1 Thor Aspelund - Biographical sketch EDUCATION/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY University of Iceland BS 1994 Mathematics University of Iowa, IA, Iowa City USA MS 1998 Statistics University of Iowa, IA, Iowa City USA PhD 2002 Statistics Positions and Honors Current Positions 2002-present Statistician at the Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland. In charge of all statistical related matters concerning the AGES-Reykjavik study and other studies of the Icelandic Heart Association. The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES Reykjavik) Study was initiated to examine genetic susceptibility and gene/environment interaction as these contribute to phenotypes common in old age, a collaborative study between the National Institute on Aging, NIH (USA) and the Icelandic Heart Association. 2015-present Professor. School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Research: Applied biostatistics and epidemiology. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences. 2011-2015 Associate Professor. School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Research: Applied biostatistics and epidemiology. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences. Previous Positions 1993 Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik Iceland. Internship in the analytical unit. 1994–1996 Instructor in mathematics. Commercial College of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. 1996-1998 Teacher and Research Assistant, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA. 1999–2000 Research Assistant in the Statistical Consulting Center of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA. Statistical consultant to faculty and graduate students at the university. 2001 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico USA. Internship in the Statistical Sciences unit (3 months). 2006 Adjunct Professor. Faculty of Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. 2007-2010 Associate Professor. Faculty of Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences.
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Thor Aspelund - Biographical sketch
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
University of Iceland BS 1994 Mathematics University of Iowa, IA, Iowa City USA MS 1998 Statistics University of Iowa, IA, Iowa City USA PhD 2002 Statistics
Positions and Honors Current Positions 2002-present Statistician at the Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland. In charge of all statistical
related matters concerning the AGES-Reykjavik study and other studies of the Icelandic Heart Association. The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES Reykjavik) Study was initiated to examine genetic susceptibility and gene/environment interaction as these contribute to phenotypes common in old age, a collaborative study between the National Institute on Aging, NIH (USA) and the Icelandic Heart Association.
2015-present Professor. School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Research: Applied biostatistics and epidemiology. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences.
2011-2015 Associate Professor. School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Research: Applied biostatistics and epidemiology. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences.
Previous Positions 1993 Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik Iceland. Internship in the analytical unit.
1994–1996 Instructor in mathematics. Commercial College of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland.
1996-1998 Teacher and Research Assistant, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA.
1999–2000 Research Assistant in the Statistical Consulting Center of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA. Statistical consultant to faculty and graduate students at the university.
2001 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico USA. Internship in the Statistical Sciences unit (3 months).
2006 Adjunct Professor. Faculty of Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland.
2007-2010 Associate Professor. Faculty of Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland. Teaching: Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the life- and health sciences.
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Other President of the Icelandic Epidemiology and Biostatistics Society (www.fltf.is)
Honors and Awards 1998 Henry L. Rietz Award for the outstanding newly qualified Ph.D. student. Department of Statistics
and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
2000 Recipient of Hugh Vollrath Ross Scholarship for summer 2000 at The University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa. This scholarship recognizes outstanding graduate students who are preparing for comprehensive examinations and dissertation research.
PhD Thesis Non-linear Association-Marginal Models for Multivariate Categorical Data with Application to Ordinal Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis. 2002 The Department of Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA. Thesis supervisor: Associate Professor Joseph B. Lang.
Focus areas Application of statistical methods in medical research: Survival analysis, categorical analysis, generalized linear models, repeated measures, clinical prediction models, risk modeling, ROC analysis.
Software use and experience SAS/STAT (since 1996), SAS Enterprise Guide, R and S-PLUS (since 1993), STATA (since 2005), SQL Google Scholar http://scholar.google.is/citations?user=8k8OgJIAAAAJ
Fish and fish-liver oil consumption in adolescence and midlife and risk of CHD in older women.
Haraldsdottir A, Torfadottir JE, Valdimarsdottir UA, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Gudnason V,
Steingrimsdottir L.
Public Health Nutr. 2016 Feb;19(2):318-25. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015001020. Epub 2015 Apr 17.
PMID:25882499
Cerebrovascular Damage Mediates Relations Between Aortic Stiffness and Memory.
Cooper LL, Woodard T, Sigurdsson S, van Buchem MA, Torjesen AA, Inker LA, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G,
Harris TB, Gudnason V, Launer LJ, Mitchell GF.
Hypertension. 2016 Jan;67(1):176-82. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06398. Epub 2015 Nov 16.
PMID: 26573713
Genome-wide Association Studies Identify Genetic Loci Associated with Albuminuria in Diabetes. Teumer A, Tin A, Sorice R, Gorski M, Yeo NC, Chu AY, Li M, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Ko YA, Taliun D, Luciani A, Chen
MH, Yang Q, Foster MC, Olden M, Hiraki LT, Tayo BO, Fuchsberger C, Dieffenbach AK, Shuldiner AR, Smith AV,
Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity. Loth DW, Artigas MS, Gharib SA, Wain LV, Franceschini N, Koch B, Pottinger TD, Smith AV, Duan Q, Oldmeadow C, Lee MK, Strachan DP,
James AL, Huffman JE, Vitart V, Ramasamy A, Wareham NJ, Kaprio J, Wang XQ, Trochet H, Kähönen M, Flexeder C, Albrecht E, Lopez LM, de
Jong K, Thyagarajan B, Alves AC, Enroth S, Omenaas E, Joshi PK, Fall T, Viñuela A, Launer LJ, Loehr LR, Fornage M, Li G, Wilk JB, Tang W,
Manichaikul A, Lahousse L, Harris TB, North KE, Rudnicka AR, Hui J, Gu X, Lumley T, Wright AF, Hastie ND, Campbell S, Kumar R, Pin I, Scott
RA, Pietiläinen KH, Surakka I, Liu Y, Holliday EG, Schulz H, Heinrich J, Davies G, Vonk JM, Wojczynski M, Pouta A, Johansson A, Wild SH,
Ingelsson E, Rivadeneira F, Völzke H, Hysi PG, Eiriksdottir G, Morrison AC, Rotter JI, Gao W, Postma DS, White WB, Rich SS, Hofman
A, Aspelund T, Couper D, Smith LJ, Psaty BM, Lohman K, Burchard EG, Uitterlinden AG, Garcia M, Joubert BR, McArdle WL, Musk AB, Hansel
N, Heckbert SR, Zgaga L, van Meurs JB, Navarro P, Rudan I, Oh YM, Redline S, Jarvis DL, Zhao JH, Rantanen T, O'Connor GT, Ripatti S, Scott
Aspelund T, Criqui MH, Heckbert SR, Hwang SJ, Liu Y, Sjogren M, van der Pals J, Kälsch H, Mühleisen TW,
Nöthen MM, Cupples LA, Caslake M, Di Angelantonio E, Danesh J, Rotter JI, Sigurdsson S, Wong Q, Erbel R,
Kathiresan S, Melander O, Gudnason V, O'Donnell CJ, Post WS; CHARGE Extracoronary Calcium Working
Group.
N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 7;368(6):503-12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109034
Socioeconomic factors from midlife predict mobility limitation and depressed mood three decades later;
Findings from the AGES-Reykjavik Study. Groffen DA, Koster A, Bosma H, van den Akker M, Aspelund T, Siggeirsdóttir K, Kempen GI, van Eijk JT, Eiriksdottir G, Jónsson PV, Launer LJ, Gudnason V, Harris TB; e, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study Investigators.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Feb 4;13:101. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-101 Insights into the genetic architecture of early stage age-related macular degeneration: a genome-wide association study meta-analysis. Holliday EG, Smith AV, Cornes BK, Buitendijk GH, Jensen RA, Sim X, Aspelund T, Aung T, Baird PN,
Boerwinkle E, Cheng CY, van Duijn CM, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Harris T, Hewitt AW, Inouye M, Jonasson F, Klein BE, Launer L, Li X, Liew G, Lumley T, McElduff P, McKnight B, Mitchell P, Psaty BM, Rochtchina E, Rotter JI, Scott RJ, Tay W, Taylor K, Teo YY, Uitterlinden AG, Viswanathan A, Xie S; Wellcome Trust Case
Control Consortium 2, Vingerling JR, Klaver CC, Tai ES, Siscovick D, Klein R, Cotch MF, Wong TY, Attia J, Wang JJ.
PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053830. Epub 2013 Jan 11 Midlife physical activity preserves lower extremity function in older adults: age gene/environment susceptibility-Reykjavik study. Chang M, Saczynski JS, Snaedal J, Bjornsson S, Einarsson B, Garcia M, Aspelund T, Siggeirsdottir K, Gudnason V, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Jonsson PV.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Feb;61(2):237-42. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12077. Epub 2013 Jan 15. Similar decline in mortality rate of older persons with and without type 2 diabetes between 1993 and 2004 the Icelandic population-based Reykjavik and AGES-Reykjavik cohort studies. Olafsdottir E, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Benediktsson R, Thorsson B, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Eiriksdottir G,
Gudnason V.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Jan 15;13:36. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-36. Pulmonary function impairment may be an early risk factor for late-life cognitive impairment. Vidal JS, Aspelund T, Jonsdottir MK, Jonsson PV, Harris TB, Lopez OL, Gudnason V, Launer LJ.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan;61(1):79-83. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12069 [Early life residency associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes - the population-based Reykjavík study]. Olafsdottir E, Aspelund T, Torfadottir JE, Steingrimsdottir L, Sigurdsson G, Thorsson B, Benediktsson R, Eiriksdottir G, Valdimarsdottir UA, Gudnason V.
Laeknabladid. 2012 Dec;98(12):639-44. Icelandic Changes in total cholesterol levels in Western societies are not related to statin, but rather dietary factors: the example of the Icelandic population. Thorsson B, Steingrimsdottir L, Halldorsdottir S, Andersen K, Sigurdsson G, Aspelund T, Gudnason V. Eur Heart J. 2012 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available
CRP is associated with lung function decline in men but not women: a prospective study. Ólafsdóttir IS, Gíslason T, Gudnason V, Benediktsdóttir B, Ólafsson Í, Aspelund T, Thjódleifsson B, Janson C. Respir Med. 2013 Jan;107(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.09.020. Epub 2012 Oct 18
Eur J Epidemiol. 2012 Sep;27(9):673-87. doi: 10.1007/s10654-012-9730-6. Epub 2012 Sep 19. Effects of a 6-month multimodal training intervention on retention of functional fitness in older adults: A randomized-controlled cross-over design. Gudlaugsson J, Gudnason V, Aspelund T, Siggeirsdottir K, Olafsdottir AS, Jonsson PV, Arngrimsson SA, Harris TB, Johannsson E. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2012 Sep 10;9(1):107
Integration of genome-wide association studies with biological knowledge identifies six novel genes related to
kidney function. Chasman DI, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Teumer A, Böger CA, Endlich K, Olden M, Chen MH, Tin A, Taliun D, Li M, Gao X, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C,
Foster MC, O'Seaghdha CM, Glazer N, Isaacs A, Liu CT, Smith AV, O'Connell JR, Struchalin M, Tanaka T, Li G, Johnson AD, Gierman HJ, Feitosa MF, Hwang SJ, Atkinson EJ, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Johansson A, Tönjes A, Dehghan A, Lambert JC, Holliday EG, Sorice R, Kutalik Z, Lehtimäki T, Esko T, Deshmukh H, Ulivi
LJ, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Schmidt H, Cavalieri M, Rao M, Hu F, Demirkan A, Oostra BA, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Giulianini F, Koenig W, Illig T, Meisinger C, Gieger C, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Boban M, Minelli C, Wheeler HE, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH,
Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Nöthlings U, Jacobs G, Biffar R, Ernst F, Homuth G, Kroemer HK, Nauck M, Stracke S, Völker U, Völzke H, Kovacs P,
Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Aulchenko YS, Polasek O, Hastie N, Vitart V, Helmer C, Wang JJ, Stengel B, Ruggiero D, Bergmann S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Nikopensius T, Province M, Ketkar S, Colhoun H, Doney A, Robino A, Krämer BK, Portas L, Ford I, Buckley BM, Adam M,
Thun GA, Paulweber B, Haun M, Sala C, Mitchell P, Ciullo M, Kim SK, Vollenweider P, Raitakari O, Metspalu A, Palmer C, Gasparini P, Pirastu M, Jukema JW, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Toniolo D, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Siscovick DS, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Kardia SL, Liu
Y, Curhan GC, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Franke A, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Prokopenko I, Witteman J, Hayward C, Ridker PM, Parsa A, Bochud M, Heid
Prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction determined by cardiac magnetic resonance in older adults. Schelbert EB, Cao JJ, Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, Kellman P, Aletras AH, Dyke CK, Thorgeirsson G, Eiriksdottir G, Launer LJ, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Arai AE. JAMA. 2012 Sep 5;308(9):890-6 [A study of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among schizophrenic patients using the rehabilitation mental health services at Kleppur]. Sveinsson O, Thorleifsson K, Aspelund T, Kolbeinsson H. Laeknabladid. 2012 Jul;98(7-8):399-402. Icelandic.
Persistence of the effect of birth size on dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes in old age: AGES-Reykjavik Study. von Bonsdorff MB, Muller M, Aspelund T, Garcia M, Eiriksdottir G, Rantanen T, Gunnarsdottir I, Birgisdottir BE, Thorsdottir I, Sigurdsson G, Gudnason V, Launer L, Harris TB; for the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study Investigators. Age (Dordr). 2012 May 16.
A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting
glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Manning AK, Hivert MF, Scott RA, Grimsby JL, Bouatia-Naji N, Chen H, Rybin D, Liu CT, Bielak LF, Prokopenko I, Amin N, Barnes D, Cadby G, Hottenga JJ,
Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Johnson T, Kanoni S, Ladenvall C, Lagou V, Lahti J, Lecoeur C, Liu Y, Martinez-Larrad MT, Montasser ME, Navarro P, Perry JR,
Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Salo P, Sattar N, Shungin D, Strawbridge RJ, Tanaka T, van Duijn CM, An P, de Andrade M, Andrews JS, Aspelund T, Atalay M, Aulchenko Y, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bellis C, Bergman RN, Blangero J, Boban M, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Borecki
IB, Böttcher Y, Bouchard C, Brunner E, Budimir D, Campbell H, Carlson O, Chines PS, Clarke R, Collins FS, Corbatón-Anchuelo A, Couper D, de Faire U, Dedoussis
GV, Deloukas P, Dimitriou M, Egan JM, Eiriksdottir G, Erdos MR, Eriksson JG, Eury E, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Forouhi NG, Fox CS, Franzosi MG, Franks PW, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Galan P, de Geus E, Gigante B, Glazer NL, Goel A, Groop L, Gudnason V, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansson O, Harris TB, Hayward C, Heath S,
Hercberg S, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hui J, Hung J, Jarvelin MR, Jhun MA, Johnson PC, Jukema JW, Jula A, Kao WH, Kaprio J, Kardia SL, Keinanen-
Kiukaanniemi S, Kivimaki M, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Kyvik KO, Laakso M, Lakka T, Lannfelt L, Lathrop GM, Launer LJ, Leander K, Li G, Lind L, Lindstrom J, Lobbens S, Loos RJ, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Mägi R, Magnusson PK, Marmot M, Meneton P, Mohlke KL, Mooser V, Morken MA, Miljkovic I, Narisu
N, O'Connell J, Ong KK, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Palotie A, Pankow JS, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Pehlic M, Peltonen L, Penninx B, Pericic M, Perola M, Perusse L, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Räikkönen K, Rauramaa R, Rehnberg E, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Ruokonen A, Saaristo T, Sabater-Lleal M,
Salomaa V, Savage DB, Saxena R, Schwarz P, Seedorf U, Sennblad B, Serrano-Rios M, Shuldiner AR, Sijbrands EJ, Siscovick DS, Smit JH, Small KS, Smith NL,
Smith AV, Stančáková A, Stirrups K, Stumvoll M, Sun YV, Swift AJ, Tönjes A, Tuomilehto J, Trompet S, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Vikström M, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Voight BF, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Waterworth DM, Watkins H, Wheeler E, Widen E, Wild SH, Willems SM, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Wright
AF, Yaghootkar H, Zelenika D, Zemunik T, Zgaga L; DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium; Multiple Tissue Human Expression
Resource (MUTHER) Consortium, Wareham NJ, McCarthy MI, Barroso I, Watanabe RM, Florez JC, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Langenberg C.
