• The comparative cardiovascular and renal effectiveness of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: A Scandinavian cohort study 

      Ueda, Peter; Wintzell, Viktor; Dahlqwist, Elisabeth; Eliasson, Björn; Svensson, Ann-Marie; Franzén, Stefan; Gudbjörnsdottir, Soffia; Hveem, Kristian; Jonasson, Christian; Melbye, Mads; Hviid, Anders; Svanström, Henrik; Pasternak, Björn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aim To assess the comparative cardiovascular and renal effectiveness of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors versus glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in routine clinical practice. Materials ...
    • Comprehensive genome-wide association study of different forms of hernia identifies more than 80 associated loci 

      Fadista, João; Skotte, Line; Karjalainen, Juha; Abner, Erik; Sørensen, Erik; Ullum, Henrik; Werge, Thomas; Werge, Thomas; Hougaard, David M.; Børglum, Anders D.; Nordentoft, Merete; Mortensen, Preben B.; Esko, Tõnu; Milani, Lili; Palotie, Aarno; Daly, Mark; Melbye, Mads; Feenstra, Bjarke; Geller, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Hernias are characterized by protrusion of an organ or tissue through its surrounding cavity and often require surgical repair. In this study we identify 65,492 cases for five hernia types in the UK Biobank and perform ...
    • Familial Resemblance in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Response to Statins in the Danish Population 

      Corn, Giulia; Lund, Marie; Hlatky, Mark A.; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Change in low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) level after statin initiation varies widely among individuals, and in part may be because of factors shared by family members. Methods and Results We ...
    • The genetic background of hydrocephalus in a population-based cohort: implication of ciliary involvement 

      Munch, Tina N.; Hedley, Paula L.; Hagen, Christian M.; Bækvad-Hansen, Marie; Geller, Frank; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Nordentoft, Merete; Børglum, Anders D.; Werge, Thomas M.; Melbye, Mads; Hougaard, David M.; Larsen, Lars A.; Christensen, Søren T.; Christiansen, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Hydrocephalus is one of the most common congenital disorders of the central nervous system and often displays psychiatric co-morbidities, in particular autism spectrum disorder. The disease mechanisms behind hydrocephalus ...
    • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women 

      Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; McGinnis, Ralph; Williams, Nicholas O.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Shooter, Scott; Fadista, João; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Auro, Kirsi; Berezina, Galina; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Bumpstead, Suzannah; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Colgiu, Irina; Dolby, Vivien A.; Dudbridge, Frank; Engel, Stephanie M.; Franklin, Christopher S.; Frigge, Michael L; Frisbaek, Yr; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Geller, Frank; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Harmon, Quaker; Hougaard, David Michael; Hegay, Tatyana; Helgadottir, Anna; Hjartardóttir, Sigrún; Jääskeläinen, Tiina; Johannsdottir, Hrefna; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Juliusdottir, Thorhildur; Kalsheker, Noor; Kasimov, Abdumadjit; Kemp, John P.; Kivinen, Katja; Klungsøyr, Kari; Lee, Wai K; Melbye, Mads; Miedzybrodska, Zosia; Moffett, Ashley; Najmutdinova, Dilbar; Nishanova, Firuza; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Perola, Markus; Pipkin, Fiona Broughton; Poston, Lucilla; Prescott, Gordon; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Salimbayeva, Damilya; Scaife, Paula Juliet; Skotte, Line; Staines-Urias, Eleonora; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Sørensen, Karina Meden; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Tragante, Vinicius; Trogstad, Lill; Simpson, Nigel A.B.; Aripova, Tamara; Casas, Juan P; Dominiczak, Anna F; Walker, James J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte; Feenstra, Bjarke; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Boyd, Heather Allison; Magnus, Per; Laivuori, Hannele; Zakhidova, Nodira; Syvatova, Gulnara; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal health. In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers, we identify sequence variants that associate ...
    • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention 

