ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2021
Medical phenome of musicians: an investigation of health records collected on 9803 musically active individuals.
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- Auditory Symptoms Among Musicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Pooled it
- A contextual genomic perspective on physical activity and its relationship to health, well being and illness.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Adolescent music engagement is associated with less alcohol consumption and substance experimentation 5-11 years later: A genetically informative study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Polygenic Associations Between Motor Behavior, Neuromotor Traits, and Active Music Engagement in Four Cohorts.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- GWAS of Active Music Engagement Frequency in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Research square · 2026Article
- Medical and genetic correlates of long-term buprenorphine treatment in the electronic health records.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Health consultations at a performing arts health centre among classical music students based on electronic health record data: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Music-Making and Depression and Anxiety Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Results From the NAKO Cohort Study in Germany.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Confronting ethical and social issues related to the genetics of musicality.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Exploring the genetics of rhythmic perception and musical engagement in the Vanderbilt Online Musicality Study.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Musical experience prior to traumatic exposure as a resilience factor: a conceptual analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity.Nature human behaviour · 2022Article
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Abstract
Previous studies suggest that musicians may be at higher risk for a set of medical problems; however, this literature has been limited by relatively small sample sizes, self-reports, and lack of controls. To address such limitations, we examined trends in the medical care of musicians in an Electronic Health Record database. On the basis of a collection of keywords and regular expressions in the patients' clinical notes, we identified 9803 "musicians" that we matched for sex, median age (across the medical record), ethnicity, race, the length of record, and the number of visits with 49,015 controls. We fitted 1263 logistic regression models to determine whether the phenotype was correlated with musicianship. Two hundred fifty-seven phenotypes were more prevalent in musicians than controls after Bonferroni adjustment (P < 7.6 × 10
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