• Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations 

      Boer, Cindy G.; Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos; Southam, Lorraine; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Almeida, Rodrigo Coutinho de; Zhang, Yanfei; Wu, Tian T.; Zheng, Jie; Hartley, April; Teder-Laving, Maris; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Terao, Chikashi; Zengini, Eleni; Alexiadis, George; Barysenka, Andrei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gilly, Arthur; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Jonsson, Helgi; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Luetge, Almut; Lund, Sigrun H; Magi, Reedik; Mangino, Massimo; Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.; Shivakumar, Manu; Steinberg, Julia; Takuwa, Hiroshi; Thomas, Laurent; Tuerlings, Margo; Babis, George C.; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Kang, Jae Hee; Kraft, Peter; Lietman, Steven A.; Samartzis, Dino; Slagboom, P. Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tobias, Jonathan H.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Smith, George Davey; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Hveem, Kristian; Zeggini, Eleftheria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and identify 100 independently associated ...
    • Genetic insight into sick sinus syndrome 

      Thorolfsdottir, Rosa B.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Aegisdottir, Hildur M.; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Ivarsdottir, Erna V.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Weeke, Peter E.; Brunak, Søren; Westergaard, David; Pedersen, Ole B.; Sorensen, Erik; Nielsen, Kaspar R.; Burgdorf, Kristoffer S.; Banasik, Karina; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Zhou, Wei; Oddsson, Asmundur; Tragante, Vinicius; Hjorleifsson, Kristjan E.; Davidsson, Olafur B.; Rajamani, Sridharan; Jonsson, Stefan; Torfason, Bjarni; Valgardsson, Atli S.; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Frigge, Michael L.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Norddahl, Gudmundur L.; Helgadottir, Anna; Gretarsdotti, Solveig; Sulem, Patrick; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Bundgaard, Henning; Ullum, Henrik; Arnar, David O.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • 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 ...
    • Using multivariable Mendelian randomization to estimate the causal effect of bone mineral density on osteoarthritis risk, independently of body mass index 

      Hartley, April; Sanderson, Eleanor; Granell, Raquel; Paternoster, Lavinia; Zheng, Jie; Smith, George Davey; Southam, Lorraine; Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos; Boer, Cindy G.; Van Meurs, Joyce; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Gregson, Celia L.; Tobias, Jon H.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Zhang, Yanfei; De Almeida, Rodrigo Coutinho; Wu, Tian T.; Teder-Laving, Maris; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Terao, Chikashi; Zengini, Eleni; Alexiadis, George; Barysenka, Andrei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gilly, Arthur; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Jonsson, Helgi Freyr; Kloppenburg, Margreet G.; Luetge, Almut; Mägi, Reedik; Mangino, Massimo; Nelissen, Rob R.G.H.H.; Shivakumar, Manu; Steinberg, Julia; Takuwa, Hiroshi; Thomas, Laurent; Tuerlings, Margo; Babis, George; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Samartzis, Dino; Lietman, Steve A.; Slagboom, P. Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Uitterlinden, André G.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gaunt, Tom R.; Morris, Andrew P.; Valdes, Ana M.; Tsezou, Aspasia; Cheah, Kathryn S.E.; Ikegawa, Shiro; Hveem, Kristian; Esko, Tõnu; Wilkinson, J. Mark; Meulenbelt, Ingrid; Michael Lee, Ming Ta; Styrkársdóttir, Unnur (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives Observational analyses suggest that high bone mineral density (BMD) is a risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA); it is unclear whether this represents a causal effect or shared aetiology and whether these ...