2021
Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006
Radhakrishnan K, Hauser ER, Polimanti R, Helmer DA, Provenzale D, McNeil RB, Maffucci A, Quaden R, Zhao H, Whitbourne SB, Harrington KM, Vahey J, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Huang GD, Gaziano JM, Concato J, Aslan M. Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006. Brain Sciences 2021, 11: 845. PMID: 34202057, PMCID: PMC8301942, DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGulf War IllnessMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Cooperative StudyChronic multi-symptom illnessNon-deployed veteransHealth care utilizationMulti-symptom illnessGenome-wide association studiesChart reviewPersian Gulf WarCare utilizationCase definitionMedical recordsDiseases codesHealth QuestionnaireInternational ClassificationGene-environment interactionsLarger sample sizeCase statusU.S. veteransMVP participantsClinical diagnosisCooperative StudyIllnessHealth conditions
2018
Effects of Genetic Variants Associated with Familial Hypercholesterolemia on Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Levels and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Million Veteran Program
Sun Y, Damrauer S, Hui Q, Assimes T, Ho Y, Natarajan P, Klarin D, Huang J, Lynch J, DuVall S, Pyarajan S, Honerlaw J, Gaziano J, Cho K, Rader D, O’Donnell C, Tsao P, Wilson P, Ramoni R, Breeling J, Chang K, Huang G, Muralidhar S, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Whitbourne S, Brewer J, Concato J, Warren S, Argyres D, Stephens B, Brophy M, Humphries D, Do N, Shayan S, Nguyen X, Hauser E, Sun Y, Zhao H, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Harley J, Whittle J, Beckham J, Wells J, Gutierrez S, Gibson G, Kaminsky L, Villareal G, Kinlay S, Xu J, Hamner M, Haddock K, Bhushan S, Iruvanti P, Godschalk M, Ballas Z, Buford M, Mastorides S, Klein J, Ratcliffe N, Florez H, Swann A, Murdoch M, Sriram P, Yeh S, Washburn R, Jhala D, Aguayo S, Cohen D, Sharma S, Callaghan J, Oursler K, Whooley M, Ahuja S, Gutierrez A, Schifman R, Greco J, Rauchman M, Servatius R, Oehlert M, Wallbom A, Fernando R, Morgan T, Stapley T, Sherman S, Anderson G, Tsao P, Sonel E, Boyko E, Meyer L, Gupta S, Fayad J, Hung A, Lichy J, Hurley R, Robey B, Striker R. Effects of Genetic Variants Associated with Familial Hypercholesterolemia on Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Levels and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Million Veteran Program. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2018, 11 PMID: 31106297, PMCID: PMC6516478, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.118.002192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseasePathogenic FH variantsFamilial hypercholesterolemiaFH variantsClinical outcomesHigh prevalenceLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolPremature coronary heart diseasePeripheral artery diseaseLDL-C levelsLow-density lipoproteinMulti-ethnic populationCardiovascular outcomesArtery diseaseLipoprotein cholesterolCholesterol levelsHeart diseaseMillion Veteran ProgramRisk individualsPhenome-wide scanGenetic Variants AssociatedClinical diagnosisClinical encountersHypercholesterolemiaMulti-ethnic participants