• Effects of reproductive factors and sex hormones on risk of lung and colorectal cancers in women. Prospective cohort and Mendelian randomization studies using data from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) 

      Dénos, Marion (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:400, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Lung and colorectal cancers are the two most common cancers in women after breast cancer. The high incidence and mortality of these two cancers in women prompt us to study the causes. Female reproductive factors and sex ...
    • Mapping genetic determinants of circulating biomarkers in humans: Circulating cardiac troponin I, iron status biomarkers and trace elements 

      Moksnes, Marta Riise (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:376, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
      Norsk sammendrag Kartlegging av avgjerande genetiske faktorar for sirkulerande biomarkørar i menneske Dei siste 20 åra har genom-dekkande assosiasjonsstudiar (GWASar) blitt brukt til å identifisere tusenvis av genetiske ...
    • Risk factors for the development of asthma in adults: adiposity, metabolic syndrome, mental distress and their interplay 

      Brumpton, Ben (Doctoral Theses at NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:58, Doctoral thesis, 2014)
      Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that involves a wide variety of cells and cellular elements. Symptoms of asthma include temporary episodes of breathlessness, wheezing, coughing, and tightness of ...
    • Risk factors other than smoking for incidence of lung cancer: The influence of a sedentary lifestyle, asthma and body mass index 

      Jiang, Lin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:148, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
      Norsk sammendrag Lungekreft er en av de vanligste kreftformene med lave overlevelse over hele verden. Selv om røyking er den viktigste risikofaktoren for lungekreft, ses den vanligste typen, adenocarcinom, hos mange som ...
    • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects 

      Howe, Laurence J.; Nivard, Michel G.; Morris, Tim T.; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Rasheed, Humaira; Cho, Yoonsu; Chittoor, Geetha; Ahlskog, Rafael; Lind, Penelope A.; Palviainen, Teemu; van der Zee, Matthijs D.; Cheesman, Rosa Catherine Gillespie; Mangino, Massimo; Wang, Yunzhang; Li, Shuai; Klaric, Lucija; Ratliff, Scott M.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Nygaard, Marianne; Giannelis, Alexandros; Willoughby, Emily A.; Reynolds, Chandra A.; Balbona, Jared V.; Andreassen, Ole; Ask, Helga; Baras, Aris; Bauer, Christopher R.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Campbell, Archie; Campbell, Harry; Chen, Zhengming; Christofidou, Paraskevi; Corfield, Elizabeth Claire; Dahm, Christina C.; Dokuru, Deepika R.; Evans, Luke M.; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Gordon, Scott D.; Harden, K. Paige; Hill, W. David; Hughes, Amanda; Kerr, Shona M.; Kim, Yongkang; Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Latvala, Antti; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Li, Liming; Lin, Kuang; Magnus, Per Minor; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Mallard, Travis T.; Martikainen, Pekka; Mills, Melinda C.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Overton, John D.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Porteous, David J.; Reid, Jeffrey; Silventoinen, Karri; Southey, Melissa C.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Wright, Margaret J.; Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Koellinger, Philipp D.; Benjamin, Daniel J.; Turley, Patrick; Howe, Laurence J.; Nivard, Michel G.; Morris, Tim T.; Plomin, Robert; Havdahl, Alexandra; Bartels, Meike; Martin, Nicholas G.; Oskarsson, Sven; Justice, Anne E.; Millwood, Iona Y.; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Kaprio, Jaakko; Medland, Sarah E.; Walters, Robin G.; Evans, David M.; Smith, George Davey; Hayward, Caroline; Brumpton, Ben; Hemani, Gibran; Davies, Neil Martin; Hewitt, John K.; Keller, Matthew C.; Stallings, Michael C.; Lee, James J.; Christensen, Kaare; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Wilson, James F.; Hopper, John L.; Hägg, Sara; Spector, Tim D.; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste; Næss, Øyvind Erik; Davey Smith, George; Brumpton, Ben Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification, assortative mating) and relatives (indirect ...