Publications by authors named "P M Matthews"
Background & Aims: The dynamics of HBV viral load (VL) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) treatment and its relationship with liver disease are poorly understood. We aimed to study longitudinal VL patterns and their associations with CHB clinical outcomes.
Methods: Utilising large scale, routinely collected electronic health records from six centres in England, collated by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Informatics Collaborative (NIHR HIC), we applied latent class mixed models to investigate VL trajectory patterns in adults receiving NA treatment.
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- * A large study involving nearly 10,000 DCM cases and close to a million controls identified 70 significant genetic locations linked to the disease, revealing the importance of heart muscle cells in its development.
- * The research also indicates that factors like higher body weight and blood pressure may contribute to DCM, and genetic risk scores can help predict the condition across different populations.
Several cardiovascular traits and diseases co-occur with Alzheimer's disease. We mapped their shared genetic architecture using multi-trait genome-wide association studies. Subsequent fine-mapping and colocalisation highlighted 16 genetic loci associated with both Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases.
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