• GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer 

      Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Kabil, Omer; Gudmundsson, Julius; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Weinstock, Joshua; Zawistowski, Matthew; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Chaker, Layal; Medici, Marco; Teumer, Alexander; Naitza, Silvia; Sanna, Serena; Schultheiss, Ulla T.; Cappola, Anne R.; Karjalainen, Juha; Kurki, Mitja I.; Oneka, Morgan; Taylor, Peter; Fritsche, Lars; Graham, Sarah E.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Overton, William; Rasheed, Humaira; Bordal, Eirin Haug; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Surakka, Ida; Davey Smith, George; Pandit, Anita; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Hornsby, Whitney; Jonasson, Jon G.; Senter, Leigha; Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Ringel, Matthew D.; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; He, Huiling; Netea-Maier, Romana; Mayordomo, Jose; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hrafnkelsson, Jon; Hjartarson, Hannes; Sturgis, Erich M.; Palotie, Aarno; Daly, Mark J.; Citterio, Cintia E.; Arvan, Peter; Brummett, Chad M.; Boehnke, Michael; de la Chapelle, Albert; Stefansson, Kari; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is critical for normal development and metabolism. To better understand the genetic contribution to TSH levels, we conduct a GWAS meta-analysis at 22.4 million genetic markers in up to ...
    • Heavier smoking increases coffee consumption: findings from a Mendelian randomization analysis 

      Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Nordestgaard, AT; Taylor, Amy E; Treur, Jorien L; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Munafo, Marcus R; Nordestgaard, BG; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Davey Smith, George (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background There is evidence for a positive relationship between cigarette and coffee consumption in smokers. Cigarette smoke increases metabolism of caffeine, so this may represent a causal effect of smoking on caffeine ...
    • Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: Evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium 

      Morris, Richard W.; Taylor, Amy E.; Fluharty, Meg E.; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Campbell, Archie; Marioni, Riccardo; Kumari, Meena; Korhonen, Tellervo; Männistö, Satu; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Kaakinen, Marika; Cavadino, Alana; Postmus, Iris; Husemoen, Lise Lotte N.; Skaaby, Tea; Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh; Treur, Jorien L.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Dale, Caroline; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Lahti, Jari; Palotie, Aarno; Räikkönen, Katri; McConnachie, Alex; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Wong, Andrew; Dalgård, Christine; Paternoster, Lavinia; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Tyrrell, Jessica; Horwood, John; Fergusson, David M.; Kennedy, Martin A.; Nohr, Ellen A.; Christiansen, Lene; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Kuh, Diana; Watt, Graham; Eriksson, Johan G.; Whincup, Peter H.; Vink, Jacqueline M.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie; Linneberg, Allan; Ford, Ian; Jukema, J. Wouter; Power, Chris; Hyppönen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Preisig, Martin; Borodulin, Katja; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kivimaki, Mika; Smith, Blair H.; Hayward, Caroline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Munafo, Marcus R.; Sattar, Naveed (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Objectives: To investigate, using a Mendelian randomisation approach, whether heavier smoking is associated with a range of regional adiposity phenotypes, in particular those related to abdominal adiposity. Design: ...
    • Hours lying down per day, as a proxy for sedentary behaviour and risk of diabetes in young and middle-aged adults in Norway: an 11-year follow-up of the HUNT study 

      Asante, Ernest O; Sun, Yi-Qian; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective We aimed to examine relationship between hours lying down per day, as a proxy for sedentary behaviour and risk of diabetes in young and middle-aged adults, and to assess if leisure-time physical activity and body ...
    • The HUNT study: A population-based cohort for genetic research 

      Brumpton, Ben Michael; Graham, Sarah; Surakka, Ida; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Løset, Mari; Fritsche, Lars G.; Wolford, Brooke; Zhou, Wei; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Thomas, Laurent; Bhatta, Laxmi; Rasheed, Humaira; Zhang, He; Kang, Hyun Min; Hornsby, Whitney; Moksnes, Marta Riise; Coward, Eivind; Melbye, Mads; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Fenstad, Jørn; Krokstad, Steinar; Næss, Marit; Langhammer, Arnulf; Boehnke, Michael; Abecasis, Gonçalo R.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) is a population-based cohort of ∼229,000 individuals recruited in four waves beginning in 1984 in Trøndelag County, Norway. Approximately 88,000 of these individuals have available genetic ...
    • Hypertension in Pregnancy and Offspring Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adulthood: Prospective and Sibling Studies in the HUNT Study (Nord-Trøndelag Health Study) in Norway 

