Objective To assess the effect of decreased sodium intake on blood pressure, related
cardiovascular diseases, and potential adverse effects such as changes in blood lipids …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature and meta-analyses to fill the gaps
in knowledge on potassium intake and health. Data sources Cochrane Central Register of …

Spatial epidemiology is the description and analysis of geographic variations in disease with
respect to demographic, environmental, behavioral, socioeconomic, genetic, and infectious …

UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of
Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content …

Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations …

To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide
association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported …

Stroke has multiple etiologies, but the underlying genes and pathways are largely unknown.
We conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 …

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA
sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association …