2023
Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants
Wang A, Shen J, Rodriguez A, Saunders E, Chen F, Janivara R, Darst B, Sheng X, Xu Y, Chou A, Benlloch S, Dadaev T, Brook M, Plym A, Sahimi A, Hoffman T, Takahashi A, Matsuda K, Momozawa Y, Fujita M, Laisk T, Figuerêdo J, Muir K, Ito S, Liu X, Uchio Y, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Lophatananon A, Wan P, Andrews C, Lori A, Choudhury P, Schleutker J, Tammela T, Sipeky C, Auvinen A, Giles G, Southey M, MacInnis R, Cybulski C, Wokolorczyk D, Lubinski J, Rentsch C, Cho K, Mcmahon B, Neal D, Donovan J, Hamdy F, Martin R, Nordestgaard B, Nielsen S, Weischer M, Bojesen S, Røder A, Stroomberg H, Batra J, Chambers S, Horvath L, Clements J, Tilly W, Risbridger G, Gronberg H, Aly M, Szulkin R, Eklund M, Nordstrom T, Pashayan N, Dunning A, Ghoussaini M, Travis R, Key T, Riboli E, Park J, Sellers T, Lin H, Albanes D, Weinstein S, Cook M, Mucci L, Giovannucci E, Lindstrom S, Kraft P, Hunter D, Penney K, Turman C, Tangen C, Goodman P, Thompson I, Hamilton R, Fleshner N, Finelli A, Parent M, Stanford J, Ostrander E, Koutros S, Beane Freeman L, Stampfer M, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Andriole G, Hoover R, Machiela M, Sørensen K, Borre M, Blot W, Zheng W, Yeboah E, Mensah J, Lu Y, Zhang H, Feng N, Mao X, Wu Y, Zhao S, Sun Z, Thibodeau S, McDonnell S, Schaid D, West C, Barnett G, Maier C, Schnoeller T, Luedeke M, Kibel A, Drake B, Cussenot O, Cancel-Tassin G, Menegaux F, Truong T, Koudou Y, John E, Grindedal E, Maehle L, Khaw K, Ingles S, Stern M, Vega A, Gómez-Caamaño A, Fachal L, Rosenstein B, Kerns S, Ostrer H, Teixeira M, Paulo P, Brandão A, Watya S, Lubwama A, Bensen J, Butler E, Mohler J, Taylor J, Kogevinas M, Dierssen-Sotos T, Castaño-Vinyals G, Cannon-Albright L, Teerlink C, Huff C, Pilie P, Yu Y, Bohlender R, Gu J, Strom S, Multigner L, Blanchet P, Brureau L, Kaneva R, Slavov C, Mitev V, Leach R, Brenner H, Chen X, Holleczek B, Schöttker B, Klein E, Hsing A, Kittles R, Murphy A, Logothetis C, Kim J, Neuhausen S, Steele L, Ding Y, Isaacs W, Nemesure B, Hennis A, Carpten J, Pandha H, Michael A, De Ruyck K, De Meerleer G, Ost P, Xu J, Razack A, Lim J, Teo S, Newcomb L, Lin D, Fowke J, Neslund-Dudas C, Rybicki B, Gamulin M, Lessel D, Kulis T, Usmani N, Abraham A, Singhal S, Parliament M, Claessens F, Joniau S, Van den Broeck T, Gago-Dominguez M, Castelao J, Martinez M, Larkin S, Townsend P, Aukim-Hastie C, Bush W, Aldrich M, Crawford D, Srivastava S, Cullen J, Petrovics G, Casey G, Wang Y, Tettey Y, Lachance J, Tang W, Biritwum R, Adjei A, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Yamoah K, Govindasami K, Chokkalingam A, Keaton J, Hellwege J, Clark P, Jalloh M, Gueye S, Niang L, Ogunbiyi O, Shittu O, Amodu O, Adebiyi A, Aisuodionoe-Shadrach O, Ajibola H, Jamda M, Oluwole O, Nwegbu M, Adusei B, Mante S, Darkwa-Abrahams A, Diop H, Gundell S, Roobol M, Jenster G, van Schaik R, Hu J, Sanderson M, Kachuri L, Varma R, McKean-Cowdin R, Torres M, Preuss M, Loos R, Zawistowski M, Zöllner S, Lu Z, Van Den Eeden S, Easton D, Ambs S, Edwards T, Mägi R, Rebbeck T, Fritsche L, Chanock S, Berndt S, Wiklund F, Nakagawa H, Witte J, Gaziano J, Justice A, Mancuso N, Terao C, Eeles R, Kote-Jarai Z, Madduri R, Conti D, Haiman C. Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants. Nature Genetics 2023, 55: 2065-2074. PMID: 37945903, PMCID: PMC10841479, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01534-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesMulti-ancestry genome-wide association studyNovel risk variantsRisk variantsAssociation studiesProstate cancer genome-wide association studiesCancer genome-wide association studyGenome-wide discoveryProstate cancer susceptibility lociGenetic risk scoreCancer susceptibility lociEuropean ancestry menGenetic studiesSusceptibility lociNon-aggressive diseaseEffective risk stratificationAfrican ancestry menProstate cancer riskAncestry groupsProstate cancer casesRisk stratificationAfrican ancestryProstate cancerCancer casesCancer risk
2020
HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform
Bhaskaran K, Rentsch CT, MacKenna B, Schultze A, Mehrkar A, Bates CJ, Eggo RM, Morton CE, Bacon SCJ, Inglesby P, Douglas IJ, Walker AJ, McDonald HI, Cockburn J, Williamson EJ, Evans D, Forbes HJ, Curtis HJ, Hulme WJ, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Evans SJW, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform. The Lancet HIV 2020, 8: e24-e32. PMID: 33316211, PMCID: PMC7773630, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(20)30305-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 deathsNational death registrationsPrimary care dataHazard ratioHIV infectionOpenSAFELY platformBlack ethnicityHealth Research Oxford Biomedical Research CentreElectronic primary care dataPopulation-based cohort analysisDeath registrationUK primary care dataCare dataLarge-scale population-based studyRetrospective cohort studyPrimary care recordsUK Medical Research CouncilPopulation-based studyRisk of deathHealth Data Research UKNon-black individualsNational InstituteCOVID-19 mortalityMedical Research CouncilBiomedical Research CentrePatterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study
Rentsch CT, Kidwai-Khan F, Tate JP, Park LS, King JT, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Schultze A, Jarvis CI, Holodniy M, Re V, Akgün KM, Crothers K, Taddei TH, Freiberg MS, Justice AC. Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study. PLOS Medicine 2020, 17: e1003379. PMID: 32960880, PMCID: PMC7508372, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusBlack or African AmericanClinical Laboratory TechniquesCohort StudiesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingEthnicityFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2United StatesVeteransWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsCOVID-19 testingRace/ethnicityCohort studyWhite individualsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19Large integrated healthcare systemCoronavirus 2 infectionNationwide cohort studyRetrospective cohort studyCoronavirus disease 2019Site of careIntegrated healthcare systemNon-Hispanic blacksPositive test resultsNon-Hispanic whitesClinical characteristicsMultivariable adjustmentComorbid conditionsMedication historyEthnic minority communitiesDisease 2019
2019
Patterns and Correlates of Prescription Opioid Receipt Among US Veterans: A National, 18-Year Observational Cohort Study
Rentsch CT, Edelman EJ, Justice AC, Marshall BDL, Xu K, Smith AH, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Smith RV, Kember RL, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Fiellin DA, Tate JP, Kranzler HR, Becker WC. Patterns and Correlates of Prescription Opioid Receipt Among US Veterans: A National, 18-Year Observational Cohort Study. AIDS And Behavior 2019, 23: 3340-3349. PMID: 31317364, PMCID: PMC7344341, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02608-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOpioid receiptCohort studyLong-term opioid therapyVeterans Aging Cohort StudyLatent growth mixture modellingPrescription opioid receiptObservational cohort studyAging Cohort StudyOpioid therapyCause mortalityHepatitis COpioid prescriptionsFuture prevention researchOUD diagnosisGrowth mixture modellingUS veteransHigh prevalenceLow doseHigh incidenceUse disordersPrevention researchGenetic discoveriesReceiptHIV
2014
Comparison of colorectal cancer screening and diagnoses in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans
Guest JL, Rentsch CT, Rimland D. Comparison of colorectal cancer screening and diagnoses in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans. AIDS Care 2014, 26: 1490-1493. PMID: 25008192, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.933768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFecal occult blood testingHIV-positive patientsColorectal cancerYounger ageAtlanta VA Medical CenterHIV-negative veteransOccult blood testingHIV-negative controlsHIV-positive casesColorectal cancer screeningPercent of casesVA Medical CenterYears of ageCRC ratesCRC incidenceHIV statusBlood testingCancer screeningMedical CenterHigh incidenceScreening typeAverage ageHIVPatientsColon polyps