Ken K. Ong

Research interests

Publications

• Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

  Nature Genetics · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00923-x

• Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

  Nature Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0751-5

• Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

  Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1765-3

• Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

  Nature Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0147-3

• Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

  PLoS Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007813

• An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence

  Hormone Research in Paediatrics · 2017 · 10.1159/000479371

• Rapid weight gain during infancy and subsequent adiposity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of evidence

  Obesity Reviews · 2017 · 10.1111/obr.12632

• A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

  Molecular Psychiatry · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2016.192

• DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

  Genome biology · 2016 · 10.1186/s13059-016-1119-5

• Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome

  Nature Communications · 2015 · 10.1038/ncomms9464

• Puberty timing associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also diverse health outcomes in men and women: the UK Biobank study

  Scientific Reports · 2015 · 10.1038/srep11208

• Variability in the Heritability of Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

  Frontiers in Endocrinology · 2012 · 10.3389/fendo.2012.00029

• Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual‐level meta‐analysis

  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01213.x

• Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · 10.1038/ng.685

• Early Age at Menarche Associated with Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2009 · 10.1210/jc.2009-1789

• Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty

  Nature Genetics · 2009 · 10.1038/ng.382

• Childhood obesity and the timing of puberty

  Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2009 · 10.1016/j.tem.2009.02.004

• Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity

  Nature Genetics · 2008 · 10.1038/ng.140

• Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

  Nature Genetics · 2008 · 10.1038/ng.287

• Upward weight percentile crossing in infancy and early childhood independently predicts fat mass in young adults: the Stockholm Weight Development Study (SWEDES)

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2006 · 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.324

• Rapid infancy weight gain and subsequent obesity: Systematic reviews and hopeful suggestions

  Acta Paediatrica · 2006 · 10.1080/08035250600719754

• Early Development of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance after Catch-Up Weight Gain in Small-for-Gestational-Age Children

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · 10.1210/jc.2005-2778

• Predictors of Neurocardiogenic Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

  Stroke · 2004 · 10.1161/01.str.0000114874.96688.54

• Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion Are Related to Catch-Up Growth in Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants at Age 1 Year: Results from a Prospective Cohort

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2003 · 10.1210/jc.2002-030031

• Size at Birth and Early Childhood Growth in Relation to Maternal Smoking, Parity and Infant Breast-Feeding: Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study and Analysis

  Pediatric Research · 2002 · 10.1203/00006450-200212000-00009

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