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Debbie A Lawlor
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 1118
Citations - 118183
Debbie A Lawlor is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 147, co-authored 1114 publications receiving 101123 citations. Previous affiliations of Debbie A Lawlor include Southampton General Hospital & University of Vermont.
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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity
Timothy M. Frayling,Nicholas J. Timpson,Michael N. Weedon,Eleftheria Zeggini,Eleftheria Zeggini,Eleftheria Zeggini,Rachel M. Freathy,Cecilia M. Lindgren,John R. B. Perry,Katherine S. Elliott,Katherine S. Elliott,Hana Lango,Nigel W. Rayner,Nigel W. Rayner,Nigel W. Rayner,Beverley M. Shields,Lorna W. Harries,Jeffrey C. Barrett,Jeffrey C. Barrett,Sian Ellard,Christopher J. Groves,Christopher J. Groves,Bridget A. Knight,Ann-Marie Patch,Andy R Ness,Shah Ebrahim,Debbie A Lawlor,Susan M. Ring,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Ulla Sovio,Ulla Sovio,Amanda J. Bennett,Amanda J. Bennett,David Melzer,Luigi Ferrucci,Ruth J. F. Loos,Inês Barroso,Nicholas J. Wareham,Fredrik Karpe,Fredrik Karpe,Katharine R. Owen,Katharine R. Owen,Lon R. Cardon,Mark Walker,Graham A. Hitman,Graham A. Hitman,Colin N. A. Palmer,Colin N. A. Palmer,Alex S. F. Doney,Alex S. F. Doney,Andrew D. Morris,George Davey Smith,Andrew T. Hattersley,Mark I. McCarthy +55 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide search for type 2 diabetes–susceptibility genes identified a common variant in the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene that predisposes to diabetes through an effect on body mass index (BMI).
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Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies
Nadeem Sarwar,Pei Gao,Seshasai Srk.,Reeta Gobin,Stephen Kaptoge,E Di Angelantonio,Erik Ingelsson,Debbie A Lawlor,Elizabeth Selvin,Meir J. Stampfer,Stehouwer Cda.,Sarah Lewington,Lisa Pennells,Alexander M. W. Cargill Thompson,Naveed Sattar,Ian R. White,Kausik K. Ray,John Danesh +17 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of individual records of diabetes, fasting blood glucose concentration, and other risk factors in people without initial vascular disease from studies in the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration found diabetes confers about a two-fold excess risk for a wide range of vascular diseases, independently from other conventional risk factors.
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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index
Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Cristen J. Willer,Sonja I. Berndt,Keri L. Monda,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Anne U. Jackson,Hana Lango Allen,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Jian'an Luan,Reedik Maegi,Joshua C. Randall,Sailaja Vedantam,Thomas W. Winkler,Lu Qi,Lu Qi,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Iris M. Heid,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Heather M. Stringham,Michael N. Weedon,Eleanor Wheeler,Andrew R. Wood,Teresa Ferreira,Robert J. Weyant,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Karol Estrada,Liming Liang,James Nemesh,James Nemesh,Ju-Hyun Park,Stefan Gustafsson,Tuomas O. Kilpelaenen,Jian Yang,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Tõnu Esko,Mary F. Feitosa,Zoltán Kutalik,Massimo Mangino,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,André Scherag,Albert V. Smith,Ryan P. Welch,Jing Hua Zhao,Katja K.H. Aben,Devin Absher,Najaf Amin,Anna L. Dixon,Eva Fisher,Nicole L. Glazer,Michael E. Goddard,Nancy L. Heard-Costa,Volker Hoesel,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Åsa Johansson,Åsa