During the 1950s, the evidence was clearly sufficient to establish the carcinogenicity of
tobacco smoking (1). By the end of the 1950s, convincing evidence linking smoking with lung …

KORA (Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung in der Region Augsburg) ist eine Forschungsplattform
für bevölkerungsbasierte Gesundheitssurveys und darauf aufbauende Follow-up-…

A summary of a critical review by a working group of the German commission on Air
Pollution Prevention of VDI and DIN of the actual data on exposure and health effects (excluding …

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

We undertook a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
involving over 16,000 individuals, the most powerful AD GWAS to date. In stage 1 (3,941 …

We conducted a genome-wide association study testing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
and copy number variants (CNVs) for association with early-onset myocardial …

Objective To determine the risk of lung cancer associated with exposure at home to the
radioactive disintegration products of naturally occurring radon gas Design Collaborative …

Background Modern genotyping platforms permit a systematic search for inherited components
of complex diseases. We performed a joint analysis of two genomewide association …

Blood pressure is a heritable trait 1 influenced by several biological pathways and responsive
to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm …

We performed a meta-analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery
disease (CAD) comprising 22,233 individuals with CAD (cases) and 64,762 controls of …