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Alana Cavadino

University of Auckland
Verified email at auckland.ac.nz
Cited by 6852

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption

MC Cornelis, EM Byrne, T Esko, MA Nalls… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
Coffee, a major dietary source of caffeine, is among the most widely consumed beverages in
the world and has received considerable attention regarding health risks and benefits. We …

Vitamin D and pre-eclampsia: original data, systematic review and meta-analysis

E Hyppönen, A Cavadino, D Williams… - Annals of Nutrition and …, 2014 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Aims: Vitamin D may protect from pre-eclampsia through influences on
immune modulation and vascular function. To evaluate the role of vitamin D in the …

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

A Okbay, BML Baselmans, JE De Neve, P Turley… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely
because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a …

[PDF][PDF] Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

MV Holmes, CE Dale, L Zuccolo, RJ Silverwood, Y Guo… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To use the rs1229984 variant in the alcohol dehydrogenase 1B gene (ADH1B) as
an instrument to investigate the causal role of alcohol in cardiovascular disease. Design …

[HTML][HTML] Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

KS Vimaleswaran, A Cavadino, DJ Berry… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) concentration is associated with
high arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk, but whether this association is causal is …

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

NM Warrington, RN Beaumont, M Horikoshi, FR Day… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Birth weight variation is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors,
and has been reproducibly associated with future cardio-metabolic health outcomes. In …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

X Jiang, PF O'Reilly, H Aschard, YH Hsu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that is associated with a range of human traits and
diseases. Previous GWAS of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations have identified four …

Outcomes of intuitive eating interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KM Babbott, A Cavadino, J Brenton-Peters… - Eating …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Intuitive eating (IE) is an approach to health promotion that fosters a positive relationship
with food and the body. The objective of this review was to aggregate and analyse the …

Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index

JF Felix, JP Bradfield, C Monnereau… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A large number of genetic loci are associated with adult body mass index. However, the
genetics of childhood body mass index are largely unknown. We performed a meta-analysis …

Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

N Barban, R Jansen, R De Vlaming, A Vaez… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The genetic architecture of human reproductive behavior—age at first birth (AFB) and
number of children ever born (NEB)—has a strong relationship with fitness, human …