LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Overview
Motivation:

LIFE pursues the relevant challenges in medical research, namely to support individual health maintenance from childhood to aged people and to find risks for frequent diseases and new strategies for targeted prevention and therapies.

Description:

Goal of the Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) is the investigation of civilization diseases like depression, diabetes, allergies or cardiovascular diseases. For this purpose we collect as much data as possible regarding health and living conditions of the population in Leipzig and provide these data for scientists of the University of Leipzig and other research institutions.

Programme: Epidemiology

Health Atlas ID: 7Q0CG2J40X-2

Public web page: http://life.uni-leipzig.de/

Human Diseases: Disease of anatomical entity, Disease of cellular proliferation, Disease of mental health, Disease of metabolism, Disease by infectious agent

Leipzig Health Atlas PALs: No PALs for this Project

Project Coordinators: Toralf Kirsten, Christian Sander

Project start date: 1st Jan 2009

Project Hierarchy

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OMICS Investigations
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Resutls of different OMICS-level using LIFE Adult and LIFE Heart data are presented (Publications, Supplemental Data, & Summary Statistics).

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head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group

Stratification of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) based on HPV16 DNA and RNA status

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GWAMA Phytosterole
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Genome-wide Association Meta-Analyses of 32 phytosterol traits reflecting resorption, cholesterol synthesis and esterification in six studies with up to 9,758 subjects Summary statistics of GWAMA results will be made available upon acceptance of our manuscript.

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: Summary Statistics - Phytosterols

Study type: Genetic study

Meta-GWAS PCSK9
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics of Meta-GWAS results will be made available upon acceptance of our manuscript.

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: No Resources

Study type: Genetic study

GWAS Body Scanner Measures
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart
No description specified

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: Summary Statistics

Study type: Genetic study

GWAS Pulse Wave Velocity
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

We analysed if measuring PWV in different segments of the body leads to association with different genetic variants, as well as different heritability and different genetic correlation with other biological traits. Furthermore we searched for shared genetic architecture concerning PWV, blood pressure (BP) and coronary artery disease (CAD) and examined the causal relationship between PWV and BP.

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: Summary Statistic for PWV GWAS

Study type: Genetic study

GWAS Carotid Plaque Burden
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

We defined six operationalizations of CPB considering plaques in common carotid arteries, carotid bulb, and internal carotid arteries (maximal plaque area, mean plaque area, sum of plaque areas at all six regions, maximal degree of stenosis, mean degree of stenosis, and sum of stenosis at all six regions). Link to publication (PMID, DOI), Supplemental Figures and Tables, and Summary Statistics of GWAS will be made available upon acceptance of our manuscript.

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: Summary Statistics

Study type: Genetic study

GWAS Steroid Hormones
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Supplement Data for Publication including Supplement Material & Results (eQTL annotation, Mendelian Randomization (MR), further significant loci), Figures (correlation plot of steroid hormones, scatter plot of genetic effect sizes, regional association plots, scatter plots of MR) and Tables (Correlations, GWAS summary statistics, interaction tests, MR results)

Investigation: OMICS Investigations

Resources: Summary Statistics, Supplement Data

Study type: Genetic study

HNSCC
LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group

Stratification of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) based on HPV16 DNA and RNA status

Investigation: head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Resources: HNSCC Clinical Dataset, HNSCC OMICS Data

Study type: Clinical study (Phase 1)

Summary Statistics - Phytosterols
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

We are releasing the summary data from our GWAMA of phytosterol traits, pending on acceptance of our publication, to empower other researchers to examine variants or loci in which they are interested for associations. These data are intended for research purposes only.

Citation: tba

When using this data acknowledge the source as follows: 'Data on phytosterol X has been contributed by LIFE investigators and has been downloaded from https://www.health-atlas.de/assays/53.'

For any enquiries about ...

Submitter: Janne Pott

Resource type: Experimental Assay Type

Technology type: SNP Array

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Summary Statistic for PWV GWAS
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAS of baPWV, bfPWV, cfPWV All samples (adjusted for age, sex and log_sys)

These data is intended for research purposes only.

Citation: tbc

When using this data acknowledge the source as follows: 'Data on PWV has been contributed by LIFE-Adult investigators and has been downloaded from https://www.health-atlas.de/assays/34'

For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Michael Rode (michael.rode@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de) ...

Submitter: Michael Rode

Resource type: Genome Wide Association

Technology type: SNP Array

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Summary Statistics
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

We are releasing the summary data from our GWAS of carotid plaque burden traits, pending on acceptance of our publication, to empower other researchers to examine variants or loci in which they are interested for associations. These data are intended for research purposes only.

Citation:

When using this data acknowledge the source as follows: 'Data on carotid plaque burden has been contributed by LIFE-Adult investigators and has been downloaded from https://www.health-atlas.de/assays/31 '

For any ...

