Alexandra I. F. Blakemore

This study uses Mendelian randomization to assess how BMI affects COVID-19 severity through inflammatory cytokines and finds no significant mediation effect.

The paper examines how physical activity interacts with genetic liability for adiposity to influence hypertension risk in UK Biobank participants, finding a protective effect in European ancestry individuals.

This study uses observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses to show that high-fat, high-salt, and high-sugar (HFSS) diets negatively affect school performance, while healthy and traditional foods positively influence it.

This study identifies rare genetic variants in obesity-related genes in a UK cohort of severe obesity patients, suggesting an oligogenic inheritance pattern and demonstrating the utility of custom genotyping arrays.

This study investigates the association between Klotho gene variants and cognitive function in 335,074 UK Biobank participants, finding no significant effect of KL-VS haplotype on cognitive function or decline.

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

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with post-term birth in Northern Finland cohorts and links some to gene expression changes.

This study identifies genetic loci associated with early childhood growth phenotypes and links them to later adiposity traits, suggesting potential targets for obesity prevention.