      Wang, Zhe; Emmerich, Andrew; Pillon, Nicolas J.; Moore, Tim; Hemerich, Daiane; Cornelis, Marilyn C.; Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Broos, Siacia; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Bartz, Traci M.; Bentley, Amy R.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Chong, Mike; Chu, Audrey Y.; Berry, Diane; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Dueker, Nicole D.; Kasbohm, Elisa; Feenstra, Bjarke; Feitosa, Mary F.; Gieger, Christian; Graff, Mariaelisa; Hall, Leanne M.; Haller, Toomas; Hartwig, Fernando P.; Hillis, David A.; Huikari, Ville; Heard-Costa, Nancy; Holzapfel, Christina; Jackson, Anne U.; Johansson, Åsa; Jørgensen, Anja Moltke; Kaakinen, Marika A.; Karlsson, Robert; Kerr, Kathleen F.; Kim, Boram; Koolhaas, Chantal M.; Kutalik, Zoltan; Lagou, Vasiliki; Lind, Penelope A.; Lorentzon, Mattias; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Mangino, Massimo; Metzendorf, Christoph; Monroe, Kristine R.; Pacolet, Alexander; Pérusse, Louis; Pool, Rene; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Rivera, Natalia V.; Robiou-du-Pont, Sebastien; Schraut, Katharina E.; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Stringham, Heather M.; Tanaka, Toshiko; Teumer, Alexander; Turman, Constance; van der Most, Peter J.; Vanmunster, Mathias; van Rooij, Frank J. A.; van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V.; Zhang, Xiaoshuai; Zhao, Jing-Hua; Zhao, Wei; Balkhiyarova, Zhanna; Balslev-Harder, Marie N.; Baumeister, Sebastian E.; Beilby, John; Blangero, John; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Brage, Søren Karl; Braund, Peter S.; Brody, Jennifer A.; Bruinenberg, Marcel; Ekelund, Ulf; Liu, Ching-Ti; Cole, John W.; Collins, Francis S.; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Esko, Tõnu; Enroth, Stefan; Faul, Jessica D.; Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay; Fohner, Alison E.; Franco, Oscar H.; Galesloot, Tessel E.; Gordon, Scott D.; Grarup, Niels; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heiss, Gerardo; Hui, Jennie; Illig, Thomas; Jago, Russell; James, Alan; Joshi, Peter K.; Jung, Taeyeong; Kähönen, Mika; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Kolcic, Ivana; Kraft, Peter P.; Kuusisto, Johanna; Launer, Lenore J.; Li, Aihua; Linneberg, Allan; Luan, Jian’an; Vidal, Pedro Marques; Medland, Sarah E.; Milaneschi, Yuri; Moscati, Arden; Musk, Bill; Nelson, Christopher P.; Nolte, Ilja M.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Peters, Annette; Peyser, Patricia A.; Power, Christine; Raitakari, Olli T.; Reedik, Mägi; Reiner, Alex P.; Ridker, Paul M.; Rudan, Igor; Ryan, Kathy; Sarzynski, Mark A.; Scott, Laura J.; Scott, Robert A.; Sidney, Stephen; Siggeirsdottir, Kristin; Smith, Albert V.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Sonestedt, Emily; Strøm, Marin; Tai, E. Shyong; Teo, Koon K.; Thorand, Barbara; Tönjes, Anke; Tremblay, Angelo; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; Vangipurapu, Jagadish; van Schoor, Natasja; Völker, Uwe; Willemsen, Gonneke; Williams, Kayleen; Wong, Quenna; Xu, Huichun; Young, Kristin L.; Yuan, Jian Min; Zillikens, M. Carola; Zonderman, Alan B.; Ameur, Adam; Bandinelli, Stefania; Bis, Joshua C.; Boehnke, Michael; Bouchard, Claude; Chasman, Daniel I.; Smith, George Davey; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Deldicque, Louise; Dörr, Marcus; Evans, Michele K.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Fornage, Myriam; Fox, Caroline; Garland, Theodore; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Gyllensten, Ulf; Hansen, Torben; Hayward, Caroline; Horta, Bernardo L.; Hyppönen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Johnson, W. Craig; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Laakso, Markku; Langenberg, Claudia; Lehtimäki, Terho; Marchand, Loic Le; Alizadeh, Behrooz Z.; Boezen, H. Marike; Franke, Lude; Swertz, Morris; Wijmenga, Tjitske Nienke; van der Harst, Pim; Navis, Gerjan; Rots, Marianne; Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R.; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Melbye, Mads; Metspalu, Andres; Meyre, David; North, Kari E.; Ohlsson, Claes; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Orho-Melander, Marju; Pare, Guillaume; Park, Taesung; Pedersen, Oluf; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Pers, Tune H.; Polasek, Ozren; Prokopenko, Inga; Rotimi, Charles N.; Samani, Nilesh J.; Sim, Xueling; Snieder, Harold; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Spector, Tim D.; Timpson, Nicholas J.; van Dam, Rob M.; van der Velde, Nathalie; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Vollenweider, Peter; Völzke, Henry; Voortman, Trudy; Waeber, Gérard; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Weir, David R.; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Wilson, James F.; Hevener, Andrea L.; Krook, Anna; Zierath, Juleen R.; Thomis, Martine A. I.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Hoed, Marcel den (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Although physical activity and sedentary behavior are moderately heritable, little is known about the mechanisms that influence these traits. Combining data for up to 703,901 individuals from 51 studies in a multi-ancestry ...
    • Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth 

