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Paul W. Franks

Researcher Next ID · RN-025803

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Queen Mary University of London

London, Sweden

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
898
Citation count
79,959
H-index
128
i10-index
496

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Publications

  • Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals

    Nature Medicine · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01183-8

  • Attributes and predictors of long COVID

    Nature Medicine · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01292-y

  • Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19

    Science · 2020 · 10.1126/science.abc0473

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

    Nature Metabolism · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-020-00287-2

  • Precision Medicine in Diabetes: A Consensus Report From the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

    Diabetes Care · 2020 · 10.2337/dci20-0022

  • Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

    The Lancet Public Health · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30164-x

  • Human postprandial responses to food and potential for precision nutrition

    Nature Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0934-0

  • Genome-wide analysis of dental caries and periodontitis combining clinical and self-reported data

    Nature Communications · 2019 · 10.1038/s41467-019-10630-1

  • Aberrant intestinal microbiota in individuals with prediabetes

    Diabetologia · 2018 · 10.1007/s00125-018-4550-1

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals

    Nature Genetics · 2017 · 10.1038/ng.3977

  • Association analyses based on false discovery rate implicate new loci for coronary artery disease

    Nature Genetics · 2017 · 10.1038/ng.3913

  • Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers?

    Cancer Causes & Control · 2017 · 10.1007/s10552-017-0869-z

  • ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease

    JAMA Internal Medicine · 2016 · 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2925

  • Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol–Lowering Genetic Variants and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    JAMA · 2016 · 10.1001/jama.2016.14568

  • Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

    Nature Genetics · 2015 · 10.1038/ng.3437

  • Differences in the prospective association between individual plasma phospholipid saturated fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study

    The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2014 · 10.1016/s2213-8587(14)70146-9

  • Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity

    PLoS ONE · 2013 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0061691

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance

    Nature Genetics · 2012 · 10.1038/ng.2274

  • Childhood Obesity, Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Premature Death

    New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 10.1056/nejmoa0904130

  • All or Nothing: Systematicity, Transcendental Arguments, and Skepticism in German Idealism

    Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2005

  • Reliability and validity of the combined heart rate and movement sensor Actiheart

    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2005 · 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602118

  • Branched equation modeling of simultaneous accelerometry and heart rate monitoring improves estimate of directly measured physical activity energy expenditure

    Journal of Applied Physiology · 2004 · 10.1152/japplphysiol.00703.2003

  • Associations between objectively assessed physical activity and indicators of body fatness in 9- to 10-y-old European children: a population-based study from 4 distinct regions in Europe (the European Youth Heart Study)

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2004 · 10.1093/ajcn/80.3.584

  • Features of the Metabolic Syndrome Are Associated With Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Fitness in Danish Children

    Diabetes Care · 2004 · 10.2337/diacare.27.9.2141

  • Reexamination of Validity and Reliability of the CSA Monitor in Walking and Running

    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2003 · 10.1249/01.mss.0000079078.62035.ec

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