• Assessing causal links between age at menarche and adolescent mental health: a Mendelian randomisation study 

      Askelund, Adrian Dahl; Wootton, Robyn E.; Torvik, Fartein A.; Lawn, Rebecca B.; Ask, Helga; Corfield, Elizabeth C.; Magnus, Maria C.; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Magnus, Per M.; Andreassen, Ole A.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Davey Smith, George; Davies, Neil Martin; Havdahl, Alexandra; Hannigan, Laurie John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background: The timing of puberty may have an important impact on adolescent mental health. In particular, earlier age at menarche has been associated with elevated rates of depression in adolescents. Previous research ...
    • Genetic similarity between relatives provides evidence on the presence and history of assortative mating 

      Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem; Cheesman, Rosa; Corfield, Elizabeth C.; Kleppestø, Thomas H.; Seierstad, Anne Caroline; Ystrøm, Eivind; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Torvik, Fartein Ask (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Assortative mating – the non-random mating of individuals with similar traits – is known to increase trait-specific genetic variance and genetic similarity between relatives. However, empirical evidence is limited for many ...