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Species | M C ZillikensSummaryAffiliation: Erasmus MC Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Rationale and design of the B-PROOF study, a randomized controlled trial on the effect of supplemental intake of vitamin B12 and folic acid on fracture incidenceJanneke P van Wijngaarden
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, P, O, Box 8129 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
BMC Geriatr 11:80. 2011....
Sex-specific genetic effects influence variation in body compositionM C Zillikens
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, P O Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 51:2233-41. 2008..Despite well-known sex differences in body composition it is not known whether sex-specific genetic or environmental effects contribute to these differences...
SIRT1 genetic variation and mortality in type 2 diabetes: interaction with smoking and dietary niacinM Carola Zillikens
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Free Radic Biol Med 46:836-41. 2009..Correction of niacin deficiency and SIRT1 modulators may prolong the life span of patients with diabetes...
[A young woman with headaches and skull anomalies: a long road to the diagnosis 'Paget's disease']M C Zillikens
Erasmus MC, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 150:2150-4. 2006..Because Paget's disease has a relatively high prevalence in the elderly, it is important to know that it is not always recognised as such on MRI and that a simple X-ray can lead to the correct diagnosis...
SIRT1 genetic variation is related to BMI and risk of obesityM Carola Zillikens
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetes 58:2828-34. 2009..SIRT1 has pleiotropic metabolic functions. We investigated whether SIRT1 genetic variation is associated with obesity...
The role of body mass index, insulin, and adiponectin in the relation between fat distribution and bone mineral densityM Carola Zillikens
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Calcif Tissue Int 86:116-25. 2010..Inverse associations after adjustment for BMI suggest that android fat deposition as measured by the WHR, WTR, and DXA-based android-to-gynoid fat ratio is not beneficial and possibly even deleterious for bone...
Interactions between dietary vitamin E intake and SIRT1 genetic variation influence body mass indexM Carola Zillikens
Department of Internal Medicine, Room D428, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1387-93. 2010..Genetic variation in SIRT1 has been associated with body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity. SIRT1 may be influenced by diet...
Images in clinical medicine. Extracapsular hemorrhage from a parathyroid adenomaM Carola Zillikens
Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
N Engl J Med 359:1155. 2008
Body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in women with previous pre-eclampsia or small-for-gestational-age offspringA L Berends
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BJOG 116:442-51. 2009..To investigate differences in body composition and fat distribution between women with previous pre-eclampsia or small-for-gestational-age (SGA) offspring and those with uncomplicated pregnancies...
Insulin-resistance and metabolic syndrome are related to executive function in women in a large family-based studyM Schuur
Genetic Epidemiology Unit Ee2173, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 25:561-8. 2010..MetS and high HOMA-IR were associated with poorer executive function in women (P = 0.03 and P = 0.009). MetS and HOMA-IR are associated with poorer executive function in women...
The association between plasma homocysteine levels, methylation capacity and incident osteoporotic fracturesA W Enneman
Erasmus MC, Department of Internal Medicine, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bone 50:1401-5. 2012....
Heritability of the function and structure of the arterial wall: findings of the Erasmus Rucphen Family (ERF) studyF A Sayed-Tabatabaei
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stroke 36:2351-6. 2005..We conclude that genetic factors significantly contribute to arterial structure and function in this isolated population, presenting the opportunity to locate susceptibility genes related to cardiovascular disorders...
Heritability of serum iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation in a genetically isolated population, the Erasmus Rucphen Family (ERF) StudyO T Njajou
Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hum Hered 61:222-8. 2006..Mutations in the HFE gene are associated with an increase in serum iron parameters. The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability in serum iron parameters explained by HFE...
Measures of body composition and risk of heart failure in the elderly: the Rotterdam studyM A W Van Lieshout
Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Nutr Health Aging 15:393-7. 2011..The incidence of heart failure increases with aging. Aim of the present study was to determine whether measures body composition predict incident heart failure in older adults...
Heritability of fasting glucose levels in a young genetically isolated populationR L P Santos
Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 49:667-72. 2006....
Low dietary riboflavin but not folate predicts increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women homozygous for the MTHFR 677 T alleleNahid Yazdanpanah
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Bone Miner Res 23:86-94. 2008..We found that the MTHFR C677T variant interacts with dietary riboflavin intake to influence fracture risk in women...
Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and risk of myocardial infarctionStephanie C E Schuit
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
JAMA 291:2969-77. 2004..Evidence suggests that genetic variations in the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene may influence IHD risk, but the role of common sequence variations in the ESR1 gene is unclear...
The -1997 G/T and Sp1 polymorphisms in the collagen type I alpha1 (COLIA1) gene in relation to changes in femoral neck bone mineral density and the risk of fracture in the elderly: the Rotterdam studyNahid Yazdanpanah
Netherlands Institute for Health Science, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Calcif Tissue Int 81:18-25. 2007..7, P = 0.001). We confirm that the COLIA1 Sp1 polymorphism influences BMD and the risk of fracture in postmenopausal Caucasian women. In contrast, we found no independent effect of the -1997 G/T promoter polymorphism on BMD or fracture...
Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms are associated with estradiol levels in postmenopausal womenStephanie C E Schuit
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Endocrinol 153:327-34. 2005..It has been suggested that the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene may influence peripheral E(2) levels, but the role of common sequence variations in the ESR1 gene is unclear...
Low bone mass in Pompe disease: muscular strength as a predictor of bone mineral densityLinda E M van den Berg
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Metabolic Diseases and Genetics, Center for Lysosomal and Metabolic Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bone 47:643-9. 2010..The introduction of enzyme replacement therapy as treatment for the disease may change prospects for patients and may require that more attention be paid to co-morbidities such as osteoporosis...
Femoral neck BMD is a strong predictor of hip fracture susceptibility in elderly men and women because it detects cortical bone instability: the Rotterdam StudyFernando Rivadeneira
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Bone Miner Res 22:1781-90. 2007..Cortical instability (propensity of thinner cortices in wide diameters to buckle) explains why hip fracture risk at different BMD levels is the same across sexes...
Genetic architecture of plasma adiponectin overlaps with the genetics of metabolic syndrome-related traitsPeter Henneman
Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Diabetes Care 33:908-13. 2010....
Estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) polymorphisms in interaction with estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF1) variants influence the risk of fracture in postmenopausal womenFernando Rivadeneira
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Bone Miner Res 21:1443-56. 2006..Interaction of ESR2 with ESR1 and IGF1 was determined and revealed a deleterious genetic combination that enhances the risk of osteoporotic fracture...
5-HIAA excretion is not associated with bone metabolism in carcinoid syndrome patientsS C van Dijk
Department of Internal Medicine, Sector of Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, s Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bone 50:1260-5. 2012..In conclusion, the current study in a unique group of untreated carcinoid patients could not demonstrate a major role for circulating serotonin in the control of bone metabolism...
An RBP4 promoter polymorphism increases risk of type 2 diabetesM van Hoek
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, P O Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Diabetologia 51:1423-8. 2008..We hypothesised that the RBP4 -803GA polymorphism increases type 2 diabetes risk at a population-based level. In addition, information on retinol intake and plasma vitamin A levels enabled us to explore the possible underlying mechanism...
Association between type 2 diabetes loci and measures of fatnessSlavica Pecioska
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 5:e8541. 2010..Our aim was to evaluate whether the recently identified T2D risk alleles are associated with human measures of fatness as characterized with Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)...
Effect of dietary B vitamins on BMD and risk of fracture in elderly men and women: the Rotterdam studyNahid Yazdanpanah
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bone 41:987-94. 2007..These findings highlight the importance of considering nutritional factors in epidemiological studies of osteoporosis and fractures...
Twenty bone-mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studiesFernando Rivadeneira
Department of Internal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nat Genet 41:1199-206. 2009..The many SNPs associated with BMD map to genes in signaling pathways with relevance to bone metabolism and highlight the complex genetic architecture that underlies osteoporosis and variation in BMD...
Heritability of blood pressure traits and the genetic contribution to blood pressure variance explained by four blood-pressure-related genesMarie Josee E van Rijn
Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Hypertens 25:565-70. 2007..To study the heritability of four blood pressure traits and the proportion of variance explained by four blood-pressure-related genes...
Heritabilities, apolipoprotein E, and effects of inbreeding on plasma lipids in a genetically isolated population: the Erasmus Rucphen Family StudyAaron Isaacs
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 22:99-105. 2007..02 and p (trend) = 0.05, respectively). These data provide estimates of lipid heritability unbiased due to selection and suggest that this population represents a good opportunity to localize novel genes influencing plasma lipid levels...
