Linda S. Adair

Research interests

Publications

• Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology

  Nature · 2024 · 10.1038/s41586-024-07019-6

• Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

  Nature Genetics · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01058-3

• Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2263-3

• Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity ― A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

  PLoS Genetics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006528

• Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21039

• Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21ststandard: analysis of CHERG datasets

  BMJ · 2017 · 10.1136/bmj.j3677

• Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

  Nature Communications · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14977

• The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

  Nature Genetics · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3667

• Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3405

• Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring: a prospective study in five low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)

  The Lancet Global Health · 2015 · 10.1016/s2214-109x(15)00038-8

• Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

  Nature Genetics · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2897

• National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

  The Lancet Global Health · 2013 · 10.1016/s2214-109x(13)70006-8

• Associations of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies

  The Lancet · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60103-8

• Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis

  The Lancet · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60993-9

• Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2013 · 10.1093/ije/dyt109

• The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

  BMC Public Health · 2013 · 10.1186/1471-2458-13-s3-s2

• Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

  PLoS Genetics · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002607

• Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries

  Nutrition Reviews · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00456.x

• New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

  Nature Genetics · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2477

• Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

  Nature Genetics · 2011 · 10.1038/ng.1019

• Weight Gain in the First Two Years of Life Is an Important Predictor of Schooling Outcomes in Pooled Analyses from Five Birth Cohorts from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Journal of Nutrition · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.109.112300

• Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

  The Lancet · 2008 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61692-4

• Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

  PubMed · 2004 · 10.1093/ajcn/80.3.569

• The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox

  International Journal of Obesity · 2004 · 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802824

• The Relationship of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, and Overweight in U.S. Adolescents

  Obesity Research · 2003 · 10.1038/oby.2003.20

• Ethnic Differences in Physical Activity and Inactivity Patterns and Overweight Status

  Obesity Research · 2002 · 10.1038/oby.2002.23

• Size at Birth Predicts Age at Menarche

  PEDIATRICS · 2001 · 10.1542/peds.107.4.e59

• Severity and Timing of Stunting in the First Two Years of Life Affect Performance on Cognitive Tests in Late Childhood

  Journal of Nutrition · 1999 · 10.1093/jn/129.8.1555

• Breast-feeding and Diarrheal Morbidity

  PEDIATRICS · 1990 · 10.1542/peds.86.6.874

Current projects

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