Environmental risk factors of type 2 diabetes—an exposome approach

JWJ Beulens, MGM Pinho, TC Abreu, NR den Braver… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Type 2 diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases accounting for a substantial proportion
of disease burden in Western countries. The majority of the burden of type 2 diabetes is …

Adopting mechanistic molecular biology approaches in exposome research for causal understanding

AL Foreman, B Warth, EVS Hessel… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Through investigating the combined impact of the environmental exposures experienced by
an individual throughout their lifetime, exposome research provides opportunities to …

[HTML][HTML] Ranking age-specific modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from a population-based longitudinal study

F Tian, L Chen, ZM Qian, H **a, Z Zhang, J Zhang… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a paramount contemporary health
challenge. This study examined age-specific effects of 14 risk factors on CVD and mortality …

Mediating and moderating effects of plasma proteomic biomarkers on the association between poor oral health problems and brain white matter microstructural …

MA Beydoun, HA Beydoun, YH Hu, Z Li… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
The plasma proteome can mediate associations between periodontal disease (Pd) and
brain white matter integrity (WMI). We screened 5089 UK Biobank participants aged 40–70 …

Environmental and genetic predictors of human cardiovascular ageing

M Shah, MH de A. Inácio, C Lu, PR Schiratti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cardiovascular ageing is a process that begins early in life and leads to a progressive
change in structure and decline in function due to accumulated damage across diverse cell …

Accelerated aging mediates the associations of unhealthy lifestyles with cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality

X Li, X Cao, J Zhang, J Fu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background With two well‐validated aging measures capturing mortality and morbidity risk,
this study examined whether and to what extent aging mediates the associations of …

Pathways explaining racial/ethnic and socio-economic disparities in dementia incidence: the UK Biobank study

MA Beydoun, HA Beydoun… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pathways explaining racial/ethnic disparities in dementia risk are under-
evaluated. Methods: We examine those disparities and their related pathways among UK …

Cardiovascular health, infection burden and their interactive association with brain volumetric and white matter integrity outcomes in the UK Biobank

MA Beydoun, HA Beydoun, SD Gale, D Hedges… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Cardiovascular health is associated with brain magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) markers of pathology and infections may modulate this association. Methods Using …

Pre‐diagnostic free androgen and estradiol levels influence heart failure risk in both women and men: A prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank

J Lim, M Hashemian, B Blechter… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Serum sex hormones have been linked to cardiovascular disease risk. However, their
roles in the pathogenesis of heart failure (HF) in both men and women are unclear. We …

Association between cannabis use and blood pressure levels according to comorbidities and socioeconomic status

A Vallée - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The associations between blood pressure and cannabis use remain inconsistent. The
purpose of our study was to examine gender stratified associations of cannabis use and …