McKnight B

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2016

Prior hysterectomy and oophorectomy and incident venous thrombosis risk among postmenopausal women: a population-based, case-control study

Menopause (New York, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1097/gme.0000000000000591

OBJECTIVE: Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) are associated with changes in endogenous hormone levels, yet the risk of venous thrombosis (VT) associated with hysterectomy and BSO is incompletely characterized. This stud…

meta-analysis 2015

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Nature ·doi:10.1038/nature14132

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links…