Nat Genet. 2012 May 13;44(6):659-69. doi: 10.1038/ng.2274.
Rye bread consumption in early life and reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Torfadottir JE, Valdimarsdottir UA, Mucci L, Stampfer M, Kasperzyk JL, Fall K, Tryggvadottir L, Aspelund
T, Olafsson O, Harris TB, Jonsson E, Tulinius H, Adami HO, Gudnason V, Steingrimsdottir L.
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of
fracture. Estrada K, Styrkarsdottir U, Evangelou E, Hsu YH, Duncan EL, Ntzani EE, Oei L, Albagha OM, Amin N, Kemp JP, Koller DL, Li G, Liu CT, Minster RL, Moayyeri A, Vandenput L, Willner D, Xiao SM, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zheng HF, Alonso N, Eriksson J, Kammerer CM, Kaptoge SK, Leo PJ, Thorleifsson G, Wilson SG,
Wilson JF, Aalto V, Alen M, Aragaki AK, Aspelund T, Center JR, Dailiana Z, Duggan DJ, Garcia M, Garcia-Giralt N, Giroux S, Hallmans G, Hocking LJ, Husted LB,
Jameson KA, Khusainova R, Kim GS, Kooperberg C, Koromila T, Kruk M, Laaksonen M, Lacroix AZ, Lee SH, Leung PC, Lewis JR, Masi L, Mencej-Bedrac S, Nguyen TV, Nogues X, Patel MS, Prezelj J, Rose LM, Scollen S, Siggeirsdottir K, Smith AV, Svensson O, Trompet S, Trummer O, van Schoor NM, Woo J, Zhu K,
Balcells S, Brandi ML, Buckley BM, Cheng S, Christiansen C, Cooper C, Dedoussis G, Ford I, Frost M, Goltzman D, González-Macías J, Kähönen M, Karlsson M,
Khusnutdinova E, Koh JM, Kollia P, Langdahl BL, Leslie WD, Lips P, Ljunggren Ö, Lorenc RS, Marc J, Mellström D, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Olmos JM, Pettersson-Kymmer U, Reid DM, Riancho JA, Ridker PM, Rousseau F, Slagboom PE, Tang NL, Urreizti R, Van Hul W, Viikari J, Zarrabeitia MT, Aulchenko YS, Castano-
Betancourt M, Grundberg E, Herrera L, Ingvarsson T, Johannsdottir H, Kwan T, Li R, Luben R, Medina-Gómez C, Palsson ST, Reppe S, Rotter JI, Sigurdsson G, van
Meurs JB, Verlaan D, Williams FM, Wood AR, Zhou Y, Gautvik KM, Pastinen T, Raychaudhuri S, Cauley JA, Chasman DI, Clark GR, Cummings SR, Danoy P, Dennison EM, Eastell R, Eisman JA, Gudnason V, Hofman A, Jackson RD, Jones G, Jukema JW, Khaw KT, Lehtimäki T, Liu Y, Lorentzon M, McCloskey E, Mitchell
BD, Nandakumar K, Nicholson GC, Oostra BA, Peacock M, Pols HA, Prince RL, Raitakari O, Reid IR, Robbins J, Sambrook PN, Sham PC, Shuldiner AR, Tylavsky
FA, van Duijn CM, Wareham NJ, Cupples LA, Econs MJ, Evans DM, Harris TB, Kung AW, Psaty BM, Reeve J, Spector TD, Streeten EA, Zillikens MC, Thorsteinsdottir U, Ohlsson C, Karasik D, Richards JB, Brown MA, Stefansson K, Uitterlinden AG, Ralston SH, Ioannidis JP, Kiel DP, Rivadeneira F.
Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function. Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Teumer A, Garnaas M, Böger CA, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Chen MH, Tin A, Taliun D, Li M, Gao X, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C,
Foster MC, O'Seaghdha CM, Glazer N, Isaacs A, Liu CT, Smith AV, O'Connell JR, Struchalin M, Tanaka T, Li G, Johnson AD, Gierman HJ, Feitosa M, Hwang SJ, Atkinson EJ, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Johansson Å, Tönjes A, Dehghan A, Chouraki V, Holliday EG, Sorice R, Kutalik Z, Lehtimäki T, Esko T, Deshmukh H, Ulivi
S, Chu AY, Murgia F, Trompet S, Imboden M, Kollerits B, Pistis G; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; ICBP Consortium; CARe Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case
Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2), Harris TB, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Schmidt H, Cavalieri M, Rao M, Hu FB, Demirkan A, Oostra BA, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Koenig W, Illig T, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Kolcic I, Zemunik T, Boban M, Minelli C,
Wheeler HE, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Nöthlings U, Jacobs G, Biffar R, Endlich K, Ernst F, Homuth G, Kroemer HK, Nauck
M, Stracke S, Völker U, Völzke H, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Aulchenko YS, Polasek O, Hastie N, Vitart V, Helmer C, Wang JJ, Ruggiero D, Bergmann S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Nikopensius T, Province M, Ketkar S, Colhoun H, Doney A, Robino A, Giulianini F, Krämer BK, Portas
L, Ford I, Buckley BM, Adam M, Thun GA, Paulweber B, Haun M, Sala C, Metzger M, Mitchell P, Ciullo M, Kim SK, Vollenweider P, Raitakari O, Metspalu A,
Palmer C, Gasparini P, Pirastu M, Jukema JW, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Toniolo D, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Siscovick DS, van Duijn CM, Borecki I, Kardia SL, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Franke A, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Prokopenko I, Witteman JC,
Hayward C, Ridker P, Parsa A, Bochud M, Heid IM, Goessling W, Chasman DI, Kao WH, Fox CS.
PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002584. Epub 2012 Mar 29. Mid-thigh cortical bone structural parameters, muscle mass and strength, and association with lower limb fractures in older men and women (AGES-Reykjavik Study). Johannesdottir F, Aspelund T, Siggeirsdottir K, Jonsson BY, Mogensen B, Sigurdsson S, Harris TB, Gudnason VG, Lang TF, Sigurdsson G. Calcif Tissue Int. 2012 May;90(5):354-64. doi: 10.1007/s00223-012-9585-6. Epub 2012 Mar 27
Effect of vertebral fractures on function, quality of life and hospitalisation the AGES-Reykjavik study. Siggeirsdottir K, Aspelund T, Jonsson BY, Mogensen B, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Sigurdsson G, Gudnason V. Age Ageing. 2012 May;41(3):351-7. Epub 2012 Feb 2
The use of digital photographs for the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis: the AGES-Reykjavik study. Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Aspelund T, Sverrisdottir JE, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Eliasson GJ, Jonsson A, Ingvarsson T, Harris TB, Launer L, Gudnason V. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Feb 16;13:2
Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune
pathways. Stolk L, Perry JR, Chasman DI, He C, Mangino M, Sulem P, Barbalic M, Broer L, Byrne EM, Ernst F, Esko T, Franceschini N, Gudbjartsson DF, Hottenga JJ, Kraft P,
McArdle PF, Porcu E, Shin SY, Smith AV, van Wingerden S, Zhai G, Zhuang WV, Albrecht E, Alizadeh BZ, Aspelund T, Bandinelli S, Lauc LB, Beckmann JS, Boban M, Boerwinkle E, Broekmans FJ, Burri A, Campbell H, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cornelis MC, Corre T, Coviello AD, d'Adamo P, Davies G, de Faire U, de Geus
Gasparini P, Gieger C, Glazer N, Grobbee DE, Hall P, Haller T, Hankinson SE, Hass M, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hofman A, Ingelsson E, Janssens AC, Johnson AD, Karasik D, Kardia SL, Keyzer J, Kiel DP, Kolcic I, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Lai S, Laisk T, Laven JS, Lawlor DA, Liu J, Lopez LM, Louwers YV, Magnusson PK, Marongiu
M, Martin NG, Klaric IM, Masciullo C, McKnight B, Medland SE, Melzer D, Mooser V, Navarro P, Newman AB, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret NC, Palotie A, Paré G,
Parker AN, Pedersen NL, Peeters PH, Pistis G, Plump AS, Polasek O, Pop VJ, Psaty BM, Räikkönen K, Rehnberg E, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Sala C, Salumets A, Scuteri A, Singleton A, Smith JA, Snieder H, Soranzo N, Stacey SN, Starr JM, Stathopoulou MG, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Styrkarsdottir U, Sun YV, Tenesa A, Thorand B, Toniolo
D, Tryggvadottir L, Tsui K, Ulivi S, van Dam RM, van der Schouw YT, van Gils CH, van Nierop P, Vink JM, Visscher PM, Voorhuis M, Waeber G, Wallaschofski H,
Wichmann HE, Widen E, Wijnands-van Gent CJ, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Wolffenbuttel BH, Wright AF, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Zillikens MC, Zygmunt M, Study TL, Arnold AM, Boomsma DI, Buring JE, Crisponi L, Demerath EW, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hu FB, Hunter DJ, Launer LJ, Metspalu A,
Montgomery GW, Oostra BA, Ridker PM, Sanna S, Schlessinger D, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Streeten EA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uda M, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn
CM, Völzke H, Murray A, Murabito JM, Visser JA, Lunetta KL.
Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 22;44(3):260-8. doi: 10.1038/ng.1051.
Milk intake in early life and risk of advanced prostate cancer. Torfadottir JE, Steingrimsdottir L, Mucci L, Aspelund T, Kasperzyk JL, Olafsson O, Fall K, Tryggvadottir L, Harris TB, Launer L, Jonsson E, Tulinius H, Stampfer M, Adami HO, Gudnason V, Valdimarsdottir UA. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Jan 15;175(2):144-53. Epub 2011 Dec 2
Retinopathy in old persons with and without diabetes mellitus: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility--Reykjavik Study (AGES-R). Gunnlaugsdottir E, Halldorsdottir S, Klein R, Eiriksdottir G, Klein BE, Benediktsson R, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Cotch MF, Jonasson F. Diabetologia. 2012 Mar;55(3):671-80. Epub 2011 Dec
Brain tissue volumes in the general population of the elderly: the AGES-Reykjavik study. Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, Forsberg L, Fredriksson J, Kjartansson O, Oskarsdottir B, Jonsson PV, Eiriksdottir G, Harris TB, Zijdenbos A, van Buchem MA, Launer LJ, Gudnason V. Neuroimage. 2012 Feb 15;59(4):3862-70. Epub 2011 Nov 13
Common genetic variation in the 3'-BCL11B gene desert is associated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity
and excess cardiovascular disease risk: the AortaGen Consortium. Mitchell GF, Verwoert GC, Tarasov KV, Isaacs A, Smith AV, Yasmin, Rietzschel ER, Tanaka T, Liu Y, Parsa A, Najjar SS, O'Shaughnessy KM, Sigurdsson S, De Buyzere ML, Larson MG, Sie MP, Andrews JS, Post WS, Mattace-Raso FU, McEniery CM, Eiriksdottir G, Segers P, Vasan RS, van Rijn MJ, Howard TD, McArdle
PF, Dehghan A, Jewell ES, Newhouse SJ, Bekaert S, Hamburg NM, Newman AB, Hofman A, Scuteri A, De Bacquer D, Ikram MA, Psaty BM, Fuchsberger C, Olden
M, Wain LV, Elliott P, Smith NL, Felix JF, Erdmann J, Vita JA, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Sijbrands EJ, Sanna S, Launer LJ, De Meyer T, Johnson AD, Schut AF, Herrington DM, Rivadeneira F, Uda M, Wilkinson IB, Aspelund T, Gillebert TC, Van Bortel L, Benjamin EJ, Oostra BA, Ding J, Gibson Q, Uitterlinden AG, Abecasis GR,
Cockcroft JR, Gudnason V, De Backer GG, Ferrucci L, Harris TB, Shuldiner AR, van Duijn CM, Levy D, Lakatta EG, Witteman JC.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012 Feb 1;5(1):81-90. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.959817. Epub 2011 Nov 8.
Brain tissue volumes by APOE genotype and leisure activity-the AGES-Reykjavik Study. Hafsteinsdottir SH, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Gudnason V. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Apr;33(4):829.e1-8. Epub 2011 Aug 19
2011 Arterial stiffness, pressure and flow pulsatility and brain structure and function: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility--Reykjavik study. Mitchell GF, van Buchem MA, Sigurdsson S, Gotal JD, Jonsdottir MK, Kjartansson Ó, Garcia M, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Gudnason V, Launer LJ. Brain. 2011 Nov;134(Pt 11):3398-40 Individual risk assessment and information technology to optimise screening frequency for diabetic retinopathy. Aspelund T, Thornórisdóttir O, Olafsdottir E, Gudmundsdottir A, Einarsdóttir AB, Mehlsen J, Einarsson S, Pálsson O, Einarsson G, Bek T, Stefánsson E. Diabetologia. 2011 Oct;54(10):2525-32. Epub 2011 Jul 2 Trends in the incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Iceland and future projections. Stefansdottir H, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Arnar DO. Europace. 2011 Aug;13(8):1110-7. Epub 2011 May Childhood growth and adult hypertension in a population of high birth weight. Halldorsson TI, Gunnarsdottir I, Birgisdottir BE, Gudnason V, Aspelund T, Thorsdottir I. Hypertension. 2011 Jul;58(1):8-15. Epub 2011 May 16 The presence of total knee or hip replacements due to osteoarthritis enhances the positive association between hand osteoarthritis and atherosclerosis in women: the AGES-Reykjavik study. Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Siggeirsdottir K, Ingvarsson T, Harris
TB, Launer L, Gudnason V. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Jun;70(6):1087-90. Epub 2011 Mar Distribution of cortical bone in the femoral neck and hip fracture: a prospective case-control analysis of 143 incident hip fractures; the AGES-REYKJAVIK Study. Johannesdottir F, Poole KE, Reeve J, Siggeirsdottir K, Aspelund T, Mogensen B, Jonsson BY, Sigurdsson S,
Harris TB, Gudnason VG, Sigurdsson G. Bone. 2011 Jun 1;48(6):1268-76. Epub 2011 Apr 5 Treatment of type 1 diabetes with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in adults in Iceland. Bodvarsdottir KO, Aspelund T, Gudmundsdottir A. Laeknabladid. 2011 May;97(5):291-5. Icelandi Hand Osteoarthritis Severity is Associated with Total Knee Joint Replacements Independently of BMI. The Ages-Reykjavik Study. Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Siggeirsdottir K, Ingvarsson T, Harris TB, Launer L, Gudnason V. Open Rheumatol J. 2011 Jan 13;5:7-12 Effects of statin medication on mortality risk associated with type 2 diabetes in older persons: the population-based AGES-Reykjavik Study. Olafsdottir E, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Thorsson B, Eiriksdottir G, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Benediktsson R, Gudnason V. BMJ Open. 2011 Jan 1;1(1):e000132. Epub 2011 Jun 2
2010 Multiple genetic loci influence serum urate levels and their relationship with gout and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Yang Q, Köttgen A, Dehghan A, Smith AV, Glazer NL, Chen MH, Chasman DI, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Harris TB, Launer L, Nalls M, Hernandez D,
Arking DE, Boerwinkle E, Grove ML, Li M, Linda Kao WH, Chonchol M, Haritunians T, Li G, Lumley T, Psaty BM, Shlipak M, Hwang SJ, Larson MG,
O'Donnell CJ, Upadhyay A, van Duijn CM, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Stricker B, Uitterlinden AG, Paré G, Parker AN, Ridker PM, Siscovick DS,
Gudnason V, Witteman JC, Fox CS, Coresh J.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2010 Dec;3(6):523-30. Epub 2010 Sep 30 Chronic kidney disease and risk of major cardiovascular disease and non-vascular mortality: prospective population based
cohort study.