      Alsnes, Ingvild Vatten; Vatten, Lars Johan; Fraser, Abigail; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are at increased lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. We examined the offspring’s cardiovascular risk profile in young adulthood and their siblings’ cardiovascular risk ...
    • Hypoglycemia in adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Investigating symptoms and awareness of hypoglycemia and the association between impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, autonomic neuropathy and cognition 

      Olsen, Sandra Elise (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2016:317, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      Hypoglycemia is still the main limitation for the management of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). If it were not for hypoglycemia, treatment of T1DM would be easy. Subjects with T1DM have impaired defense mechanisms against ...
    • Impact of sex and age on the performance of FINDRISC: the HUNT Study in Norway 

      Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Midthjell, Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Jølle, Anne; Carlsen, Sven Magnus; Holmen, Jostein; Shaw, Jonathan E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    • Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis 

      Kanoni, Stavroula; Graham, Sarah E.; Wang, Yuxuan; Surakka, Ida; Ramdas, Shweta; Zhu, Xiang; Clarke, Shoa L.; Bhatti, Konain Fatima; Vedantam, Sailaja; Winkler, Thomas W.; Locke, Adam E.; Marouli, Eirini; Zajac, Greg J M; Wu, Kuan-Han H; Ntalla, Ioanna; Hui, Qin; Klarin, Derek; Hilliard, Austin T.; Wang, Zeyuan; Xue, Chao; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Helgadottir, Anna; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Holm, Hilma; Olafsson, Isleifur; Hwang, Mi Yeong; Han, Sohee; Akiyama, Masato; Sakaue, Saori; Terao, Chikashi; Kanai, Masahiro; Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rasheed, Humaira; Havulinna, Aki S.; Veturi, Yogasudha; Pacheco, Jennifer Allen; Rosenthal, Elisabeth A.; Lingren, Todd; Feng, QiPing; Kullo, Iftikhar J.; Narita, Akira; Takayama, Jun; Martin, Hilary C.; Hunt, Karen A.; Trivedi, Bhavi; Haessler, Jeffrey; Giulianini, Franco; Bradford, Yuki; Miller, Jason E.; Campbell, Archie; Lin, Kuang; Millwood, Iona Y.; Rasheed, Asif; Hindy, George; Faul, Jessica D.; Zhao, Wei; Weir, David R.; Turman, Constance; Huang, Hongyan; Graff, Mariaelisa; Choudhury, Ananyo; Sengupta, Dhriti; Mahajan, Anubha; Brown, Michael R.; Zhang, Weihua; Yu, Ketian; Schmidt, Ellen M.; Pandit, Anita; Gustafsson, Stefan; Yin, Xianyong; Luan, Jian'an; Zhao, Jing-Hua; Matsuda, Fumihiko; Jang, Hye-Mi; Yoon, Kyungheon; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Pitsillides, Achilleas; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Wood, Andrew R.; Ji, Yingji; Gao, Zishan; Haworth, Simon; Yousri, Noha A.; Mitchell, Ruth E.; Chai, Jin Fang; Aadahl, Mette; Bjerregaard, Anne A.; Yao, Jie; Manichaikul, Ani; Hwu, Chii-Min; Hung, Yi-Jen; Warren, Helen R.; Ramirez, Julia; Bork-Jensen, Jette; Kårhus, Line L.; Goel, Anuj; Sabater-Lleal, Maria; Noordam, Raymond; Mauro, Pala; Matteo, Floris; McDaid, Aaron F.; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Wielscher, Matthias; Trompet, Stella; Sattar, Naveed; Møllehave, Line T.; Munz, Matthias; Zeng, Lingyao; Huang, Jianfeng; Yang, Bin; Poveda, Alaitz; Kurbasic, Azra; Lamina, Claudia; Forer, Lukas; Scholz, Markus; Galesloot, Tessel E.; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Ruotsalainen, Sanni E.; Daw, EWarwick; Zmuda, Joseph M.; Mitchell, Jonathan S.; Fuchsberger, Christian; Christensen, Henry; Brody, Jennifer A.; Vazquez-Moreno, Miguel; Feitosa, Mary F.; Wojczynski, Mary K.; Wang, Zhe; Preuss, Michael H.; Mangino, Massimo; Christofidou, Paraskevi; Verweij, Niek; Benjamins, Jan W.; Engmann, Jorgen; Tsao, Noah L.; Verma, Anurag; Slieker, Roderick C.; Lo, Ken Sin; Zilhao, Nuno R.; Le, Phuong; Kleber, Marcus E.; Delgado, Graciela E.; Huo, Shaofeng; Ikeda, Daisuke D.; Iha, Hiroyuki; Yang, Jian; Liu, Jun; Demirkan, Ayşe; Leonard, Hampton