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Sofer T, Wong Q, Hartwig FP, Taylor K, Warren HR, Evangelou E, Cabrera CP, Levy D, Kramer H, Lange LA et al..  2017.  Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Traits by Hispanic/Latino Background: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Sci Rep. 7(1):10348.
Justice AE, Young K, Gogarten SM, Sofer T, Graff M, Love SAnn M, Wang Y, Klimentidis YC, Cruz M, Guo X et al..  2021.  Genome-wide association study of body fat distribution traits in Hispanics/Latinos from the HCHS/SOL.. Hum Mol Genet. 30(22):2190-2204.
Jian X, Sofer T, Tarraf W, Bressler J, Faul JD, Zhao W, Ratliff SM, Lamar M, Launer LJ, Laurie CC et al..  2020.  Genome-wide association study of cognitive function in diverse Hispanics/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Transl Psychiatry. 10(1):245.
Dunn EC, Sofer T, Wang M-J, Soare TW, Gallo LC, Gogarten SM, Kerr KF, Chen C-Y, Stein MB, Ursano RJ et al..  2018.  Genome-wide association study of depressive symptoms in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. J Psychiatr Res. 99:167-176.
Dunn EC, Sofer T, Gallo LC, Gogarten SM, Kerr KF, Chen C-Y, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Guo X, Jia Y et al..  2017.  Genome-wide association study of generalized anxiety symptoms in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 174(2):132-143.
Kerr KF, Avery CL, Lin HJ, Raffield LM, Zhang QS, Browning BL, Browning SR, Conomos MP, Gogarten SM, Laurie CC et al..  2017.  Genome-wide association study of heart rate and its variability in Hispanic/Latino cohorts.. Heart Rhythm. 14(11):1675-1684.
Saccone NL, Emery LS, Sofer T, Gogarten SM, Becker DM, Bottinger EP, Chen L-S, Culverhouse RC, Duan W, Hancock DB et al..  2018.  Genome-Wide Association Study of Heavy Smoking and Daily/Nondaily Smoking in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. Nicotine Tob Res. 20(4):448-457.
Raffield LM, Louie T, Sofer T, Jain D, Ipp E, Taylor KD, Papanicolaou GJ, Avilés-Santa L, Lange LA, Laurie CC et al..  2017.  Genome-wide association study of iron traits and relation to diabetes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL): potential genomic intersection of iron and glucose regulation? Hum Mol Genet. 26(10):1966-1978.
Schick UM, Jain D, Hodonsky CJ, Morrison JV, Davis JP, Brown L, Sofer T, Conomos MP, Schurmann C, McHugh CP et al..  2016.  Genome-wide Association Study of Platelet Count Identifies Ancestry-Specific Loci in Hispanic/Latino Americans.. Am J Hum Genet. 98(2):229-42.
Hodonsky CJ, Jain D, Schick UM, Morrison JV, Brown L, McHugh CP, Schurmann C, Chen DD, Liu YMei, Auer PL et al..  2017.  Genome-wide association study of red blood cell traits in Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. PLoS Genet. 13(4):e1006760.
Swenson BR, Louie T, Lin HJ, Méndez-Giráldez R, Below JE, Laurie CC, Kerr KF, Highland H, Thornton TA, Ryckman KK et al..  2019.  GWAS of QRS duration identifies new loci specific to Hispanic/Latino populations.. PLoS One. 14(6):e0217796.
Méndez-Giráldez R, Gogarten SM, Below JE, Yao J, Seyerle AA, Highland HM, Kooperberg C, Soliman EZ, Rotter JI, Kerr KF et al..  2017.  GWAS of the electrocardiographic QT interval in Hispanics/Latinos generalizes previously identified loci and identifies population-specific signals.. Sci Rep. 7(1):17075.
Sung YJ, Winkler TW, Fuentes Lde Las, Bentley AR, Brown MR, Kraja AT, Schwander K, Ntalla I, Guo X, Franceschini N et al..  2018.  A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure.. Am J Hum Genet. 102(3):375-400.
Bryan MScannell, Sofer T, Afshar M, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, H Hosgood D, Punjabi NM, Zeng D, Daviglus ML, Argos M.  2021.  Mendelian randomization analysis of arsenic metabolism and pulmonary function within the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Sci Rep. 11(1):13470.
Bryan MScannell, Sofer T, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Thyagarajan B, Zeng D, Daviglus ML, Argos M.  2019.  Mendelian randomization of inorganic arsenic metabolism as a risk factor for hypertension- and diabetes-related traits among adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) cohort.. Int J Epidemiol. 48(3):876-886.
Yan Q, Brehm J, Pino-Yanes M, Forno E, Lin J, Oh SS, Acosta-Perez E, Laurie CC, Cloutier MM, Raby BA et al..  2017.  A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in Puerto Ricans.. Eur Respir J. 49(5)
Sofer T, Shaffer JR, Graff M, Qi Q, Stilp AM, Gogarten SM, North KE, Isasi CR, Laurie CC, Szpiro AA.  2016.  Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies with Correlated Individuals: Application to the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. Genet Epidemiol. 40(6):492-501.
Lin BM, Zhang Y, Yu B, Boerwinkle E, Thygarajan B, Yunes M, Daviglus ML, Qi Q, Kaplan R, Lash J et al..  2022.  Metabolome-wide association study of estimated glomerular filtration rates in Hispanics.. Kidney Int. 101(1):144-151.
Khoury S, Wang Q-P, Parisien M, Gris P, Bortsov AV, Linnstaedt SD, McLean SA, Tungate AS, Sofer T, Lee J et al..  2021.  Multi-ethnic GWAS and meta-analysis of sleep quality identify MPP6 as a novel gene that functions in sleep center neurons.. Sleep. 44(3)
Chen H, Cade BE, Gleason KJ, Bjonnes AC, Stilp AM, Sofer T, Conomos MP, Ancoli-Israel S, Arens R, Azarbarzin A et al..  2018.  Multiethnic Meta-Analysis Identifies RAI1 as a Possible Obstructive Sleep Apnea-related Quantitative Trait Locus in Men.. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 58(3):391-401.
Moon J-Y, Wang T, Sofer T, North KE, Isasi CR, Cai J, Gellman MD, Moncrieft AE, Sotres-Alvarez D, Argos M et al..  2017.  Objectively Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Genetic Predisposition to Obesity in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. Diabetes. 66(12):3001-3012.
Granot-Hershkovitz E, He S, Bressler J, Yu B, Tarraf W, Rebholz CM, Cai J, Chan Q, Garcia TP, Mosley T et al..  2022.  Plasma metabolites associated with cognitive function across race/ethnicities affirming the importance of healthy nutrition.. Alzheimers Dement.
Hu X, Qiao D, Kim W, Moll M, Balte PP, Lange LA, Bartz TM, Kumar R, Li X, Yu B et al..  2022.  Polygenic transcriptome risk scores for COPD and lung function improve cross-ethnic portability of prediction in the NHLBI TOPMed program.. Am J Hum Genet. 109(5):857-870.
Sofer T, Heller R, Bogomolov M, Avery CL, Graff M, North KE, Reiner AP, Thornton TA, Rice K, Benjamini Y et al..  2017.  A powerful statistical framework for generalization testing in GWAS, with application to the HCHS/SOL.. Genet Epidemiol. 41(3):251-258.
Sofer T, Moon J-Y, Isasi CR, Qi Q, Shah NA, Kaplan RC, Kuniholm MH.  2018.  Relationship of genetic determinants of height with cardiometabolic and pulmonary traits in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Int J Epidemiol. 47(6):2059-2069.

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