Di Angelantonio E, Chowdhury R, Sarwar N, Aspelund T, Danesh J, Gudnason V.
Migraine with aura and risk of cardiovascular and all cause mortality in men and women: prospective cohort study.
Gudmundsson LS, Scher AI, Aspelund T, Eliasson JH, Johannsson M, Thorgeirsson G, Launer L, Gudnason V.
BMJ. 2010 Aug 24;341:c3966. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c3966.
Four novel Loci (19q13, 6q24, 12q24, and 5q14) influence the microcirculation in vivo. Ikram MK, Xueling S, Jensen RA, Cotch MF, Hewitt AW, Ikram MA, Wang JJ, Klein R, Klein BE, Breteler MM, Cheung N, Liew G, Mitchell P, Uitterlinden AG,
Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, de Jong PT, van Duijn CM, Kao L, Cheng CY, Smith AV, Glazer NL, Lumley T, McKnight B, Psaty BM, Jonasson F, Eiriksdottir G,
Aspelund T; Global BPgen Consortium, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Taylor KD, Li X, Iyengar SK, Xi Q, Sivakumaran TA, Mackey DA, Macgregor S, Martin NG, Young TL, Bis JC, Wiggins KL, Heckbert SR, Hammond CJ, Andrew T, Fahy S, Attia J, Holliday EG, Scott RJ, Islam FM, Rotter JI, McAuley AK, Boerwinkle E, Tai ES,
Gudnason V, Siscovick DS, Vingerling JR, Wong TY.
PLoS Genet. 2010 Oct 28;6(10):e1001184.
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Lango Allen H, Estrada K, Lettre G, Berndt SI, Weedon MN, Rivadeneira F, Willer CJ, Jackson AU, Vedantam S, Raychaudhuri S, Ferreira T, Wood AR, Weyant RJ, Segrè AV, Speliotes EK, Wheeler E, Soranzo N, Park JH, Yang J, Gudbjartsson D, Heard-Costa NL, Randall JC, Qi L, Vernon Smith A, Mägi R, Pastinen T, Liang L,
Heid IM, Luan J, Thorleifsson G, Winkler TW, Goddard ME, Sin Lo K, Palmer C, Workalemahu T, Aulchenko YS, Johansson A, Carola Zillikens M, Feitosa MF,
Esko T, Johnson T, Ketkar S, Kraft P, Mangino M, Prokopenko I, Absher D, Albrecht E, Ernst F, Glazer NL, Hayward C, Hottenga JJ, Jacobs KB, Knowles JW, Kutalik Z, Monda KL, Polasek O, Preuss M, Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Steinthorsdottir V, Tyrer JP, Voight BF, Wiklund F, Xu J, Hua Zhao J, Nyholt DR, Pellikka
N, Perola M, Perry JR, Surakka I, Tammesoo ML, Altmaier EL, Amin N, Aspelund T, Bhangale T, Boucher G, Chasman DI, Chen C, Coin L, Cooper MN, Dixon AL,
Gibson Q, Grundberg E, Hao K, Juhani Junttila M, Kaplan LM, Kettunen J, König IR, Kwan T, Lawrence RW, Levinson DF, Lorentzon M, McKnight B, Morris AP, Müller M, Suh Ngwa J, Purcell S, Rafelt S, Salem RM, Salvi E, Sanna S, Shi J, Sovio U, Thompson JR, Turchin MC, Vandenput L, Verlaan DJ, Vitart V, White CC,
Ziegler A, Almgren P, Balmforth AJ, Campbell H, Citterio L, De Grandi A, Dominiczak A, Duan J, Elliott P, Elosua R, Eriksson JG, Freimer NB, Geus EJ, Glorioso N,
Haiqing S, Hartikainen AL, Havulinna AS, Hicks AA, Hui J, Igl W, Illig T, Jula A, Kajantie E, Kilpeläinen TO, Koiranen M, Kolcic I, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Laitinen J, Liu J, Lokki ML, Marusic A, Maschio A, Meitinger T, Mulas A, Paré G, Parker AN, Peden JF, Petersmann A, Pichler I, Pietiläinen KH, Pouta A, Ridderstråle M,
Rotter JI, Sambrook JG, Sanders AR, Oliver Schmidt C, Sinisalo J, Smit JH, Stringham HM, Bragi Walters G, Widen E, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Zagato L, Zgaga L,
Zitting P, Alavere H, Farrall M, McArdle WL, Nelis M, Peters MJ, Ripatti S, van Meurs JB, Aben KK, Ardlie KG, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Collins FS, Cusi D, den Heijer M, Eiriksdottir G, Gejman PV, Hall AS, Hamsten A, Huikuri HV, Iribarren C, Kähönen M, Kaprio J, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney L,
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Speliotes EK, Willer CJ, Berndt SI, Monda KL, Thorleifsson G, Jackson AU, Allen HL, Lindgren CM, Luan J, Mägi R, Randall JC, Vedantam S, Winkler TW, Qi L,
Park JH, Gustafsson S, Kilpeläinen TO, Yang J, Bouatia-Naji N, Esko T, Feitosa MF, Kutalik Z, Mangino M, Raychaudhuri S, Scherag A, Smith AV, Welch R, Zhao JH, Aben KK, Absher DM, Amin N, Dixon AL, Fisher E, Glazer NL, Goddard ME, Heard-Costa NL, Hoesel V, Hottenga JJ, Johansson A, Johnson T, Ketkar S,
Lamina C, Li S, Moffatt MF, Myers RH, Narisu N, Perry JR, Peters MJ, Preuss M, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Sandholt C, Scott LJ, Timpson NJ, Tyrer JP, van
Wingerden S, Watanabe RM, White CC, Wiklund F, Barlassina C, Chasman DI, Cooper MN, Jansson JO, Lawrence RW, Pellikka N, Prokopenko I, Shi J, Thiering E, Alavere H, Alibrandi MT, Almgren P, Arnold AM, Aspelund T, Atwood LD, Balkau B, Balmforth AJ, Bennett AJ, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bergman RN, Bergmann S,
Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hinney A, Hofman A, Homuth G, Hui J, Igl W, Iribarren C, Isomaa B, Jacobs KB, Jarick I, Jewell E, John U, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Kaakinen M, Kajantie E, Kaplan LM, Kathiresan S, Kettunen J, Kinnunen L, Knowles JW, Kolcic I, König IR, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kuusisto J, Kraft P,
Kvaløy K, Laitinen J, Lantieri O, Lanzani C, Launer LJ, Lecoeur C, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Liu J, Lokki ML, Lorentzon M, Luben RN, Ludwig B; MAGIC, Manunta P,
Marek D, Marre M, Martin NG, McArdle WL, McCarthy A, McKnight B, Meitinger T, Melander O, Meyre D, Midthjell K, Montgomery GW, Morken MA, Morris AP, Mulic R, Ngwa JS, Nelis M, Neville MJ, Nyholt DR, O'Donnell CJ, O'Rahilly S, Ong KK, Oostra B, Paré G, Parker AN, Perola M, Pichler I, Pietiläinen KH,
Platou CG, Polasek O, Pouta A, Rafelt S, Raitakari O, Rayner NW, Ridderstråle M, Rief W, Ruokonen A, Robertson NR, Rzehak P, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sandhu
Witteman JC, Xu J, Zhang Q, Zgaga L, Ziegler A, Zitting P, Beilby JP, Farooqi IS, Hebebrand J, Huikuri HV, James AL, Kähönen M, Levinson DF, Macciardi F, Nieminen MS, Ohlsson C, Palmer LJ, Ridker PM, Stumvoll M, Beckmann JS, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Caulfield MJ, Chanock SJ, Collins FS, Cupples
LA, Smith GD, Erdmann J, Froguel P, Grönberg H, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Hayes RB, Heinrich J, Hu FB, Hveem K, Illig T,
Jarvelin MR, Kaprio J, Karpe F, Khaw KT, Kiemeney LA, Krude H, Laakso M, Lawlor DA, Metspalu A, Munroe PB, Ouwehand WH, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Peters A, Pramstaller PP, Quertermous T, Reinehr T, Rissanen A, Rudan I, Samani NJ, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Spector TD, Tuomilehto J, Uda M, Uitterlinden A,
Valle TT, Wabitsch M, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Watkins H; Procardis Consortium, Wilson JF, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, Chatterjee N, McCarroll SA, Purcell S,
Schadt EE, Visscher PM, Assimes TL, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Haritunians T, Hunter DJ, Kaplan RC, Mohlke KL, O'Connell JR, Peltonen L, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, van Duijn CM, Wichmann HE, Frayling TM, Thorsteinsdottir U, Abecasis GR, Barroso I, Boehnke M, Stefansson K, North KE,
McCarthy MI, Hirschhorn JN, Ingelsson E, Loos RJ.
