2024

Nadaraia, T. et al. (2024) Childhood maltreatment, adulthood obesity and incident type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank. International Journal of Obesity, (doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01652-x) (Early Online Publication)

Aman, A. , Slob, E. A.W., Ward, J. , Sattar, N. and Strawbridge, R. (2024) Investigating the association of the effect of genetically proxied PCSK9i with mood disorders using cis-pQTLs: A drug-target Mendelian randomization study. PLoS ONE, 19(9), e0310396. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310396) (PMID:39325747)

Zhang, M., Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Celis Morales, C. , Pell, J. P. , Lyall, D. M. and Ho, F. K. (2024) How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? a 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03436-6) (PMID:38853248)

Ward, J. et al. (2024) Head motion in the UK Biobank imaging subsample: longitudinal stability, associations with psychological and physical health, and risk of incomplete data. Brain Communications, 6(4), fcae220. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae220)

2023

Ranglani, S., Ward, J. , Sattar, N. , Strawbridge, R. J. and Lyall, D. M. (2023) Testing for associations between HbA1c levels, polygenic risk and brain health in UK Biobank (N = 39 283). Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(11), pp. 3136-3143. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15207) (PMID:37435691)

Forsyth, L., Aman, A. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Lyall, L. M., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2023) Genetic architecture of DCC and influence on psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits in multiple ancestry groups in UK Biobank. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, pp. 943-953. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.052) (PMID:37487843)

Ward, J. et al. (2023) Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan and ancestries in multiple cohorts. Scientific Reports, 13, 17262. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43193-9) (PMID:37828061) (PMCID:PMC10570373)

Watt, J. K., Dickie, D. A. , Lyall, D. , Ward, J. , Ho, F., Dawson, J. and Quinn, T. J. (2023) Normative values of the brain health index in UK biobank. Neuroimage: Reports, 3(3), 100176. (doi: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2023.100176)

Lyall, L. M., Sangha, N., Zhu, X., Lyall, D. M. , Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Cullen, B. and Smith, D. J. (2023) Subjective and objective sleep and circadian parameters as predictors of depression-related outcomes: a machine learning approach in UK Biobank. Journal of Affective Disorders, 335, pp. 83-94. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.138) (PMID:37156273)

Ward, J. et al. (2023) Polygenic risk of major depressive disorder as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism. Blood Advances, (doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010562) (PMID:37399490) (In Press)

Cullen, B. et al. (2023) Cognitive function in people with familial risk of depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(6), pp. 610-620. (doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0716) (PMID:37074691) (PMCID:PMC10116387)

Ward, J. et al. (2023) Testing for association between exonic glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor mutation with physical and brain health traits in UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(2), pp. 623-627. (doi: 10.1111/dom.14879) (PMID:36181450)

2022

Aman, A. , Slob, E. A.W., Ward, J. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Sattar, N. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Investigating the potential impact of PCSK9-inhibitors on mood disorders using eQTL-based Mendelian randomization. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279381. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279381) (PMID:36580462) (PMCID:PMC9799310)

Hay, R., Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Aman, A. , Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2022) Genetic analysis of the PCSK9 locus in psychological, psychiatric, metabolic and cardiovascular traits in UK Biobank. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(12), pp. 1380-1390. (doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01107-9) (PMID:35501368) (PMCID:PMC9712543)

Livingstone, K. M., Milte, C., Bowe, S. J., Duckham, R. L., Ward, J. , Keske, M. A., McEvoy, M., Brayner, B. and Abbott, G. (2022) Associations between three diet quality indices, genetic risk and body composition: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Nutrition, 41(9), pp. 1942-1949. (doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.07.005) (PMID:35947896)

Patarrão, R. S. et al. (2022) Prediabetes blunts DPP4 genetic control of postprandial glycaemia and insulin secretion. Diabetologia, 65(5), pp. 861-871. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05638-6) (PMID:35190847)

Tank, R., Ward, J. , Flegal, K. E. , Smith, D. J. , Bailey, M. E.S. , Cavanagh, J. and Lyall, D. M. (2022) Association between polygenic risk for Alzheimer’s disease, brain structure and cognitive abilities in UK Biobank. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(2), pp. 564-569. (doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01190-4) (PMID:34621014) (PMCID:PMC8674313)

