Whitfield JB

ORCID: 0000-0002-1103-0876 · 4 papers in corpus · active 2011-2012
2012
Evidence of differential allelic effects between adolescents and adults for plasma high-density lipoprotein.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035605

A recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) studies identified 95 loci that influence lipid traits in the adult population and found that collectively these explained about 25-30% of heritability for each trait. Little is known …

2012
Loci affecting gamma-glutamyl transferase in adults and adolescents show age × SNP interaction and cardiometabolic disease associations.
Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/ddr478

Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity is a marker of liver disease which is also prospectively associated with the risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers. We have discovered novel loci aff…

2011
Genetic variants in LPL, OASL and TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 genes are associated with multiple cardiovascular-related traits.
BMC medical genetics ·doi:10.1186/1471-2350-12-123

BackgroundGenome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become a major strategy for genetic dissection of human complex diseases. Analysing multiple phenotypes jointly may improve both our ability to detect genetic variants with multiple effe…

2011
GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors.
Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/ddr375

Serum butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) activity is associated with obesity, blood pressure and biomarkers of cardiovascular and diabetes risk. We have conducted a genome-wide association scan to discover genetic variants affecting BCHE activity…