Johansson,Toby Johnson,Shamika Ketkar,Claudia Lamina,Shengxu Li,Miriam F. Moffatt,Richard H. Myers,Narisu Narisu,John R. B. Perry,Marjolein Peters,Michael Preuss,Samuli Ripatti,Fernando Rivadeneira,Camilla H. Sandholt,Laura J. Scott,Nicholas J. Timpson,Jonathan Tyrer,Sophie van Wingerden,Richard M. Watanabe,Charles C. White,Fredrik Wiklund,Christina Barlassina,Daniel I. Chasman,Daniel I. Chasman,Mark E. Cooper,John-Olov Jansson,Robert Lawrence,Niina Pellikka,Inga Prokopenko,Jianxin Shi,Elisabeth Thiering,Helene Alavere,Maria Teresa Sciarrone Alibrandi,Peter Almgren,Alice M. Arnold,Thor Aspelund,Larry D. Atwood,Beverley Balkau,Anthony J. Balmforth,Amanda J. Bennett,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Richard N. Bergman,Sven Bergmann,Heike Biebermann,Alexandra I. F. Blakemore,Tanja Boes,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Stefan R. Bornstein,Morris Brown,Thomas A. Buchanan,Fabio Busonero,Harry Campbell,Francesco P. Cappuccio,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Chih-Mei Chen,Peter S. Chines,Robert Clarke,Lachlan J. M. Coin,John M. C. Connell,Ian N. M. Day,Martin den Heijer,Jubao Duan,Shah Ebrahim,Paul Elliott,Roberto Elosua,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Michael R. Erdos,Johan G. Eriksson,Maurizio F. Facheris,Stephan B. Felix,Pamela Fischer-Posovszky,Aaron R. Folsom,Aaron R. Folsom,Nele Friedrich,Nelson B. Freimer,Mao Fu,Stefan Gaget,Stefan Gaget,Pablo V. Gejman,Eco J. C. de Geus,Christian Gieger,Anette P. Gjesing,Anuj Goel,Philippe Goyette,Harald Grallert,Juergen Graessler,Danielle M. Greenawalt,Christopher J. Groves,Vilmundur Gudnason,Candace Guiducci,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Neelam Hassanali,Alistair S. Hall,Aki S. Havulinna,Caroline Hayward,Andrew C. Heath,Christian Hengstenberg,Andrew A. Hicks,Anke Hinney,Albert Hofman,Georg Homuth,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Carlos Iribarren,Carlos Iribarren,Bo Isomaa,Kevin B. Jacobs,Ivonne Jarick,Elizabeth S. Jewell,Ulrich John,Torben Jørgensen,Pekka Jousilahti,Antti Jula,Marika Kaakinen,Eero Kajantie,Lee M. Kaplan,Sekar Kathiresan,Johannes Kettunen,Leena Kinnunen,Joshua W. Knowles,Ivana Kolcic,Inke R. Koenig,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Johanna Kuusisto,Peter Kraft,Kirsti Kvaløy,Jaana Laitinen,Olivier Lantieri,Chiara Lanzani,Lenore J. Launer,Cécile Lecoeur,Cécile Lecoeur,Terho Lehtimaeki,Guillaume Lettre,Guillaume Lettre,Jianjun Liu,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Mattias Lorentzon,Robert Luben,Barbara Ludwig,Paolo Manunta,Diana Marek,Michel Marre,Nicholas G. Martin,Wendy L. McArdle,Anne McCarthy,Barbara McKnight,Thomas Meitinger,Olle Melander,David Meyre,David Meyre,Kristian Midthjell,Grant W. Montgomery,Mario A. Morken,Andrew P. Morris,Rosanda Mulić,Julius S. Ngwa,Mari Nelis,Mari Nelis,Matt Neville,Dale R. Nyholt,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Stephen O'Rahilly,Ken K. Ong,Ben A. Oostra,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,Markus Perola,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietilaeinen,Carl G. P. Platou,Ozren Polasek,Anneli Pouta,Suzanne Rafelt,Olli T. Raitakari,Nigel W. Rayner,Martin Ridderstråle,Winfried Rief,Aimo Ruokonen,Neil Robertson,Peter Rzehak,Veikko Salomaa,Alan R. Sanders,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Serena Sanna,Jouko Saramies,Markku J. Savolainen,Susann Scherag,Sabine Schipf,Stefan Schreiber,Heribert Schunkert,Kaisa Silander,Juha Sinisalo,David S. Siscovick,Jan Smit,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Ulla Sovio,Jonathan Stephens,Jonathan Stephens,Ida Surakka,Amy J. Swift,Mari-Liis Tammesoo,Jean-Claude Tardif,Jean-Claude Tardif,Maris Teder-Laving,Tanya M. Teslovich,John R. Thompson,John R. Thompson,Brian