The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach

Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

(2011) Wei Zheng et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Reverse Causation and Illness-related Weight Loss in Observational Studies of Body Weight and Mortality

(2010) K. M. Flegal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

A FTO variant and risk of acute coronary syndrome

(2010) Jaroslav A. Hubacek et al.   CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA

C-reactive protein levels and body mass index: elucidating direction of causation through reciprocal Mendelian randomization

(2010) N J Timpson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

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

(2010) Elizabeth K Speliotes et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Overexpression of Fto leads to increased food intake and results in obesity

(2010) Chris Church et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Hypothalamic-Specific Manipulation of Fto, the Ortholog of the Human Obesity Gene FTO, Affects Food Intake in Rats

(2010) Yi-Chun Loraine Tung et al.   PLoS One

Assumptions of IV Methods for Observational Epidemiology

(2010) Vanessa Didelez et al.   STATISTICAL SCIENCE

The Association of Body Mass Index With Health Outcomes: Causal, Inconsistent, or Confounded?

(2009) E. Shahar   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The FTO Gene Is Associated With an Atherogenic Lipid Profile and Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

(2009) Alex S.F. Doney et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

Does Greater Adiposity Increase Blood Pressure and Hypertension Risk?

(2009) Nicholas J. Timpson et al.   HYPERTENSION

Genetically Elevated Lipoprotein(a) and Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction

(2009) Pia R. Kamstrup   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

(2009) Prospective Studies Collaboration   LANCET

Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity

(2009) Julia Fischer et al.   NATURE

A Mouse Model for the Metabolic Effects of the Human Fat Mass and Obesity Associated FTO Gene

(2009) Chris Church et al.   PLoS Genetics

Body Mass Index in Adolescence in Relation to Cause-specific Mortality: A Follow-up of 230,000 Norwegian Adolescents

(2008) T. Bjorge et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Common Variation in the FTO Gene Alters Diabetes-Related Metabolic Traits to the Extent Expected Given Its Effect on BMI

(2008) R. M. Freathy et al.   DIABETES

Association of Loss-of-Function Mutations in the ABCA1 Gene With High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease

(2008) Ruth Frikke-Schmidt   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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

(2008) Cristen J Willer et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genetically Elevated C-Reactive Protein and Ischemic Vascular Disease

(2008) Jeppe Zacho et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Mortality From Stroke

(2008) Maigeng Zhou et al.   STROKE

Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology

(2007) Debbie A. Lawlor et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE