Postgraduate research students

2025

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Mathers, John C., Sattar, Naveed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2025) Nonlinear associations and isocaloric substitution of macronutrients with incident type 2 diabetes. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, (Accepted for Publication)

Parra‐Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Lynskey, Nathan, Araya, Carolina, Ho, Frederick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2025) Association between visceral adiposity index and cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort. Cancer, 131(1), e35576. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.35576) (PMID:39361532) (PMCID:PMC11694164)

2024

Nadaraia, T. et al. (2024) Childhood maltreatment, adulthood obesity and incident type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank. International Journal of Obesity, (doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01652-x) (Early Online Publication)

Carrasco-Marín, F. et al. (2024) Adherence to dietary recommendations by socioeconomic status in the United Kingdom biobank cohort study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11, 1349538. (doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1349538)

Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2024) Association of five diet scores with severe NAFLD incidence: a prospective study from UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(3), pp. 860-870. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15378) (PMID:37997550) (PMCID:PMC11497349)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 (2024) In people with type 2 diabetes sarcopenia is associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(2), pp. 524-531. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15338) (PMID:37881162)

Raisi, Andrea, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Breheny, Megan, Vasquez, Jaime, Matus, Carlos, Diaz-Martinez, Ximena, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick H ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2024) Association of stair use with risk of major chronic diseases. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 66(2), pp. 324-332. (doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.10.007) (PMID:37813170)

2023

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Associations and predictive performance of eleven anthropometric measures with incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Obesity, 31(10), pp. 2648-2657. (doi: 10.1002/oby.23849) (PMID:37724055)

Ho, F. K. et al. (2023) Dose-response associations of dietary inflammatory potential with health outcomes: a prospective cohort study of 198,265 UK Biobank participants. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(9), 101774. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101774) (PMID:37121456)

Zhou, Ziyi, Parra-Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Welsh, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, Mark, Patrick B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Sattar, Naveed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2023) Exploring the underlying mechanisms linking adiposity and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 404,332 UK Biobank participants. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(8), 101715. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101715) (PMID:37004891)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Association between walking pace and incident type 2 diabetes by adiposity levels – a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(7), pp. 1900-1910. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15053) (PMID:36951683)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Dose–response relationship between device-measured physical activity and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine, 21, 191. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02851-5) (PMID:37226202) (PMCID:PMC10210409)

Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2023) Associations between an inflammatory diet index and severe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study of 171,544 UK Biobank participants. BMC Medicine, 21, 123. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02793-y) (PMID:37013578) (PMCID:PMC10071692)

2022

Ho, F. K. et al. (2022) Association between device-measured physical activity and incident heart failure: a prospective cohort study of 94 739 UK Biobank participants. Circulation, 146(12), pp. 883-891. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059663) (PMID:36036153)

Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Parra-Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Gill, Jason M.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-0986, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2022) Device-measured physical activity and incident affective disorders. BMC Medicine, 20, 290. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02484-0) (PMID:36064521) (PMCID:PMC9446787)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 and Celis-Morales, Carlos A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2022) Association of self-reported walking pace with type 2 diabetes incidence in the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 97(9), pp. 1631-1640. (doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.02.028) (PMID:36058577)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Parra-Soto, Solange, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Ho, Frederick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 (2022) Combined association of walking pace and grip strength with incident type 2 diabetes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 32(9), pp. 1356-1365. (doi: 10.1111/sms.14197) (PMID:35612725)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Parra-Soto, Solange, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2022) Types of diet, obesity, and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 24(7), pp. 1351-1359. (doi: 10.1111/dom.14711) (PMID:35373896) (PMCID:PMC9325356)

2021

Boonpor, J. et al. (2021) Associations between grip strength and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 9, e001865. (doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001865) (PMID:34353878)

Al Ozairi, E. et al. (2021) Skeletal muscle and metabolic health – how do we increase muscle mass and function in people with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 106(2), pp. 309-317. (doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa835) (PMID:33336682)

Parra Soto, Solange Liliana, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2021) Combined association of general and central obesity with incidence and mortality of cancers in 22 sites. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 113(2), pp. 401-409. (doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa335) (PMID:33381801)

Articles

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Mathers, John C., Sattar, Naveed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2025) Nonlinear associations and isocaloric substitution of macronutrients with incident type 2 diabetes. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, (Accepted for Publication)

