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John Attia

University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Australia
Verified email at newcastle.edu.au
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[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary patterns and depression in community-dwelling adults

JS Lai, S Hiles, A Bisquera, AJ Hure, M McEvoy… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Studies of single nutrients on depression have produced inconsistent results,
and they have failed to consider the complex interactions between nutrients. An increasing …

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association between β2-Adrenoceptor Polymorphisms and Asthma: A HuGE Review

A Thakkinstian, M McEvoy, C Minelli… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
A number of studies have investigated two common polymorphisms in the β2-adrenoceptor
gene, Arg/Gly16 and Gln/Glu27, in relation to asthma susceptibility. The authors performed a …

Deep vein thrombosis and its prevention in critically ill adults

J Attia, JG Ray, DJ Cook, J Douketis… - Archives of Internal …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background Our objective was to systematically review the incidence of deep vein
thrombosis (DVT) and the efficacy of thromboprophylaxis in critically ill adults, including …

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

CA Rietveld, SE Medland, J Derringer, J Yang, T Esko… - science, 2013 - science.org
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a
discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three …

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

A Okbay, BML Baselmans, JE De Neve, P Turley… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely
because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a …

[HTML][HTML] Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

G Davies, M Lam, SE Harris, JW Trampush… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated
with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

C Pattaro, A Teumer, M Gorski, AY Chu, M Li… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Reduced glomerular filtration rate defines chronic kidney disease and is associated with
cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide …

A method for meta‐analysis of molecular association studies

A Thakkinstian, P McElduff, C D'Este… - Statistics in …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Although population‐based molecular association studies are becoming increasingly
popular, methodology for the meta‐analysis of these studies has been neglected …

[HTML][HTML] PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

AF Schmidt, DI Swerdlow, MV Holmes… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Statin treatment and variants in the gene encoding HMG-CoA reductase are
associated with reductions in both the concentration of LDL cholesterol and the risk of …

Trans-ethnic association study of blood pressure determinants in over 750,000 individuals

A Giri, JN Hellwege, JM Keaton, J Park, C Qiu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In this trans-ethnic multi-omic study, we reinterpret the genetic architecture of blood pressure
to identify genes, tissues, phenomes and medication contexts of blood pressure …