Nat Genet. 2010 Nov;42(11):937-48. Epub 2010 Oct 10.
New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease. Köttgen A, Pattaro C, Böger CA, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Glazer NL, Parsa A, Gao X, Yang Q, Smith AV, O'Connell JR, Li M, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Isaacs A,
Ketkar S, Hwang SJ, Johnson AD, Dehghan A, Teumer A, Paré G, Atkinson EJ, Zeller T, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Tönjes A, Hayward C, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Rampersaud E, Mitchell BD, Arking DE, Boerwinkle E, Struchalin M, Cavalieri M, Singleton A,
Giallauria F, Metter J, de Boer IH, Haritunians T, Lumley T, Siscovick D, Psaty BM, Zillikens MC, Oostra BA, Feitosa M, Province M, de Andrade M, Turner ST,
Schillert A, Ziegler A, Wild PS, Schnabel RB, Wilde S, Munzel TF, Leak TS, Illig T, Klopp N, Meisinger C, Wichmann HE, Koenig W, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Kolcic I, Minelli C, Hu FB, Johansson A, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Schreiber S, Aulchenko YS, Felix JF, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden
AG, Hofman A, Imboden M, Nitsch D, Brandstätter A, Kollerits B, Kedenko L, Mägi R, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Boban M, Campbell S, Endlich K, Völzke H, Kroemer
HK, Nauck M, Völker U, Polasek O, Vitart V, Badola S, Parker AN, Ridker PM, Kardia SL, Blankenberg S, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Franke A, Rochat T, Paulweber B, Prokopenko I, Wang W, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Shlipak MG, van Duijn CM, Borecki I, Krämer BK, Rudan I, Gyllensten U,
Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Hastie N, Chasman DI, Kao WH, Heid IM, Fox CS.
Nat Genet. 2010 May;42(5):376-84. Epub 2010 Apr 11. Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease. Seshadri S, Fitzpatrick AL, Ikram MA, DeStefano AL, Gudnason V, Boada M, Bis JC, Smith AV, Carassquillo MM, Lambert JC, Harold D, Schrijvers EM, Ramirez-Lorca R, Debette S, Longstreth WT Jr, Janssens AC, Pankratz VS, Dartigues JF, Hollingworth P, Aspelund T, Hernandez I, Beiser A, Kuller LH, Koudstaal PJ,Dickson DW, Tzourio C, Abraham R, Antunez C, Du Y, Rotter JI, Aulchenko YS,Harris TB, Petersen RC, Berr C, Owen MJ, Lopez-Arrieta J, Varadarajan BN, Becker JT, Rivadeneira F, Nalls MA, Graff-Radford NR, Campion D, Auerbach S, Rice K,Hofman A, Jonsson PV, Schmidt H, Lathrop M, Mosley TH, Au R, Psaty BM, Uitterlinden AG, Farrer LA, Lumley T, Ruiz A, Williams J, Amouyel P, Younkin SG, Wolf PA, Launer LJ, Lopez OL, van Duijn CM, Breteler MM; CHARGE Consortium; GERAD1 Consortium; EADI1 Consortium.
JAMA. 2010 May 12;303(18):1832-40. PubMed PMID: 20460622. A meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies of survival to age 90 years or older: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium. Newman AB, Walter S, Lunetta KL, Garcia ME, Slagboom PE, Christensen K, Arnold AM, Aspelund T, Aulchenko YS, Benjamin EJ, Christiansen L, D'Agostino RB Sr, Fitzpatrick AL, Franceschini N, Glazer NL, Gudnason V, Hofman A, Kaplan R, Karasik D, Kelly-Hayes M, Kiel DP, Launer LJ, Marciante KD, Massaro JM, Miljkovic I, Nalls MA, Hernandez D, Psaty BM, Rivadeneira F, Rotter J, Seshadri S, Smith AV, Taylor KD, Tiemeier H, Uh HW, Uitterlinden AG, Vaupel JW, Walston J, Westendorp RG, Harris TB, Lumley T, van Duijn CM, Murabito JM.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010 May;65(5):478-87. Epub 2010 Mar 18. PubMed PMID: 20304771; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2854887 Genome-wide association study of PR interval. Pfeufer A, van Noord C, Marciante KD, Arking DE, Larson MG, Smith AV, Tarasov KV, Müller M, Sotoodehnia N, Sinner MF, Verwoert GC, Li M, Kao WH, Köttgen A, Coresh J, Bis JC, Psaty BM, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, Kors JA, Stricker BH, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Beckmann BM, Sauter W, Gieger C, Lubitz SA, Newton-Cheh C, Wang TJ, Magnani JW, Schnabel RB, Chung MK, Barnard J, Smith JD, Van Wagoner DR, Vasan RS, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Najjar SS, Lakatta E, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Abecasis GR, Müller-Myhsok B, Ehret GB, Boerwinkle E, Chakravarti A, Soliman EZ, Lunetta KL, Perz S, Wichmann HE, Meitinger T, Levy D, Gudnason V, Ellinor PT, Sanna S, Kääb S, Witteman JC, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Heckbert SR.
Nat Genet. 2010 Feb;42(2):153-9. Epub 2010 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 20062060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2850197.
Genome-wide association studies of MRI-defined brain infarcts: meta-analysis from the CHARGE Consortium. Debette S, Bis JC, Fornage M, Schmidt H, Ikram MA, Sigurdsson S, Heiss G, Struchalin M, Smith AV, van der Lugt A, DeCarli C, Lumley T, Knopman DS, Enzinger C, Eiriksdottir G, Koudstaal PJ, DeStefano AL, Psaty BM, Dufouil C, Catellier DJ, Fazekas F, Aspelund T, Aulchenko YS, Beiser A, Rotter JI, Tzourio C, Shibata DK, Tscherner M, Harris TB, Rivadeneira F, Atwood LD, Rice K, Gottesman RF, van Buchem MA, Uitterlinden AG, Kelly-Hayes M, Cushman M, Zhu Y, Boerwinkle E, Gudnason V, Hofman A, Romero JR, Lopez O, van Duijn CM, Au R, Heckbert SR, Wolf PA, Mosley TH, Seshadri S, Breteler MM, Schmidt R, Launer LJ, Longstreth WT Jr.
Stroke. 2010 Feb;41(2):210-7. Epub 2009 Dec 31. PubMed PMID: 20044523.
