Saima Afaq
Public Health England(GB)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Most-Cited Works
- → Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries(2018)1,169 cited
- → A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals(2019)890 cited
- → Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes(2018)463 cited
- → Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis(2017)434 cited
- → Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels(2019)418 cited
- → Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits(2017)232 cited
- → Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes(2019)181 cited
- → A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure(2018)176 cited
- → Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids(2019)149 cited
- → Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci(2019)141 cited