Lyall, D. M. , Quinn, T. , Lyall, L. M., Ward, J. , Anderson, J. J. , Smith, D. J. , Stewart, W. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Bailey, M. E.S. and Cullen, B. (2022) Quantifying bias in psychological and physical health in the UK Biobank imaging sub-sample. Brain Communications, 4(3), fcac119. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac119) (PMID:35651593) (PMCID:PMC9150072)

2021

Livingstone, K. M., Abbott, G., Ward, J. and Bowe, S. J. (2021) Unhealthy lifestyle, genetics and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in 76,958 individuals from the UK Biobank cohort study. Nutrients, 13(12), 4283. (doi: 10.3390/nu13124283)

Zhu, X., Ward, J. , Cullen, B. , Lyall, D. M. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Smith, D. J. and Lyall, L. M. (2021) Polygenic risk for schizophrenia, brain structure and environmental risk in UK Biobank. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 2(1), sgab042. (doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgab042)

Burt, O., Johnston, K. J.A., Graham, N., Cullen, B. , Lyall, D. M. , Lyall, L. M., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2021) Genetic variation in the ASTN2 locus in cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric traits: evidence for pleiotropy rather than shared biology. Genes, 12(8), 1194. (doi: 10.3390/genes12081194) (PMID:34440368) (PMCID:PMC8391428)

Campbell, D. D. et al. (2021) Effects of increased body mass index on employment status: a Mendelian randomisation study. International Journal of Obesity, 45(8), pp. 1790-1801. (doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00846-x) (PMID:34158612)

Tank, R., Ward, J. , Celis-Morales, C. , Smith, D. J. , Flegal, K. E. and Lyall, D. M. (2021) Testing for interactions between APOE and Klotho genotypes on cognitive, dementia, and brain imaging metrics in UK Biobank. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 83(1), pp. 51-55. (doi: 10.3233/JAD-210181) (PMID:34219715)

Zhu, X., Ward, J. , Cullen, B. , Lyall, D. M. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Lyall, L. M. and Smith, D. J. (2021) Phenotypic and genetic associations between anhedonia and brain structure in UK Biobank. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 395. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01522-4) (PMID:34282121) (PMCID:PMC8289859)

Livingstone, K. M., Tan, M. H., Abbott, G., Duckham, R. L., Croft, L., Ward, J. , McEvoy, M., Keske, M. A., Austin, C. and Bowe, S. J. (2021) Discovery genome-wide association study of body composition in 4,386 adults from the UK Biobank’s pilot imaging enhancement study. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 692677. (doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.692677) (PMID:34239500) (PMCID:PMC8259458)

Johnston, K. J.A. et al. (2021) Sex-stratified genome-wide association study of multisite chronic pain in UK Biobank. PLoS Genetics, 17(4), e1009428. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009428) (PMID:33830993) (PMCID:PMC8031124)

Livingstone, K. M., Abbott, G., Bowe, S. J., Ward, J. , Milte, C. and McNaughton, S. A. (2021) Diet quality indices, genetic risk and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a longitudinal analysis of 77 004 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open, 11(4), e045362. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045362) (PMID:33795309) (PMCID:PMC8023730)

Shaw, R. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. , Mackay, D. , Okolie, C., Pearsall, R., Ward, J. , John, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional support as predictors of suicide and self-harm: a nine-year follow up of the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279, pp. 316-323. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.026) (PMID:33096330)

Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2021) The overlap of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia and cardiometabolic disease can be used to identify metabolically different groups of individuals. Scientific Reports, 11, 632. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79964-x) (PMID:33436761) (PMCID:PMC7804422)

Lyall, D. M. , Ward, J. , Banach, M., Smith, G. D., Gill, J. G. , Pell, J. P. , Holmes, M. V. and Sattar, N. (2021) PCSK9 genetic variants and cognitive abilities: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study. Archives of Medical Science, 17(1), pp. 241-244. (doi: 10.5114/aoms/127226)