Submitter: Janne Pott

Resource type: Genome Wide Association

Technology type: SNP Array

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HNSCC Clinical Dataset
LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group
No description specified

Submitter: René Hänsel

Resource type: Experimental Assay Type

Technology type: Technology Type

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HNSCC OMICS Data
LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group
No description specified

Submitter: René Hänsel

Resource type: Experimental Assay Type

Technology type: Technology Type

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Summary Statistics
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart
No description specified

Submitter: Andreas Kühnapfel

Biological problem addressed: Genome Scale

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Summary Statistics
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

We are releasing the summary data from our meta-analyses of steroid hormones, to empower other researchers to examine variants or loci in which they are interested for association with these hormonal traits. These data are intended for research purposes only.

Citation: Pott et al. (2019) Genetic Association Study of Eight Steroid Hormones and Implications for Sexual Dimorphism of Coronary Artery Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 104: 5008–5023. PubMed ID: 31169883

When using this data acknowledge ...

Submitter: Janne Pott

Resource type: Genome Wide Association

Technology type: SNP Array

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Supplement Data
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

The primary goal of this study was to identify genetic loci associated with steroid hormone levels (cortisol, DHEA-S, testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, androstenedione, and aldosterone). In a secondary analysis, we searched for causal effects of steroid hormones on coronary artery disease.

Submitter: René Hänsel

Resource type: Experimental Assay Type

Technology type: Technology Type

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The Human Blood Transcriptome in a Large Population Cohort and Its Relation to Aging and Health.
LIFE Adult

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Background: The blood transcriptome is expected to provide a detailed picture of an organism's physiological state with potential outcomes for applications in medical diagnostics and molecular and … epidemiological research. We here present the analysis of blood specimens of 3,388 adult individuals, together with phenotype characteristics such as disease history, medication status, lifestyle factors, and body mass index (BMI). The size and heterogeneity of this data challenges analytics in terms of dimension reduction, knowledge mining, feature extraction, and data integration. Methods: Self-organizing maps (SOM)-machine learning was applied to study transcriptional states on a population-wide scale. This method permits a detailed description and visualization of the molecular heterogeneity of transcriptomes and of their association with different phenotypic features. Results: The diversity of transcriptomes is described by personalized SOM-portraits, which specify the samples in terms of modules of co-expressed genes of different functional context. We identified two major blood transcriptome types where type 1 was found more in men, the elderly, and overweight people and it upregulated genes associated with inflammation and increased heme metabolism, while type 2 was predominantly found in women, younger, and normal weight participants and it was associated with activated immune responses, transcriptional, ribosomal, mitochondrial, and telomere-maintenance cell-functions. We find a striking overlap of signatures shared by multiple diseases, aging, and obesity driven by an underlying common pattern, which was associated with the immune response and the increase of inflammatory processes. Conclusions: Machine learning applications for large and heterogeneous omics data provide a holistic view on the diversity of the human blood transcriptome. It provides a tool for comparative analyses of transcriptional signatures and of associated phenotypes in population studies and medical applications.

Authors: M. Schmidt, L. Hopp, A. Arakelyan, H. Kirsten, C. Engel, K. Wirkner, K. Krohn, R. Burkhardt, J. Thiery, M. Loeffler, H. Loeffler-Wirth, H. Binder

Date Published: 11th Mar 2021

Publication Type: Journal article

Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline.
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

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Rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate estimated from creatinine (eGFRcrea) is associated with severe clinical endpoints. In contrast to cross-sectionally assessed eGFRcrea, the genetic basis for … rapid eGFRcrea decline is largely unknown. To help define this, we meta-analyzed 42 genome-wide association studies from the Chronic Kidney Diseases Genetics Consortium and United Kingdom Biobank to identify genetic loci for rapid eGFRcrea decline. Two definitions of eGFRcrea decline were used: 3 mL/min/1.73m(2)/year or more ("Rapid3"; encompassing 34,874 cases, 107,090 controls) and eGFRcrea decline 25% or more and eGFRcrea under 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) at follow-up among those with eGFRcrea 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) or more at baseline ("CKDi25"; encompassing 19,901 cases, 175,244 controls). Seven independent variants were identified across six loci for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25: consisting of five variants at four loci with genome-wide significance (near UMOD-PDILT (2), PRKAG2, WDR72, OR2S2) and two variants among 265 known eGFRcrea variants (near GATM, LARP4B). All these loci were novel for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25 and our bioinformatic follow-up prioritized variants and genes underneath these loci. The OR2S2 locus is novel for any eGFRcrea trait including interesting candidates. For the five genome-wide significant lead variants, we found supporting effects for annual change in blood urea nitrogen or cystatin-based eGFR, but not for GATM or LARP4B. Individuals at high compared to those at low genetic risk (8-14 vs 0-5 adverse alleles) had a 1.20-fold increased risk of acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 1.08-1.33). Thus, our identified loci for rapid kidney function decline may help prioritize therapeutic targets and identify mechanisms and individuals at risk for sustained deterioration of kidney function.

