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Roger Tavendale

Researcher at University of Dundee

Publications -  73
Citations -  5554

Roger Tavendale is an academic researcher from University of Dundee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Population. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 71 publications receiving 5085 citations. Previous affiliations of Roger Tavendale include Texas Biomedical Research Institute & Ninewells Hospital.

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An Obesity-Associated FTO Gene Variant and Increased Energy Intake in Children

TL;DR: The FTO variant that confers a predisposition to obesity does not appear to be involved in the regulation of energy expenditure but may have a role in the control of food intake and food choice, suggesting a link to a hyperphagic phenotype or a preference for energy-dense foods.
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Common variants near ATM are associated with glycemic response to metformin in type 2 diabetes.

Kaixin Zhou, +76 more
- 01 Feb 2011 - 
TL;DR: It is concluded that ATM, a gene known to be involved in DNA repair and cell cycle control, plays a role in the effect of metformin upstream of AMP-activated protein kinase, and variation in this gene alters glycemic response to meetformin.

Common variants near ATM are associated with glycemic response to metformin in type 2 diabetes

Kaixin Zhou, +76 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study for glycemic response to metformin in 1,024 Scottish individuals with type 2 diabetes with replication in two cohorts including 1,783 Scottish individuals and 1,113 individuals from the UK Prospective Diabetes Study.
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Comparison of the prediction by 27 different factors of coronary heart disease and death in men and women of the Scottish heart health study: cohort study

TL;DR: An anomalous coronary protective role for type A behaviour in women; raised plasma fibrinogen as a strong predictor of all end points; and an unexpectedly powerful protective relation of dietary potassium to all cause mortality are found.