Haplotype estimation for biobank-scale data sets by O'Connell, J, Sharp, K, Shrine, N, Wain, L, Hall, I, Tobin, M, Zagury, J, Delaneau, O, Marchini, J

“…The UK Biobank (UKB) has recently released genotypes on 152,328 individuals together with extensive phenotypic and lifestyle information. …”

Characterisation of liver fat in the UK Biobank cohort. by Wilman, H, Kelly, M, Garratt, S, Matthews, P, Milanesi, M, Herlihy, A, Gyngell, M, Neubauer, S, Bell, J, Banerjee, R, Thomas, E

“…Analysis of PDFF in conjunction with other data fields available from the UK Biobank Resource showed associations of increased liver fat with greater age, BMI, weight gain, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes. …”

ELSI challenges and strategies of national biobank infrastructures by Budin-Ljøne, I, Harris, JR, Kaye, J, Knoppers, B, Tassé, A, Bravo, E, Cambon-Thomsen, A, Eriksson, M, Kyvik, K, Litton, J, Perola, M, Rial-Sebbag, E

“…National biobank infrastructures are now being implemented in several European countries. …”

Confound modelling in UK Biobank brain imaging by Alfaro-Almagro, F, McCarthy, P, Afyouni, S, Andersson, JLR, Bastiani, M, Miller, KL, Nichols, TE, Smith, SM

“…Dealing with confounds is an essential step in large cohort studies to address problems such as unexplained variance and spurious correlations. UK Biobank is a powerful resource for studying associations between imaging and non-imaging measures such as lifestyle factors and health outcomes, in part because of the large subject numbers. …”

UK Biobank's cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol by Petersen, SE, Neubauer, S, Matthews, P, Francis, J, Robson, MD, Zemrak, F, Boubertakh, R, Young, A, Hudson, S, Weale, P, Garratt, S, Collins, R, Piechnik, S, Neubauer, S

“…UK Biobank's ambitious aim is to perform cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in 100,000 people previously recruited into this prospective cohort study of half a million 40-69 year-olds.We describe the CMR protocol applied in UK Biobank's pilot phase, which will be extended into the main phase with three centres using the same equipment and protocols. …”

Education is power: preserving cognition in the UK Biobank by Tari, B, Künzi, M, Pflanz, CP, Raymont, V, Bauermeister, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We investigated data from 502,357 individuals (Mage = 56.53, SDage = 8.09, 54.40% female) from the UK Biobank cohort via Structural Equation Modelling to illustrate links between predictor variables (i.e., Townsend Deprivation Index, coastal distance, greenspace, years of education), covariates (i.e., participant age) and cognitive function as outcome variables (i.e., pairs-matching, trail-making task B, fluid intelligence).…”

OECI TuBaFrost tumor biobanking. by Riegman, P, Bosch, A

“…In addition, new infrastructure plans have been developed and the first preparatory steps have been set. For biobanks the BBMRI project has started aiming for Pan-European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure.…”

Toward a roadmap in global biobanking for health by Harris, JR, Burton, P, Knoppers, B, Lindpaintner, K, Bledsoe, M, Brookes, A, Budin-Ljosne, I, Chisholm, R, Cox, D, Deschênes, M, Fortier, I, Hainaut, P, Hewitt, R, Kaye, J, Litton, J, Metspalu, A, Ollier, B, Palmer, L, Palotie, A, Pasterk, M, Perola, M, Riegman, P, Van Ommen, G, Yuille, M, Zatloukal, K

“…Biobanks can have a pivotal role in elucidating disease etiology, translation, and advancing public health. …”

Toward a roadmap in global biobanking for health. by Harris, JR, Burton, P, Knoppers, B, Lindpaintner, K, Bledsoe, M, Brookes, A, Budin-Ljøsne, I, Chisholm, R, Cox, D, Deschênes, M, Fortier, I, Hainaut, P, Hewitt, R, Kaye, J, Litton, J, Metspalu, A, Ollier, B, Palmer, L, Palotie, A, Pasterk, M, Perola, M, Riegman, P, van Ommen, G, Yuille, M, Zatloukal, K

“…Biobanks can have a pivotal role in elucidating disease etiology, translation, and advancing public health. …”