      Beaumont, Robin N.; Flatley, Christopher; Vaudel, Marc; Wu, Xiaoping; Chen, Jing; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Skotte, Line; Helgeland, Øyvind; Solé-Navais, Pol; Banasik, Karina; Albiñana, Clara; Ronkainen, Justiina; Fadista, João; Stinson, Sara Elizabeth; Trajanoska, Katerina; Wang, Carol A.; Westergaard, David; Srinivasan, Sundararajan; Sánchez-Soriano, Carlos; Bilbao, Jose Ramon; Allard, Catherine; Groleau, Marika; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Leirer, Daniel J.; White, Frédérique; Jacques, Pierre-Étienne; Cheng, Haoxiang; Hao, Ke; Andreassen, Ole; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Atalay, Mustafa; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bouchard, Luigi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Brunak, Søren; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Ebbing, Cathrine; Elliott, Paul; Engelbrechtsen, Line; Erikstrup, Christian; Estarlich, Marisa; Franks, Stephen; Gaillard, Romy; Geller, Frank; Grove, Jakob; Hougaard, David M.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Morgen, Camilla S.; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; Nyegaard, Mette; Palmer, Colin N. A.; Pedersen, Ole Birger; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Sebert, Sylvain; Shields, Beverley M.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Surakka, Ida; Thørner, Lise Wegner; Ullum, Henrik; Vaarasmaki, Marja; Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni J.; Willer, Cristen J.; Lakka, Timo A.; Gybel-Brask, Dorte; Bustamante, Mariona; Hansen, Torben; Pearson, Ewan R.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Ostrowski, Sisse R.; Pennell, Craig E.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Felix, Janine F.; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Melbye, Mads; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Hveem, Kristian; Werge, Thomas; Nielsen, Henriette Svarre; Magnus, Per Minor; Evans, David M.; Jacobsson, Bo; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Zhang, Ge; Hivert, Marie-France; Johansson, Stefan; Freathy, Rachel M.; Feenstra, Bjarke; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A well-functioning placenta is essential for fetal and maternal health throughout pregnancy. Using placental weight as a proxy for placental growth, we report genome-wide association analyses in the fetal (n = 65,405), ...
    • Gestational age at birth and cognitive outcomes in adolescence: population based full sibling cohort study 

      Husby, Anders; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective To investigate the association between gestational age at birth and cognitive outcomes in adolescence. Design Nationwide population based full sibling cohort study. Setting Denmark. Participants 1.2 ...
    • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Complications: Cohort Study in Nationwide Registers From Two Countries 

      Ueda, Peter; Pasternak, Björn; Eliasson, Björn; Svensson, Ann-Marie; Franzén, Stefan; Gudbjörnsdóttir, Soffia; Hveem, Kristian; Jonasson, Christian; Melbye, Mads; Svanström, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Post hoc analyses of the Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular and Other Long-term Outcomes With Semaglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (SUSTAIN-6) showed an increased risk of diabetic retinopathy complications associated ...
    • 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 ...
    • The impact of specialised treatment of low back pain on health care costs and productivity in a nationwide cohort 