Milton, D. C., Ward, J. , Ward, E., Lyall, D. M. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Smith, D. J. and Cullen, B. (2021) The association between C-reactive protein, mood disorder and cognitive function in UK Biobank European Psychiatry. European Psychiatry, 64(1), e14. (doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.6) (PMID:33517931) (PMCID:PMC8057439)

2020

Ferguson, A. C. et al. (2020) Association of SBP and BMI with cognitive and structural brain phenotypes in UK Biobank. Journal of Hypertension, 38(12), pp. 2482-2489. (doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002579) (PMID:32665523)

Morris, J. et al. (2020) Exploring the role of contactins across psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits within UK Biobank. Genes, 11(11), 1326. (doi: 10.3390/genes11111326) (PMID:33182605) (PMCID:PMC7697406)

Ward, J. et al. (2020) The genomic basis of mood instability: identification of 46 loci in 363,705 UK Biobank participants, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and association with gene expression and function. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(11), pp. 3091-3099. (doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0439-8) (PMID:31168069) (PMCID:PMC7116257)

Lyall, D. M. et al. (2020) Association between APOE e4 and white matter hyperintensity volume, but not total brain volume or white matter integrity. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 14(5), pp. 1468-1476. (doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00069-9) (PMID:30903549) (PMCID:PMC7572345)

Ferguson, A. C. et al. (2020) Alzheimer’s disease susceptibility gene apolipoprotein e (APOE) and blood biomarkers in UK Biobank (N=395,769). Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 76(4), pp. 1541-1551. (doi: 10.3233/JAD-200338) (PMID:32651323)

Davis, K. A.S. et al. (2020) Mental health in UK Biobank – development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis. BJPsych Open, 6(2), e18. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.100) (PMID:32026800) (PMCID:PMC7176892)

Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2020) Carotid intima-media thickness: novel loci, sex-specific effects, and genetic correlations with obesity and glucometabolic traits in UK Biobank. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 40(2), pp. 446-461. (doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313226) (PMID:31801372) (PMCID:PMC6975521)

2019

Ward, J. et al. (2019) Novel genome-wide associations for anhedonia, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, and polygenic association with brain structure. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 327. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0635-y) (PMID:31797917) (PMCID:PMC6892870)

Johnston, K. J.A., Adams, M. J., Nicholl, B. I. , Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. , McIntosh, A., Smith, D. J. and Bailey, M. E.S. (2019) Identification of novel common variants associated with chronic pain using conditional false discovery rate analysis with major depressive disorder and assessment of pleiotropic effects of LRFN5. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 310. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0613-4) (PMID:31748543) (PMCID:PMC6868167)

Escott-Price, V., Smith, D. J. , Kendall, K., Ward, J. , Kirov, G., Owen, M. J., Walters, J. and O'Donovan, M. C. (2019) Polygenic risk for schizophrenia and season of birth within the UK Biobank cohort. Psychological Medicine, 49(15), pp. 2499-2504. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291718000454) (PMID:29501066)

Schmidt, A. F. et al. (2019) Phenome-wide association analysis of LDL-cholesterol lowering genetic variants in PCSK9. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 19, 240. (doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1187-z) (PMID:31664920) (PMCID:PMC6820948)

Graham, N. A., Ward, J. , Mackay, D. , Pell, J. , Cavanagh, J. , Padmanabhan, S. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Impact of major depression on cardiovascular outcomes for individuals with hypertension: prospective survival analysis in UK Biobank. BMJ Open, 9(9), e024433. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024433) (PMID:31575565) (PMCID:PMC6797415)

Gray, S. et al. (2019) Do physical activity, commuting mode, cardiorespiratory fitness and sedentary behaviours modify the genetic predisposition to higher BMI? Findings from a UK Biobank study. International Journal of Obesity, 43, pp. 1526-1538. (doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0381-5) (PMID:31168053)

Lyall, D. M. et al. (2019) Assessing for interaction between APOE ε4, sex and lifestyle on cognitive abilities. Neurology, 92, e2691-e2698. (doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007551) (PMID:31028125) (PMCID:PMC6556094)