2009 C-reactive protein in migraine sufferers similar to that of non-migraineurs: the Reykjavik Study Gudmundsson LS, Aspelund T, Scher AI, Thorgeirsson G, Johannsson M, Launer LJ, Gudnason V. Cephalalgia. 2009 Dec;29(12):1301-10. Epub 2009 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 19438929. Hand osteoarthritis in older women is associated with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: the AGES Reykjavik study. Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Sigurdsson S, Ingvarsson T, Harris TB, Launer L, Gudnason V. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Nov;68(11):1696-700. Epub 2008 Nov 25.PMID: 19033292
Multiple loci influence erythrocyte phenotypes in the CHARGE Consortium Ganesh SK, Zakai NA, van Rooij FJ, Soranzo N, Smith AV, Nalls MA, Chen MH, Kottgen A, Glazer NL, Dehghan A, Kuhnel B, Aspelund T, Yang Q, Tanaka T, Jaffe A, Bis JC, Verwoert GC, Teumer A, Fox CS, Guralnik JM, Ehret GB, Rice K, Felix JF, Rendon A, Eiriksdottir G, Levy D, Patel KV, Boerwinkle E, Rotter JI, Hofman A, Sambrook JG, Hernandez DG, Zheng G, Bandinelli S, Singleton AB, Coresh J, Lumley T, Uitterlinden AG, Vangils JM, Launer LJ, Cupples LA, Oostra BA, Zwaginga JJ, Ouwehand WH, Thein SL, Meisinger C, Deloukas P, Nauck M, Spector TD, Gieger C, Gudnason V, van Duijn CM, Psaty BM, Ferrucci L, Chakravarti A, Greinacher A, O'Donnell CJ, Witteman JC, Furth S, Cushman M, Harris TB, Lin JP.
Nat Genet. 2009 Nov;41(11):1191-8. Epub 2009 Oct 11.PMID: 19862010
Variants in ZFHX3 are associated with atrial fibrillation in individuals of European ancestry. Benjamin EJ, Rice KM, Arking DE, Pfeufer A, van Noord C, Smith AV, Schnabel RB, Bis JC, Boerwinkle E, Sinner MF, Dehghan A, Lubitz SA, D'Agostino RB Sr, Lumley T, Ehret GB, Heeringa J, Aspelund T, Newton-Cheh C, Larson MG, Marciante KD, Soliman EZ, Rivadeneira F, Wang TJ, Eiríksdottir G, Levy D, Psaty BM, Li M, Chamberlain AM, Hofman A, Vasan RS, Harris TB, Rotter JI, Kao WH, Agarwal SK, Stricker BH, Wang K, Launer LJ, Smith NL, Chakravarti A, Uitterlinden AG, Wolf PA, Sotoodehnia N, Köttgen A, van Duijn CM, Meitinger T, Mueller M, Perz S, Steinbeck G, Wichmann HE, Lunetta KL, Heckbert SR, Gudnason V, Alonso A, Kääb S, Ellinor PT, Witteman JC.
Genome-wide association meta-analysis for total serum bilirubin levels. Johnson AD, Kavousi M, Smith AV, Chen MH, Dehghan A, Aspelund T, Lin JP, van Duijn CM, Harris TB, Cupples LA, Uitterlinden AG, Launer L, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Stricker B, Yang Q, O'Donnell CJ, Gudnason V, Witteman JC. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Jul 15;18(14):2700-10. Epub 2009 May 4.PMID: 19414484
Migraine Headache in Middle Age and Late-Life Brain Infarcts. Scher AI, Gudmundsson LS, Sigurdsson S, Ghambaryan A, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, van Buchem MA, Gudnason V, Launer LJ. Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association. 2009 Jun;301(24):2563-70.
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NRXN3 Is a Novel Locus for Waist Circumference: A Genome-Wide Association Study from the CHARGE Consortium. Heard-Costa NL, Zillikens MC, Monda KL, Johansson A, Harris TB, Fu M, Haritunians T, Feitosa MF, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Garcia M, Launer LJ, Smith AV, Mitchell BD, McArdle PF, Shuldiner AR, Bielinski SJ, Boerwinkle E, Brancati F, Demerath EW, Pankow JS, Arnold AM, Chen YD, Glazer NL, McKnight B, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Amin N, Campbell H, Gyllensten U, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Rudan I, Struchalin M, Vitart V, Gao X, Kraja A, Province MA, Zhang Q, Atwood LD, Dupuis J, Hirschhorn JN, Jaquish CE, O'Donnell CJ, Vasan RS, White CC, Aulchenko YS, Estrada K, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Witteman JC, Oostra BA, Kaplan RC, Gudnason V, O'Connell JR, Borecki IB, van Duijn CM, Cupples LA, Fox CS, North
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PLoS Genet. 2009 Jun;5(6):e1000539. Epub 2009 Jun 26.PMID: 19557197 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche. Perry JR, Stolk L, Franceschini N, Lunetta KL, Zhai G, McArdle PF, Smith AV, Aspelund T, Bandinelli S, Boerwinkle E, Cherkas L, Eiriksdottir G, Estrada K, Ferrucci L, Folsom AR, Garcia M, Gudnason V, Hofman A, Karasik D, Kiel DP, Launer LJ, van Meurs J, Nalls MA, Rivadeneira F, Shuldiner AR, Singleton A, Soranzo N, Tanaka T, Visser JA, Weedon MN, Wilson SG, Zhuang V, Streeten EA, Harris TB, Murray A, Spector TD, Demerath EW, Uitterlinden AG, Murabito JM.
Nature Genetics. 2009 Jun;41(6):648-50. Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension. Levy D, Ehret GB, Rice K, Verwoert GC, Launer LJ, Dehghan A, Glazer NL, Morrison AC, Johnson AD, Aspelund T, Aulchenko Y, Lumley T, Köttgen A, Vasan RS, Rivadeneira F, Eiriksdottir G, Guo X, Arking DE, Mitchell GF, Mattace-Raso FU, Smith AV, Taylor K, Scharpf RB, Hwang SJ, Sijbrands EJ, Bis J, Harris TB, Ganesh SK, O'Donnell CJ, Hofman A, Rotter JI, Coresh J, Benjamin EJ, Uitterlinden AG, Heiss G, Fox CS, Witteman JC, Boerwinkle E, Wang TJ, Gudnason V, Larson MG, Chakravarti A, Psaty BM, van Duijn CM.
Nature Genetics. 2009 Jun;41(6):677-87
High hand joint mobility is associated with radiological CMC1 osteoarthritis: the AGES-Reykjavik study. Jónsson H, Elíasson GJ, Jónsson A, Eiríksdóttir G, Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Gudnason V. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 May;17(5):592-5. Epub 2008 Oct 17.PMID: 19010064 Trends in body weight and diabetes in forty years in Iceland. Thorsson B, Aspelund T, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Gudnason V. Laeknabladid. 2009 Apr;95(4):259-66.
The interaction of adiposity with the CRP gene affects CRP levels: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibilty-Reykjavik Study Eiriksdottir G, Smith AV, Aspelund T, Hafsteinsdottir SH, Olafsdottir E, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Gudnason V. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Feb;33(2):267-72. Epub 2009 Jan 13.PMID: 19139754
Unfavourable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus are already apparent more than a decade before onset in a population-based study of older persons: from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-Reykjavik). Olafsdottir E, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Thorsson B, Benediktsson R, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009;24(6):307-14. Epub 2009 May 2.PMID: 19412572
Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease. Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Di Angelantonio E, Sarwar N, Perry P, Kaptoge S, Ray KK, Thompson A, Wood AM, Lewington S, Sattar N, Packard CJ, Collins R, Thompson SG, Danesh J. (Gudnason V, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Thorsson B collaborators from the Icelandic Heart Association). JAMA 2009 Nov 11;302(18):1993-2000. PMID: 19903920
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2008 Cerebral microbleeds in the population based AGES-Reykjavik study: prevalence and location. Sveinbjornsdottir S, Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, Kjartansson O, Eiriksdottir G, Valtysdottir B, Lopez OL, van Buchem MA, Jonsson PV, Gudnason V, Launer LJ. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;79(9):1002-6. Intra-individual change over time in DNA methylation with familial clustering. Bjornsson HT, Sigurdsson MI, Fallin MD, Irizarry RA, Aspelund T, Cui H, Yu W, Rongione MA, Ekström TJ, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Eiriksdottir G, Leppert MF, Sapienza C, Gudnason V, Feinberg AP. JAMA. 2008 Jun 5;299(24):2877-83.
Hand osteoarthritis in older women is associated with carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: The AGES
Harris TB, Launer L, Gudnason V. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print] Hemodynamics of increased pulse pressure in older women in the community-based Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study. Mitchell GF, Gudnason V, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Harris TB Hypertension. 2008 Apr;51(4):1123-8. Epub 2008 Feb 7.