      Solumsmoen, Stian; Poulsen, Gry; Kjellberg, Jakob; Melbye, Mads; Munch, Tina Nørgaard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Low back pain (LBP) is the most common diagnosis responsible for sick leave, long-term disability payments, and early retirements. Studies have suggested that the relatively small proportion of patients ...
    • An LDLR missense variant poses high risk of familial hypercholesterolemia in 30% of Greenlanders and offers potential of early cardiovascular disease intervention 

      Jørsboe, Emil; Andersen, Mette K.; Skotte, Line; Stæger, Frederik F.; Færgeman, Nils J.; Hanghøj, Kristian; Santander, Cindy G.; Senftleber, Ninna K.; Diaz, Lars J.; Overvad, Maria; Waples, Ryan K.; Geller, Frank; Bjerregaard, Peter; Melbye, Mads; Larsen, Christina V.L.; Feenstra, Bjarke; Koch, Anders; Jørgensen, Marit E.; Grarup, Niels; Moltke, Ida; Albrechtsen, Anders; Hansen, Torben (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The common Arctic-specific LDLR p.G137S variant was recently shown to be associated with elevated lipid levels. Motivated by this, we aimed to investigate the effect of p.G137S on metabolic health and cardiovascular disease ...
    • Postoperative de novo epilepsy after craniotomy: a nationwide register-based cohort study 

      Giraldi, Laura; Vinsløv Hansen, Jørgen; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Fugleholm, Kåre; Melbye, Mads; Munch, Tina Nørgaard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Abstract Background and objectives The risks of postoperative risk of epilepsy after a craniotomy is widely believed to be raised. A study is warranted to quantify the risks for any neurosurgical indication. In this ...
    • Pregnancy duration and ovarian cancer risk: A 50-year nationwide cohort study 

      Husby, Anders; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A woman's reproductive history is strongly associated with her risk of ovarian cancer. However, it is unclear how pregnancies of different duration impact a woman's ovarian cancer risk, and therefore, what part of a pregnancy ...
    • A quantitative comparison of two measures of postpartum depression 

      Holm, Ditte-Marie Leegaard; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Rasmussen, Marie-Louise Hee; Corn, Giulia; Melbye, Mads (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Studies investigating the prevalence and risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) have used different definitions. Some studies have used a high score on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to ...
    • Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring of Affected Mothers and Fathers 

      Øyen, Nina; Boyd, Heather A.; Carstensen, Lisbeth; Søndergaard, Lars; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Shared environment and colorectal cancer: A Nordic pedigree registry-based cohort study 

      Elmahdi, Rahma; Wennerström, Elna C. M.; Andersson, Mikael; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads; Pukkala, Eero; Hortlund, Maria; Silander, Kaisa; Sutinen, Kyösti; Jess, Tine; Dillner, Joakim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) increases in relatives of patients with CRC. The extent to which this is attributable to genetic predisposition or shared environment is unclear. We explored this question using nationwide ...
    • Use of liraglutide and risk of major cardiovascular events: a register-based cohort study in Denmark and Sweden 

      Svanström, Henrik; Ueda, Peter; Melbye, Mads; Eliasson, Björn; Svensson, Ann Mari; Franzen, Stefan; Gudbjörnsdóttir, Soffia; Hveem, Kristian; Jonasson, Christian; Pasternak, Björn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of major cardiovascular events and heart failure: Scandinavian register based cohort study 

      Pasternak, Björn; Ueda, Peter; Eliasson, Björn; Svensson, Ann-Marie; Franzén, Stefan; Gudbjörnsdotttir, Soffia; Hveem, Kristian; Wintzell, Viktor; Melbye, Mads; Svanström, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objective To investigate the cardiovascular effectiveness of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in routine clinical practice. Design Cohort study using data from nationwide registers and an active-comparator ...