BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

The prevalence of obesity has tripled over the past four decades, imposing an enormous
burden on people's health. Polygenic (or common) obesity and rare, severe, early-onset …

Genetic risk variants that have been identified in genome-wide association studies of
complex diseases are primarily non-coding. Translating these risk variants into mechanistic …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involve testing genetic variants across the
genomes of many individuals to identify genotype–phenotype associations. GWAS have …

Mendelian randomisation uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to investigate the
causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in …

There is a genetic component to human obesity that accounts for 40% to 50% of the
variability in body weight status but that is lower among normal weight individuals (about …

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism,
ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovarian morphology. Affected women frequently have …

Objective To evaluate whether body size in early life has an independent effect on risk of
disease in later life or whether its influence is mediated by body size in adulthood. Design …