Daniel Kim

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• Personalized digital behaviour interventions increase short-term physical activity: a randomized control crossover trial substudy of the MyHeart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study. European heart journal. Digital health Javed, A., Kim, D. S., Hershman, S. G., Shcherbina, A., Johnson, A., Tolas, A., O'Sullivan, J. W., McConnell, M. V., Lazzeroni, L., King, A. C., Christle, J. W., Oppezzo, M., Mattsson, C. M., Harrington, R. A., Wheeler, M. T., Ashley, E. A. 2023; 4 (5): 411-419

  Abstract

  Physical activity is associated with decreased incidence of the chronic diseases associated with aging. We previously demonstrated that digital interventions delivered through a smartphone app can increase short-term physical activity.We offered enrolment to community-living iPhone-using adults aged ≥18 years in the USA, UK, and Hong Kong who downloaded the MyHeart Counts app. After completion of a 1-week baseline period, e-consented participants were randomized to four 7-day interventions. Interventions consisted of: (i) daily personalized e-coaching based on the individual's baseline activity patterns, (ii) daily prompts to complete 10 000 steps, (iii) hourly prompts to stand following inactivity, and (iv) daily instructions to read guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) website. After completion of one 7-day intervention, participants subsequently randomized to the next intervention of the crossover trial. The trial was completed in a free-living setting, where neither the participants nor investigators were blinded to the intervention. The primary outcome was change in mean daily step count from baseline for each of the four interventions, assessed in a modified intention-to-treat analysis (modified in that participants had to complete 7 days of baseline monitoring and at least 1 day of an intervention to be included in analyses). This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03090321.Between 1 January 2017 and 1 April 2022, 4500 participants consented to enrol in the trial (a subset of the approximately 50 000 participants in the larger MyHeart Counts study), of whom 2458 completed 7 days of baseline monitoring (mean daily steps 4232 ± 73) and at least 1 day of one of the four interventions. Personalized e-coaching prompts, tailored to an individual based on their baseline activity, increased step count significantly (+402 ± 71 steps from baseline, P = 7.1⨯10-8). Hourly stand prompts (+292 steps from baseline, P = 0.00029) and a daily prompt to read AHA guidelines (+215 steps from baseline, P = 0.021) were significantly associated with increased mean daily step count, while a daily reminder to complete 10 000 steps was not (+170 steps from baseline, P = 0.11). Digital studies have a significant advantage over traditional clinical trials in that they can continuously recruit participants in a cost-effective manner, allowing for new insights provided by increased statistical power and refinement of prior signals. Here, we present a novel finding that digital interventions tailored to an individual are effective in increasing short-term physical activity in a free-living cohort. These data suggest that participants are more likely to react positively and increase their physical activity when prompts are personalized. Further studies are needed to determine the effects of digital interventions on long-term outcomes.

  View details for DOI 10.1093/ehjdh/ztad047

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• Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) in young athletes. Progress in cardiovascular diseases Gomez, S. E., Hwang, C. E., Kim, D. S., Froelicher, V. F., Wheeler, M. T., Perez, M. V. 2022

  Abstract

  There is a growing body of literature focusing on the morphology, management, and outcomes of PVCs in athletes. This review summarizes this literature and establishes recommendations on management, treatment, and indications for specialist referral in this patient population. The sports medicine physician's responses and recommendation should be made in conjunction with the athletes wishes. Medications or ablations are not always necessary in all athletes if they are followed with regular evaluations.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.011

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• Mind the Gap: The Complete Human Genome Unlocks Benefits for Clinical Genomics. Clinical chemistry Kim, D. S., Wiel, L., Ashley, E. A. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1093/clinchem/hvac133

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• Lipoprotein(a) and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: Leveraging Nature's Randomization to Identify Novel Causal Associations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Kim, D. S., Khandelwal, A. 2022; 79 (16): 1591-1593

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.026

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• The genetics of human performance. Nature reviews. Genetics Kim, D. S., Wheeler, M. T., Ashley, E. A. 2021

  Abstract

  Human physiology is likely to have been selected for endurance physical activity. However, modern humans have become largely sedentary, with physical activity becoming a leisure-time pursuit for most. Whereas inactivity is a strong risk factor for disease, regular physical activity reduces the risk of chronic disease and mortality. Although substantial epidemiological evidence supports the beneficial effects of exercise, comparatively little is known about the molecular mechanisms through which these effects operate. Genetic and genomic analyses have identified genetic variation associated with human performance and, together with recent proteomic, metabolomic and multi-omic analyses, are beginning to elucidate the molecular genetic mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of physical activity on human health.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41576-021-00400-5

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• Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes: Opportunities for Precision Medicine: JACC Focus Seminar. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Kim, D. S., Gloyn, A. L., Knowles, J. W. 2021; 78 (5): 496-512

