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2021
Gonzalez S, Strizich G, Isasi CR, Hua S, Comas B, Sofer T, Thyagarajan B, Perreira KM, Talavera GA, Daviglus ML et al..  2021.  Consent for Use of Genetic Data among US Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos.. Ethn Dis. 31(4):547-558.
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.
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.
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)
2020
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.
Zhao X, Qiao D, Yang C, Kasela S, Kim W, Ma Y, Shrine N, Batini C, Sofer T, Taliun SAGagliano et al..  2020.  Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 19,996 multi-ethnic participants.. Nat Commun. 11(1):5182.
2019
Wang H, Cade BE, Sofer T, Sands SA, Chen H, Browning SR, Stilp AM, Louie TL, Thornton TA, W Johnson C et al..  2019.  Admixture mapping identifies novel loci for obstructive sleep apnea in Hispanic/Latino Americans.. Hum Mol Genet. 28(4):675-687.
Hidalgo BA, Sofer T, Qi Q, Schneiderman N, Chen Y-DIda, Kaplan RC, M Avilés-Santa L, North KE, Arnett DK, Szpiro A et al..  2019.  Associations between SLC16A11 variants and diabetes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).. Sci Rep. 9(1):843.
Grinde KE, Qi Q, Thornton TA, Liu S, Shadyab AH, Chan KHang K, Reiner AP, Sofer T.  2019.  Generalizing polygenic risk scores from Europeans to Hispanics/Latinos.. Genet Epidemiol. 43(1):50-62.
Shungin D, Haworth S, Divaris K, Agler CS, Kamatani Y, Lee MKeun, Grinde K, Hindy G, Alaraudanjoki V, Pesonen P et al..  2019.  Genome-wide analysis of dental caries and periodontitis combining clinical and self-reported data.. Nat Commun. 10(1):2773.
Moon J-Y, Louie TL, Jain D, Sofer T, Schurmann C, Below JE, Lai C-Q, M Avilés-Santa L, Talavera GA, Smith CE et al..  2019.  A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Blood Disorder-Related Variants Influencing Hemoglobin A With Implications for Glycemic Status in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos.. Diabetes Care. 42(9):1784-1791.
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.
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.
Sofer T, Emery L, Jain D, Ellis AM, Laurie CC, Allison MA, Lee J, Kurniansyah N, Kerr KF, González HM et al..  2019.  Variants Associated with the Ankle Brachial Index Differ by Hispanic/Latino Ethnic Group: a genome-wide association study in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Sci Rep. 9(1):11410.
2018
Burkart KM, Sofer T, London SJ, Manichaikul A, Hartwig FP, Yan Q, Artigas MSoler, Avila L, Chen W, Thomas SDavis et al..  2018.  A Genome-Wide Association Study in Hispanics/Latinos Identifies Novel Signals for Lung Function. The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 198(2):208-219.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2017
Brown LA, Sofer T, Stilp AM, Baier LJ, Kramer HJ, Masindova I, Levy D, Hanson RL, Moncrieft AE, Redline S et al..  2017.  Admixture Mapping Identifies an Amerindian Ancestry Locus Associated with Albuminuria in Hispanics in the United States.. J Am Soc Nephrol. 28(7):2211-2220.
Sofer T, Baier LJ, Browning SR, Thornton TA, Talavera GA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Daviglus ML, Hanson R, Kobes S, Cooper RS et al..  2017.  Admixture mapping in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos reveals regions of genetic associations with blood pressure traits.. PLoS One. 12(11):e0188400.
Sofer T.  2017.  BinomiRare: A robust test of the association of a rare variant with a disease for pooled analysis and meta-analysis, with application to the HCHS/SOL.. Genet Epidemiol. 41(5):388-395.
Sofer T.  2017.  Confidence intervals for heritability via Haseman-Elston regression.. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol. 16(4):259-273.
Graff M, Emery LS, Justice AE, Parra E, Below JE, Palmer ND, Gao C, Duan Q, Valladares-Salgado A, Cruz M et al..  2017.  Genetic architecture of lipid traits in the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos.. Lipids Health Dis. 16(1):200.

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