• Cohort profile: Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) – Population-based sample of European and South Asian pregnant women with epigenome-wide DNA methylation (850k) in peripheral blood leukocytes 

      Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Kiryushchenko, Nadezhda; Böttcher, Yvonne; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Waage, Christin; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Groop, Leif C.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Pregnancy is a valuable model to study the association between DNA methylation and several cardiometabolic traits, due to its direct potential to influence mother’s and child’s health. Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) ...
    • Epigenome-wide association study of serum folate in maternal peripheral blood leukocytes 

      Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Page, Christian Magnus; Joubert, Bonnie R.; London, Stephanie J.; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aim: To perform an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of serum folate in maternal blood. Methods: Cross-ancestry (Europeans = 302, South Asians = 161) and ancestry-specific EWAS in the EPIPREG cohort were performed, ...
    • Increased risk of ischaemic heart disease after kidney donation 

      Haugen, Anders Johan Smedman; Hallan, Stein; Langberg, Nina Elisabeth Borthen; Dahle, Dag Olav; Pihlstrøm, Hege K.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Midtvedt, Karsten; Hartmann, Anders; Holdaas, Hallvard; Mjøen, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Previous reports suggest increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular mortality after kidney donation. In this study we investigate the occurrence of ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, ...
    • Increased risk of ischaemic heart disease after kidney donation 

      Haugen, Anders Johan Smedman; Hallan, Stein; Langberg, Nina Elisabeth Borthen; Dahle, Dag Olav; Pihlstrøm, Hege K.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Midtvedt, Karsten; Hartmann, Anders; Holdaas, Hallvard; Mjøen, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background - Previous reports suggest increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular mortality after kidney donation. In this study we investigate the occurrence of ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, ...
    • Insulin and Body Mass Index Decrease Serum Soluble Leptin Receptor Levels in Humans 

      Sommer, Christine; Vangberg, Kjersti G.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Evans, David M.; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Høgestøl, Ingvild Kristine; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Drevon, Christian A.; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Birkeland, Kåre Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Context Serum soluble leptin receptor (sOb-R) may protect against future type 2 diabetes or serve as a marker for protective features, but how sOb-R is regulated is largely unknown. Objective This work aimed to test ...
    • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes 

      Pervjakova, Natalia; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Ferreira, Teresa; Cook, James P.; Allard, Catherine; Beaumont, Robin N.; Canouil, Mickaël; Hatem, Gad; Heiskala, Anni; Joensuu, Anni; Karhunen, Ville; Kwak, Soo Heon; Lin, Frederick T J; Liu, Jun; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl; Tam, Claudia H.; Tam, Wing Hung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Andrew, Toby; Auvinen, Juha; Bhowmik, Bishwajit; Bonnefond, Amélie; Delahaye, Fabien; Demirkan, Ayse; Froguel, Philippe; Haller-Kikkatalo, Kadri; Hardardottir, Hildur; Hummel, Sandra; Hussain, Akhtar; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Khamis, Amna; Lahti, Jari; Lekva, Tove; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Sommer, Christine; Tagoma, Aili; Tzala, Evangelia; Uibo, Raivo; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Villa, Pia M.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Bouchard, Luigi; Duijn, Cornelia M.; Finer, Sarah; Groop, Leif; Hämäläinen, Esa; Hayes, Geoffrey M.; Hitman, Graham A.; Jang, Hak C.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jenum, Anne Karen; Laivuori, Hannele; Ma, Ronald C.; Melander, Olle; Oken, Emily; Park, Kyong Soo; Perron, Patrice; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Sebert, Sylvain; Stefansson, Kari; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hivert, Marie-France; Franks, Paul W.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mägi, Reedik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes. GDM often reoccurs and is associated with increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of type 2 ...
    • Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway 

      Bjarkø, Vera Vik; Haug, Eirin Beate; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch; Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Berg, Tore Julsrud; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Iversen, Marjolein M.; Langhammer, Arnulf; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aims We investigated the current extent of undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes and their associated cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study. Methods All residents aged ≥20 years in the Nord-Trøndelag ...