  Abstract

  Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is highly prevalent and is a strong contributor for cardiovascular disease. However, there is significant heterogeneity in disease pathogenesis and the risk of complications. Enormous progress has been made in our ability to catalog genetic variation associated with T2D risk and variation in disease-relevant quantitative traits. These discoveries hold the potential to shed light on tractable targets and pathways for safe and effective therapeutic development, but the promise of precision medicine has been slow to be realized. Recent studies have identified subgroups of individuals with differential risk for intermediate phenotypes (eg, lipid levels, fasting insulin, body mass index) that contribute to T2D risk, helping to account for the observed clinical heterogeneity. These "partitioned genetic risk scores" not only have the potential to identify patients at greatest risk of cardiovascular disease and rapid disease progression, but also could aid patient stratification bridging the gap toward precision medicine for T2D.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.03.346

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• Gene-centric Meta-analysis in 87,736 Individuals of European Ancestry Identifies Multiple Blood-Pressure-Related Loci. American journal of human genetics Tragante, V., Barnes, M. R., Ganesh, S. K., Lanktree, M. B., Guo, W., Franceschini, N., Smith, E. N., Johnson, T., Holmes, M. V., Padmanabhan, S., Karczewski, K. J., Almoguera, B., Barnard, J., Baumert, J., Chang, Y. C., Elbers, C. C., Farrall, M., Fischer, M. E., Gaunt, T. R., Gho, J. M., Gieger, C., Goel, A., Gong, Y., Isaacs, A., Kleber, M. E., Mateo Leach, I., McDonough, C. W., Meijs, M. F., Melander, O., Nelson, C. P., Nolte, I. M., Pankratz, N., Price, T. S., Shaffer, J., Shah, S., Tomaszewski, M., van der Most, P. J., van Iperen, E. P., Vonk, J. M., Witkowska, K., Wong, C. O., Zhang, L., Beitelshees, A. L., Berenson, G. S., Bhatt, D. L., Brown, M., Burt, A., Cooper-DeHoff, R. M., Connell, J. M., Cruickshanks, K. J., Curtis, S. P., Davey-Smith, G., Delles, C., Gansevoort, R. T., Guo, X., Haiqing, S., Hastie, C. E., Hofker, M. H., Hovingh, G. K., Kim, D. S., Kirkland, S. A., Klein, B. E., Klein, R., Li, Y. R., Maiwald, S., Newton-Cheh, C., O'Brien, E. T., Onland-Moret, N. C., Palmas, W., Parsa, A., Penninx, B. W., Pettinger, M., Vasan, R. S., Ranchalis, J. E., M Ridker, P., Rose, L. M., Sever, P., Shimbo, D., Steele, L., Stolk, R. P., Thorand, B., Trip, M. D., van Duijn, C. M., Verschuren, W. M., Wijmenga, C., Wyatt, S., Young, J. H., Zwinderman, A. H., Bezzina, C. R., Boerwinkle, E., Casas, J. P., Caulfield, M. J., Chakravarti, A., Chasman, D. I., Davidson, K. W., Doevendans, P. A., Dominiczak, A. F., FitzGerald, G. A., Gums, J. G., Fornage, M., Hakonarson, H., Halder, I., Hillege, H. L., Illig, T., Jarvik, G. P., Johnson, J. A., Kastelein, J. J., Koenig, W., Kumari, M., März, W., Murray, S. S., O'Connell, J. R., Oldehinkel, A. J., Pankow, J. S., Rader, D. J., Redline, S., Reilly, M. P., Schadt, E. E., Kottke-Marchant, K., Snieder, H., Snyder, M., Stanton, A. V., Tobin, M. D., Uitterlinden, A. G., van der Harst, P., van der Schouw, Y. T., Samani, N. J., Watkins, H., Johnson, A. D., Reiner, A. P., Zhu, X., de Bakker, P. I., Levy, D., Asselbergs, F. W., Munroe, P. B., Keating, B. J. 2014; 94 (3): 349-360

  Abstract

  Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. To investigate genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and pulse pressure (PP), we genotyped ~50,000 SNPs in up to 87,736 individuals of European ancestry and combined these in a meta-analysis. We replicated findings in an independent set of 68,368 individuals of European ancestry. Our analyses identified 11 previously undescribed associations in independent loci containing 31 genes including PDE1A, HLA-DQB1, CDK6, PRKAG2, VCL, H19, NUCB2, RELA, HOXC@ complex, FBN1, and NFAT5 at the Bonferroni-corrected array-wide significance threshold (p < 6 × 10(-7)) and confirmed 27 previously reported associations. Bioinformatic analysis of the 11 loci provided support for a putative role in hypertension of several genes, such as CDK6 and NUCB2. Analysis of potential pharmacological targets in databases of small molecules showed that ten of the genes are predicted to be a target for small molecules. In summary, we identified previously unknown loci associated with BP. Our findings extend our understanding of genes involved in BP regulation, which may provide new targets for therapeutic intervention or drug response stratification.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.12.016

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