Thomson,Anke Toenjes,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Vincent Vatin,Vincent Vatin,Jorma S. A. Viikari,Jorma S. A. Viikari,Sophie Visvikis-Siest,Veronique Vitart,Carla I. G. Vogel,Benjamin F. Voight,Lindsay L. Waite,Henri Wallaschofski,G. Bragi Walters,Elisabeth Widen,Susanna Wiegand,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Daniel R. Witte,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Jianfeng Xu,Qunyuan Zhang,Lina Zgaga,Andreas Ziegler,Paavo Zitting,John Beilby,I. Sadaf Farooqi,Johannes Hebebrand,Heikki V. Huikuri,Alan James,Mika Kaehoenen,Douglas F. Levinson,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Markku S. Nieminen,Claes Ohlsson,Lyle J. Palmer,Paul M. Ridker,Paul M. Ridker,Michael Stumvoll,Jacques S. Beckmann,Heiner Boeing,Eric Boerwinkle,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,Stephen J. Chanock,Francis S. Collins,L. Adrienne Cupples,George Davey Smith,Jeanette Erdmann,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Henrik Greonberg,Ulf Gyllensten,Per Hall,Torben Hansen,Tamara B. Harris,Andrew T. Hattersley,Richard B. Hayes,Joachim Heinrich,Frank B. Hu,Frank B. Hu,Kristian Hveem,Thomas Illig,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Jaakko Kaprio,Fredrik Karpe,Kay-Tee Khaw,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Heiko Krude,Markku Laakso,Debbie A Lawlor,Andres Metspalu,Patricia B. Munroe,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Oluf Pedersen,Oluf Pedersen,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Annette Peters,Peter P. Pramstaller,Thomas Quertermous,Thomas Reinehr,Aila Rissanen,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Nilesh J. Samani,Peter Schwarz,Alan R. Shuldiner,Tim D. Spector,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Manuela Uda,André G. Uitterlinden,Timo T. Valle,Martin Wabitsch,Gerard Waeber,Nicholas J. Wareham,Hugh Watkins,James F. Wilson,Alan F. Wright,M. Carola Zillikens,Nilanjan Chatterjee,Steven A. McCarroll,Shaun Purcell,Eric E. Schadt,Peter M. Visscher,Themistocles L. Assimes,Ingrid B. Borecki,Panos Deloukas,Caroline S. Fox,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,David J. Hunter,David J. Hunter,Robert C. Kaplan,Karen L. Mohlke,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Leena Peltonen,David Schlessinger,David P. Strachan,Cornelia M. van Duijn,H-Erich Wichmann,Timothy M. Frayling,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Michael Boehnke,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Kari E. North,Mark I. McCarthy,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Erik Ingelsson,Ruth J. F. Loos +413 more
TL;DR: Genetic loci associated with body mass index map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor, which may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
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Cohort Profile: The ‘Children of the 90s’—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Andy Boyd,Jean Golding,John Macleod,Debbie A Lawlor,Abigail Fraser,John Henderson,Lynn Molloy,Andy R Ness,Susan M. Ring,George Davey Smith +9 more
TL;DR: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a transgenerational prospective observational study investigating influences on health and development across the life course and is currently set up as a supported access resource.
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Mendelian randomization: using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology.
TL;DR: The use of germline genetic variants that proxy for environmentally modifiable exposures as instruments for these exposures is one form of IV analysis that can be implemented within observational epidemiological studies and can be considered as analogous to randomized controlled trials.