2024
Predicting clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron wave using machine learning
Cogill S, Nallamshetty S, Fullenkamp N, Heberer K, Lynch J, Lee K, Aslan M, Shih M, Lee J. Predicting clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron wave using machine learning. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0290221. PMID: 38662748, PMCID: PMC11045098, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk groupSARS-CoV-2 infectionAnticoagulant useAdverse outcomesPredictor of adverse outcomesHigher risk of adverse outcomesLower body mass indexRisk of adverse outcomesVaccination of high-risk groupsOral anticoagulant useOutcome of SARS-CoV-2 infectionRetrospective longitudinal observational studySARS-CoV-2U.S. Veterans Health AdministrationClinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infectionIdentification of patientsBody mass indexVeterans Health AdministrationPredictors of hospitalizationEscalation of careLongitudinal observational studyClinical outcomesOmicron SARS-CoV-2 variantSARS-CoV-2 variantsUnvaccinated patients
2019
Genome-wide Association Study of Maximum Habitual Alcohol Intake in >140,000 U.S. European and African American Veterans Yields Novel Risk Loci
Gelernter J, Sun N, Polimanti R, Pietrzak RH, Levey DF, Lu Q, Hu Y, Li B, Radhakrishnan K, Aslan M, Cheung KH, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Sayward F, Harrington K, Chen Q, Cho K, Honerlaw J, Pyarajan S, Lencz T, Quaden R, Shi Y, Hunter-Zinck H, Gaziano JM, Kranzler HR, Concato J, Zhao H, Stein MB, Program D, Program M. Genome-wide Association Study of Maximum Habitual Alcohol Intake in >140,000 U.S. European and African American Veterans Yields Novel Risk Loci. Biological Psychiatry 2019, 86: 365-376. PMID: 31151762, PMCID: PMC6919570, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.03.984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdditional genome-wide significant lociRisk lociWide association study (GWAS) analysisAssociation studiesGenome-wide significant lociGenome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsWide association studyNovel risk lociAlcohol-related traitsStrong statistical supportSmoking-related traitsAdditional genomesSignificant lociPancreatic delta cellsChromosome 4Chromosome 11Protein productsChromosome 8Quantitative phenotypesMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Million Veteran ProgramLociCell typesChromosome 17