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Yoav Ben-Shlomo

University of Bristol
Verified email at bristol.ac.uk
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Life course epidemiology

D Kuh, Y Ben-Shlomo, J Lynch, J Hallqvist… - … of epidemiology and …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Psychologists, 1 sociologists, 2 3 demographers, 4 anthropologists, 5 and biologists6 have
actively promoted such an approach for many years. The interdisciplinary research area of …

Aortic pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular event prediction: an individual participant meta-analysis of prospective observational data from 17,635 subjects

Y Ben-Shlomo, M Spears, C Boustred, M May… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine whether aortic pulse wave velocity
(aPWV) improves prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events beyond conventional …

Consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

…, P Low, N Quinn, A Albanese, Y Ben-Shlomo… - Clinical autonomic …, 1998 - Springer
We report the results of a consensus conference on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy
(MSA). We describe the clinical features of the disease, which include four domains …

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

…, B Balkau, P Barter, JP Beilby, Y Ben-Shlomo… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

…, B Balkau, AJ Balmforth, AJ Bennett, Y Ben-Shlomo… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations …

Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

…, R Nagaraja, S Ebrahim, DA Lawlor, Y Ben-Shlomo… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
To identify genetic variants influencing plasma lipid concentrations, we first used genotype
imputation and meta-analysis to combine three genome-wide scans totaling 8,816 …

A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

…, S Ebrahim, DA Lawlor, SM Ring, Y Ben-Shlomo… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Obesity is a serious international health problem that increases the risk of several common
diseases. The genetic factors predisposing to obesity are poorly understood. A genome …

A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives

Y Ben-Shlomo, D Kuh - International journal of epidemiology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Yoav Ben-Shlomo a and Diana Kuh b (but it applies to many other continuous physiological
measures eg muscle strength, cognitive function), different periods across the life course …

[HTML][HTML] Nirmatrelvir use and severe Covid-19 outcomes during the Omicron surge

…, N Dagan, R Balicer, Y Ben-Shlomo… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The oral protease inhibitor nirmatrelvir has shown substantial efficacy in high-
risk, unvaccinated patients infected with the B. 1.617. 2 (delta) variant of severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in a nationwide setting

N Barda, N Dagan, Y Ben-Shlomo… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Preapproval trials showed that messenger RNA (mRNA)–based vaccines
against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a good safety …