Authors: M. Gorski, B. Jung, Y. Li, P. R. Matias-Garcia, M. Wuttke, S. Coassin, C. H. L. Thio, M. E. Kleber, T. W. Winkler, V. Wanner, J. F. Chai, A. Y. Chu, M. Cocca, M. F. Feitosa, S. Ghasemi, A. Hoppmann, K. Horn, M. Li, T. Nutile, M. Scholz, K. B. Sieber, A. Teumer, A. Tin, J. Wang, B. O. Tayo, T. S. Ahluwalia, P. Almgren, S. J. L. Bakker, B. Banas, N. Bansal, M. L. Biggs, E. Boerwinkle, E. P. Bottinger, H. Brenner, R. J. Carroll, J. Chalmers, M. L. Chee, M. L. Chee, C. Y. Cheng, J. Coresh, M. H. de Borst, F. Degenhardt, K. U. Eckardt, K. Endlich, A. Franke, S. Freitag-Wolf, P. Gampawar, R. T. Gansevoort, M. Ghanbari, C. Gieger, P. Hamet, K. Ho, E. Hofer, B. Holleczek, V. H. Xian Foo, N. Hutri-Kahonen, S. J. Hwang, M. A. Ikram, N. S. Josyula, M. Kahonen, C. C. Khor, W. Koenig, H. Kramer, B. K. Kramer, B. Kuhnel, L. A. Lange, T. Lehtimaki, W. Lieb, R. J. F. Loos, M. A. Lukas, L. P. Lyytikainen, C. Meisinger, T. Meitinger, O. Melander, Y. Milaneschi, P. P. Mishra, N. Mononen, J. C. Mychaleckyj, G. N. Nadkarni, M. Nauck, K. Nikus, B. Ning, I. M. Nolte, M. L. O'Donoghue, M. Orho-Melander, S. A. Pendergrass, B. W. J. H. Penninx, M. H. Preuss, B. M. Psaty, L. M. Raffield, O. T. Raitakari, R. Rettig, M. Rheinberger, K. M. Rice, A. R. Rosenkranz, P. Rossing, J. I. Rotter, C. Sabanayagam, H. Schmidt, R. Schmidt, B. Schottker, C. A. Schulz, S. Sedaghat, C. M. Shaffer, K. Strauch, S. Szymczak, K. D. Taylor, J. Tremblay, L. Chaker, P. van der Harst, P. J. van der Most, N. Verweij, U. Volker, M. Waldenberger, L. Wallentin, D. M. Waterworth, H. D. White, J. G. Wilson, T. Y. Wong, M. Woodward, Q. Yang, M. Yasuda, L. M. Yerges-Armstrong, Y. Zhang, H. Snieder, C. Wanner, C. A. Boger, A. Kottgen, F. Kronenberg, C. Pattaro, I. M. Heid

Date Published: 30th Oct 2020

Publication Type: Journal article

Genome-wide association analysis of pulse wave velocity traits provide new insights into the causal relationship between arterial stiffness and blood pressure
LIFE Adult

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Background The pathophysiology of arterial stiffness is not completely understood. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an established marker for arterial stiffness. We compare genetics of three PWV modes, … namely carotid-femoral PWV (cfPWV), brachial-ankle (baPWV) and brachial-femoral (bfPWV), reflecting different vascular segments to analyse association with genetic variants, heritability and genetic correlation with other biological traits. Furthermore we searched for shared genetic architecture concerning PWV, blood pressure (BP) and coronary artery disease (CAD) and examined the causal relationship between PWV and BP. Methods and results We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for cfPWV, baPWV and bfPWV in LIFE-Adult (N = 3,643–6,734). We analysed the overlap of detected genetic loci with those of BP and CAD and performed genetic correlation analyses. By bidirectional Mendelian Randomization, we assessed the causal relationships between PWV and BP. For cfPWV we identified a new locus with genome-wide significance near SLC4A7 on cytoband 3p24.1 (lead SNP rs939834: p = 2.05x10-8). We replicated a known PWV locus on cytoband 14q32.2 near RP11-61O1.1 (lead SNPs: rs17773233, p = 1.38x10-4; rs1381289, p = 1.91x10-4) For baPWV we estimated a heritability of 28% and significant genetic correlation with hypertension (rg = 0.27, p = 6.65x10-8). We showed a positive causal effect of systolic blood pressure on PWV modes (cfPWV: p = 1.51x10-4; bfPWV: p = 1.45x10-3; baPWV: p = 6.82x10-15). Conclusions We identified a new locus for arterial stiffness and successfully replicated an earlier proposed locus. PWV shares common genetic architecture with BP and CAD. BP causally affects PWV. Larger studies are required to further unravel the genetic determinants and effects of PWV.

