature communications (10-07-2024)“…Obesity is a heritable disease, characterised by excess adiposity that is measured by body mass index (BMI). While over 1,000 genetic loci are associated with…”
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Trajectories of Frailty in the 5 Years Prior to Death Among U.S. Veterans Born 1927–1934
Published in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (01-11-2021)“…Abstract Background Electronic frailty indices (eFIs) are increasingly used to identify patients at risk for morbidity and mortality. Whether eFIs capture the…”
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A multi-population phenome-wide association study of genetically-predicted height in the Million Veteran Program
Published in PLoS genetics (01-06-2022)“…Height has been associated with many clinical traits but whether such associations are causal versus secondary to confounding remains unclear in many cases. To…”
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