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Overview

Liming Li is affiliated with Peking University in China and has a substantial publication record primarily in the field of medicine. Their research covers several specialized areas, including genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Lifestyle, cardiometabolic disease, and multimorbidity in a prospective Chinese study" (2021), published in European Heart Journal
  • "Frailty index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study" (2020), published in The Lancet Public Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Liming Li include:

  • Canqing Yu
  • Jun Lv
  • Zhengming Chen
  • Yiping Chen
  • Ling Yang

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • PubMed
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Within their main field of medicine, Liming Li's research spans subfields including genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The focal topics of their scientific investigations include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Best Publications

  • China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5 million people: survey methods, baseline characteristics and long-term follow-up

    Zhengming Chen;Junshi Chen;Rory Collins;Yu Guo

  • Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations.

    Xi Li;Harlan M. Krumholz;Winnie Yip;Kar Keung Cheng;Kar Keung Cheng

  • Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China data from the China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2002

    Yangfeng Wu;Rachel Huxley;Liming Li;Vibeke Anna

  • New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

    Shrine N;Guyatt Al;Erzurumluoglu Am;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve

  • Association Between Diabetes and Cause-Specific Mortality in Rural and Urban Areas of China.

    Fiona Bragg;Michael V. Holmes;Michael V. Holmes;Andri Iona;Andri Iona;Yu Guo

  • Sleep patterns, genetic susceptibility, and incident cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of 385 292 UK biobank participants.

    Mengyu Fan;Mengyu Fan;Dianjianyi Sun;Dianjianyi Sun;Tao Zhou;Yoriko Heianza

  • Contrasting male and female trends in tobacco-attributed mortality in China: evidence from successive nationwide prospective cohort studies.

    Zhengming Chen;Richard Peto;Maigeng Zhou;Andri Iona

  • Conventional and genetic evidence on alcohol and vascular disease aetiology: a prospective study of 500 000 men and women in China

    Iona Y Millwood;Iona Y Millwood;Robin G Walters;Robin G Walters;Xue W Mei;Xue W Mei;Yu Guo

  • The Burden of Hypertension and Associated Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality in China

    Sarah Lewington;Ben Lacey;Robert Clarke;Yu Guo

  • Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Metabolites and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

    Michael V. Holmes;Iona Y. Millwood;Christiana Kartsonaki;Michael R. Hill

  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

    Cassandra N Spracklen;Cassandra N Spracklen;Momoko Horikoshi;Young Jin Kim;Kuang Lin

  • Reducing Personal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Improves Cardiovascular Health in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

    Jeremy P. Langrish;Xi Li;Shengfeng Wang;Matthew M.Y. Lee

  • Causal associations of blood lipids with risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese adults

    L Sun;R Clarke;D Bennett;Y Guo

  • Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

    Louise V. Wain;Louise V. Wain;Nick Shrine;María Soler Artigas;A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu

  • Physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with BMI, waist circumference, and percentage body fat in 0.5 million adults: the China Kadoorie Biobank study

    Huaidong Du;Derrick Bennett;Liming Li;Gary Whitlock

  • Fresh Fruit Consumption and Major Cardiovascular Disease in China.

    Huaidong Du;Liming Li;Derrick Bennett;Yu Guo

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Seasonal variation in blood pressure and its relationship with outdoor temperature in 10 diverse regions of China: the China Kadoorie Biobank.

    S Lewington;L Li;P Sherliker;Y Guo

  • Trans-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

    Mahajan A;Spracklen Cn;Zhang W;Ng Mc

  • Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

    Louise V. Wain;Nick Shrine;Maria Soler Artigas;A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhengming Chen
Zhengming Chen University of Oxford
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Rory Collins
Rory Collins University of Oxford
Derrick A. Bennett
Derrick A. Bennett University of Oxford
Lu Qi
Lu Qi Harvard University
Michael V. Holmes
Michael V. Holmes University of Oxford
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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