Authors: Michael Rode, Andrej Teren, Kerstin Wirkner, Katrin Horn, Holger Kirsten, Markus Loeffler, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Date Published: 13th Aug 2020

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Norms of Interocular Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Differences at 768 Retinal Locations
LIFE Adult

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Purpose: The onset and progression of optic neuropathies like glaucoma often occurs asymmetrically between the two eyes of a patient. Interocular circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness … (cpRNFLT) differences could detect disease earlier. To apply such differences diagnostically, detailed location specific norms are necessary. Methods: Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography cpRNFLT circle scans from the population-based Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases–Adult study were selected. At each of the 768 radial scanning locations, normative interocular cpRNFLT difference distributions were calculated based on age and interocular radius difference. Results: A total of 8966 cpRNFLT scans of healthy eyes (4483 patients; 55% female; age range, 20–79 years) were selected. Global cpRNFLT average was 1.53 µm thicker in right eyes (P < 2.2 × 10–16). On 96% of the 768 locations, left minus right eye differences were significant (P < 0.05), varying between +11.6 µm (superonasal location) and −11.8 µm (nasal location). Increased age and difference in interocular scanning radii were associated with an increased mean and variance of interocular cpRNFLT difference at most retinal locations, apart from the area temporal to the inferior RNF bundle where cpRNFLT becomes more similar between eyes with age. Conclusions: We provide pointwise normative distributions of interocular cpRNFLT differences at an unprecedentedly high spatial resolution of 768 A-scans and reveal considerable location specific asymmetries as well as their associations with age and scanning radius differences between eyes. Translational Relevance: To facilitate clinical application, we implement these age- and radius-specific norms across all 768 locations in an open-source software to generate patient-specific normative color plots.

Authors: Neda Baniasadi, Franziska G. Rauscher, Dian Li, Mengyu Wang, Eun Young Choi, Hui Wang, Thomas Peschel, Kerstin Wirkner, Toralf Kirsten, Joachim Thiery, Christoph Engel, Markus Loeffler, Tobias Elze

Date Published: 3rd Aug 2020

Publication Type: Journal article

The aging human body shape.
LIFE Adult

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Body shape and composition are heterogeneous among humans with possible impact for health. Anthropometric methods and data are needed to better describe the diversity of the human body in human … populations, its age dependence, and associations with health risk. We applied whole-body laser scanning to a cohort of 8499 women and men of age 40-80 years within the frame of the LIFE (Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases) study aimed at discovering health risk in a middle European urban population. Body scanning delivers multidimensional anthropometric data, which were further processed by machine learning to stratify the participants into body types. We here applied this body typing concept to describe the diversity of body shapes in an aging population and its association with physical activity and selected health and lifestyle factors. We find that aging results in similar reshaping of female and male bodies despite the large diversity of body types observed in the study. Slim body shapes remain slim and partly tend to become even more lean and fragile, while obese body shapes remain obese. Female body shapes change more strongly than male ones. The incidence of the different body types changes with characteristic Life Course trajectories. Physical activity is inversely related to the body mass index and decreases with age, while self-reported incidence for myocardial infarction shows overall the inverse trend. We discuss health risks factors in the context of body shape and its relation to obesity. Body typing opens options for personalized anthropometry to better estimate health risk in epidemiological research and future clinical applications.

Authors: A. Frenzel, H. Binder, N. Walter, K. Wirkner, M. Loeffler, H. Loeffler-Wirth

Date Published: 29th Mar 2020

Publication Type: Not specified

Sex-Specific Differences in Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness.
LIFE Adult

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PURPOSE: To investigate the role of sex on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness at 768 circumpapillary locations based on OCT findings. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: … We investigated 5646 eyes of 5646 healthy participants from the Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE)-Adult Study of a predominantly white population. METHODS: All participants underwent standardized systemic assessments and ocular imaging. Circumpapillary RNFL (cRNFL) thickness was measured at 768 points equidistant from the optic nerve head using spectral-domain OCT (Spectralis; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). To control ocular magnification effects, the true scanning radius was estimated by scanning focus. Student t test was used to evaluate sex differences in cRNFL thickness globally and at each of the 768 locations. Multivariable linear regression and analysis of variance were used to evaluate individual contributions of various factors to cRNFL thickness variance. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Difference in cRNFL thickness between males and females. RESULTS: Our population consisted of 54.8% females. The global cRNFL thickness was 1 mum thicker in females (P < 0.001). However, detailed analysis at each of the 768 locations revealed substantial location specificity of the sex effects, with RNFL thickness difference ranging from -9.98 to +8.00 mum. Females showed significantly thicker RNFLs in the temporal, superotemporal, nasal, inferonasal, and inferotemporal regions (43.6% of 768 locations), whereas males showed significantly thicker RNFLs in the superior region (13.2%). The results were similar after adjusting for age, body height, and scanning radius. The superotemporal and inferotemporal RNFL peaks shifted temporally in females by 2.4 degrees and 1.9 degrees , respectively. On regions with significant sex effects, sex explained more RNFL thickness variance than age, whereas the major peak locations and interpeak angle explained most of the RNFL thickness variance unexplained by sex. CONCLUSIONS: Substantial sex effects on cRNFL thickness were found at 56.8% of all 768 circumpapillary locations, with specific patterns for different sectors. Over large regions, sex was at least as important in explaining the cRNFL thickness variance as was age, which is well established to have a substantial impact on cRNFL thickness. Including sex in the cRNFL thickness norm could therefore improve glaucoma diagnosis and monitoring.

