Azmeraw Amare

Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Robert C Reiner, Kirsten E Wiens, Aniruddha Deshpande, Mathew M Baumann, Paulina A Lindstedt, Brigette F Blacker, Christopher E Troeger, Lucas Earl, Sandra B Munro, Degu Abate, Hedayat Abbastabar, Foad Abd-Allah, Ahmed Abdelalim, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Getaneh Abebe, Kedir Hussein Abegaz, Lucas Guimaraes Abreu, Michael RM Abrigo, Manfred Mario Kokou Accrombessi, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet

BACKGROUND: Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), one in ten deaths in children younger than 5 years is attributa..

Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder

Azmeraw T Amare, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Liping Hou, Scott R Clark, Sergi Papiol, Micah Cearns, Urs Heilbronner, Franziska Degenhardt, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Tatyana Shekhtman, Mazda AdIi, Nirmala Akula, Kazufumi Akiyama, Raffaella Ardau, Barbara Arias, Jean-Michel Aubry, Lena Backlund, Kumar Bhattacharjee, Frank Bellivier, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Molecular Psychiatry

Evidence for a sex-specific contribution of polygenic load for anorexia nervosa to body weight and prefrontal brain structure in nonclinical individuals

Elisabeth J Leehr, Nils Opel, Janina Werner, Ronny Redlich, Jonathan Repple, Dominik Grotegerd, Katharina Dohm, Janik Goltermann, Joscha Boehnlein, Azmeraw T Amare, Lisa Sindermann, Katharina Foerster, Susanne Meinert, Verena Enneking, Maike Richter, Tim Hahn, Bernhard T Baune, Udo Dannlowski

Journal article  |  2019  |  Neuropsychopharmacology

Genetic predisposition and brain structural abnormalities have been shown to be involved in the biological underpinnings of anorex..

The global burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Jeffrey D Stanaway, Robert C Reiner, Brigette F Blacker, Ellen M Goldberg, Ibrahim A Khalil, Christopher E Troeger, Jason R Andrews, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, John A Crump, Justin Im, Florian Marks, Eric Mintz, Se Eun Park, Anita KM Zaidi, Zegeye Abebe, Ayenew Negesse Abejie, Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji, Beriwan Abdulqadir Ali, Azmeraw T Amare, Hagos Tasew Atalay, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Infectious Diseases

The association of obesity and coronary artery disease genes with response to SSRIs treatment in major depression

Azmeraw T Amare, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Katrin Sangkuhl, Gregory Jenkins, Ryan M Whaley, Poulami Barman, Anthony Batzler, Russ B Altman, Volker Arolt, Juergen Brockmoeller, Chia-Hui Chen, Katharina Domschke, Daniel K Hall-Flavin, Chen-Jee Hong, Ari Illi, Yuan Ji, Olli Kampman, Toshihiko Kinoshita, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Neural Transmission

Polygenic scores for major depressive disorder and depressive symptoms predict response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder

Azmeraw Amare, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Liping Hou, Scott Clark, Sergi Papiol, Micah Cearns, Urs Heilbronner, Franziska Degenhardt, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Tatyana Shekhtman, Mazda Adli, Nirmala Akula, Kazufumi Akiyama, Raffaella Ardau, Bárbara Arias, Jean-Michel Aubry, Lena Backlund, Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee, Frank Bellivier, et al.

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Background Lithium is a first-line medication for bipolar disorder (BD), but only ~30% of patients respond optimally to t..

Cortical surface area alterations shaped by genetic load for neuroticism.

Nils Opel, Azmeraw T Amare, Ronny Redlich, Jonathan Repple, Claas Kaehler, Dominik Grotegerd, Katharina Dohm, Dario Zaremba, Elisabeth J Leehr, Joscha Böhnlein, Katharina Förster, Christian Bürger, Susanne Meinert, Verena Enneking, Daniel Emden, Ramona Leenings, Nils Winter, Tim Hahn, Walter Heindel, Jochen Bauer, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Molecular Psychiatry

Neuroticism has been shown to act as an important risk factor for major depressive disorder (MDD). Genetic and neuroimaging resear..

High genetic loading of schizophrenia predicts poor response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder: A polygenic score and cross-trait genetic analysis

Azmeraw Amare, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Liping Hou, Scott Clark, Sergi Papiol, Urs Heilbronner, Franziska Degenhardt, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Tatyana Shekhtman, Mazda Adli, Nirmala Akula, Kazufumi Akiyama, Raffaella Ardau, Bárbara Arias, Jean-Michel Aubry, Lena Backlund, Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee, Frank Bellivier, Antonio Benabarre, et al.

Journal article  |  2017

ABSTRACT Importance Lithium is a first-line mood stabilizer for the maintenance treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BPD). However, the ..

National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015.

Awoke Misganaw, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Amare Deribew, Kebede Deribe, Semaw Ferede Abera, Muluken Dessalegn, Yihunie Lakew, Tolesa Bekele, Tilahun N Haregu, Azmeraw T Amare, Molla Gedefaw, Mesoud Mohammed, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Tom Achoki, Jed Blore, Kristopher J Krohn, Yibeltal Assefa, Mahlet Kifle, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Population health metrics

BACKGROUND: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) provide a summary measure of health and can be a critical input to guide health..