2023
Influence of birth weight on later life cardiovascular structure, function and disease: unpacking influences from direct genetic effects versus intrauterine programming
Ardissino M, Slob E, Rayes B, Morley A, Raisi-Estabragh Z, De Marvao A, Williamson C, Rogne T, Burgess S, Ng F. Influence of birth weight on later life cardiovascular structure, function and disease: unpacking influences from direct genetic effects versus intrauterine programming. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: ehad655.2377. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery diseaseFetal genetic effectsLow ejection fractionSystolic blood pressureBody mass indexBirth weightArtery diseaseAtrial fibrillationCardiovascular diseaseHigh riskMendelian randomisationEjection fractionBlood pressureMass indexRisk factorsGestational age-adjusted birth weightCardiac structureAge-adjusted birth weightHigher systolic blood pressureLater-life cardiovascular diseaseCardinal risk factorCardiometabolic risk factorsHigh birth weightLife cardiovascular diseaseBody surface areaSex‐Specific Reproductive Factors Augment Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Ardissino M, Slob E, Carter P, Rogne T, Girling J, Burgess S, Ng F. Sex‐Specific Reproductive Factors Augment Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e027933. PMID: 36846989, PMCID: PMC10111460, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.027933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseBody mass indexHeart failureCardiovascular diseaseReproductive factorsArtery diseaseIschemic strokeMass indexAtrial fibrillationLive birthsFirst birthCardiovascular disease riskType 2 diabetesBackground Observational studiesMendelian randomizationMendelian randomization studyModifiable mediatorsBlood pressureResidual confoundingObservational studyPrimary analysisRandomization studyDisease riskStrokeClinical interventions
2021
Risk of lower respiratory tract infections: a genome-wide association study with Mendelian randomization analysis in three independent European populations
Flatby HM, Rasheed H, Ravi A, Thomas LF, Liyanarachi KV, Afset JE, DeWan AT, Brumpton BM, Hveem K, Åsvold BO, Simonsen GS, Furberg AS, Damås JK, Solligård E, Rogne T. Risk of lower respiratory tract infections: a genome-wide association study with Mendelian randomization analysis in three independent European populations. Clinical Microbiology And Infection 2021, 28: 732.e1-732.e7. PMID: 34763054, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower respiratory tract infectionsRespiratory tract infectionsMendelian randomization analysisTract infectionsRisk factorsRisk of LRTICardiometabolic risk factorsSystolic blood pressureTrøndelag Health StudyPrevalence of smokingRandomization analysisBody mass indexCause of morbidityPotential risk factorsBlood pressureMass indexSuch hospitalizationsDisease burdenProtective effectHealth StudyIndependent European populationsLifetime smokingGenome-wide association studiesGenetic susceptibilitySmoking