Authors: D. Li, F. G. Rauscher, E. Y. Choi, M. Wang, N. Baniasadi, K. Wirkner, T. Kirsten, J. Thiery, C. Engel, M. Loeffler, T. Elze

Date Published: 17th Nov 2019

Publication Type: Journal article

Genetic association study of eight steroid hormones and implications for sexual dimorphism of coronary artery disease
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

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CONTEXT: Steroid hormones are important regulators of physiological processes in humans and are under genetic control. A link to coronary artery disease (CAD) is supposed. OBJECTIVE: Our main objective …e was to identify genetic loci influencing steroid hormone levels. As secondary aim, we searched for causal effects of steroid hormones on CAD. DESIGN: We conducted genome-wide meta-association studies for eight steroid hormones: cortisol, DHEA-S, estradiol and testosterone in two independent cohorts (LIFE-Adult, LIFE-Heart, max. n=7667), and progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, androstenedione and aldosterone in LIFE-Heart only (max. n=2070). All genome-wide significant loci were tested for sex interactions. Further, we tested if previously reported CAD SNPs were associated with our steroid hormone panel and investigated causal links between hormone levels and CAD status using Mendelian Randomization (MR) approaches. RESULTS: We discovered 15 novel associated loci for 17-hydroxyprogesterone, progesterone, DHEA-S, cortisol, androstenedione, and estradiol. Five of these loci relate to genes directly involved in steroid metabolism: CYP21A1, CYP11B1, CYP17A1, STS, and HSD17B12, almost completing the set of steroidogenic enzymes with genetic associations. Sexual dimorphisms were found for seven of the novel loci. Other loci correspond, e.g., to the WNT4/β-catenin pathway. MR revealed that cortisol, androstenedione, 17-hydroxyprogesterone and DHEA-S had causal effects on CAD. We also observed enrichment of cortisol and testosterone associations among known CAD hits. CONCLUSION: Our study greatly improves insight into genetic regulation of steroid hormones and their dependency on sex. These results could serve as a basis for analyzing sex-dimorphisms in other complex diseases.

Authors: J. Pott, YJ. Bae, K. Horn, A. Teren, Andreas Kühnapfel, H. Kirsten, U. Ceglarek, Markus Löffler, J. Thiery, J. Kratzsch, Markus Scholz

Date Published: 6th Jun 2019

Publication Type: Not specified

Human Diseases: coronary artery disease

The association between mental demands at the workplace and cognitive functioning: the role of the big five personality traits.
LIFE Adult

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<b>Objectives:</b> Mental demands at the workplace can be preventive against cognitive decline. However, personality shapes the way information is processed and we therefore assume that … Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, would moderate the beneficial effects of workplace stimulation on cognitive outcomes. <b>Methods:</b> We analyzed data from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study (n = 6529). Cognitive outcomes were assessed via the Trail-Making Test (TMTA, TMTB) and the Verbal Fluency Test. Personality was assessed via the Personality Adjective List (16 AM). Mental demands were classified with the indices Verbal and Executive based on the O*NET database. <b>Results:</b> Multivariate regression analyses showed only two significant moderation effects of personality, i.e. in individuals with low scores on Conscientiousness/Openness, index Verbal was connected to better TMTB performance, while this effect disappeared for individuals with high values on the personality trait. However, the additional explained variance remained marginal. <b>Conclusion:</b> The findings suggest that personality does not modify associations between high mental demands at work and better cognitive functioning in old age; however, there is a tendency that high levels of Openness and Conscientiousness may offset effects of mental demands.

