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INVESTIGATING CAUSAL LINKS BETWEEN SLEEP TRAITS AND COMPLEX DISEASES IN THE QATARI AND EUROPEAN POPULATIONS

  • Nismabi Adimaveettil Nisamudheen

Student thesis: Doctoral Dissertation

Abstract

Sleep is a fundamental determinant of health, and abnormal sleep duration is associated with increased risk of complex diseases. However, most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of sleep traits have focused on European populations, leaving Middle Eastern populations underrepresented. We conducted GWAS of sleep traits in the Qatar Genome Program and Qatar Biobank (n ≈ 14,000). Sleep duration was analysed as a continuous trait using a linear mixed model, while short sleep duration (
Date of Award2026
Original languageAmerican English
Awarding Institution
  • HBKU College of Health & Life Sciences

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