2025
Examining socioeconomic differences in sepsis risk and mediation by modifiable factors: a Mendelian randomization study
Stensrud V, Rogne T, Flatby H, Mohus R, Gustad L, Nilsen T. Examining socioeconomic differences in sepsis risk and mediation by modifiable factors: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2025, 25: 739. PMID: 40410669, PMCID: PMC12103053, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-11130-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSummary-level dataSocioeconomic differencesGenome-wide association studiesGenetic instrumentsEducational attainmentMendelian randomizationMR analysisStandard deviation increaseBias due to population stratificationOdds ratioPreventive factorsMR-Egger regressionExamined socioeconomic differencesMultivariable MR analysisEffect of smoking initiationAssociation studiesMendelian randomization studiesEffects of educational attainmentDeviation increaseYears of educationBody mass indexBackgroundEducational attainmentDynastic effectsMedian OREgger regressionUromodulin and Risk of Upper Urinary Tract Infections: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Liyanarachi K, Flatby H, Hallan S, Åsvold B, Damås J, Rogne T. Uromodulin and Risk of Upper Urinary Tract Infections: A Mendelian Randomization Study. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2025, 85: 570-576.e1. PMID: 39805364, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUpper urinary tract infectionGenome-wide association studiesUrinary tract infectionOdds ratioMendelian randomizationTwo-sample Mendelian randomization analysisTwo-sample MR studyEuropean ancestryMichigan Genomics InitiativeInverse variance-weightedAssociation studiesMendelian randomization analysisMendelian randomization studiesAssociated with elevated oddsConfounding factorsSerum uromodulin levelsReduced riskTract infectionsUromodulin levelsSex-specific analysesAbstractText Label="PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARYGenetic instrumentsHealth StudyUK BiobankUrinary uromodulinAssociations of Genetically Predicted NPR3 and NPR2 Perturbation and Preeclampsia Risk: A Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Analysis
de La Harpe R, Rogne T, Nyberg M, Cronjé H, Burgess S, Karhunen V, Gill D. Associations of Genetically Predicted NPR3 and NPR2 Perturbation and Preeclampsia Risk: A Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Analysis. International Journal Of Hypertension 2025, 2025: 9972031. PMID: 40406480, PMCID: PMC12097871, DOI: 10.1155/ijhy/9972031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesMendelian randomizationTwo-sample Mendelian randomization analysisRisk of preeclampsiaTwo-sample MR analysisGenetic association estimatesGenetic instrumental variablesPreeclampsia riskMendelian randomization analysisFemale participantsC-type natriuretic peptideIndividual-level dataEffects of C-type natriuretic peptideGenetic instrumentsMR analysisUK BiobankRandomization analysisAssociation estimatesMR paradigmAssociation studiesGenetic variantsPregnancy complicationsProtective effects of C-type natriuretic peptideTwo-sampleInstrumental variables
2024
A Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Upper Urinary Tract Infections
Flatby H, Ravi A, Liyanarachi K, Afset J, Rasheed H, Brumpton B, Hveem K, Åsvold B, DeWan A, Solligård E, Damås J, Rogne T. A Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Upper Urinary Tract Infections. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: e1334-e1343. PMID: 38713594, PMCID: PMC11646603, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesMichigan Genomics InitiativeAssociation studiesUpper UTIMendelian randomizationMR analysisUpper urinary tract infectionRisk factorsPotential causal risk factorsCardiometabolic risk factorsModifiable risk factorsSex-stratified analysesCausal risk factorUrinary tract infectionGenome-wideFemale-only analysisGenetic lociPotential causal relationshipGenome InitiativeHealth StudyUK BiobankHLA-DQA2LociTract infectionsSmoking scoreMediating Factors in the Association of Maternal Educational Level With Pregnancy Outcomes
Rogne T, Gill D, Liew Z, Shi X, Stensrud V, Nilsen T, Burgess S. Mediating Factors in the Association of Maternal Educational Level With Pregnancy Outcomes. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2351166. PMID: 38206626, PMCID: PMC10784860, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.51166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBirth WeightCholesterolCohort StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Educational StatusFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansHyperemesis GravidarumInfant, NewbornLipoproteins, HDLMediation AnalysisMendelian Randomization AnalysisPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPregnancy OutcomePregnancy, EctopicPremature BirthConceptsCardiometabolic risk factorsBody mass indexOffspring birth weightEducational attainmentMendelian randomizationHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol levelsSystolic blood pressureInverse variance-weighted methodModifiable cardiometabolic risk factorsPregnancy outcomesCohort studyLipoprotein cholesterol levelsMR-Egger regressionMass indexUnivariable MR analysisEffects of educational attainmentAssociated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomesPublic health interventionsMaternal education levelLower educational attainmentRisk factorsRisk of adverse pregnancy outcomesGenome-wide association studiesAssociated with increased riskBirth weight
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
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