Authors: Felix S Hussenoeder, Ines Conrad, Susanne Roehr, Heide Glaesmer, Andreas Hinz, Cornelia Enzenbach, Christoph Engel, Veronika Witte, Matthias L Schroeter, Markus Loeffler, Joachim Thiery, Arno Villringer, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Francisca S Rodriguez

Date Published: 25th May 2019

Publication Type: Not specified

Human Diseases: mental depression

Olfactory function is associated with cognitive performance: results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study.
LIFE Adult

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BACKGROUND: Studies in older adults or those with cognitive impairment have shown associations between cognitive and olfactory performance, but there are few population-based studies especially in … younger adults. We therefore cross-sectionally analyzed this association using data from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study. METHODS: Cognitive assessments comprised tests from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): verbal fluency (VF), word list learning and recall (WLL, WLR), and the Trail Making Tests (TMT) A and B. The "Sniffin' Sticks Screening 12" test was used to measure olfactory performance. Linear regression analyses were performed to determine associations between the number of correctly identified odors (0 to 12) and the five cognitive test scores, adjusted for sex, age, education, and the presence of depressive symptoms. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was carried out to determine the discriminative performance of the number of correctly identified odors regarding identification of cognition impairment. RESULTS: A total of 6783 participants (51.3% female) completed the olfaction test and the VF test and TMT. A subgroup of 2227 participants (46.9% female) also completed the WLL and WLR tests. Based on age-, sex-, and education-specific norms from CERAD, the following numbers of participants were considered cognitively impaired: VF 759 (11.2%), WLL 242 (10.9%), WLR: 132 (5.9%), TMT-A 415 (6.1%), and TMT-B/A ratio 677 (10.0%). On average, score values for VF were higher by 0.42 points (p < 0.001), for WLL higher by 0.32 points (p = 0.001), for WLR higher by 0.31 points (p = 0.002), for TMT-A lower by 0.25 points (p < 0.001), and for TMT-B/A ratio lower by 0.01 points (p < 0.001) per number of correctly identified odors. ROC analysis revealed area under the curve values from 0.55 to 0.62 for the five cognitive tests. CONCLUSIONS: Better olfactory performance was associated with better cognitive performance in all five tests in adults - adjusted for age, sex, education, and the presence of depressive symptoms. However, the ability of the smell test to discriminate between individuals with and without cognitive impairment was limited. The value of olfactory testing in early screening for cognitive impairment should be investigated in longitudinal studies.

Authors: M. Yahiaoui-Doktor, T. Luck, S. G. Riedel-Heller, M. Loeffler, K. Wirkner, C. Engel

Date Published: 10th May 2019

Publication Type: Not specified

Human Diseases: Alzheimer's disease

Prevalence of moderately increased albuminuria among individuals with normal HbA1c level but impaired glucose tolerance: Results from the LIFE-Adult-Study.
LIFE Adult

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Aims: Diabetes screening strategies using glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) as first-instance diagnostic parameter may cause failure to detect individuals with abnormal glucose regulation and possible signs … of microvascular complications despite "rule-out" HbA1c levels. This cross-sectional study examined the diagnostic performance of HbA1c in relation to fasting and two-hour postload plasma glucose (FPG/2 h-PG), and investigated whether individuals with normal HbA1c but abnormal FPG/2 h-PG have a higher prevalence of moderately increased albuminuria as possible sign of early stage kidney damage. Methods: A total of 2695 individuals (age 40-79 years, 48% men) without prior diagnosis of diabetes and complete measurement of HbA1c, FPG, 2 h-PG and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) were taken from a large population-based epidemiological study in the City of Leipzig, Germany. Results: A total of 2439 individuals (90.5%, 95% CI: 89.4-91.6) had normal HbA1c levels, <39 mmol/mol (<5.7%), while 234 (8.7%, 95% CI: 7.7-9.8) had prediabetes, HbA1c >/=39 and <48 mmol/mol (>/=5.7 and <6.5%), and 22 (0.8%, 95% CI: 0.5-1.2) had diabetes, HbA1c >/=48 mmol/mol (>/=6.5%), according to HbA1c. Among individuals with normal HbA1c, 35.6% (95% CI: 33.7-37.5) had impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance and 1.8% (95% CI: 1.4-2.4) had diabetes according to FPG/2 h-PG. Individuals with normal HbA1c but prediabetic or diabetic FPG/2 h-PG had a significantly higher prevalence of moderately increased albuminuria (9.4%, 95% CI: 7.6-11.5 and 13.3%, 95% CI: 5.8-25.4, respectively) than individuals with normal HbA1c and normal FPG/2 h-PG (3.9%, 95% CI: 3.0-5.0). Conclusions: The prevalence of prediabetes according to FPG/2 h-PG among individuals with normal HbA1c is considerably high, and the prevalence of moderately increased albuminuria in this group is significantly elevated. Risk factors for diabetes such as age, gender and BMI may help to better identify this at-risk group.

