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Overview

Sarah H. Wild is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Additional fields of study include epidemiology, oncology, genetics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their scientific output covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Among recent publications by Sarah H. Wild are:

  • IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045, 2021, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Mortality attributable to diabetes in 20-79 years old adults, 2019 estimates: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition, 2020, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Administrative Coding in Electronic Health Care Record-Based Research of NAFLD: An Expert Panel Consensus Statement, 2021, Hepatology

Sarah H. Wild has published frequently in journals including:

  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diabetologia
  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetes Care

Collaborations represent an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Christopher D. Byrne
  • Yoosoo Chang
  • Seungho Ryu
  • Naveed Sattar
  • Stuart J. McGurnaghan

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030

    Sarah H. Wild;Gojka Roglic;Anders Green;Richard Sicree

  • 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

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

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

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

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Runs of Homozygosity in European Populations

    Ruth McQuillan;Anne-Louise Leutenegger;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Christopher S. Franklin

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • 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

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

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

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

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
Veronique Vitart
Veronique Vitart University of Edinburgh
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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