Search Results - "Sandhu, Manjinder S."
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Genomics of disease risk in globally diverse populations
Published in Nature reviews. Genetics (01-09-2019)“…Risk of disease is multifactorial and can be shaped by socio-economic, demographic, cultural, environmental and genetic factors. Our understanding of the…”
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A general approach for haplotype phasing across the full spectrum of relatedness
Published in PLoS genetics (01-04-2014)“…Many existing cohorts contain a range of relatedness between genotyped individuals, either by design or by chance. Haplotype estimation in such cohorts is a…”
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Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (01-06-2018)“…Little is known regarding the first people to enter the Americas and their genetic legacy. Genomic analysis of the oldest human remains from the Americas…”
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Polygenic Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in Africa
Published in Diabetes care (01-03-2022)“…Polygenic prediction of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in continental Africans is adversely affected by the limited number of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of…”
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Common Variants at 10 Genomic Loci Influence Hemoglobin A1C Levels via Glycemic and Nonglycemic Pathways
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-12-2010)“…OBJECTIVE Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), used to monitor and diagnose diabetes, is influenced by average glycemia over a 2- to 3-month period. Genetic factors…”
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The transferability of lipid loci across African, Asian and European cohorts
Published in Nature communications (24-09-2019)“…Most genome-wide association studies are based on samples of European descent. We assess whether the genetic determinants of blood lipids, a major…”
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Polymorphisms of large effect explain the majority of the host genetic contribution to variation of HIV-1 virus load
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-11-2015)“…Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of HIV-1–infected populations have been underpowered to detect common variants with moderate impact on disease…”
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The Association Between the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ2 (PPARG2) Pro12Ala Gene Variant and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A HuGE Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in American journal of epidemiology (23-02-2010)“…The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ gene (PPARG) has been implicated in the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus and has been investigated in…”
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Effect modification by population dietary folate on the association between MTHFR genotype, homocysteine, and stroke risk: a meta-analysis of genetic studies and randomised trials
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (13-08-2011)“…Summary Background The MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism has been associated with raised homocysteine concentration and increased risk of stroke. A previous overview…”
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Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia
Published in International journal for equity in health (22-01-2019)“…Health insurance has been found to increase healthcare utilisation and reduce catastrophic health expenditures in a number of countries; however, coverage is…”
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The general population cohort in rural south-western Uganda: a platform for communicable and non-communicable disease studies
Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-02-2013)“…The General Population Cohort (GPC) was set up in 1989 to examine trends in HIV prevalence and incidence, and their determinants in rural south-western Uganda…”
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Urbanicity and lifestyle risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Published in PLoS medicine (01-07-2014)“…Urban living is associated with unhealthy lifestyles that can increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the majority of…”
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Oxidation-Specific Biomarkers, Lipoprotein(a), and Risk of Fatal and Nonfatal Coronary Events
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (14-09-2010)“…Objectives This study sought to assess whether oxidation-specific biomarkers are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) events…”
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An evaluation of HIV elite controller definitions within a large seroconverter cohort collaboration
Published in PloS one (28-01-2014)“…Understanding the mechanisms underlying viral control is highly relevant to vaccine studies and elite control (EC) of HIV infection. Although numerous…”
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Burden of Diabetes and First Evidence for the Utility of HbA1c for Diagnosis and Detection of Diabetes in Urban Black South Africans: The Durban Diabetes Study
Published in PloS one (25-08-2016)“…Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is recommended as an additional tool to glucose-based measures (fasting plasma glucose [FPG] and 2-hour plasma glucose [2PG]…”
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Prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors in a rural population in South-Western Uganda: a community based survey
Published in PloS one (14-05-2015)“…The burden of dyslipidaemia is rising in many low income countries. However, there are few data on the prevalence of, or risk factors for, dyslipidaemia in…”
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LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (09-02-2008)“…Summary Background LDL cholesterol has a causal role in the development of cardiovascular disease. Improved understanding of the biological mechanisms that…”
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Insights into the genetic architecture of haematological traits from deep phenotyping and whole-genome sequencing for two Mediterranean isolated populations
Published in Scientific reports (21-01-2022)“…Haematological traits are linked to cardiovascular, metabolic, infectious and immune disorders, as well as cancer. Here, we examine the role of genetic…”
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Lipoprotein(a) Improves Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Based on Established Risk Algorithms
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (21-03-2017)“…According to the ACC/AHA definition of CVD, 1,556 participants were defined as case and 15,101 as control. According to the SCORE definition, 414 participants…”
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Telomere length in prospective and retrospective cancer case-control studies
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2010)“…Previous studies have reported that shorter mean telomere length in lymphocytes was associated with increased susceptibility to common diseases of aging, and…”
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