Publications

Deo, Rajat; Nalls, Michael A.; Avery, Christy L.; Smith, J. Gustav; Evans, Daniel S.; Keller, Margaux F.; Butler, Anne M.; Buxbaum, Sarah G.; Li, Guo; & Quibrera, P. Miguel, et al. (2013). Common Genetic Variation near the Connexin-43 Gene Is Associated with Resting Heart Rate in African Americans: A Genome-Wide Association Study of 13,372 Participants. Heart Rhythm, 10(3), 401-408. PMCID: PMC3718037

Harmon, Quaker E.; Engel, Stephanie M.; Olshan, Andrew F.; Moran, Thomas M.; Stuebe, Alison M.; Luo, Jingchun; Wu, Michael C.; & Avery, Christy L. (2013). Association of Polymorphisms in Natural Killer Cell–Related Genes with Preterm Birth. American Journal of Epidemiology, 178(8), 1208-1218. PMCID: PMC3792727

He, Qianchuan; Avery, Christy L.; & Lin, Dan-Yu (2013). A General Framework for Association Tests with Multivariate Traits in Large-Scale Genomics Studies. Genetic Epidemiology, 37(8), 759-767. PMCID: PMC3926135

Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Brown-Gentry, Kristin; Dudek, Scott M.; Frase, Alex T.; Torstenson, Eric S.; Goodloe, Robert; Ambite, Jose Luis; Avery, Christy L.; Buyske, Steven G.; & Buzkova, Petra, et al. (2013). Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) for Detection of Pleiotropy within the Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Network. PLOS Genetics, 9(1), e1003087. PMCID: PMC3561060

Seyerle, Amanda A. & Avery, Christy L. (2013). Genetic Epidemiology: The Potential Benefits and Challenges of Using Genetic Information to Improve Human Health. North Carolina Medical Journal, 74(6), 505-508. PMCID: PMC4041482

Wyss, Annah B.; Herring, Amy H.; Avery, Christy L.; Weissler, Mark Christian; Bensen, Jeannette T.; Barnholtz-Sloan, Jill S.; Funkhouser, William K.; & Olshan, Andrew F. (2013). Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Nucleotide Excision Repair Genes, Cigarette Smoking, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 22(8), 1428-1445. PMCID: PMC3766549

Avery, Christy L.; Kucharska-Newton, Anna M.; Monda, Keri L.; Sharrett, A. Richey; Mosley, Thomas H., Jr.; Klein, Barbara E. K.; Cotch, Mary Frances; Wong, Tien Yin; & Klein, Ronald (2012). Impact of Long-Term Measures of Glucose and Blood Pressure on the Retinal Microvasculature. Atherosclerosis, 225(2), 412-417. PMCID: PMC3513355

Avery, Christy L.; Loehr, Laura R.; Baggett, Christopher D.; Chang, Patricia P.; Kucharska-Newton, Anna M.; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Rosamond, Wayne D.; & Heiss, Gerardo M. (2012). The Population Burden of Heart Failure Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 60(17), 1640-1646. PMCID: PMC3653309

Avery, Christy L.; Sethupathy, Praveen; Buyske, Steven G.; He, Qianchuan; Lin, Dan-Yu; Arking, Dan E.; Carty, Cara L.; Duggan, David; Fesinmeyer, Megan D.; & Hindorff, Lucia A., et al. (2012). Fine-Mapping and Initial Characterization of QT Interval Loci in African Americans. PLOS Genetics, 8(8), e1002870. PMCID: PMC3415454

Butler, Anne M.; Yin, Xiaoyan; Evans, Daniel S.; Nalls, Michael A.; Smith, Erin N.; Tanaka, Toshiko; Li, Guo; Buxbaum, Sarah G.; Whitsel, Eric A.; & Alonso, Alvaro, et al. (2012). Novel Loci Associated with PR Interval in a Genome-Wide Association Study of 10 African American Cohorts. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 5(6), 639-646. PMCID: PMC3560365