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John B. Whitfield

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-1103-0876Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 4 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 4 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 4 Organism:human· 4 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Nicholas G. MartiniD· 4 shared Andrew C. HeathiD· 2 shared Andrew Mark McIntoshiD· 2 shared Anne JacksoniD· 2 shared Brenda W.J.H. PenninxiD· 2 shared Caroline HaywardiD· 2 shared David John PorteousiD· 2 shared Dorret Irene BoomsmaiD· 2 shared

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintApr 17, 2021

Random glucose GWAS in 493,036 individuals provides insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification

Vasiliki Lagou, Longda Jiang, Anna Ulrich…·Inga Prokopenko

This study performs a GWAS on random glucose measurements in 493,036 individuals, identifying 128 loci associated with glycaemic traits and providing insights into diabetes biology and treatment.

10 citations

humanGWAS summary statistics

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMay 24, 2019

Genetic comorbidity between major depression and cardio-metabolic disease, stratified by age at onset of major depression.

Saskia P. Hagenaars, JRI Coleman, Shing Wan Choi…·Cathryn M. Lewis

This study investigates genetic associations between major depression and cardio-metabolic traits, finding shared genetic aetiology regardless of depression onset age.

3 citations

humanGWAS summary statistics

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GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedDec 28, 2018

Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study provides insight into effector genes and molecular mechanisms for kidney function and highlights a causal effect on kidney-specific disease aetiologies

Andrew P. Morris, Thu H Le, Hao Wu…·Nora Franceschini

This study identifies 93 genetic loci associated with kidney function across four ancestry groups and highlights causal effects on kidney-related diseases.

146 citations

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintOct 30, 2018

Genome-wide association and functional studies identify 46 novel loci for alcohol consumption and suggest common genetic mechanisms with neuropsychiatric disorders

Εvangelos Εvangelou, He Gao, Congying Chu…·Paul Elliott

This study identifies 46 novel genetic loci associated with alcohol consumption and suggests shared genetic mechanisms with neuropsychiatric disorders using GWAS and functional analyses.

2 citations

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GeneticsJAMA PsychiatryPeer-reviewedJun 23, 2018

Higher genetic risk for schizophrenia is associated with living in urban and populated areas

Lucía Colodro‐Conde, Baptiste Couvy‐Duchesne, John B. Whitfield…·Nicholas G. Martin

The paper finds a genetic association between schizophrenia risk and urban living, suggesting genetic factors influence migration to densely populated areas.

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