Ovarian physiology and GWAS: biobanks, biology, and beyond by Laisk-Podar, T, Lindgren, C, Peters, M, Tapanainen, J, Lambalk, C, Salumets, A, Mägi, R

Genotyping and population characteristics of the China Kadoorie Biobank by Walters, R, Millwood, I, Lin, K, Schmidt, D, Hacker, A, Avery, D, Fry, H, Collins, R, Hill, M, Peto, R, Clarke, R, Chen, Z

“…The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a population-based prospective cohort of >512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across China. …”

Norwegian kidney biopsy biobank (NorKiBB): organization, baseline characteristics, and generalizability of a low-cost national biobank by Marius Altern Øvrehus, Knut Asbjørn, Rise Langlo, Sabine Leh, Øystein Eikrem, Solfrid Romundstad, Håvard Aksnes, Ingjerd Wangensteen Manner, Christian Aalborg, Marit D. Solbu, Lasse G. Gøransson, Hans-Peter Marti, Michael G. Shlipak, Joachim H. Ix, Stein I. Hallan

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Modification effect of ideal cardiovascular health metrics on genetic association with incident heart failure in the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank by Yang, R, Lv, J, Yu, C, Guo, Y, Pei, P, Huang, N, Yang, L, Du, H, Millwood, IY, Walters, RG, Chen, Y, Tao, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Clarke, R, Huang, T, Li, L

“…<br><br> <strong>Methods</strong> An ICVHMs based on smoking, drinking, physical activity, diets, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood lipids, and a polygenic risk score (PRS) for HF were constructed in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) of 96,014 participants and UK Biobank (UKB) of 335,782 participants which were free from HF and severe chronic diseases at baseline.…”

Intakes of major food groups in China and UK: results from 100,000 adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank by Papier, K, Kakkoura, M, Guo, Y, Tong, T, Perez Cornago, A, Chang, WC, Chen, Z, Du, H, Key, T

“…We compared intakes of major food groups overall, by sex, and by socio-economic status (SES) (defined as both education and income), between participants in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) and the UK Biobank (UKB). <br><strong> Methods<br></strong> Data were from ~ 25,000 CKB participants who completed a validated interviewer-administered computer-based questionnaire (2013–2014) and ~ 74,000 UKB participants who completed ≥ 3 web-based 24-h dietary assessments (2009–2012). …”

Body fat distribution and systolic blood pressure in 10,000 adults with whole‐body imaging: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank by Malden, M, Lacey, B, Emberson, J, Karbe, F, Allen, N, Bennett, D, Lewington, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> This analysis combined individual participant data from two large‐scale imaging studies: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank. In both studies, participants were interviewed and measured, and they underwent dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry imaging. …”

Samples and data accessibility in research biobanks: an explorative survey by Marco Capocasa, Paolo Anagnostou, Flavio D’Abramo, Giulia Matteucci, Valentina Dominici, Giovanni Destro Bisol, Fabrizio Rufo

“…Biobanks, which contain human biological samples and/or data, provide a crucial contribution to the progress of biomedical research. …”
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Biobank Digitalization: From Data Acquisition to Efficient Use by Anastasiia S. Bukreeva, Kristina A. Malsagova, Denis V. Petrovskiy, Tatiana V. Butkova, Valeriya I. Nakhod, Vladimir R. Rudnev, Alexander A. Izotov, Anna L. Kaysheva

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Variation in VEGFA and risk of cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank by Hongyin Chen, Xingyu Lv, Jinzhao Yang, Zhaojun Chen, Wanning Qiao, Tao Zhou, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang

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Towards the creation of a unified glossary of Russian biobanks by A. A. Mikhailova, Yu. A. Nasykhova, A. I. Muravyov, A. Yu. Efimenko, A. S. Glotov

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Association between anticholinergic burden and dementia in UK Biobank by Jure Mur, Tom C. Russ, Simon R. Cox, Riccardo E. Marioni, Graciela Muniz‐Terrera

“…Methods Using Cox proportional hazards models, we computed the association between annual anticholinergic burden (AChB) and the risk of dementia in UK Biobank with linked general practitioner prescription records between the years 2000 and 2015 (n = 171,775). …”
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