L.; Marten, Jonathan; Frank, Mirjam; Schmidt, Börge; Smyth, Laura J.; Cañadas-Garre, Marisa; Wang, Chaolong; Nakatochi, Masahiro; Wong, Andrew; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Sim, Xueling; Xia, Rui; Huerta-Chagoya, Alicia; Fernandez-Lopez, Juan Carlos; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Nongmaithem, Suraj S.; Bayyana, Swati; Stringham, Heather M.; Irvin, Marguerite R.; Oldmeadow, Christopher; Kim, Han-Na; Ryu, Seungho; Timmers, Paul R H J; Arbeeva, Liubov; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Lange, Leslie A.; Prasad, Gauri; Lorés-Motta, Laura; Pauper, Marc; Long, Jirong; Li, Xiaohui; Theusch, Elizabeth; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Spracklen, Cassandra N.; Loukola, Anu; Bollepalli, Sailalitha; Warner, Sophie C.; Wang, Ya Xing; Wei, Wen B.; Nutile, Teresa; Ruggiero, Daniela; Sung, Yun Ju; Chen, Shufeng; Liu, Fangchao; Yang, Jingyun; Kentistou, Katherine A.; Banas, Bernhard; Nardone, Giuseppe Giovanni; Meidtner, Karina; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Hebbar, Prashantha; Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni; Hofer, Edith; Lin, Maoxuan; Concas, Maria Pina; Vaccargiu, Simona; van der Most, Peter J.; Pitkänen, Niina; Cade, Brian E.; van der Laan, Sander W.; Chitrala, Kumaraswamy Naidu; Weiss, Stefan; Bentley, Amy R.; Doumatey, Ayo P.; Adeyemo, Adebowale A.; Lee, Jong Young; Petersen, Eva R B; Nielsen, Aneta A.; Choi, Hyeok Sun; Nethander, Maria; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Southam, Lorraine; Rayner, Nigel W.; Wang, Carol A.; Lin, Shih-Yi; Wang, Jun-Sing; Couture, Christian; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Nikus, Kjell; Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel; Vestergaard, Henrik; Hidalgo, Bertha; Giannakopoulou, Olga; Cai, Qiuyin; Obura, Morgan O.; van Setten, Jessica; Li, Xiaoyin; Liang, Jingjing; Tang, Hua; Terzikhan, Natalie; Shin, Jae Hun; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Martin, Lisa Warsinger; Chen, Zhengming; Li, Liming; Kawaguchi, Takahisa; Thiery, Joachim; Bis, Joshua C.; Launer, Lenore J.; Li, Huaixing; Nalls, Mike A.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Ichihara, Sahoko; Wild, Sarah H.; Nelson, Christopher P.; Campbell, Harry; Jäger, Susanne; Nabika, Toru; Al-Mulla, Fahd; Niinikoski, Harri; Braund, Peter S.; Kolcic, Ivana; Kovacs, Peter; Giardoglou, Tota; Katsuya, Tomohiro; de Kleijn, Dominique; de Borst, Gert J.; Kim, Eung Kweon; Adams, Hieab H H; Ikram, M Arfan; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Kraaijeveld, Adriaan O.; Beulens, Joline W J; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Rallidis, Loukianos S.; Pedersen, Oluf; Hansen, Torben; Mitchell, Paul; Hewitt, Alex W.; Kähönen, Mika; Pérusse, Louis; Bouchard, Claude; Tönjes, Anke; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Pennell, Craig E.; Mori, Trevor A.; Lieb, Wolfgang; Franke, Andre; Ohlsson, Claes; Mellström, Dan; Cho, Yoon Shin; Lee, Hyejin; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Rhee, Sang Youl; Woo, Jeong-Taek; Heid, Iris M.; Stark, Klaus J.; Zimmermann, Martina E.; Völzke, Henry; Homuth, Georg; Evans, Michele K.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Polasek, Ozren; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Hoefer, Imo E.; Redline, Susan; Pahkala, Katja; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Snieder, Harold; Biino, Ginevra; Schmidt, Reinhold; Schmidt, Helena; Bandinelli, Stefania; Dedoussis, George; Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse; Kardia, Sharon L R; Peyser, Patricia A.; Kato, Norihiro; Schulze, Matthias B.; Girotto, Giorgia; Böger, Carsten A.; Jung, Bettina; Joshi, Peter K.; Bennett, David A.; De Jager, Philip L.; Lu, Xiangfeng; Mamakou, Vasiliki; Brown, Morris; Caulfield, Mark J.; Munroe, Patricia B.; Guo, Xiuqing; Ciullo, Marina; Jonas, Jost B.; Samani, Nilesh J.