Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Research interests

Publications

• A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

  Nature Communications · 2019 · 10.1038/s41467-019-11558-2

• Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

  PLoS Medicine · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002744

• Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes

  JAMA · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.3820

• Change in Overweight from Childhood to Early Adulthood and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2018 · 10.1056/nejmoa1713231

• Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight

  JAMA · 2016 · 10.1001/jama.2016.1975

• Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2014 · 10.1016/s2213-8587(14)70113-5

• Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children

  PLoS Medicine · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001116

• Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2011 · 10.1093/ije/dyq267

• The levelling off of the obesity epidemic since the year 1999 – a review of evidence and perspectives

  Obesity Reviews · 2010 · 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00810.x

• The genetic and environmental influences on childhood obesity: a systematic review of twin and adoption studies

  International Journal of Obesity · 2009 · 10.1038/ijo.2009.177

• Combined associations of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with the outcome of pregnancy

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2008 · 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.1750

• Childhood Body-Mass Index and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa072515

• Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

  Obesity Reviews · 2007 · 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2007.00411.x

• Subfecundity in overweight and obese couples

  Human Reproduction · 2007 · 10.1093/humrep/dem035

• Growth Patterns and the Risk of Breast Cancer in Women

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 10.1056/nejmoa040576

• Sex Differences in Heritability of BMI: A Comparative Study of Results from Twin Studies in Eight Countries

  Twin Research · 2003 · 10.1375/136905203770326411

• The Danish National Birth Cohort - its background, structure and aim

  Scandinavian Journal of Public Health · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948010290040201

• Prediction of risk of liver disease by alcohol intake, sex, and age: A prospective population study

  Hepatology · 1996 · 10.1002/hep.510230513

• The heritability of human longevity: A population-based study of 2872 Danish twin pairs born 1870–1900

  Human Genetics · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02185763

• Mortality associated with moderate intakes of wine, beer, or spirits

  BMJ · 1995 · 10.1136/bmj.310.6988.1165

• Prevention of First Bleeding in Cirrhosis

  Annals of Internal Medicine · 1992 · 10.7326/0003-4819-117-1-59

• How children tell: the process of disclosure in child sexual abuse.

  PubMed · 1991

• Familial Occurrence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 10.1056/nejm199101103240203

• An Adoption Study of Human Obesity

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1986 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198601233140401

• Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the study of obesity and thinness.

  PubMed · 1983

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