Browsing by Author "Alonso, Alvaro"

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    Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use.
    (Nature, 2022-12) Saunders, Gretchen RB; Wang, Xingyan; Chen, Fang; Jang, Seon-Kyeong; Liu, Mengzhen; Wang, Chen; Gao, Shuang; Jiang, Yu; Khunsriraksakul, Chachrit; Otto, Jacqueline M; Addison, Clifton; Akiyama, Masato; Albert, Christine M; Aliev, Fazil; Alonso, Alvaro; Arnett, Donna K; Ashley-Koch, Allison E; Ashrani, Aneel A; Barnes, Kathleen C; Barr, R Graham; Bartz, Traci M; Becker, Diane M; Bielak, Lawrence F; Benjamin, Emelia J; Bis, Joshua C; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Blangero, John; Bleecker, Eugene R; Boardman, Jason D; Boerwinkle, Eric; Boomsma, Dorret I; Boorgula, Meher Preethi; Bowden, Donald W; Brody, Jennifer A; Cade, Brian E; Chasman, Daniel I; Chavan, Sameer; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Chen, Zhengming; Cheng, Iona; Cho, Michael H; Choquet, Hélène; Cole, John W; Cornelis, Marilyn C; Cucca, Francesco; Curran, Joanne E; de Andrade, Mariza; Dick, Danielle M; Docherty, Anna R; Duggirala, Ravindranath; Eaton, Charles B; Ehringer, Marissa A; Esko, Tõnu; Faul, Jessica D; Fernandes Silva, Lilian; Fiorillo, Edoardo; Fornage, Myriam; Freedman, Barry I; Gabrielsen, Maiken E; Garrett, Melanie E; Gharib, Sina A; Gieger, Christian; Gillespie, Nathan; Glahn, David C; Gordon, Scott D; Gu, Charles C; Gu, Dongfeng; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F; Guo, Xiuqing; Haessler, Jeffrey; Hall, Michael E; Haller, Toomas; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; He, Jiang; Herd, Pamela; Hewitt, John K; Hickie, Ian; Hidalgo, Bertha; Hokanson, John E; Hopfer, Christian; Hottenga, JoukeJan; Hou, Lifang; Huang, Hongyan; Hung, Yi-Jen; Hunter, David J; Hveem, Kristian; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Hwu, Chii-Min; Iacono, William; Irvin, Marguerite R; Jee, Yon Ho; Johnson, Eric O; Joo, Yoonjung Y; Jorgenson, Eric; Justice, Anne E; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Kaplan, Robert C; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kardia, Sharon LR; Keller, Matthew C; Kelly, Tanika N; Kooperberg, Charles; Korhonen, Tellervo; Kraft, Peter; Krauter, Kenneth; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Lasky-Su, Jessica; Lee, Wen-Jane; Lee, James J; Levy, Daniel; Li, Liming; Li, Kevin; Li, Yuqing; Lin, Kuang; Lind, Penelope A; Liu, Chunyu; Lloyd-Jones, Donald M; Lutz, Sharon M; Ma, Jiantao; Mägi, Reedik; Manichaikul, Ani; Martin, Nicholas G; Mathur, Ravi; Matoba, Nana; McArdle, Patrick F; McGue, Matt; McQueen, Matthew B; Medland, Sarah E; Metspalu, Andres; Meyers, Deborah A; Millwood, Iona Y; Mitchell, Braxton D; Mohlke, Karen L; Moll, Matthew; Montasser, May E; Morrison, Alanna C; Mulas, Antonella; Nielsen, Jonas B; North, Kari E; Oelsner, Elizabeth C; Okada, Yukinori; Orrù, Valeria; Palmer, Nicholette D; Palviainen, Teemu; Pandit, Anita; Park, S Lani; Peters, Ulrike; Peters, Annette; Peyser, Patricia A; Polderman, Tinca JC; Rafaels, Nicholas; Redline, Susan; Reed, Robert M; Reiner, Alex P; Rice, John P; Rich, Stephen S; Richmond, Nicole E; Roan, Carol; Rotter, Jerome I; Rueschman, Michael N; Runarsdottir, Valgerdur; Saccone, Nancy L; Schwartz, David A; Shadyab, Aladdin H; Shi, Jingchunzi; Shringarpure, Suyash S; Sicinski, Kamil; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Smith, Jennifer A; Smith, Nicholas L; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Stallings, Michael C; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefansson, Kari; Stitzel, Jerry A; Sun, Xiao; Syed, Moin; Tal-Singer, Ruth; Taylor, Amy E; Taylor, Kent D; Telen, Marilyn J; Thai, Khanh K; Tiwari, Hemant; Turman, Constance; Tyrfingsson, Thorarinn; Wall, Tamara L; Walters, Robin G; Weir, David R; Weiss, Scott T; White, Wendy B; Whitfield, John B; Wiggins, Kerri L; Willemsen, Gonneke; Willer, Cristen J; Winsvold, Bendik S; Xu, Huichun; Yanek, Lisa R; Yin, Jie; Young, Kristin L; Young, Kendra A; Yu, Bing; Zhao, Wei; Zhou, Wei; Zöllner, Sebastian; Zuccolo, Luisa; 23andMe Research Team; Biobank Japan Project; Batini, Chiara; Bergen, Andrew W; Bierut, Laura J; David, Sean P; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A; Hancock, Dana B; Jiang, Bibo; Munafò, Marcus R; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E; Liu, Dajiang J; Vrieze, Scott
    Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury1-4. These substances are used across the globe, yet genome-wide association studies have focused largely on individuals of European ancestries5. Here we leveraged global genetic diversity across 3.4 million individuals from four major clines of global ancestry (approximately 21% non-European) to power the discovery and fine-mapping of genomic loci associated with tobacco and alcohol use, to inform function of these loci via ancestry-aware transcriptome-wide association studies, and to evaluate the genetic architecture and predictive power of polygenic risk within and across populations. We found that increases in sample size and genetic diversity improved locus identification and fine-mapping resolution, and that a large majority of the 3,823 associated variants (from 2,143 loci) showed consistent effect sizes across ancestry dimensions. However, polygenic risk scores developed in one ancestry performed poorly in others, highlighting the continued need to increase sample sizes of diverse ancestries to realize any potential benefit of polygenic prediction.
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    Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.
    (Circulation, 2021-01-27) Virani, Salim S; Alonso, Alvaro; Aparicio, Hugo J; Benjamin, Emelia J; Bittencourt, Marcio S; Callaway, Clifton W; Carson, April P; Chamberlain, Alanna M; Cheng, Susan; Delling, Francesca N; Elkind, Mitchell SV; Evenson, Kelly R; Ferguson, Jane F; Gupta, Deepak K; Khan, Sadiya S; Kissela, Brett M; Knutson, Kristen L; Lee, Chong D; Lewis, Tené T; Liu, Junxiu; Loop, Matthew Shane; Lutsey, Pamela L; Ma, Jun; Mackey, Jason; Martin, Seth S; Matchar, David B; Mussolino, Michael E; Navaneethan, Sankar D; Perak, Amanda Marma; Roth, Gregory A; Samad, Zainab; Satou, Gary M; Schroeder, Emily B; Shah, Svati H; Shay, Christina M; Stokes, Andrew; VanWagner, Lisa B; Wang, Nae-Yuh; Tsao, Connie W; American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Background

    The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, diet, and weight) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose control) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The Statistical Update presents the latest data on a range of major clinical heart and circulatory disease conditions (including stroke, congenital heart disease, rhythm disorders, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure, valvular disease, venous disease, and peripheral artery disease) and the associated outcomes (including quality of care, procedures, and economic costs).

    Methods

    The American Heart Association, through its Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update. The 2021 Statistical Update is the product of a full year's worth of effort by dedicated volunteer clinicians and scientists, committed government professionals, and American Heart Association staff members. This year's edition includes data on the monitoring and benefits of cardiovascular health in the population, an enhanced focus on social determinants of health, adverse pregnancy outcomes, vascular contributions to brain health, the global burden of cardiovascular disease, and further evidence-based approaches to changing behaviors related to cardiovascular disease.

    Results

    Each of the 27 chapters in the Statistical Update focuses on a different topic related to heart disease and stroke statistics.

    Conclusions

    The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay public, policy makers, media professionals, clinicians, health care administrators, researchers, health advocates, and others seeking the best available data on these factors and conditions.