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Pajukanta, Päivi; Tusié-Luna, Teresa; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Adair, Linda S.; Bechayda, Sonny Augustin; de Silva, H Janaka; Wickremasinghe, Ananda R.; Krauss, Ronald M.; Wu, Jer-Yuarn; Zheng, Wei; Hollander, Anneke Iden; Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan; Correa, Adolfo; Wilson, James G.; Lind, Lars; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Nelson, Amanda E.; Golightly, Yvonne M.; Wilson, James F.; Penninx, Brenda; Kim, Hyung-Lae; Attia, John; Scott, Rodney J.; Rao, D.C.; Arnett, Donna K.; Hunt, Steven C.; Walker, Mark; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Chandak, Giriraj R.; Mercader, Josep M.; Costanzo, Maria C.; Jang, Dongkeun; Burtt, Noël P; Villalpando, Clicerio Gonzalez; Orozco, Lorena; Fornage, Myriam; Tai, EShyong; van Dam, Rob M.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Chaturvedi, Nish; Yokota, Mitsuhiro; Liu, Jianjun; Reilly, Dermot F.; McKnight, Amy Jayne; Kee, Frank; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; McCarthy, Mark I.; Palmer, Colin N A; Vitart, Veronique; Hayward, Caroline; Simonsick, Eleanor; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Jin, Zi-Bing; Qu, Jia; Hishigaki, Haretsugu; Lin, Xu; März, Winfried; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Tardif, Jean-Claude; Lettre, Guillaume; Hart, Leen M 't; Elders, Petra J M; Damrauer, Scott M.; Kumari, Meena; Kivimaki, Mika; van der Harst, Pim; Spector, Tim D.; Loos, Ruth J F; Province, Michael A.; Parra, Esteban J.; Cruz, Miguel; Psaty, Bruce M.; Brandslund, Ivan; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rotimi, Charles N.; Christensen, Kaare; Ripatti, Samuli; Widén, Elisabeth; Hakonarson, Hakon; Grant, Struan F A; Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M; de Graaf, Jacqueline; Loeffler, Markus; Kronenberg, Florian; Gu, Dongfeng; Erdmann, Jeanette; Schunkert, Heribert; Franks, Paul W.; Linneberg, Allan; Jukema, J Wouter; Khera, Amit V.; Männikkö, Minna; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Kutalik, Zoltan; Francesco, Cucca; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; van Dijk, Ko Willems; Watkins, Hugh; Strachan, David P.; Grarup, Niels; Sever, Peter; Poulter, Neil; Chuang, Lee-Ming; Rotter, Jerome I.; Dantoft, Thomas M.; Karpe, Fredrik; Neville, Matt J.; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Wong, Tien-Yin; Khor, Chiea Chuen; Li, Hengtong; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Peters, Annette; Gieger, Christian; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Willemsen, Allegonda H M; Cupples, LAdrienne; van Meurs, Joyce B J; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; Huang, Wei; Kim, Young Jin; Tabara, Yasuharu; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Langenberg, Claudia; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Ingelsson, Erik; Abecasis, Goncalo; Chambers, John C.; Kooner, Jaspal S.; de Vries, Paul S.; Morrison, Alanna C.; Hazelhurst, Scott; Ramsay, Michèle; North, Kari E.; Daviglus, Martha; Kraft, Peter; Martin, Nicholas G.; Whitfield, John B.; Abbas, Shahid; Saleheen, Danish; Walters, Robin G.; Holmes, Michael V.; Black, Corri; Smith, Blair H.; Baras, Aris; Justice, Anne E.; Buring, Julie E.; Ridker, Paul M.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Kooperberg, Charles; Tamiya, Gen; Yamamoto, Masayuki; van Heel, David A.; Trembath, Richard C.; Wei, Wei-Qi; Jarvik, Gail P.; Namjou, Bahram; Hayes, M Geoffrey; Ritchie, Marylyn D.; Jousilahti, Pekka; Salomaa, Veikko; Hveem, Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Kubo, Michiaki; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Murakami, Yoshinori; Kim, Bong-Jo; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari; Zhang, Jifeng; Chen, YEugene; Ho, Yuk-Lam; Lynch, Julie A.; Rader, Daniel J.; Tsao, Philip S.; Chang, Kyong-Mi; Cho, Kelly; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Gaziano, John M.; Wilson, Peter W F; Frayling, Timothy M.; Hirschhorn, Joel N.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Mohlke, Karen L.; Sun, Yan V.; Morris, Andrew P.; Boehnke, Michael; Brown, Christopher D.; Natarajan, Pradeep; Deloukas, Panos; Willer, Cristen J.; Assimes, Themistocles L.; Peloso, Gina M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding ...
    • Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis 