Parra‐Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Lynskey, Nathan, Araya, Carolina, Ho, Frederick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2025) Association between visceral adiposity index and cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort. Cancer, 131(1), e35576. (doi: 10.1002/cncr.35576) (PMID:39361532) (PMCID:PMC11694164)

Nadaraia, T. et al. (2024) Childhood maltreatment, adulthood obesity and incident type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank. International Journal of Obesity, (doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01652-x) (Early Online Publication)

Carrasco-Marín, F. et al. (2024) Adherence to dietary recommendations by socioeconomic status in the United Kingdom biobank cohort study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11, 1349538. (doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1349538)

Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2024) Association of five diet scores with severe NAFLD incidence: a prospective study from UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(3), pp. 860-870. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15378) (PMID:37997550) (PMCID:PMC11497349)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 (2024) In people with type 2 diabetes sarcopenia is associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(2), pp. 524-531. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15338) (PMID:37881162)

Raisi, Andrea, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Breheny, Megan, Vasquez, Jaime, Matus, Carlos, Diaz-Martinez, Ximena, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick H ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2024) Association of stair use with risk of major chronic diseases. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 66(2), pp. 324-332. (doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.10.007) (PMID:37813170)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Associations and predictive performance of eleven anthropometric measures with incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Obesity, 31(10), pp. 2648-2657. (doi: 10.1002/oby.23849) (PMID:37724055)

Ho, F. K. et al. (2023) Dose-response associations of dietary inflammatory potential with health outcomes: a prospective cohort study of 198,265 UK Biobank participants. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(9), 101774. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101774) (PMID:37121456)

Zhou, Ziyi, Parra-Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Welsh, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, Mark, Patrick B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Sattar, Naveed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2023) Exploring the underlying mechanisms linking adiposity and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of 404,332 UK Biobank participants. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(8), 101715. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101715) (PMID:37004891)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Association between walking pace and incident type 2 diabetes by adiposity levels – a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(7), pp. 1900-1910. (doi: 10.1111/dom.15053) (PMID:36951683)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2023) Dose–response relationship between device-measured physical activity and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine, 21, 191. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02851-5) (PMID:37226202) (PMCID:PMC10210409)

Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2023) Associations between an inflammatory diet index and severe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study of 171,544 UK Biobank participants. BMC Medicine, 21, 123. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02793-y) (PMID:37013578) (PMCID:PMC10071692)

Ho, F. K. et al. (2022) Association between device-measured physical activity and incident heart failure: a prospective cohort study of 94 739 UK Biobank participants. Circulation, 146(12), pp. 883-891. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059663) (PMID:36036153)

Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Parra-Soto, Solange, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Gill, Jason M.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-0986, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2022) Device-measured physical activity and incident affective disorders. BMC Medicine, 20, 290. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02484-0) (PMID:36064521) (PMCID:PMC9446787)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 and Celis-Morales, Carlos A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 (2022) Association of self-reported walking pace with type 2 diabetes incidence in the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 97(9), pp. 1631-1640. (doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.02.028) (PMID:36058577)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Parra-Soto, Solange, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Ho, Frederick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636 (2022) Combined association of walking pace and grip strength with incident type 2 diabetes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 32(9), pp. 1356-1365. (doi: 10.1111/sms.14197) (PMID:35612725)

Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Parra-Soto, Solange, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2022) Types of diet, obesity, and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 24(7), pp. 1351-1359. (doi: 10.1111/dom.14711) (PMID:35373896) (PMCID:PMC9325356)

Boonpor, J. et al. (2021) Associations between grip strength and incident type 2 diabetes: findings from the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 9, e001865. (doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001865) (PMID:34353878)

Al Ozairi, E. et al. (2021) Skeletal muscle and metabolic health – how do we increase muscle mass and function in people with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 106(2), pp. 309-317. (doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa835) (PMID:33336682)

Parra Soto, Solange Liliana, Petermann-Rocha, Fanny, Boonpor, Jirapitcha, Gray, Stuart R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-9636, Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2021) Combined association of general and central obesity with incidence and mortality of cancers in 22 sites. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 113(2), pp. 401-409. (doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa335) (PMID:33381801)