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Overview

Ken K. Ong is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring Birth, Development, and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Ken K. Ong has contributed to multiple recent papers, with notable publications including:

  • Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genetic analyses identify widespread sex-differential participation bias (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (2023, Nature)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ken K. Ong include John R. B. Perry, Felix R. Day, Katherine A. Kentistou, Eugene J. Gardner, and David B. Dunger.

Ong's research has been published extensively across various venues. The frequent publication platforms include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology, Nutrients, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

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

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: prospective cohort study.

    Ken K L Ong;Marion L Ahmed;Pauline M Emmett;Michael A Preece

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

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

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

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

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

    Ken K. Ong;Ruth J. F. Loos

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

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

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Child health, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic programming.

    Z. Hochberg;Robert Feil;M. Constancia;M. Fraga

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

    Cathy E. Elks;Marcel den Hoed;Jing Hua Zhao;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Early development of adiposity and insulin resistance after catch-up weight gain in small-for-gestational-age children.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Ken Ong;Ken Ong;David B. Dunger;Francis de Zegher

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Dunger
David B. Dunger University of Cambridge
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
John R. B. Perry
John R. B. Perry University of Cambridge
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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