Authors: M. Zivkovic, A. Tonjes, R. Baber, K. Wirkner, M. Loeffler, C. Engel

Date Published: 1st Mar 2019

Publication Type: Not specified

Human Diseases: glucose metabolism disease

Summary statistics for stigmasterol (part 2)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of stigmasterol (stf_chf, free stigmasterol to free cholesterol; stt_cht, total stigmasterol to total cholesterol; stf_laf, free stigmasterol to free lanosterol; stt_laf, total stigmasterol to free lanosterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for stigmasterol (part 1)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of stigmasterol (ste, esterified stigmasterol; stf, free stigmasterol; stt, total stigmasterol; stf_ste, free to esterified stigmasterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for sitosterol (part 2)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of sitosterol (sif_chf, free sitosterol to free cholesterol; sit_cht, total sitosterol to total cholesterol; sif_laf, free sitosterol to free lanosterol; sit_laf, total sitosterol to free lanosterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for sitosterol (part 1)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of sitosterol (sie, esterified sitosterol; sif, free sitosterol; sit, total sitosterol; sif_sie, free to esterified sitosterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for campesterol (part 2)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of campesterol (caf_chf, free campesterol to free cholesterol; cat_cht, total campesterol to total cholesterol; caf_laf, free campesterol to free lanosterol; cat_laf, total campesterol to free lanosterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for campesterol (part 1)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of campesterol (cae, esterified campesterol; caf, free campesterol; cat, total campesterol; caf_cae, free to esterified campesterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for brassicasterol (part 2)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of brassicasterol (brf_chf, free brassicasterol to free cholesterol; brt_cht, total brassicasterol to total cholesterol; brf_laf, free brassicasterol to free lanosterol; brt_laf, total brassicasterol to free lanosterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

Summary statistics for brassicasterol (part 1)
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, LIFE Heart

Summary statistics from GWAMA of brassicasterol (bre, esterified brassicasterol; brf, free brassicasterol; brt, total brassicasterol; brf_bre, free to esterified brassicasterol). These data are intended for research purposes only, and available upon publication. For any enquiries about the datasets, please contact Janne Pott (janne.pott@imise.uni-leipzig.de) or Markus Scholz (markus.scholz@imise.uni-leipzig.de).

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Creators: Katrin Horn, Markus Scholz, Janne Pott

Submitter: Janne Pott

Data file type: Other OMICs Data

3D-body scanner data of the LIFE adult study
LIFE Adult

Three-dimensional (3D) whole body scanner data of nearly 10,000 participants of a cohort collected from the adult population of Leipzig.

Creator: Henry Löffler-Wirth

Submitter: Henry Löffler-Wirth

Data file type: Not specified

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Summary Statistics for BS_WTH_THIGH_AVERAGE
LIFE Adult, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology
No description specified

Creator: Andreas Kühnapfel

Submitter: Andreas Kühnapfel

Data file type: Not specified

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RNFLT(D)-Visualizer
LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases
No description specified

Creator: Thomas Peschel

Submitter: Thomas Peschel

LHA Body typer
LIFE Adult

The LHA Body typer is an interactive app that enables interested users to determine their body type by manual measuring of few body lengths and girths. Additionally, data derived from body scanner devices can be uploaded for automatic body type annotation with regard to the body shapes identified in the Leipzig population.

Creator: Henry Löffler-Wirth

Submitter: Henry Löffler-Wirth

Searching for Data Elements in Studies hosted by the LHA
LIFE Adult

All studies and research projects those data are hosted by the Leipzig Health Atlas should follow the FAIR standard. Thus, data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. To follow the FAIR standard, all data need to be described by rich metadata, on the technical and semantical level. These metadata can then be used to query and search for data elements in a single study or over all studies.

We provide the LHA data portal allowing to searching and accessing data elements in single ...

Creator: Toralf Kirsten

Submitter: René Hänsel

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Obesity of Adults in Leipzig
LIFE Adult

Emerging health geography research analyzes and visualizes health behaviors and outcomes in relation to urban environmental data and related official statistics to produce “health reports” for specific areas. This can be extended to developments in urban planning, e.g., to identify districts or neighborhoods for social investments or restrictions.

We mapped anthropometric data the large LIFE Adult population (10,000 participants) onto the Leipzig map. In particular, we derived the body mass index ...

Creator: Ying-Chi Lin

Submitter: René Hänsel

Reference Data for Hand Grip Strength
LIFE Adult

Large scale epidemiological studies, such as LIFE-ADULT, including thousands of participants with a multitude of novel QT assessments allow to define reference values. Reference values are typically used in quality control to find outliers in a specified data volume or to evaluate a given measurement value regarding its pathologic value. Measuring the hand grip strength is a standard assessment in LIFE, for which is no or little prior knowledge regarding reference values available.

Based on the ...

Creator: Toralf Kirsten

Submitter: René Hänsel

Leipzig - Hand Grip Strength
LIFE Adult

Emerging health geography research analyzes and visualizes health behaviors and outcomes in relation to urban environmental data and related official statistics to produce “health reports” for specific areas.

We mapped measured hand grip data of the large LIFE Adult population (10,000 participants) onto the Leipzig map. In particular, we locate each participant at the time of participation in Leipzig and, thus, can derive hand grip strength averages (incl. mean, median) per specific city districts. ...

