MET-PREVENT: metformin to improve physical performance in older people with sarcopenia and physical prefrailty/frailty – protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled proof-of... by Andrew Clegg, James Wason, Miles Witham, Nina Wilson, Claire J Steves, Helen C Hancock, Avan A P Sayer, Leanne Marsay, Claire McDonald, Thomas von Zglinicki, Katherine J Rennie, Penny Bradley, Stephen Connolly, Shaun Hiu, Laura Robertson, Laura Simms, Alison J Steel, Bryony Storey

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Kidney failure-related excess mortality during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: a nation-wide, population-based analysis by Zhenhu Chen, Pingping Jia, Di Xie, Jingyu Xie, Juan Liu, Wangnan Cao, Lefei Han, Jinjun Ran, Shengzhi Sun, Shi Zhao, Yang Ge, Leonardo Martinez, Xin Chen, Peihua Cao

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Distribution of sasX, mupA, and qacA/B genes and determination of genetic relatedness of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with bloodstream in... by Rui Zhao, Bingyu Du, Lingling Hu, Chenxi Li, Fen Xue, Xing Wang, Changhong Jiang, Jinghua Wang, Yanfeng Zhao

“…These findings contribute to a better understanding of the genetic epidemiology of MRSA in the region, facilitating the development of effective prevention and control strategies for BSI.…”
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Tracking the correlation of mineral intakes among family pairs over nine years: a longitudinal study by Farshad Teymoori, Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Niloufar Saber, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Parisa Riahi, Hossein Farhadnejad, Hamid Ahmadirad, Asiyeh Sadat Zahedi, Sajedeh Masjoudi, Danial Habibi, Maryam Zarkesh, Mohammadreza Vafa, Parvin Mirmiran, Maryam S. Daneshpour, Fereidoun Azizi

“…Methods FCOR command of the Statistical Analysis for Genetic Epidemiology software was used to determine the correlation coefficients of minerals in relative pairs. …”
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New rectum dose surface mapping methodology to identify rectal subregions associated with toxicities following prostate cancer radiotherapy by Artemis Bouzaki, Dylan Green, Marcel van Herk, Jane Shortall, Tanuj Puri, Sarah Kerns, David Azria, Marrie-Pierre Farcy-Jacquet, Jenny Chang-Claude, Ananya Choudhury, Alison Dunning, Maarten Lambrecht, Barbara Avuzzi, Dirk De Ruysscher, Petra Seibold, Elena Sperk, Christopher Talbot, Ana Vega, Liv Veldeman, Adam Webb, Barry Rosenstein, Catharine M. West, Eliana Gioscio, Tiziana Rancati, Eliana Vasquez Osorio, Alan McWilliam

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Genetic insights into psychotic major depressive disorder: bridging the mood-psychotic disorder spectrumResearch in context by Thuy-Dung Nguyen, Joeri J. Meijsen, Robert Sigström, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Ying Xiong, Arvid Harder, Kaarina Kowalec, Joëlle A. Pasman, Carolina Scarpa, Elin Hörbeck, Lina Jonsson, Sara Hägg, Niamh Mullins, Kevin S. O’Connell, Christina Dalman, Dorte Helenius, Richard Zetterberg, Henrik Larsson, Paul Lichtenstein, Ole A. Andreassen, Thomas Werge, Alfonso Buil, Mikael Landén, Patrick F. Sullivan, Yi Lu

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Uptake and 4-week outcomes of an ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation referral strategy in a London-based lung cancer screening setting by Anthony Edey, Neal Navani, Kitty Chan, Graham Robinson, Janine Zylstra, Paul Robinson, Laura Green, Anand Devaraj, Jane Rowlands, Allan Hackshaw, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, Sam M Janes, Kate Davies, Jeannie Eng, Mamta Ruparel, Samantha L Quaife, Jennifer L Dickson, Magali Taylor, Angshu Bhowmik, Hasti Robbie, Joseph Jacob, Laura Farrelly, Sophie Tisi, Tanya Patrick, Andrew Creamer, Helen Hall, Samanjit Hare, Jon Teague, Samuel M Janes, Esther Arthur-Darkwa, Thea Buchan, Stephen Ellis, Thomas Callender, Rachael Sarpong, John McCabe, Zaheer Mangera, Ethaar El-Emir, Terry O'Shaughnessy, Geoff Bellingan, Nick Screaton, Priyam Verghese, William M Ricketts, Vicky Bowyer, Kylie Gyertson, Fanta Bojang, Claire Levermore, Tania Anastasiadis, Ruth Prendecki, Amyn Bhamani, Malavika Suresh, Judy Airebamen, Alice Cotton, Kaylene Phua, Elodie Murali, Simranjit Mehta, Karen Parry-Billings, Columbus Ife, April Neville, Zahra Hanif, Helen Kiconco, Ricardo McEwen, Dominique Arancon, Nicholas Beech, Derya Ovayolu, Christine Hosein, Sylvia Patricia Enes, Qin April Neville, Aashna Samson, Urja Patel, Fahmida Hoque, Hina Pervez, Sofia Nnorom, Moksud Miah, Julian McKee, Mark Clark, Anant Patel, Sara Lock, Rajesh Banka, Ugo Ekeowa, Charlotte Cash, Tunku Aziz, Alberto Villanueva, Elena Stefan, Charlie Sayer, Navinah Nundlall, Andrew Crossingham, Tanita Limani, Kate Gowers, Andrew Perugia, James Rusius, Anne-Marie Hacker, Monica L Mullin, Evangelos Katsampouris, Chuen R Khaw, Chuen Khaw, Sheetal Karavadra, Alan Shaw, Chris Valerio, Ali Mohammed, Lynsey Gallagher, Mehran Azimbagirad, Burcu Ozaltin, Maureen Browne, Eleanor Hellier, Catherine Nestor

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Analysis of the Complete Genomes of Enterovirus 71 Subtypes in China by Lei Wang, Yuzhu Dai, Jun Cheng, Changgui Sun, Yu Chen, Dawei Cui

“…The phylogenetic trees were developed by MEGA7.0 software, and the complete genetic epidemiological characteristics and amino acid mutations of EV-A71 from China were also analysed. …”
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Utility of Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generation by Satish Kumar, Joanne E. Curran, David C. Glahn, John Blangero

“…A large number of EBV immortalized LCLs have been generated and maintained in genetic/epidemiological studies as a perpetual source of DNA and as a surrogate in vitro cell model. …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…The UPDB at the University of Utah is one of the world’s richest sources of in-depth information that supports research on genetics, epidemiology, demography, history, and public health. …”
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A broad assessment of forty-one skin phenotypes reveals complex dimensions of skin ageing by Jun Yan Ng, Qi Yi Ambrose Wong, Jun Jie Lim, Dingyu Cen, Jia Yi Karen Wong, Yi Ying Eliza Lim, Yang Yie Sio, Kavita Reginald, Yee-How Say, Fook Tim Chew

“…Results We analysed our study population, which is composed of 3281 ethnic Chinese participants from the Singapore/Malaysia Cross-sectional Genetics Epidemiology Study (SMCGES). The first ten principal components cumulatively explain 46.88% of the variance of skin ageing phenotypes in our study population. …”
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