OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review was to examine the literature assessing the
relationship between prenatal exposure to nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and psychosocial stress …

The pandemic increase in obesity is inversely associated with vitamin D levels. While a
higher BMI was causally related to lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), no evidence was …

Obesity is a serious international health problem that increases the risk of several common
diseases. The genetic factors predisposing to obesity are poorly understood. A genome-wide …

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide
association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported …

Background Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active
public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between …

High blood pressure is a highly heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic …

Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies of lipids have been conducted in samples
ascertained for other phenotypes, particularly diabetes. Here we report the first GWA analysis …

Interindividual variation in mean leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with cancer
and several age-associated diseases. We report here a genome-wide meta-analysis of …

Recent genome-wide association studies have described many loci implicated in type 2
diabetes (T2D) pathophysiology and β-cell dysfunction but have contributed little to the …