Creator: Toralf Kirsten

Submitter: René Hänsel

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Projects: LHA - Leipzig Health Atlas, Onto-Med Research Group, SMITH - Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare, COVID-19 Leipzig, LIFE Child, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, AöR

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Projects: LIFE Adult, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)

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Projects: LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LHA - Leipzig Health Atlas, GLA - German Lymphoma Alliance, SepNet - German Competence Network Sepsis

Institutions: University of Leipzig

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Projects: LIFE Adult, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, GC-HBOC - German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, GC-HNPCC - German Consortium for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)

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Andreas Hinz : inactive since

Projects: LIFE Adult, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Institutions: University of Leipzig

Katrin Horn : inactive since

Projects: LIFE Adult, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LIFE Heart, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5307-6936
Sebastian Huhn

Projects: LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Institutions: Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften

René Hänsel adminproject_administratorasset_housekeeperasset_gatekeeperprogramme_administrator

Projects: LHA - Leipzig Health Atlas, LIFE Adult, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group, LIFE Heart, MMML - Molecular mechanisms in malignant lymphoma, GLA - German Lymphoma Alliance, MMML Demonstrators - Molecular Mechanisms in Malignant Lymphomas - Demonstrators of Personalized Medicine, HaematoOpt - Individualized model-based managing of the next-cycle thrombopenia of CHOEP/CHOP treated patients based on platelets dynamics during the previous cycles, GC-HBOC - German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, GC-HNPCC - German Consortium for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer, MMML-MYC-SYS, NLP4CR - Natural Language Processing for Clinical Research, Genetical Statistics and Systems Biology, SepNet - German Competence Network Sepsis, LIFE Child, HNPCC-Sys - Genomic and transcriptomic heterogeneity of colorectal tumours arising in Lynch syndrome, GGN - German Glioma Network, CAPSys - Footprints of Sepsis Framed Within Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Blood Transcriptome, ProstataCA, HaematoSys - Systems biology of haematopoiesis and haematopoietic neoplasia, SMITH - Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare, COVID-19 Leipzig, Management of health information systems, LivSys Transfer - Transfer of the LivSys in vitro system for hepatotoxicity into application, Project Test Demonstrator, CapSys - Systems Medicine of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-0658
Toralf Kirsten project_administrator

Projects: LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LHA - Leipzig Health Atlas

Institutions: Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics (IZBI), Faculty of Applied Computer and Biological Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-4268
Markus Kreuz : inactive since

Projects: LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, LIFE Heart, MMML - Molecular mechanisms in malignant lymphoma, GLA - German Lymphoma Alliance, MMML-MYC-SYS, GGN - German Glioma Network

Institutions: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)

16th Leipzig Research Festival for Life Sciences
No description specified

Start Date: 30th Jan 2020

End Date: 30th Jan 2020

Event Website: https://conference.uni-leipzig.de/researchfestival/

Country:  Germany

City: Leipzig

disease by infectious agent
SepNet - German Competence Network Sepsis, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, CAPSys - Footprints of Sepsis Framed Within Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Blood Transcriptome

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050117

Synonyms: infectious disease

Definitions: A disease that is the consequence of the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions.

head and neck cancer
LIFE HNC - Head and Neck Cancer Group

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11934

Synonyms: head and neck tumours, head and neck neoplasm, tumor of head and neck (disorder), head/neck neoplasm

Definitions: An organ system cancer that arises in the head or neck region. This region includes the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx.

obesity
LIFE Adult

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9970

Definitions: OMIM mapping confirmed by DO. [SN].

coronary artery disease
LIFE Adult

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3393

Synonyms: Coronary disease, coronary heart disease, CHD (coronary heart disease), coronary arteriosclerosis

Definitions: Xref MGI., An artery disease that is characterized by plaque building up along the inner walls of the arteries of the heart resulting in a narrowing of the arteries and a reduced blood supply to the cardiac muscles.

dementia
LIFE Adult

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1307

Definitions: A cognitive disorder resulting from a loss of brain function affecting memory, thinking, language, judgement and behavior.

disease of metabolism
LIFE Child, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0014667

Synonyms: metabolic disease

Definitions: A disease that involving errors in metabolic processes of building or degradation of molecules.

mood disorder
LIFE Adult

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3324

Synonyms: episodic mood disorder

Definitions: Updating outdated UMLS CUI., A cognitive disorder that involves an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations.

disease of mental health
LIFE Child, LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_150

Definitions: A disease that involves a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which are not a part of normal development or culture.

cardiovascular system disease
LIFE Heart

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1287

Synonyms: disease of subdivision of hemolymphoid system

Definitions: A disease of anatomical entity which occurs in the blood, heart, blood vessels or the lymphatic system that passes nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), gases, hormones, blood cells or lymph to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis.

disease of cellular proliferation
LIFE - Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases

Taxonomy URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14566

Synonyms: cell process disease, neoplasm

Definitions: A disease that is characterized by abnormally rapid cell division.

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