Johnston, K. J.A., Adams, M. J., Nicholl, B. I. , Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. , Ferguson, A., McIntosh, A., Bailey, M. E.S. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Genome-wide association study of multisite chronic pain in UK Biobank. PLoS Genetics, 15(6), e1008164. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008164) (PMID:31194737) (PMCID:PMC6592570)

Morris, J. et al. (2019) Genetic variation in CADM2 as a link between psychological traits and obesity. Scientific Reports, 9, 7339. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43861-9) (PMID:31089183) (PMCID:PMC6517397)

Celis-Morales, C. A. et al. (2019) The combination of physical activity and sedentary behaviors modifies the genetic predisposition to obesity. Obesity, 27(4), pp. 653-661. (doi: 10.1002/oby.22417) (PMID:30900409)

Howard, D. M. et al. (2019) Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions. Nature Neuroscience, 22, pp. 343-352. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0326-7) (PMID:30718901)

Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. EBioMedicine, 41, pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.005) (PMID:30745170) (PMCID:PMC6442001)

2018

Wyse, C. A. et al. (2018) Population-level seasonality in cardiovascular mortality, blood pressure, BMI and inflammatory cells in UK Biobank. Annals of Medicine, 50(5), pp. 410-419. (doi: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1472389) (PMID:29724143)

Ward, J. et al. (2018) Polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and neuroticism as predictors of antidepressant response: meta-analysis of three treatment cohorts. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203896. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203896) (PMID:30240446) (PMCID:PMC6150505)

Strawbridge, R. et al. (2018) Genetics of self-reported risk-taking behaviour, trans-ethnic consistency and relevance to brain gene expression. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 178. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0236-1) (PMID:30181555) (PMCID:PMC6123450)

Boakye, D., Wyse, C.A., Morales-Celis, C.A. , Biello, S.M. , Bailey, M.E.S. , Dare, S., Ward, J. , Gill, J.M.R. , Pell, J.P. and Mackay, D.F. (2018) Tobacco exposure and sleep disturbance in 498 208 UK Biobank participants. Journal of Public Health, 40(3), pp. 517-526. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdx102) (PMID:29040744) (PMCID:PMC6166587)

Ferguson, A. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of circadian rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank participants and polygenic association with mood instability. EBioMedicine, 35, pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.004) (PMID:30120083) (PMCID:PMC6154782)

Howard, D. M. et al. (2018) Addendum: Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways. Nature Communications, 9, 3578. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05310-5) (PMID:30166530) (PMCID:PMC6117285)

Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Association of disrupted circadian rhythmicity with mood disorders, subjective wellbeing, and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of 91 105 participants from the UK Biobank. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(6), pp. 507-514. (doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30139-1) (PMID:29776774)

Vaucher, J. et al. (2018) Cannabis use and risk of schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomization study. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(5), pp. 1287-1292. (doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.252) (PMID:28115737) (PMCID:PMC5984096)

Howard, D. M. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways. Nature Communications, 9, 1470. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03819-3) (PMID:29662059) (PMCID:PMC5902628)

Lyall, L. M. et al. (2018) Seasonality of depressive symptoms in women but not in men: a cross-sectional study in the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, pp. 296-305. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.106) (PMID:29329063)

Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2018) Genome-wide analysis of self-reported risk-taking behaviour and cross-disorder genetic correlations in the UK Biobank cohort. Translational Psychiatry, 8, 39. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0079-1) (PMID:29391395) (PMCID:PMC5804026)

2017

Ward, J. et al. (2017) Genome-wide analysis in UK Biobank identifies four loci associated with mood instability and genetic correlation with major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry, 7, 1264. (doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0012-7) (PMID:29187730) (PMCID:PMC5802589)

Lyall, D. M. et al. (2017) Association of body mass index with cardiometabolic disease in the UK Biobank: a Mendelian randomization study. JAMA Cardiology, 2(8), pp. 882-889. (doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5804) (PMID:28678979) (PMCID:PMC5710596)

Celis-Morales, C. et al. (2017) Sleep characteristics modify the association between genetic predisposition to obesity and anthropometric measurements in 119,679 UK Biobank participants. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105(4), pp. 980-990. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.147231)

