Publications

These publications are examples of research made possible with data from CanPath and its regional cohorts.

2022

Associations between neighbourhood street connectivity and sedentary behaviours in Canadian adults: Findings from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project

Authors: Vikram Nichani, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Koichiro Oka, Tomoki Nakaya, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Akitomo Yasunaga, Jennifer E Vena, Gavin R McCormack

Researchers aimed to estimate associations between street connectivity, based on space syntax-derived street integration, and sedentary behaviours. Using data from 14,758 Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants, they found that connectivity was positively related to various measures of sitting time and negatively associated with motor vehicle travel time.

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2022

Association of essential tremor with novel risk loci: A genome-wide association study and meta-analysis

Authors: Calwing Liao, Charles-Etienne Castonguay, Karl Heilbron, Veikko Vuokila, Miranda Medeiros, Gabrielle Houle, Fulya Akçimen, Jay P. Ross, Helene Catoire, Monica Diez-Fairen, Jooeun Kang, Stefanie H. Mueller, Simon L. Girard, Franziska Hopfner, Delia Lorenz, Lorraine N. Clark, Alexandra I. Soto-Beasley, Stephan Klebe, Mark Hallett, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Manuela Pendziwiat, Oswaldo Lorenzo-Betancor, Klaus Seppi, Daniela Berg, Carles Vilariño-Güell, Ronald B. Postuma, Geneviève Bernard, Nicolas Dupré, Joseph Jankovic, Claudia M. Testa, Owen A. Ross, Thomas Arzberger, Sylvain Chouinard, Elan D. Louis, Paola Mandich, Carmine Vitale, Paolo Barone, Elena García-Martín, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, José A. G. Agúndez, Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez, Pau Pastor, Alex Rajput, Günther Deuschl, Gregor Kuhlenbaümer, Inge A. Meijer, Patrick A. Dion, Guy A. Rouleau, for the 23andMe Research Team

This study revealed five genome-wide significant loci associated with essential tremor (ET), one of the most common movement disorders. The researchers’ findings suggest that common genetic variation partly explains ET’s heritability.

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