      Kanoni, Stavroula; Graham, Sarah E.; Wang, Yuxuan; Surakka, Ida; Ramdas, Shweta; Zhu, Xiang; Clarke, Shoa L.; Bhatti, Konain Fatima; Vedantam, Sailaja; Winkler, Thomas W.; Locke, Adam E.; Marouli, Eirini; Zajac, Greg J M; Wu, Kuan-Han H; Ntalla, Ioanna; Hui, Qin; Klarin, Derek; Hilliard, Austin T.; Wang, Zeyuan; Xue, Chao; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Helgadottir, Anna; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Holm, Hilma; Olafsson, Isleifur; Hwang, Mi Yeong; Han, Sohee; Akiyama, Masato; Sakaue, Saori; Terao, Chikashi; Kanai, Masahiro; Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rasheed, Humaira; Havulinna, Aki S.; Veturi, Yogasudha; Pacheco, Jennifer Allen; Rosenthal, Elisabeth A.; Lingren, Todd; Feng, QiPing; Kullo, Iftikhar J.; Narita, Akira; Takayama, Jun; Martin, Hilary C.; Hunt, Karen A.; Trivedi, Bhavi; Haessler, Jeffrey; Giulianini, Franco; Bradford, Yuki; Miller, Jason E.; Campbell, Archie; Lin, Kuang; Millwood, Iona Y.; Rasheed, Asif; Hindy, George; Faul, Jessica D.; Zhao, Wei; Weir, David R.; Turman, Constance; Huang, Hongyan; Graff, Mariaelisa; Choudhury, Ananyo; Sengupta, Dhriti; Mahajan, Anubha; Brown, Michael R.; Zhang, Weihua; Yu, Ketian; Schmidt, Ellen M.; Pandit, Anita; Gustafsson, Stefan; Yin, Xianyong; Luan, Jian'an; Zhao, Jing-Hua; Matsuda, Fumihiko; Jang, Hye-Mi; Yoon, Kyungheon; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Pitsillides, Achilleas; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Wood, Andrew R.; Ji, Yingji; Gao, Zishan; Haworth, Simon; Yousri, Noha A.; Mitchell, Ruth E.; Chai, Jin Fang; Aadahl, Mette; Bjerregaard, Anne A.; Yao, Jie; Manichaikul, Ani; Hwu, Chii-Min; Hung, Yi-Jen; Warren, Helen R.; Ramirez, Julia; Bork-Jensen, Jette; Kårhus, Line L.; Goel, Anuj; Sabater-Lleal, Maria; Noordam, Raymond; Mauro, Pala; Matteo, Floris; McDaid, Aaron F.; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Wielscher, Matthias; Trompet, Stella; Sattar, Naveed; Møllehave, Line T.; Munz, Matthias; Zeng, Lingyao; Huang, Jianfeng; Yang, Bin; Poveda, Alaitz; Kurbasic, Azra; Lamina, Claudia; Forer, Lukas; Scholz, Markus; Galesloot, Tessel E.; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Ruotsalainen, Sanni E.; Daw, EWarwick; Zmuda, Joseph M.; Mitchell, Jonathan S.; Fuchsberger, Christian; Christensen, Henry; Brody, Jennifer A.; Vazquez-Moreno, Miguel; Feitosa, Mary F.; Wojczynski, Mary K.; Wang, Zhe; Preuss, Michael H.; Mangino, Massimo; Christofidou, Paraskevi; Verweij, Niek; Benjamins, Jan W.; Engmann, Jorgen; Tsao, Noah L.; Verma, Anurag; Slieker, Roderick C.; Lo, Ken Sin; Zilhao, Nuno R.; Le, Phuong; Kleber, Marcus E.; Delgado, Graciela E.; Huo, Shaofeng; Ikeda, Daisuke D.; Iha, Hiroyuki; Yang, Jian; Liu, Jun; Demirkan, Ayşe; Leonard, Hampton L.; Marten, Jonathan; Frank, Mirjam; Schmidt, Börge; Smyth, Laura J.; Cañadas-Garre, Marisa; Wang, Chaolong; Nakatochi, Masahiro; Wong, Andrew; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Sim, Xueling; Xia, Rui; Huerta-Chagoya, Alicia; Fernandez-Lopez, Juan Carlos; Lyssenko, Valeriya; Nongmaithem, Suraj S.; Bayyana, Swati; Stringham, Heather M.; Irvin, Marguerite R.; Oldmeadow, Christopher; Kim, Han-Na; Ryu, Seungho; Timmers, Paul R H J; Arbeeva, Liubov; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Lange, Leslie A.; Prasad, Gauri; Lorés-Motta, Laura; Pauper, Marc; Long, Jirong; Li, Xiaohui; Theusch, Elizabeth; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Spracklen, Cassandra N.; Loukola, Anu; Bollepalli, Sailalitha; Warner, Sophie C.; Wang, Ya Xing; Wei, Wen B.; Nutile, Teresa; Ruggiero, Daniela; Sung, Yun Ju; Chen, Shufeng; Liu, Fangchao; Yang, Jingyun; Kentistou, Katherine A.; Banas, Bernhard; Nardone, Giuseppe Giovanni; Meidtner, Karina; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Hebbar, Prashantha; Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni; Hofer, Edith; Lin, Maoxuan; Concas, Maria Pina; Vaccargiu, Simona; van der Most, Peter J.; Pitkänen, Niina; Cade, Brian E.; van der Laan, Sander W.; Chitrala, Kumaraswamy Naidu; Weiss, Stefan; Bentley, Amy R.; Doumatey, Ayo P.; Adeyemo, Adebowale A.; Lee, Jong Young; Petersen, Eva R B; Nielsen, Aneta A.; Choi, Hyeok Sun; Nethander, Maria; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Southam, Lorraine; Rayner, Nigel W.; Wang, Carol A.; Lin, Shih-Yi; Wang, Jun-Sing; Couture, Christian; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Nikus, Kjell; Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel; Vestergaard, Henrik; Hidalgo, Bertha; Giannakopoulou, Olga; Cai, Qiuyin; Obura, Morgan O.; van Setten, Jessica; Li, Xiaoyin; Liang, Jingjing; Tang, Hua; Terzikhan, Natalie; Shin, Jae Hun; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Martin, Lisa Warsinger; Chen, Zhengming; Li, Liming; Kawaguchi, Takahisa; Thiery, Joachim; Bis, Joshua C.; Launer, Lenore J.; Li, Huaixing; Nalls, Mike A.