• Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability 

      Lagou, Vasiliki; Mägi, Reedik; Hottenga, Jouke- Jan; Grallert, Harald; Perry, John R. B.; Bouatia-Naji, Nabila; Marullo, Letizia; Rybin, Denis V.; Jansen, Rick; Min, JL; Dimas, AS; Ulrich, Anna; Zudina, Liudmila; Gådin, Jesper R.; Jiang, Longda; Faggian, Alessia; Bonnefond, Amélie; Fadista, Joao; Stathopoulou, Maria G.; Isaacs, Aaron; Willems, Sara M.; Navarro, Pau; Tanaka, Toshiko; Jackson, Anne U.; Montasser, May E.; O’Connell, Jeff R.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Webster, Rebecca J.; Saxena, Richa; Stafford, Jeanette M.; Pourcain, Beate St; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Salo, Perttu; Shin, SY; Amin, Najaf; Smith, Albert V.; Li, G; Verweij, Niek; Goel, Anuj; Ford, Ian; Johnson, Paul C. D.; Johnson, Toby; Kapur, Karen; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Strawbridge, Rona J.; Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J.; Esko, Tõnu; Mihailov, E; Fall, Tove; Fraser, Ross M; Mahajan, Anubha; Kanoni, Stavroula; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Kleber, Marcus E.; Silbernagel, Günther; Meyer, Julia; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Ganna, Andrea; Sarin, Antti-Pekka; Yengo, Loic; Shungin, D; Luan, Jian’an; Horikoshi, Momoko; An, Ping; Sanna, Serena; Boettcher, Yvonne; Rayner, Nigel W; Nolte, Ilja M.; Zemunik, Tatijana; Iperen, Erik van; Kovacs, Peter; Hastie, Nicholas D.; Wild, Sarah H.; McLachlan, Stela; Campbell, Susan; Polasek, Ozren; Carlson, Olga; Egan, Josephine; Kiess, Wieland; Willemsen, Gonneke; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Dimitriou, M; Hicks, Andrew A.; Rauramaa, Rainer; Bandinelli, Stefania; Thorand, Barbara; Liu, Yongmei; Miljkovic, Iva; Lind, Lars; Doney, Alex; Perola, Markus; Hingorani, Aroon; Kivimaki, Mika; Kumari, Meena; Bennett, Amanda J.; Groves, Christopher J.; Herder, Christian; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Kinnunen, Leena; Faire, Ulf de; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Uusitupa, Matti; Palmer, Colin N. A.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Sattar, Naveed; Pouta, Anneli; Snieder, Harold; Boerwinkle, Eric; Pankow, James S.; Magnusson, Patrik K.; Krus, Ulrika; Scapoli, Chiara; de Geus, Eco J. C. N.; Blüher, Matthias; Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R.; Province, Michael A.; Abecasis, Goncalo R.; Meigs, James B.; Hovingh, G. Kees; Lindström, Jaana; Wilson, JF; Wright, Alan F.; Dedoussis, George; Bornstein, Stefan R.; Schwarz, Peter E. H.; Tönjes, Anke; Winkelmann, Bernhard R.; Boehm, Bernhard O.; März, Winfried; Metspalu, Andres; Price, Jackie F.; Deloukas, Panos; Körner, Antje; Lakka, Timo A.; Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M.; Saaristo, Timo E.; Bergman, Richard N.; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Wareham, Nick; Langenberg, Claudia; Männistö, Satu; Franks, Paul W; Hayward, Caroline; Vitart, Veronique; Kaprio, Jaakko; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie; Balkau, Beverley; Altshuler, D; Rudan, Igor; Stumvoll, Michael; Campbell, Harry; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Gieger, Christian; Illig, Thomas; Ferrucci, Luigi; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Boehnke, Michael; Frayling, TM; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Palmer, Lyle J.; Penninx, Brenda W.; Meneton, Pierre; Harris, Tamara B.; Navis, Gerjan; Harst, Pim van der; Smith, George Davey; Forouhi, Nita G.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Salomaa, Veikko; Soranzo, Nicole; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Groop, L; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hofman, Albert; Munroe, Patricia B.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Siscovick, David S.; Watkins, Hugh; Lecoeur, Cecile; Vollenweider, Peter; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Eriksson, Per; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Stefansson, Kari; Hamsten, Anders; Nicholson, George; Karpe, Fredrik; Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Froguel, Philippe; Kaakinen, Marika A.; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Watanabe, Richard M.; Ingelsson, Erik; Florez, Jose C.; Dupuis, Josée; Barroso, I; Morris, Andrew P.; Prokopenko, Inga (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Differences between sexes contribute to variation in the levels of fasting glucose and insulin. Epidemiological studies established a higher prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in men and impaired glucose tolerance in ...
    • Sexual dimorphism in selenium deficiency is associated with metabolic syndrome and prevalence of heart disease 

      Weening, Eerde H.; Al-Mubarak, Ali A.; Dokter, Martin M.; Dickstein, Kenneth; Lang, Chim C.; Ng, Leong L.; Metra, Marco; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Touw, Daan J.; de Boer, Rudolf A.; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Voors, Adriaan A.; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; van der Meer, Peter; Bomer, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Serum selenium levels have been associated with the incidence of heart failure (HF) and signs of the metabolic syndrome. In addition, notable differences have been reported between males and females in food ...
    • Variation in the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus alters morning plasma cortisol, hepatic corticosteroid binding globulin expression, gene expression in peripheral tissues, and risk of cardiovascular disease 

      Crawford, Andrew A.; Bankier, Sean; Altmaier, Elisabeth; Barnes, Catriona L. K.; Clark, David W.; Ermel, Raili; Friedrich, Nele; van der Harst, Pim; Joshi, Peter K.; Karhunen, Ville; Lahti, Jari; Mahajan, Anubha; Mangino, Massimo; Nethander, Maria; Neumann, Alexander; Pietzner, Maik; Sukhavasi, Katyayani; Wang, Carol A.; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Bjorkegren, Johan L. M.; Campbell, Harry; Eriksson, Johan G.; Gieger, Christian; Hayward, Caroline; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; McLachlan, Stela; Morris, Andrew P.; Ohlsson, Claes; Pennell, Craig E.; Price, Jackie; Rudan, Igor; Ruusalepp, Arno; Spector, Tim; Tiemeier, Henning; Völzke, Henry; Wilson, James F.; Michoel, Tom Luk Robert; Timpson, Nicolas J.; Smith, George Davey; Walker, Brian R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The stress hormone cortisol modulates fuel metabolism, cardiovascular homoeostasis, mood, inflammation and cognition. The CORtisol NETwork (CORNET) consortium previously identified a single locus associated with morning ...