Schmidt, A. F. et al. (2017) PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 5(2), pp. 97-105. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30396-5) (PMID:27908689) (PMCID:PMC5266795)

Wyse, C. A. et al. (2017) Adverse metabolic and mental health outcomes associated with shiftwork in a population-based study of 277,168 workers in UK biobank. Annals of Medicine, 49(5), pp. 411-420. (doi: 10.1080/07853890.2017.1292045) (PMID:28166415)

2016

Cullen, B. , Ward, J. , Graham, N. A., Deary, I. J., Pell, J. P. , Smith, D. J. and Evans, J. J. (2016) Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in euthymic adults with bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 205, pp. 165-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.063) (PMID:27449549)

Lyall, D. M. et al. (2016) Body-mass index and cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomisation study of UK Biobank Participants. Lancet, 388(S2), S9-S9. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32245-0)

Lyall, D. M. et al. (2016) Alzheimer disease genetic risk factor APOE e4, and cognitive abilities in 111,739 UK Biobank participants. Age and Ageing, 45(4), pp. 511-517. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw068) (PMID:27103599)

Smith, D.J. et al. (2016) Genome-wide analysis of over 106 000 individuals identifies 9 neuroticism-associated loci. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(6), pp. 749-757. (doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.49) (PMID:27067015)

Articles

Nadaraia, T. et al. (2024) Childhood maltreatment, adulthood obesity and incident type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank. International Journal of Obesity, (doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01652-x) (Early Online Publication)

Aman, A. , Slob, E. A.W., Ward, J. , Sattar, N. and Strawbridge, R. (2024) Investigating the association of the effect of genetically proxied PCSK9i with mood disorders using cis-pQTLs: A drug-target Mendelian randomization study. PLoS ONE, 19(9), e0310396. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310396) (PMID:39325747)

Zhang, M., Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Celis Morales, C. , Pell, J. P. , Lyall, D. M. and Ho, F. K. (2024) How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? a 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03436-6) (PMID:38853248)

Ward, J. et al. (2024) Head motion in the UK Biobank imaging subsample: longitudinal stability, associations with psychological and physical health, and risk of incomplete data. Brain Communications, 6(4), fcae220. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae220)

Ranglani, S., Ward, J. , Sattar, N. , Strawbridge, R. J. and Lyall, D. M. (2023) Testing for associations between HbA1c levels, polygenic risk and brain health in UK Biobank (N = 39 283). Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(11), pp. 3136-3143. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15207) (PMID:37435691)

Forsyth, L., Aman, A. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Lyall, D. M. , Lyall, L. M., Pell, J. P. , Ward, J. , Smith, D. J. and Strawbridge, R. J. (2023) Genetic architecture of DCC and influence on psychological, psychiatric and cardiometabolic traits in multiple ancestry groups in UK Biobank. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, pp. 943-953. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.052) (PMID:37487843)

Ward, J. et al. (2023) Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan and ancestries in multiple cohorts. Scientific Reports, 13, 17262. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43193-9) (PMID:37828061) (PMCID:PMC10570373)

Watt, J. K., Dickie, D. A. , Lyall, D. , Ward, J. , Ho, F., Dawson, J. and Quinn, T. J. (2023) Normative values of the brain health index in UK biobank. Neuroimage: Reports, 3(3), 100176. (doi: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2023.100176)

Lyall, L. M., Sangha, N., Zhu, X., Lyall, D. M. , Ward, J. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Cullen, B. and Smith, D. J. (2023) Subjective and objective sleep and circadian parameters as predictors of depression-related outcomes: a machine learning approach in UK Biobank. Journal of Affective Disorders, 335, pp. 83-94. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.138) (PMID:37156273)

Ward, J. et al. (2023) Polygenic risk of major depressive disorder as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism. Blood Advances, (doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010562) (PMID:37399490) (In Press)

Cullen, B. et al. (2023) Cognitive function in people with familial risk of depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(6), pp. 610-620. (doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0716) (PMID:37074691) (PMCID:PMC10116387)

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