• Assessing the role of genome-wide DNA methylation between smoking and risk of lung cancer using repeated measurements: the HUNT Study 

      Sun, Yi-Qian; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Suderman, Matthew; Min, Josine L; Battram, Thomas; Flatberg, Arnar; Beisvag, Vidar; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Guida, Florence; Jiang, Lin; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Langhammer, Arnulf; Skorpen, Frank; Walker, Rosie M; Bretherick, Andrew D; Zeng, Yanni; Chen, Yue; Johansson, Mattias; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Relton, Caroline L; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: It is unclear if smoking-related DNA methylation represents a causal pathway between smoking and risk of lung cancer. We sought to identify novel smoking-related DNA methylation sites in blood, with repeated ...
    • Biological and Clinical Insights From Genetics of Insomnia Symptoms 

      Lane, Jacqueline M.; Jones, Samuel E.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Hveem, Kristian; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Zwart, John-Anker; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Winswold, Bendik; Willer, Cristen J; Janszky, Imre; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Wood, Andrew R.; Strand, Linn B.; Bowden, Jack; Song, Yanwei; Patel, Krunal; Anderson, Simon G.; Beaumont, Robin N.; Bechtold, David A.; Cade, Brian E.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Little, Max A.; Loudon, Andrew S.; Purcell, Shaun; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Schormair, Barbara; Tyrrell, Jessica; Winkelmann, Juliane; Zhao, Cheng; Redline, Susan; Spiegelhalder, Kai; Kyle, Simon D.; Frayling, Timothy M.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Rutter, Martin K.; Weedon, Michael N.; Saxena, Richa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Insomnia is a common disorder linked with adverse long-term medical and psychiatric outcomes. The underlying pathophysiological processes and causal relationships of insomnia with disease are poorly understood. Here we ...
    • 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 analysis of self-reported daytime sleepiness identifies 42 loci that suggest biological subtypes 

      Wang, Heming; Lane, Jacqueline M.; Jones, Samuel E.; Dashti, Hassan S.; Ollila, Hanna M.; Wood, Andrew R.; van Hees, Vincent T.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Kantojärvi, Katri; Palviainen, Teemu; Cade, Brian E.; Sofer, Tamar; Song, Yanwei; Patel, Krunal; Anderson, Simon G.; Bechtold, David A.; Bowden, Jack; Emsley, Richard; Kyle, Simon D.; Little, Max A.; Loudon, Andrew S.; Scheer, Frank A.J.L.; Purcell, Shaun M.; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Spiegelhalder, Kai; Tyrrell, Jessica; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Hublin, Christer; Kaprio, Jaakko A.; Kristiansson, Kati; Sulkava, Sonja; Paunio, Tiina; Hveem, Kristian; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Willer, Cristen J.; Zwart, John-Anker; Strand, Linn B; Frayling, Timothy M.; Ray, David; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Rutter, Martin K.; Weedon, Michael N.; Redline, Susan; Saxena, Richa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) affects 10–20% of the population and is associated with substantial functional deficits. Here, we identify 42 loci for self-reported daytime sleepiness in GWAS of 452,071 individuals from ...
    • Investigating causal relations between sleep traits and risk of breast cancer in women: Mendelian randomisation study 

      Richmond, Rebecca C.; Anderson, Emma L.; Dashti, Hassan S.; Jones, Samuel E.; Lane, Jacqueline M.; Strand, Linn B; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rutter, Martin K.; Wood, Andrew R.; Straif, Kurt; Relton, Caroline L.; Munafò, Marcus; Frayling, Timothy M.; Martin, Richard M.; Saxena, Richa; Weedon, Michael N.; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Smith, George Davey (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objective To examine whether sleep traits have a causal effect on risk of breast cancer. Design Mendelian randomisation study. Setting UK Biobank prospective cohort study and Breast Cancer Association Consortium ...
    • 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, ...
    • Is disrupted sleep a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease? Evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis 

      Anderson, Emma L.; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Jones, Samuel E.; Hemani, Gibran; Wade, Kaitlin H; Dashti, Hassan S.; Lane, Jaqueline; Wang, Heming; Saxena, Richa; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Korologou-Linden, Roxanna; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Abecasis, Goncalo; Coulthard, Elizabeth; Kyle, Simon D.; Beaumont, Robin N.; Tyrell, Jessica; Frayling, Timothy M; Munafo, Marcus R; Wood, Andrew R; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Howe, Laura D; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Weedon, Michael N; Smith, George Davey (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background It is established that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients experience sleep disruption. However, it remains unknown whether disruption in the quantity, quality or timing of sleep is a risk factor for the onset ...
    • Mixed evidence for the relationship between periodontitis and Alzheimer’s disease: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study 

      Sun, Yi-Qian; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Chen, Yue; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Recent experimental studies indicated that a periodontitis-causing bacterium might be a causal factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We applied a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to examine the potential ...
    • Self-reported insomnia symptoms, sleep duration, chronotype and the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI): a prospective study in the UK Biobank and the HUNT Study 

      Arora, Nikhil; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Dalen, Håvard; Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup; Strand, Linn B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Insomnia and short/long sleep duration increase the risk of AMI, but their interaction with each other or with chronotype is not well known. We investigated the prospective joint associations of any two of these sleep ...