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2023
Christensen KD, Zhang M, Galbraith LN, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Nelson SC, Gonzalez S, Argos M, Perreira KM, Daviglus ML, Isasi CR et al..  2023.  Awareness and utilization of genetic testing among Hispanic and Latino adults living in the US: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. HGG Adv. 4(1):100160.
Zhang Y, Elgart M, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Wang H, Tarraf W, Ramos AR, Stickel AM, Zeng D, Garcia TP, Testai FD et al..  2023.  Genetic associations between sleep traits and cognitive ageing outcomes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. EBioMedicine. 87:104393.
2022
Granot-Hershkovitz E, Sun Q, Argos M, Zhou H, Lin X, Browning SR, Sofer T.  2022.  AFA: Ancestry-specific allele frequency estimation in admixed populations: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. HGG Adv. 3(2):100096.
He S, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Zhang Y, Bressler J, Tarraf W, Yu B, Huang T, Zeng D, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Lamar M et al..  2022.  Blood metabolites predicting mild cognitive impairment in the study of Latinos-investigation of neurocognitive aging (HCHS/SOL).. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 14(1):e12259.
Zhang Y, Elgart M, Kurniansyah N, Spitzer BW, Wang H, Kim D, Shah N, Daviglus M, Zee PC, Cai J et al..  2022.  Genetic determinants of cardiometabolic and pulmonary phenotypes and obstructive sleep apnoea in HCHS/SOL.. EBioMedicine. 84:104288.
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.
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.
2021
Granot-Hershkovitz E, Tarraf W, Kurniansyah N, Daviglus M, Isasi CR, Kaplan R, Lamar M, Perreira KM, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Stickel A et al..  2021.  APOE alleles' association with cognitive function differs across Hispanic/Latino groups and genetic ancestry in the study of Latinos-investigation of neurocognitive aging (HCHS/SOL).. Alzheimers Dement. 17(3):466-474.
Li X, Sotres-Alvarez D, Gallo LC, Ramos AR, Avilés-Santa L, Perreira KM, Isasi CR, Zee PC, Savin KL, Schneiderman N et al..  2021.  Associations of Sleep-disordered Breathing and Insomnia with Incident Hypertension and Diabetes. The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 203(3):356-365.
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.

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