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Ichihara, Sahoko; Wild, Sarah H.; Nelson, Christopher P.; Campbell, Harry; Jäger, Susanne; Nabika, Toru; Al-Mulla, Fahd; Niinikoski, Harri; Braund, Peter S.; Kolcic, Ivana; Kovacs, Peter; Giardoglou, Tota; Katsuya, Tomohiro; de Kleijn, Dominique; de Borst, Gert J.; Kim, Eung Kweon; Adams, Hieab H H; Ikram, M Arfan; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Kraaijeveld, Adriaan O.; Beulens, Joline W J; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Rallidis, Loukianos S.; Pedersen, Oluf; Hansen, Torben; Mitchell, Paul; Hewitt, Alex W.; Kähönen, Mika; Pérusse, Louis; Bouchard, Claude; Tönjes, Anke; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Pennell, Craig E.; Mori, Trevor A.; Lieb, Wolfgang; Franke, Andre; Ohlsson, Claes; Mellström, Dan; Cho, Yoon Shin; Lee, Hyejin; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Rhee, Sang Youl; Woo, Jeong-Taek; Heid, Iris M.; Stark, Klaus J.; Zimmermann, Martina E.; Völzke, Henry; Homuth, Georg; Evans, Michele K.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Polasek, Ozren; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Hoefer, Imo E.; Redline, Susan; Pahkala, Katja; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Snieder, Harold; Biino, Ginevra; Schmidt, Reinhold; Schmidt, Helena; Bandinelli, Stefania; Dedoussis, George; Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse; Kardia, Sharon L R; Peyser, Patricia A.; Kato, Norihiro; Schulze, Matthias B.; Girotto, Giorgia; Böger, Carsten A.; Jung, Bettina; Joshi, Peter K.; Bennett, David A.; De Jager, Philip L.; Lu, Xiangfeng; Mamakou, Vasiliki; Brown, Morris; Caulfield, Mark J.; Munroe, Patricia B.; Guo, Xiuqing; Ciullo, Marina; Jonas, Jost B.; Samani, Nilesh J.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Pajukanta, Päivi; Tusié-Luna, Teresa; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Adair, Linda S.; Bechayda, Sonny Augustin; de Silva, H Janaka; Wickremasinghe, Ananda R.; Krauss, Ronald M.; Wu, Jer-Yuarn; Zheng, Wei; Hollander, Anneke Iden; Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan; Correa, Adolfo; Wilson, James G.; Lind, Lars; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Nelson, Amanda E.; Golightly, Yvonne M.; Wilson, James F.; Penninx, Brenda; Kim, Hyung-Lae; Attia, John; Scott, Rodney J.; Rao, D.C.; Arnett, Donna K.; Hunt, Steven C.; Walker, Mark; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Chandak, Giriraj R.; Mercader, Josep M.; Costanzo, Maria C.; Jang, Dongkeun; Burtt, Noël P; Villalpando, Clicerio Gonzalez; Orozco, Lorena; Fornage, Myriam; Tai, EShyong; van Dam, Rob M.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Chaturvedi, Nish; Yokota, Mitsuhiro; Liu, Jianjun; Reilly, Dermot F.; McKnight, Amy Jayne; Kee, Frank; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; McCarthy, Mark I.; Palmer, Colin N A; Vitart, Veronique; Hayward, Caroline; Simonsick, Eleanor; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Jin, Zi-Bing; Qu, Jia; Hishigaki, Haretsugu; Lin, Xu; März, Winfried; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Tardif, Jean-Claude; 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Peters, Annette; Gieger, Christian; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Willemsen, Allegonda H M; Cupples, LAdrienne; van Meurs, Joyce B J; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; Huang, Wei; Kim, Young Jin; Tabara, Yasuharu; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Langenberg, Claudia; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Ingelsson, Erik; Abecasis, Goncalo; Chambers, John C.; Kooner, Jaspal S.; de Vries, Paul S.; Morrison, Alanna C.; Hazelhurst, Scott; Ramsay, Michèle; North, Kari E.; Daviglus, Martha; Kraft, Peter; Martin, Nicholas G.; Whitfield, John B.; Abbas, Shahid; Saleheen, Danish; Walters, Robin G.; Holmes, Michael V.; Black, Corri; Smith, Blair H.; Baras, Aris; Justice, Anne E.; Buring, Julie E.; Ridker, Paul M.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Kooperberg, Charles; Tamiya, Gen; Yamamoto, Masayuki; van Heel, David A.; Trembath, Richard C.; Wei, Wei-Qi; Jarvik, Gail P.; Namjou, Bahram; Hayes, M Geoffrey; Ritchie, Marylyn D.; Jousilahti, Pekka; Salomaa, Veikko; Hveem, Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Kubo, Michiaki; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Murakami, Yoshinori; Kim, Bong-Jo; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari; Zhang, Jifeng; Chen, YEugene; Ho, Yuk-Lam; Lynch, Julie A.; Rader, Daniel J.; Tsao, Philip S.; Chang, Kyong-Mi; Cho, Kelly; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Gaziano, John M.; Wilson, Peter W F; Frayling, Timothy M.; Hirschhorn, Joel N.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Mohlke, Karen L.; Sun, Yan V.; Morris, Andrew P.; Boehnke, Michael; Brown, Christopher D.; Natarajan, Pradeep; Deloukas, Panos; Willer, Cristen J.; Assimes, Themistocles L.; Peloso, Gina M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding ...
    • Incidence, recurring admissions and mortality of severe bacterial infections and sepsis over a 22-year period in the population-based HUNT study 

