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Overview

Lina Zgaga is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, focusing primarily on the field of Medicine with an emphasis on various subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The researcher's work covers a range of medical topics, including:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Zgaga has published extensively, contributing to the scientific community with notable papers such as:

  • Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone survey (2022) in BMC Public Health
  • The effect of vitamin D supplementation on survival in patients with colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2020) in British Journal of Cancer
  • Platelet function/reactivity testing and prediction of risk of recurrent vascular events and outcomes after TIA or ischaemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) in Journal of Neurology
  • Semaglutide and blood pressure: an individual patient data meta-analysis (2024) in European Heart Journal
  • An observational and Mendelian randomisation study on vitamin D and COVID-19 risk in UK Biobank (2021) in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zgaga include Jos van Geffen, Nicola O'Connell, Christopher D. Graham, Cliódhna O'Connor, and Gail Nicolson.

The researcher regularly publishes in specific academic venues, notably:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • European Heart Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • HRB Open Research

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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Vitamin D and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials

    Evropi Theodoratou;Ioanna Tzoulaki;Ioanna Tzoulaki;Lina Zgaga;John P A Ioannidis

  • 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

  • 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

  • SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout

    Veronique Vitart;Igor Rudan;Igor Rudan;Caroline Hayward;Nicola K Gray;Nicola K Gray

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function.

    E Repapi;I Sayers;L V Wain;P R Burton

  • Abundant pleiotropy in human complex diseases and traits.

    Shanya Sivakumaran;Felix Agakov;Evropi Theodoratou;James G. Prendergast

  • 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

  • FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

    Jian Yang;Jian Yang;Ruth J F Loos;Ruth J F Loos;Joseph E. Powell;Joseph E. Powell;Sarah E. Medland

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949)

    G. Davies;N. Armstrong;J. C. Bis;J. Bressler

  • Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: A mendelian randomisation study

    Karani S Vimaleswaran;Karani S Vimaleswaran;Alana Cavadino;Diane J Berry;Rolf Jorde

  • Loci Associated with N-Glycosylation of Human Immunoglobulin G Show Pleiotropy with Autoimmune Diseases and Haematological Cancers

    Gordan Lauc;Jennifer E. Huffman;Maja Pučić;Lina Zgaga;Lina Zgaga

  • Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Lisette Stolk;John R B Perry;John R B Perry;Daniel I. Chasman;Chunyan He

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Veronique Vitart
Veronique Vitart University of Edinburgh
Ivana Kolcic
Ivana Kolcic University of Split
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Sarah H. Wild
Sarah H. Wild University of Edinburgh
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

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