2007 Ten-year risk of coronary heart disease is interchangeable with risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Iceland. Aspelund T, Thorgeirsson G, Sigurdsson G, Gudnason V. Applicability to Europe by comparison to SCORE. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2007 Dec;14(6):761-8.
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration: analysis of individual data on lipid, inflammatory and other markers in over 1.1 million participants in 104 prospective studies of cardiovascular diseases. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007;22(12):839-69. Epub 2007 Sep 18. Authors: The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Danesh J et al. (Gudnason V, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Thorsson B on behalf of the Icelandic Heart Association).
The relationship between QRS voltage on ECG (the Minnesota code) and cardiac mortality amongst males. The Reykjavik Study. Thordardottir S, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson AG, Gudnason V, Hardarson T Icelandic Medical Journal. 2007 Nov; 93(11):743-9. Icelandic
Increasing glucose levels and BMI predict future heart failure. Experience from the Reykjavík Study. Thrainsdottir IS, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Malmberg K, Sigurdsson G, Thorgeirsson G, Hardarson T, Rydén L. Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Oct; 9(10):1051-7. Inaccuracy in self-report of fractures may underestimate association with health outcomes when compared with medical record based fracture registry. Siggeirsdottir K, Aspelund T, Sigurdsson G, Mogensen B, Chang M, Jonsdottir B, Eiriksdottir G, Launer L.J, Harris T.B, Jonsson B.Y , Gudnason V. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007; 22(9):631-9. Infant feeding patterns and midlife erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Gunnarsdottir I, Aspelund T, Birgisdottir BE, Benediktsson R, Gudnason V, Thorsdottir I. Acta Paediatr. 2007 Jun; 96(6):852-6.
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Clinical features in secondary and cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Sveinsson O, Isaksson HJ, Sigvaldason A, Yngvason F, Aspelund T, Gudmundsson G. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2007 Jun; 11(6):689-94. Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Iceland 1967-2002. Bergsveinsson J, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Benediktsson R. Laeknabladid. 2007 May; 93(5):397-402. Icelandic Optimum expression of adult lung function based on all-cause mortality: Results from the Reykjavik study. Chinn S, Gislason T, Aspelund T, Gudnason V. Respir Med. 2007 Mar; 101 (3) 601-9.
G,Aspelund T, Garcia ME, Cotch MF, Hoffman HJ, Gudnason V.
Am J Epidemiol. 2007 May 1;165(9):1076-87. Epub 2007 Mar 10
2006 Examination of genetic effects of polymorphisms in the MCP-1 and CCR2 genes on MI in the Icelandic population. Bjarnadottir K, Eiriksdottir G, Aspelund T, Gudnason V Atherosclerosis. 2006 Oct;188(2):341-6. Increasing sex difference in bone strength in old age: The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik study (AGES-REYKJAVIK). Sigurdsson G, Aspelund T, Chang M, Jonsdottir B, Sigurdsson S, Eiriksdottir G, Gudmundsson A, Harris TB, Gudnason V, Lang TF. Bone. 2006 Sep;39(3):644-51. The epidemiology of organizing pneumonia in Iceland. Thorax. 2006 Sep;61(9):805-8. Gudmundsson G, Sveinsson O, Isaksson HJ, Jonsson S, Frodadottir H, Aspelund T. Apolipoprotein E genotype and statins affect CRP levels through independent and different mechanisms: AGES-Reykjavik Study. Eiriksdottir G, Aspelund T, Bjarnadottir K, Olafsdottir E, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Gudnason V. Atherosclerosis 2006 May; 186 (1) 222-4. The health risk associated with smoking has been seriously underestimated. The Reykjavik Study. Sigfusson N, Sigurdsson G, Aspelund T, Gudnason V. Icelandic Medical Journal. 2006 Apr;92(4):263-9. Icelandic.
2005 Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults in Iceland: Prevalence, Phenotype and Relatedness.
Jónsdóttir AM, Aspelund T, Sigurðsson G, Guðnason V, Benediktsson R. Icelandic Medical Journal 2005; 91:
909-14. Icelandic.
Glucose abnormalities and heart failure predict poor prognosis in the population-based Reykjavik Study. Thrainsdottir IS, Aspelund T, Hardarson T, Malmberg K, Sigurdsson G, Thorgeirsson G, Gudnason V, Ryden L. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2005 Oct;12(5):465-71
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease based on estimated glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria in Icelandic adults. Viktorsdottir O, Palsson R, Andresdottir MB, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Indridason OS. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005. The association between glucose abnormalities and heart failure in the population-based Reykjavik study. Thrainsdottir IS, Aspelund T, Thorgeirsson G, Gudnason V, Hardarson T, Malmberg K, et al. Diabetes Care 2005;28(3):612-616. Mannan binding lectin as an adjunct to risk assessment for myocardial infarction in individuals with enhanced risk. Saevarsdottir S, Oskarsson OO, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Vikingsdottir T, Gudnason V, et al. Journal of Experimental Medicine 2005;201(1):117-125.
2004 The Preadmission Nursing Home Assessment (PNHA) in Iceland in 1992-2001 - Relationship to survival and admission to a long term care facility. Ingimarsson O, Aspelund T, Jónsson PV. Icelandic Medical Journal 2004; 90: 121-9. Icelandic. Expression of dementia in preadmission nursing home assessment for skilled nursing homes 1992-2001. Ingimarsson O, Aspelund T, Jónsson PV. Icelandic Medical Journal 2004; 90: 767-73. Icelandic. Glucose abnormalities and heart failure - a dangerous combination. Results from the Reykjavik study. Thrainsdottir IS, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Hardarson TH, Malmberg K, Sigurdsson G, et al. European Heart Journal 2004;25:438-438.
Bakgrunnur ROC greiningar (Background to ROC Analysis). Thor Aspelund. Tímarit um raunvísindi og stærðfræði 2 (2) 2004: 131-138. Icelandic.
2003 and older Population-based assessment of burn injury in southern Iowa: Identification of children and young-adult at-risk groups and behaviors. Wibbenmeyer LA, Amelon MJ, Torner JC, Kealey GP, de Mola RML, Lundell J, Aspelund T, Zwerlig C. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation 2003;24(4):192-202. Binormal Association-Marginal Models for Empirically Evaluating and Comparing Diagnostics. Lang JB, Aspelund T. Statistical Modelling 2001;1(1):49-64. A model for estimating meal frequency and meal size from stomach data with an application to Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) feeding on capelin (Mallotus villosus). Magnusson KG, Aspelund T. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1997;54(4):876-889. Cancer Incidence among Female Manual Workers. Gunnarsdottir H, Aspelund T, Rafnsson V. Epidemiology 1995;6(4):439-441.
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Presentations
(Where first author, most done by students now)
Aspelund T., Kristin Siggeirsdottir, Elias Gudmundsson, Brynjolfur Y Jonsson, Brynjolfur Mogensen,
Vilmundur Gudnason, Gunnar Sigurdsson. How to Adjust the Overestimate of the Incidence of Major
Osteporotic Fracture When Using Summary Data. ASBMR 2013, Baltimore, USA
Aspelund T. Explaining the massive declines in coronary heart disease mortality rates in Iceland, 1981 - 2006. EuroPRevent 2009. Stockholm, Sweden. Aspelund T. Predicting fatal or non-fatal end-points in cardiovascular risk prediction. Invited speaker. European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabiliation. EuroPRevent 2007, Madrid Spain. Aspelund T, Gudnason V. Cardiovascular disease risk estimation in the old. Adapting and extending the SCORE chart using data from the Reykjavik Study of subjects over age 70; Reykjavik Study phase 6: 1990 – 1996. Icelandic Heart Association (Poster) European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation – EuroPRevent 2006, Athens Greece Aspelund T, Thorgeirsson G, Sigurdsson G, Gudnason V. Estimation of ten year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Iceland: a comparison with the SCORE project Heart Preventive Clinic, Icelandic Heart Association, Kópavogur, Iceland. (Poster) European Society of Cardiology - ESC Congress 2005, Stockholm Sweden. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 26: 656-656 Suppl. 1 SEP 2005.