      Liyanarachi, Kristin Vardheim; Solligård, Erik; Mohus, Randi Marie; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Rogne, Tormod; Damås, Jan Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose Severe bacterial infections are important causes of hospitalization and loss of health worldwide. In this study we aim to characterize the total burden, recurrence and severity of bacterial infections in the ...
    • Incorporating Baseline Outcome Data in Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Non-randomized Studies 

      Syrogiannouli, Lamprini; Wildisen, Lea; Meuwese, Christiaan; Bauer, Douglas C.; Cappola, Anne R.; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; den Elzen, Wendy P. J.; Trompet, Stella; Westendorp, Rudi G. J.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Ferrucci, Luigi; Ceresini, Graziano; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Chaker, Layal; Peeters, Robin P.; Imaizumi, Misa; Ohishi, Waka; Vaes, Bert; Völzke, Henry; Sgarbi, Josè A.; Walsh, John P.; Dullaart, Robin P. F.; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Iacoviello, Massimo; Rodondi, Nicolas; Del Giovane, Cinzia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: In non-randomized studies (NRSs) where a continuous outcome variable (e.g., depressive symptoms) is assessed at baseline and follow-up, it is common to observe imbalance of the baseline values between the ...
    • An individual participant data analysis of prospective cohort studies on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and depressive symptoms 

