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Kushala W M Abeysekera
Researcher at University of Bristol
Publications - 5
Citations - 175
Kushala W M Abeysekera is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fatty liver & Steatosis. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 65 citations. Previous affiliations of Kushala W M Abeysekera include University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust & Bristol Royal Infirmary.
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Prevalence of steatosis and fibrosis in young adults in the UK: a population-based study.
Kushala W M Abeysekera,Kushala W M Abeysekera,Gwen Sascha Fernandes,Gemma Hammerton,Andrew J. Portal,Fiona H. Gordon,Jon Heron,Matthew Hickman +7 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of steatosis and fibrosis in young adults in a sample of participants recruited through the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children is identified, based on transient elastography and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) score.
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rs641738C>T near MBOAT7 is associated with liver fat, ALT and fibrosis in NAFLD: A meta-analysis
Kevin Teo,Kushala W M Abeysekera,Leon A. Adams,Leon A. Adams,Elmar Aigner,Quentin M. Anstee,Quentin M. Anstee,Jesus M. Banales,Rajarshi Banerjee,Priyadarshi Basu,Thomas Berg,Pallav Bhatnagar,Stephan Buch,Ali Canbay,Sonia Caprio,Ankita Chatterjee,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Abhijit Chowdhury,Ann K. Daly,Christian Datz,Dana de Gracia Hahn,Johanna K. DiStefano,Jiawen Dong,Amedine Duret,Anita Vreugdenhil,A. Alisi,Piotr Socha,Wojciech Jańczyk,Ulrich Baumann,Sanjay Rajwal,Indra van Mourik,Florence Lacaille,Myriam Dabbas,Deirdre A. Kelly,Valerio Nobili,Connor A. Emdin,Madison Fairey,Glenn S. Gerhard,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Melissa E. Garcia,Vilmundur Gudnason,Tamara B. Harris,Lauren J. Kim,Lenore J. Launer,Michael A. Nalls,Albert V. Smith,Jeanne M. Clark,Ruben Hernaez,W.H. Linda Kao,B. D. Mitchell,A. R. Shuldiner,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Ingrid B. Borecki,J. Jeffrey Carr,Mary F. Feitosa,Jun Wu,Johannah L. Butler,Caroline S. Fox,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Udo Hoffmann,Shih-Jen Hwang,Joseph M. Massaro,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Cameron D. Palmer,Dushyant V. Sahani,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Xiuqing Guo,Jochen Hampe,Matthew Hickman,L Heintz,Christian A. Hudert,Harriet Hunter,Matt Kelly,Julia Kozlitina,Marcin Krawczyk,Marcin Krawczyk,Frank Lammert,Claudia Langenberg,Joel E. Lavine,Lin Li,Hong Kai Lim,Rohit Loomba,Panu K. Luukkonen,Panu K. Luukkonen,Panu K. Luukkonen,Phillip E. Melton,Phillip E. Melton,Phillip E. Melton,Trevor A. Mori,Nicholette D. Palmer,Constantinos A. Parisinos,Sreekumar G. Pillai,Faiza Qayyum,Matthias C. Reichert,Stefano Romeo,Stefano Romeo,Stefano Romeo,Jerome I. Rotter,Yu Ri Im,Nicola Santoro,Nicola Santoro,Clemens Schafmayer,Stefan Stender,Felix Stickel,Christopher D. Still,Pavel Strnad,Kent D. Taylor,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,Giuseppina Rosaria Umano,Giuseppina Rosaria Umano,Mrudula Utukuri,Luca Valenti,Luca Valenti,Lynne E. Wagenknecht,Nicholas J. Wareham,Richard M. Watanabe,Julia Wattacheril,Hanieh Yaghootkar,Hannele Yki-Järvinen,Hannele Yki-Järvinen,Kendra A. Young,Jake P. Mann +121 more
TL;DR: This study validates rs641738C>T near MBOAT7 as a risk factor for the presence and severity of NAFLD in individuals of European descent and takes data from over 40 published studies to find that this variant is linked to more severe fatty liver disease.
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Association of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and breastfeeding with NAFLD in young adults: a parental negative control study.
Kushala W M Abeysekera,Kushala W M Abeysekera,James Orr,Paul Madley-Dowd,Gwen Sascha Fernandes,Luisa Zuccolo,Fiona H. Gordon,Debbie A Lawlor,Jon Heron,Matthew Hickman +9 more
TL;DR: Higher maternal pre-pregnancy BMI was associated with offspring NAFLD, having accounted for shared parental confounding, and this work did not replicate previous work that found a strong association between breastfeeding andNAFLD.
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rs641738C>T near MBOAT7 promotes steatosis, NASH, fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis
Kevin Teo,Kushala W M Abeysekera,Leon A. Adams,Elmar Aigner,Jesus M. Banales,Rajarshi Banerjee,Priyadarshi Basu,Thomas Berg,Pallav Bhatnagar,Stephan Buch,Ali Canbay,Sonia Caprio,Ankita Chatterjee,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Abhijit Chowdhury,Christian Datz,Dana de Gracia Hahn,Johanna K. DiStefano,Jiawen Dong,Amedine Duret,Eu-Pnafld Investigators,Connor A. Emdin,Madison Fairey,Glenn S. Gerhard,Xiuqing Guo,Jochen Hampe,Matthew Hickman,L Heintz,Christian A. Hudert,Harriet Hunter,Matt Kelly,Julia Kozlitina,Marcin Krawczyk,Frank Lammert,Claudia Langenberg,Joel E. Lavine,Lin Li,Hong Kai Lim,Rohit Loomba,Panu K. Luukkonen,Philip E. Melton,Trevor A. Mori,Constantinos A. Parisinos,Nicholette D. Palmer,Sreekumar G. Pillai,Faiza Qayyum,Matthias C. Reichert,Stefano Romeo,Jerome I. Rotter,Yu Ri Im,Nicola Santoro,Clemens Schafmayer,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Stefan Stender,Felix Stickel,Christopher D. Still,Pavel Strnad,Kent D. Taylor,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,Giuseppina Rosaria Umano,Mrudula Utukuri,Luca Valenti,Lynne E. Wagenknecht,Nicholas J. Wareham,Richard M. Watanabe,Julia Wattacheril,Hanieh Yaghootkar,Hannele Yki-Järvinen,Kendra A. Young,Jake P. Mann +69 more
TL;DR: This study validates rs641738C>T near MBOAT7 as a risk factor for the presence and severity of NAFLD in individuals of European descent.
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Alcohol consumption and internalising disorders in young adults of ALSPAC: a population-based study
Gwen Sascha Fernandes,Gemma Lewis,Gemma Hammerton,Kushala W M Abeysekera,Liam Mahedy,Alexis C. Edwards,Glyn Lewis,Matthew Hickman,Jonathan Heron +8 more
TL;DR: Young adults in the UK who drink harmfully are more likely to have depression and other internalising disorders, and the J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and mental health in young people is tested.