ArticleCell genomics2022
Taiwan Biobank: A rich biomedical research database of the Taiwanese population.
Article in Cell genomics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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133 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Shared genetic architectures of educational attainment in East Asian and European populations.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores.Nature genetics · 2023Pooled it
- Genome-wide association study of age at menarche in the Taiwan Biobank suggests NOL4 as a novel associated gene.Journal of human genetics · 2023Pooled it
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Abstract
The Taiwan Biobank (TWB) is an ongoing prospective study of >150,000 individuals aged 20-70 in Taiwan. A comprehensive list of phenotypes was collected for each consented participant at recruitment and follow-up visits through structured interviews and physical measurements. Biomarkers and genetic data were generated from blood and urine samples. We present here an overview of TWB's genetic data quality, population structure, and familial relationship, which consists of predominantly Han Chinese ancestry, and highlight its important attributes and genetic findings thus far. A linkage to Taiwan's National Health Insurance database of >25 years and other registries is underway to enrich the phenotypic spectrum and enable deep and longitudinal genetic investigations. TWB provides one of the largest biobank resources for biomedical and public health research in East Asia that will contribute to our understanding of the genetic basis of health and disease in global populations through collaborative studies with other biobanks.
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