      Wildisen, Lea; Del Giovane, Cinzia; Moutzouri, Elisavet; Beglinger, Shanthi; Syrogiannouli, Lamprini; Collet, Tinh-Hai; Cappola, Anne R.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Yeap, Bu B.; Almeida, Osvaldo P.; Ceresini, Graziano; Dullaart, Robin P. F.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Grabe, Hans J.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Nauck, Matthias; Trompet, Stella; Völzke, Henry; Westendorp, Rudi G.J.; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Klöppel, Stefan; Aujesky, Drahomir; Bauer, Douglas C.; Peeters, Robin P.; Feller, Martin; Rodondi, Nicolas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In subclinical hypothyroidism, the presence of depressive symptoms is often a reason for starting levothyroxine treatment. However, data are conflicting on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and ...
    • Interaction between overweight and genotypes of HLA, TCF7L2, and FTO in relation to the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and type 2 diabetes 

      Hjort, Rebecka; Löfvenborg, Josefin E.; Ahlqvist, Emma; Alfredsson, Lars; Andersson, Tomas; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Groop, Leif; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Carlsson, Sofia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objective We investigated potential interactions between body mass index (BMI) and genotypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), TCF7L2-rs7903146, and FTO-rs9939609 in relation to the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in ...
    • Intergenerational polygenic obesity risk throughout adolescence in a cross-sectional study design: The HUNT study, Norway 

      Næss, Marit; Sund, Erik; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Kvaløy, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective This study examined the relationship between parental obesity polygenic risk and children’s BMI throughout adolescence. Additionally, from a smaller subsample, the objective was to assess whether parental polygenic ...
    • Interplay between chronic widespread pain and lifestyle factors on the risk of type 2 diabetes: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT Study 

      Marcuzzi, Anna; Caceres-Matos, Rocio; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gil-Garcia, Eugenia; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Mork, Paul Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction: Chronic widespread pain (CWP) and diabetes commonly co-occur; however, it is unclear whether CWP infers an additional risk for diabetes among those with known risk factors for type 2 diabetes. We aimed to ...
    • Investigating a Potential Causal Relationship Between Maternal Blood Pressure During Pregnancy and Future Offspring Cardiometabolic Health 

      Wang, Geng; Bhatta, Laxmi; Moen, Gunn-Helen; Hwang, Liang-Dar; Kemp, John P.; Bond, Tom A.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Evans, David M.; Warrington, Nicole M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Observational epidemiological studies have reported that higher maternal blood pressure (BP) during pregnancy is associated with increased future risk of offspring cardiometabolic disease. However, it is unclear whether ...
    • Investigating the causal interplay between sleep traits and risk of acute myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study 

      Arora, Nikhil; Bhatta, Laxmi; Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup; Dalen, Håvard; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Strand, Linn Beate (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Few studies have investigated the joint effects of sleep traits on the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). No previous study has used factorial Mendelian randomization (MR) which may reduce confounding, ...
    • Iron and sex matter in severe infections Epidemiological studies of bloodstream infections, sepsis and COVID-19 

      Mohus, Randi Marie (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:360, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
    • Iron status and the risk of sepsis and severe COVID-19: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study 

      Mohus, Randi Marie; Flatby, Helene Marie; Liyanarachi, Kristin Vardheim; DeWan, Andrew T.; Solligård, Erik; Damås, Jan Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gustad, Lise Tuset; Rogne, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)