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Xu J, Bartz TM, Chittoor G, Eiriksdottir G, Manichaikul AW, Sun F, Terzikhan N, Zhou X, Booth SL, Brusselle GG, et al. Meta-analysis across Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium provides evidence for an association of serum vitamin D with pulmonary function. Br J Nutr. 2018  :1-12.

Xu J, Gaddis NC, Bartz TM, Hou R, Manichaikul AW, Pankratz N, Smith AV, Sun F, Terzikhan N, Markunas CA, et al. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Genome-wide Interaction Analyses Reveal DPP10-Pulmonary Function Association. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018  .

Oelsner EC, Balte PP, Grams ME, Cassano PA, Jacobs DR, R Barr G, Burkart KM, Kalhan R, Kronmal R, Loehr LR, et al. Albuminuria, Lung Function Decline, and Risk of Incident Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019  ;199(3):321-332.

Bhatt SP, Balte PP, Schwartz JE, Cassano PA, Couper D, Jacobs DR, Kalhan R, O'Connor GT, Yende S, Sanders JL, et al. Discriminative Accuracy of FEV1:FVC Thresholds for COPD-Related Hospitalization and Mortality. JAMA. 2019  ;321(24):2438-2447.

Balte PP, Chaves PHM, Couper DJ, Enright P, Jacobs DR, Kalhan R, Kronmal RA, Loehr LR, London SJ, Newman AB, et al. Association of Nonobstructive Chronic Bronchitis With Respiratory Health Outcomes in Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2020  ;180(5):676-686.

Cornelius T, Schwartz JE, Balte P, Bhatt SP, Cassano PA, Currow D, Jacobs DR, Johnson M, Kalhan R, Kronmal R, et al. A Dyadic Growth Modeling Approach for Examining Associations Between Weight Gain and Lung Function Decline. Am J Epidemiol. 2020  ;189(10):1173-1184.

Oelsner EC, Balte PP, Bhatt SP, Cassano PA, Couper D, Folsom AR, Freedman ND, Jacobs DR, Kalhan R, Mathew AR, et al. Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study. Lancet Respir Med. 2020  ;8(1):34-44.

Zhao X, Qiao D, Yang C, Kasela S, Kim W, Ma Y, Shrine N, Batini C, Sofer T, Taliun SAGagliano, et al. Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 19,996 multi-ethnic participants. Nat Commun. 2020  ;11(1):5182.

Wan ES, Balte P, Schwartz JE, Bhatt SP, Cassano PA, Couper D, Daviglus ML, Dransfield MT, Gharib SA, Jacobs DR, et al. Association Between Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Clinical Outcomes in US Adults. JAMA. 2021  ;326(22):2287-2298.

Cohen LP, Vittinghoff E, Pletcher MJ, Allen NB, Shah SJ, Wilkins JT, Chang PP, Ndumele CE, Newman AB, Ives D, et al. Association of Midlife Cardiovascular Risk Factors With the Risk of Heart Failure Subtypes Later in Life. J Card Fail. 2021  ;27(4):435-444.

Nair N, Vittinghoff E, Pletcher MJ, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Ndumele CE, West NA, Strotmeyer ES, Mukamal KJ, Siscovick DS, et al. Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Young Adulthood with Later Life Incident Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021  ;106(12):e5011-e5020.

Bellows BK, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Lloyd-Jones DM, Bress AP, King JB, Kolm P, Cushman WC, Johnson KC, Tamariz L, et al. Estimating Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Participant Posttrial Survival Using Pooled Epidemiologic Cohort Data. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021  ;10(10):e020361.

Stilp AM, Emery LS, Broome JG, Buth EJ, Khan AT, Laurie CA, Wang FFei, Wong Q, Chen D, D'Augustine CM, et al. A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program. Am J Epidemiol. 2021  .

Eckhardt CM, Balte PP, Barr RGraham, Bertoni AG, Bhatt SP, Cuttica M, Cassano PA, Chaves P, Couper D, Jacobs DR, et al. Lung function impairment and risk of incident heart failure: the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study. Eur Heart J. 2022  ;43(23):2196-2208.

Hu X, Qiao D, Kim W, Moll M, Balte PP, Lange LA, Bartz TM, Kumar R, Li X, Yu B, et al. Polygenic transcriptome risk scores for COPD and lung function improve cross-ethnic portability of prediction in the NHLBI TOPMed program. Am J Hum Genet. 2022  .

Bhatt SP, Balte PP, Schwartz JE, Jaeger BC, Cassano PA, Chaves PH, Couper D, Jacobs DR, Kalhan R, Kaplan R, et al. Pooled Cohort Probability Score for Subclinical Airflow Obstruction. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022  ;19(8):1294-1304.

Jang S-K, Evans L, Fialkowski A, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Becker DM, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, et al. Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking. Nat Hum Behav. 2022  .

Dron JS, Patel AP, Zhang Y, Jurgens SJ, Maamari DJ, Wang M, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, de Vries PS, Fornage M, et al. Association of Rare Protein-Truncating DNA Variants in APOB or PCSK9 With Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA Cardiol. 2023  .

Zhang Y, Dron JS, Bellows BK, Khera AV, Liu J, Balte PP, Oelsner EC, Amr SSamir, Lebo MS, Nagy A, et al. Association of Severe Hypercholesterolemia and Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genotype With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation. 2023  ;147(20):1556-1559.

Chen F, Wang X, Jang S-K, Quach BC, J Weissenkampen D, Khunsriraksakul C, Yang L, Sauteraud R, Albert CM, Allred NDD, et al. Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing. Nat Genet. 2023  ;55(2):291-300.

Zhang Y, Dron JS, Bellows BK, Khera AV, Liu J, Balte PP, Oelsner EC, Amr SSamir, Lebo MS, Nagy A, et al. Familial Hypercholesterolemia Variant and Cardiovascular Risk in Individuals With Elevated Cholesterol. JAMA Cardiol. 2024  .

Liu J, Bellows BK, Jacobs DR, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Balte PP, Oelsner EC, Kazi DS, Siscovick D, Allen NB, et al. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level Distributions Across Different Ages: Implications for Screening Children for Severe and Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Circulation. 2024  ;150(21):1741-1744.

Bhatt SP, Wu C, Sun Y, Balte PP, Schwartz JE, Divo MJ, Jaeger BC, Chaves PH, Couper D, Jacobs DR, et al. Low Lung Function Is Associated with High Population Attributable Fraction for Cardiovascular Mortality. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025  ;22(3):359-366.