The measurement of the diet of individuals is one of the prime requisites of the nutritional
sciences, used in many areas of clinical medicine, and in the formulation of recommended …

Objective: This paper describes the ad hoc methodological concepts and procedures
developed to improve the comparability of Nutrient databases (NDBs) across the 10 …

Phyto-oestrogens have emerged from their esoteric role in animal husbandry following the
hypothesis that the human Western diet is relatively deficient in these substances compared …

Background Previous studies have relied predominantly on the body-mass index (BMI, the
weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) to assess the association …

Abstract The vanilloid receptor-1 (VR1) is a ligand-gated, non-selective cation channel
expressed predominantly by sensory neurons. VR1 responds to noxious stimuli including …

Background—Many epidemiological studies have reported on associations between serum
triglyceride concentrations and the risk of coronary heart disease, but this association has …

To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide
association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported …

Elevated blood pressure is a common, heritable cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide.
To date, identification of common genetic variants influencing blood pressure has proven …

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide, with over one million
cases annually. To identify genetic factors that modify disease risk, we conducted a genome …

Objective: To examine the value of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration, a marker
of blood glucose concentration, as a predictor of death from cardiovascular and all causes in …