• Body mass index and all cause mortality in HUNT and UK Biobank studies: linear and non-linear mendelian randomisation analyses 

      Sun, Yi-Qian; Burgess, Stephen; Staley, James R.; Wood, Angela M.; Bell, Steven; Kaptoge, Stephen; Guo, Qi; Bolton, Thomas R.; Mason, Amy M; Butterworth, Adam S.; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Kinge, Jonas Minet; Chen, Yue; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objective To investigate the shape of the causal relation between body mass index (BMI) and mortality. Design Linear and non-linear mendelian randomisation analyses. Setting Nord-Trøndelag Health (HUNT) Study (Norway) ...
    • Circulating high sensitivity C reactive protein concentrations and risk of lung cancer: Nested case-control study within Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Muller, David C.; Larose, Tricia L; Hodge, Allison; Guida, Florence; Langhammer, Arnulf; Grankvist, Kjell; Meyer, Klaus; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Albanes, Demetrius; Giles, Graham G.; Sesso, Howard D.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, J. Michael; Yuan, Jian-Min; Hoffman Bolton, Judith; Buring, Julie E.; Visvanathan, Kala; Le Marchand, Loic; Purdue, Mark P.; Caporaso, Neil E.; Midttun, Øivind; Ueland, Per Magne; Prentice, Ross L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Stevens, Victoria L.; Zheng, Wei; Blot, William J.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zhang, Xuehong; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Koh, Woon-Puay; Hveem, Kristian; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Pettinger, Mary; Engström, Gunnar; Brunnström, Hans; Milne, Roger L.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Han, Jiali; Johansson, Mikael; Brennan, Paul; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objectives: Inflammation may play an important role in lung cancer pathogenesis. Previous studies have suggested an association between C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of inflammation, and risk of lung cancer, but ...
    • Surge in publications on early detection 

      Hofmann, Bjørn; Skolbekken, John-Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Articles in the medical literature on early detection tend to focus on benefits rather than harms, but does evidence on outcomes warrant this difference ask Bjørn Hofmann and John-Arne Skolbekken.