… Bjørn Olav Åsvold Bjørn Olav Åsvold er ph.d., lege og avdelingssjef ved Avdeling for
endokrinologi, St. Olavs hospital og professor ved HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for …

Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture
effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification, assortative …

The Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study) is a population-based cohort study of the
adult population in Trøndelag County, Norway. It was previously called the Nord-Trøndelag …

Estimates from Mendelian randomization studies of unrelated individuals can be biased
due to uncontrolled confounding from familial effects. Here we describe methods for within-…

Background We aimed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of qSOFA as a risk stratification tool
for patients admitted with infection compared to traditional SIRS criteria or our triage system…

Genes underneath signals from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney
function are promising targets for functional studies, but prioritizing variants and genes is …

Background: It has been hypothesized that thyroid function may influence cancer risk, but
few studies with adequate statistical power have investigated this question, and the results …

Context: Recent studies have suggested that the association of low thyroid function with high
body mass is restricted to nonsmokers. Objective: The aim was to study the association of …

Background Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease that has been reported to be
associated with obesity. We aimed to investigate a possible causal relationship between …

Objective Low thyroid function may be associated with reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
We therefore studied the association of thyroid function with estimated GFR (eGFR) in a …