KORA (Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung in der Region Augsburg) ist eine Forschungsplattform
für bevölkerungsbasierte Gesundheitssurveys und darauf aufbauende Follow-up-…

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a
discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three …

Estimates of biological age based on DNA methylation patterns, often referred to as “epigenetic
age”,“DNAm age”, have been shown to be robust biomarkers of age in humans. We …

PURPOSE: To determine whether the extent of subtle parenchymal hypoattenuation detected
on computed tomographic (CT) scans obtained within 6 hours of ischemic stroke is a factor …

To identify genetic loci influencing central obesity and fat distribution, we performed a meta-analysis
of 16 genome-wide association studies (GWAS, N = 38,580) informative for adult …

… As BMI and waist circumference were highly correlated (r=0.78; p<0.001), only the latter was
used in the multivariate model. In men, increased waist circumference (OR; 95%CI: 2.3; 1.3–…

… This study builds on an earlier study on the worldwide casualty toll from lightning (Holle
and López 2003). The annual number of lightning deaths has been compiled in the US since …

Background: Approximately 30% of the patients with primary breast cancer who have no
axillary lymph node involvement (ie, lymph node negative) at the time of surgery will relapse …

… Jr., Pinto IRCA , and Holle RL , 2011: A new approach to estimate the annual number of
global … Holle, RL, 2008: Annual rates of lightning fatalities by country. Preprints, Int. Lightning …

Lightning-caused fatalities, injuries, and damage reports for the United States are listed in
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publication Storm Data. Previously …