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Thor Aspelund

Researcher Next ID · RN-016862

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

University of Iceland

, Iceland

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
607
Citation count
64,242
H-index
100
i10-index
315

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Psychology
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Bone health and osteoporosis research
Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
COVID-19 and Mental Health

Publications

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    The Lancet · 2021 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01330-1

  • Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing

    Nature Genetics · 2019 · 10.1038/s41588-019-0358-2

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    The Lancet · 2017 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32129-3

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Nature · 2011 · 10.1038/nature10405

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Nature Genetics · 2010 · 10.1038/ng.686

Current projects

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