Shafqat Ahmad

Antibiotic use and gut microbiome composition links from individual-level prescription data of 14,979 individuals

Baldanzi, Gabriel; Larsson, Anna; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Dekkers, Koen et al.

Part of Nature Medicine, p. 1351-1361, 2026

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Impact of genetic variants linked to liver fat and liver volume on MRI-mapped body composition

Ahmad, Shafqat; Carrasquilla, German D.; Langner, Taro; Menzel, Uwe et al.

Part of JHEP Reports, 2025

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Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts" by Arage et al., Metabolism. 2025 Jul;168:156188

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

Part of Metabolism, 2025

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Low-fibre diet is associated with high-risk coronary plaque features

Larsson, Ingrid; Sun, Jiangming; Ahmad, Shafqat; Bergström, Göran et al.

Part of Cardiovascular Research, p. 1204-1214, 2025

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Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

Part of Metabolism, 2025

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Antibiotic use and gut microbiome composition links from individual-level prescription data of 14,979 individuals

Baldanzi, Gabriel; Larsson, Anna; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Dekkers, Koen et al.

Part of Nature Medicine, p. 1351-1361, 2026

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Impact of genetic variants linked to liver fat and liver volume on MRI-mapped body composition

Ahmad, Shafqat; Carrasquilla, German D.; Langner, Taro; Menzel, Uwe et al.

Part of JHEP Reports, 2025

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Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts" by Arage et al., Metabolism. 2025 Jul;168:156188

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

Part of Metabolism, 2025

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Low-fibre diet is associated with high-risk coronary plaque features

Larsson, Ingrid; Sun, Jiangming; Ahmad, Shafqat; Bergström, Göran et al.

Part of Cardiovascular Research, p. 1204-1214, 2025

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Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

Part of Metabolism, 2025

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The urinary microbiome in association with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease: A systematic review

Graells, Tiscar; Lin, Yi-Ting; Ahmad, Shafqat; Fall, Tove et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2025

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Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota

Larsson, Susanna C.; Ericson, Ulrika; Dekkers, Koen; Arage, Getachew et al.

Part of Clinical Nutrition, p. 124-133, 2025

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Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Women

Ahmad, Shafqat; Moorthy, M. Vinayaga; Lee, I-Min; Ridker, Paul M. et al.

Part of JAMA Network Open, 2024

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Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in SCAPIS

Baldanzi, Gabriel; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Ekblom-Bak, Elin; Ekblom, Örjan et al.

Part of EBioMedicine, 2024

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The interaction of genetics and physical activity in the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction associated liver disease

Frostdahl, Hanna; Ahmad, Nouman; Hammar, Ulf; Martínez Mora, Andrés et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2024

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Streptococcus Species Abundance in the Gut Is Linked to Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in 8973 Participants From the SCAPIS Cohort

Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Dekkers, Koen; Baldanzi, Gabriel; Jönsson, Daniel et al.

Part of Circulation, p. 459-472, 2023

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OSA Is Associated With the Human Gut Microbiota Composition and Functional Potential in the Population-Based Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study

Baldanzi, Gabriel; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Theorell-Haglöw, Jenny; Dekkers, Koen F. et al.

Part of Chest, p. 503-516, 2023

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The metabolic profile of waist to hip ratio-A multi-cohort study

Lind, Lars; Ahmad, Shafqat; Elmståhl, Sölve; Fall, Tove

Part of PLOS ONE, 2023

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Genetically Predicted Circulating Copper and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Ahmad, Shafqat; Arnlov, Johan; Larsson, Susanna C.

Part of Nutrients, p. 509, 2022

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An online atlas of human plasma metabolite signatures of gut microbiome composition

Dekkers, Koen; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Baldanzi, Gabriel; Nowak, Christoph et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022

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Genetics of liver fat and volume associate with altered metabolism and whole body magnetic resonance imaging

Ahmad, Shafqat; Carrasquilla, Germán; Langner, Taro; Menzel, Uwe et al.

Part of Journal of Hepatology, 2022

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Evidence of a Causal Link Between the Well-Being Spectrum and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Rukh, Gull; Ahmad, Shafqat; Lind, Lars; Schioth, Helgi Birgir

Part of Frontiers in Genetics, 2022

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Obesity‐associated metabolites in relation to type 2 diabetes risk: A prospective nested case‐control study of the CARRS cohort

Ali, Mohammed K.; Kadir, M. Masood; Gujral, Unjali P.; Fatima, Syeda Sadia et al.

Part of Diabetes, obesity and metabolism, p. 2008-2016, 2022

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Effect of General Adiposity and Central Body Fat Distribution on the Circulating Metabolome: A Multi-Cohort Nontargeted Metabolomics Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study

Ahmad, Shafqat; Hammar, Ulf; Kennedy, Beatrice; Salihovic, Samira et al.

Part of Diabetes, p. 329-339, 2022

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Association of the Mediterranean Diet With Onset of Diabetes in the Women’s Health Study

Ahmad, Shafqat; Demler, O. V.; Sun, Q.; Moorthy, M. V. et al.

Part of JAMA Network Open, 2020

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Association of Established Blood Pressure Loci With 10-Year Change in Blood Pressure and Their Ability to Predict Incident Hypertension

Poveda, Alaitz; Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh; Ahmad, Shafqat; Hallmans, Göran et al.

Part of Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020

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Additive and Multiplicative Interactions Between Genetic Risk Score and Family History and Lifestyle in Relation to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Ding, Ming; Ahmad, Shafqat; Qi, Lu; Hu, Yang et al.

Part of American Journal of Epidemiology, p. 445-460, 2020

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Dietary Pattern Specific Protein Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2 Independent Cohorts

Warensjö Lemming, Eva; Byberg, Liisa; Stattin, Karl; Ahmad, Shafqat et al.

Part of Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019

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Gene-Based Elevated Triglycerides and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk in the Women's Genome Health Study

Ahmad, Shafqat; Mora, Samia; Ridker, Paul M.; Hu, Frank B. et al.

Part of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, p. 97-106, 2019

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Mendelian randomisation analyses find pulmonary factors mediate the effect of height on coronary artery disease

Marouli, Eirini; Del Greco, M. Fabiola; Astley, Christina M.; Yang, Jian et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2019

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Editorial: The Role of Genetic and Lifestyle Factors in Metabolic Diseases

Ahmad, Shafqat; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.

Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019

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Assessment of Risk Factors and Biomarkers Associated With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Women Consuming a Mediterranean Diet

Ahmad, Shafqat; Moorthy, M. Vinayaga; Demler, Olga; Hu, Frank B. et al.

Part of JAMA Network Open, 2018

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Adiposity and Genetic Factors in Relation to Triglycerides and Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins in the Women's Genome Health Study

Ahmad, Shafqat; Mora, Samia; Franks, Paul W; Orho-Melander, Marju et al.

Part of Clinical Chemistry, p. 231-241, 2018

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Gene Lifestyle Interactions With Relation to Obesity, Cardiometabolic, and Cardiovascular Traits Among South Asians

Ahmad, Shafqat; Fatima, Syeda Sadia; Rukh, Gull; Smith, Caren E.

Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019

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Genetic Variation and Sex-Stratified Advanced Body Composition Analysis: Neck-to-Knee MRI and Genetics in the UK Biobank

Visvanathar, Robin; Censin, Jenny; Menzel, Uwe; Ahmad, Shafqat et al.