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M-R Jarvelin

Researcher at Imperial College London

Publications -  33
Citations -  1278

M-R Jarvelin is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 32 publications receiving 1149 citations. Previous affiliations of M-R Jarvelin include University of Oulu.

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A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

Jonathan P. Bradfield, +84 more
- 01 May 2012 - 
TL;DR: A North American, Australian and European collaborative meta-analysis of 14 studies consisting of 5,530 cases and 8,318 controls of European ancestry observed two loci that yielded genome-wide significant combined P values near OLFM4 at 13q14 and within HOXB5 at 17q21, which yielded directionally consistent associations.
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Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function–related traits in east Asian populations

Yukinori Okada, +414 more
- 01 Aug 2012 - 
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function–related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN), identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits.