Search Results - "Bornemann Hjelmborg, Jacob von"
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Tracking and fixed ranking of leukocyte telomere length across the adult life course
Published in Aging cell (01-08-2013)“…Summary Short leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with atherosclerosis in adults and diminished survival in the elderly. LTL dynamics are defined by…”
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Stillbirth and early neonatal mortality rates may be underestimated using recall information: A comparison of demographic surveillance methodologies
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-07-2023)“…Objective Child mortality and stillbirth rates (SBR) remain high in low‐income countries but may be underestimated due to incomplete reporting of child deaths…”
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Changes in Drug Use and Polypharmacy After the Age of 90: A Longitudinal Study of the Danish 1905 Cohort
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-01-2017)“…Objectives To determine the longitudinal development of drug use in very old adults. Design Longitudinal cohort study with waves in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2005…”
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Estimation of direct effects for survival data by using the Aalen additive hazards model
Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B, Statistical methodology (01-11-2011)“…We extend the definition of the controlled direct effect of a point exposure on a survival outcome, other than through some given, time-fixed intermediate…”
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Multivariate Modeling of Body Mass Index, Pulse Pressure, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Chinese Twins
Published in Twin research and human genetics (01-02-2015)“…Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure (PP), and body mass index (BMI) are heritable traits in human metabolic health but their common genetic…”
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Twin methodology in epigenetic studies
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-01-2015)“…Since the final decades of the last century, twin studies have made a remarkable contribution to the genetics of human complex traits and diseases. With the…”
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Probing genetic overlap in the regulation of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in Danish and Chinese twins
Published in Hypertension research (01-10-2014)“…Although the phenotypic correlation between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is well known, the genetic basis for the…”
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Genetic Influence on Inflammation Variables in the Elderly
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-11-2004)“…BACKGROUND—Inflammation variables (C-reactive protein [CRP], fibrinogen, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 [sICAM-1]) have been identified as risk…”
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Genetic and environmental influences on the stability of political attitudes
Published in Personality and individual differences (01-10-2024)“…It has been established across several contexts that political attitudes are informed by heritable factors. However, it remains unclear how much of the…”
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Educational Attainment Has a Causal Effect on Economic, But Not Social Ideology: Evidence from Discordant Twins
Published in Political studies (01-02-2023)“…In this article, we examine the nature of the relationship between educational attainment and ideology. Some scholars have argued that the effect of education…”
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase 677C>T and Methionine Synthase 2756A>G Mutations: No Impact on Survival, Cognitive Functioning, or Cognitive Decline in Nonagenarians
Published in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (01-02-2007)“…Background. Several reports have shown an association between homocysteine, cognitive functioning, and survival among the oldest-old. Two common polymorphisms…”
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The familial and genetic contribution to the association between depression and cardiovascular disease: a twin cohort study
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-08-2021)“…Depression and cardiovascular disease (ischemic heart disease and stroke) are associated in a bidirectional manner. Their relatively high heritability has led…”
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Epigenetic signature of birth weight discordance in adult twins
Published in BMC genomics (04-12-2014)“…A low birth weight has been extensively related to poor adult health outcomes. Birth weight can be seen as a proxy for environmental conditions during prenatal…”
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Risk of Oral Clefts in Twins
Published in Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-05-2011)“…Background: Small studies have indicated that twinning increases the risk of oral cleft. Methods: We used data from a Danish national population-based cohort…”
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Inherited and Acquired Determinants of Hepatic CYP3A Activity in Humans
Published in Frontiers in genetics (21-08-2020)“…Human CYP3A enzymes (including CYP3A4 and CYP4A5) metabolize about 40% of all drugs and numerous other environmental and endogenous substances. CYP3A activity…”
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Protocol for evaluating the impact of a national school policy on physical activity levels in Danish children and adolescents: the PHASAR study - a natural experiment
Published in BMC public health (08-11-2018)“…In 2014 the Danish Government introduced a wide-ranging school reform that applies to all public schools in Denmark. The reform involves changes in several…”
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Prevalence in the use of complementary medicine among cancer patients in Tuscany, Italy
Published in Tumori (01-05-2008)“…A previous survey by Molassiotis et al. (Ann Oncol, 16: 655-663, 2005) on the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among cancer patients in…”
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Evidence for an association of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism C677T and an increased risk of fractures: results from a population-based Danish twin study
Published in Osteoporosis international (01-08-2004)“…Osteoporotic fractures are some of the major causes of morbidity and health care expenditure among the elderly. Identifying subjects at risk could be of major…”
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Genetic and environmental contributions to hay fever among young adult twins
Published in Respiratory medicine (01-12-2006)“…The susceptibility to develop hay fever is putatively the result both of genetic and environmental causes. We estimated the significance and magnitude of…”
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Early life mortality risks in opposite-sex and same-sex twins: a Danish cohort study of the twin testosterone transfer hypothesis
Published in Annals of epidemiology (01-02-2017)“…Abstract Purpose To investigate the twin testosterone transfer (TTT) hypothesis by comparing early life mortality risks of opposite-sex (OS) and same-sex (SS)…”
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