2025
Robust pleiotropy-decomposed polygenic scores identify distinct contributions to elevated coronary artery disease polygenic risk
Hu J, Ye Y, Zhang C, Ruan Y, Natarajan P, Zhao H. Robust pleiotropy-decomposed polygenic scores identify distinct contributions to elevated coronary artery disease polygenic risk. PLOS Computational Biology 2025, 21: e1013191. PMID: 40570042, PMCID: PMC12212871, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic risk scoresCAD-PRSUK BiobankCoronary artery disease polygenic risk scoreSummary-level dataCAD-related traitsSamples of European ancestryCoronary artery diseaseHigh-risk individualsPotential genetic heterogeneityCurrent smokingPolygenic scoresPolygenic riskTargeted interventionsEuropean ancestryRisk scorePleiotropic regionsRisk predictionGenetic heterogeneityBiological functionsPleiotropySignificant interactionPhenotypic heterogeneityBlood pressureDisease interpretationA semicompeting risks model with an application to UK Biobank data to identify risk factors for diabetes onset and progression
Sheikh T, Zhao H. A semicompeting risks model with an application to UK Biobank data to identify risk factors for diabetes onset and progression. Biometrics 2025, 81: ujaf003. PMID: 40417914, PMCID: PMC12104815, DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUK Biobank dataRisk factorsBiobank dataType 2 diabetesUKB dataHealth concernVolunteer participantsDisease stageComplex diseasesT2D developmentNongenetic factorsDisease etiologyDiabetes onsetT2DModel fitRisk modelDiabetesRiskPower prior approachDeathUKBMultiple disease stagesTerminal eventNonterminal eventHealth
2020
A comprehensive genetic and epidemiological association analysis of vitamin D with common diseases/traits in the UK Biobank
Ye Y, Yang H, Wang Y, Zhao H. A comprehensive genetic and epidemiological association analysis of vitamin D with common diseases/traits in the UK Biobank. Genetic Epidemiology 2020, 45: 24-35. PMID: 32918767, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin DPotential causal roleCausal roleAutoimmune/inflammatory diseasesMR analysisMendelian randomization analysisMultiple sclerosisFemur fracturesLeg fracturesInflammatory diseasesOvarian cancerEpidemiological associationMusculoskeletal diseasesMetabolic diseasesNeurological diseasesD concentrationsEpidemiological analysisDiseaseRandomization analysisUK BiobankSuch associationsCancerAssociationHealthDiseases/traits
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