[HTML][HTML] Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19

C Menni, AM Valdes, MB Freidin, CH Sudre… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract A total of 2,618,862 participants reported their potential symptoms of COVID-19 on
a smartphone-based app. Among the 18,401 who had undergone a SARS-CoV-2 test, the …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary protein and muscle in aging people: the potential role of the gut microbiome

M Ni Lochlainn, RCE Bowyer, CJ Steves - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Muscle mass, strength, and physical function are known to decline with age. This is
associated with the development of geriatric syndromes including sarcopenia and frailty …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records

EJ Thompson, DM Williams, AJ Walker… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The frequency of, and risk factors for, long COVID are unclear among community-based
individuals with a history of COVID-19. To elucidate the burden and possible causes of long …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiota associations with common diseases and prescription medications in a population-based cohort

MA Jackson, S Verdi, ME Maxan, CM Shin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The human gut microbiome has been associated with many health factors but variability
between studies limits exploration of effects between them. Gut microbiota profiles are …

Loss of smell and taste in combination with other symptoms is a strong predictor of COVID-19 infection

C Menni, AM Valdes, MB Freidin, S Ganesh… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Importance A strategy for preventing further spread of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic is to
detect infections and isolate infected individuals without the need of extensive bio-specimen …

Symptom clusters in COVID-19: A potential clinical prediction tool from the COVID Symptom Study app

CH Sudre, KA Lee, M Ni Lochlainn, T Varsavsky… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
As no one symptom can predict disease severity or the need for dedicated medical support
in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we asked whether documenting symptom time …

Probable delirium is a presenting symptom of COVID-19 in frail, older adults: a cohort study of 322 hospitalised and 535 community-based older adults

MB Zazzara, RS Penfold, AL Roberts, KA Lee… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty, increased vulnerability to physiological stressors, is associated with
adverse outcomes. COVID-19 exhibits a more severe disease course in older, comorbid …

Self-reported symptoms of COVID-19, including symptoms most predictive of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are heritable

FMK Williams, MB Freidin, M Mangino… - Twin research and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Susceptibility to infection such as SARS-CoV-2 may be influenced by host genotype.
TwinsUK volunteers (n= 3261) completing the C-19 COVID-19 symptom tracker app allowed …

Risk factors for long COVID: analyses of 10 longitudinal studies and electronic health records in the UK

EJ Thompson, DM Williams, AJ Walker, RE Mitchell… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The impact of long COVID is increasingly recognised, but risk factors are poorly
characterised. We analysed questionnaire data on symptom duration from 10 longitudinal …

TwinsUK: the UK adult twin registry update

S Verdi, G Abbasian, RCE Bowyer… - Twin Research and …, 2019 - cambridge.org
TwinsUK is the largest cohort of community-dwelling adult twins in the UK. The registry
comprises over 14,000 volunteer twins (14,838 including mixed, single and triplets); it is …